An Improvement in the Treatment of Essences, Liquid Drugs and the like, for Facilitating their Transport.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 5th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1898
An Improvement in the Treatment of Essences, Liquid Drugs and the
like, for Facilitating their Transport.
I, EDMOND JOHNSON BOAKE, of Warton Road, Stratford, in the County of Essex,
Chemical Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Considerable difficulty is experienced in the packing and transport of essences,
liquid drugs, and the like, including cordials and tinctures, spirits, and other
beverages. These substances are usually contained in glass bottles, or other more
or less fragile receptacles which require much careful packing and bulky cases.
According to my invention, I cause such liquids to be absorbed in a suitable
and inert material which does not chemically affect the liquid, but merely forms
with it a mechanical mixture, thus forming a fairly dry powder which can be
readily packed in jars, tins or it may be in wooden or papier maché cases, selected
according to the nature and chemical properties of the substance treated.
Amongst the materials which may be used for this purpose one of the best
is kiesel guhr or infusorial earth, which is almost pure silica and which, if
necessary, can be washed to remove soluble substances, iron and other impurities.
Refined animal or wood charcoal, Spanish earth and starch can also be employed,
but I prefer kiesel guhr as being inert and having great power of absorption.
This material, kiesel guhr, has also the property of clarifying liquids which are
filtered in its presence so that it serves the double purpose of clarifying as well
as holding absorbed the liquid with which it is soaked.
Dated this 11th day of November 1907
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improvement in the Treatment of Essences, Liquid Drugs and the
like, for Facilitating their Transport.
I, EDMOND JOHNSON BOAKE, of Warton Road, Stratford, in the County of Essex,
Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
Considerable difficulty is experienced in the packing and transport of essences,
liquid drugs and the like including cordials and tinctures, spirits, and other

page_text: beverages. These substances are usually contained in glass bottles, or other more
or less fragile receptacles which require much careful packing and bulky cases.
According to my invention, I cause such liquids to be absorbed in a suitable
and inert material which does not chemically affect the liquid, but merely forms
with it a mechanical mixture, thus forming a fairly dry powder which can be
readily packed in jars, tins or it may be in wooden or papier maché cases, selected
according to the nature and chemical properties of the substance treated.
Amongst the materials which may be used for this purpose one of the best
is kiesel guhr or infusorial earth, which is almost pure silica and which if
necessary, can be washed to remove soluble substances, iron and other impurities.
Refined animal or wood charcoal, Spanish earth and starch can also be employed,
but I prefer kiesel guhr as being inert and having great power of absorption.
This material, kiesel guhr, has also the property of clarifying liquids which are
filtered in its presence so that it serves the double purpose of clarifying as well
as holding absorbed the liquid with which it is soaked.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what is
claimed is: -
The treatment of liquid drugs, essences and extracts and the like for facilitating
their transport, and subsequent clarification of the goods in which they are used,
and substantially as above set forth and described.