An Improved Antiseptic Compound for Preserving Perishable Articles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1889-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Antiseptic Compound for Preserving Perishable
Articles.
I, WILLIAM HOSKINS DANIELS, of the City of Chicago; in the County of Cook,
and State of Illinois, one of the United States of America, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows:
:-
This Invention relates to the antiseptic compound described in my application for
Letters Patent, No. 17843; of 1888.
I have since found that by lessening the proportional quantities of sugar and of
sassafras relatively to the other ingredients referred to in such Specification as con-
stituting the said compound, more advantageous results are obtained in the use of
such compound, and at present I find that the most suitable of proportional quantity
of each of such substances, to wit, sugar and sassafras in the composition of the said
compound is about one quarter of that represented in such former application for
Patent.
Dated this 18th day of February 1889.
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Antiseptic Compound for Preserving Perishable
Articles.
I, WILLIAM HOSKINS DANIELS, of 79 Monroe Street in the City of Chicago, in
the County of Cook, and State of Illinois, one of the United States of America,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:—
This Invention relates to an improvement upon the Invention described in the
Specification of Letters Patent, No. 17843, dated the 2nd day of June, 1888, granted
to me.
Since the date of the Complete Specification of my said former patent I have
ascertained that more advantageous results may be obtained by varying as herein
described the proportional quantities of the sugar and of the sassafras relatively to
those of the other ingredients, to wit, the sulphur, cinnamon and potassium nitrate
described in such Specification as constituting together with the said sugar and
sassafras the improved antiseptic compound therein described.
I find the most suitable proportional quantity of each of such substances, to wit,
the sugar and the sassafras in the composition of the said compound to be about one
quarter of that described in my aforesaid Specification.
Therefore, according to the present improvement, I employ in the composition of
the improved antiseptic compound the said several ingredients in about the following
proportions, that is to say, of sulphur, about one pound; of sugar, about one ounce ;
of sassafras about one ounce; of cinnamon about two ounces; and of potassium
nitrate about two ounces.
These several ingredients are reduced by grinding or other suitable means to a
powder and are then thoroughly mixed so as to form a homogeneous mass which is
applied and used for the purpose of the Invention by ignition thereof and by causing
the perishable articles desired to be preserved to be submitted to the action of the
resulting fumes within a closed chamber.

page_text: 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
I claim is
The hereinbefore described antiseptic compound adapted to be used for the pre-
servation of perishable articles in the manner described said compound consisting of
sulphur, sugar, sassafras, cinnamon, and potassium nitrate mixed in about the
proportions hereinbefore described.
Dated this 7th day of June 1889.
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.