A New Method of Producing and Liberating Aërial or Gaseous ⚫ Disinfectants
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 11th Feb., 1890-Accepted. 15th Mar., 1890.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION:
A New Method of Producing and Liberating Aërial or Gaseous
⚫ Disinfectants.
We, GERALD TATTERSALL MOODY Doctor of Science, Fellow of the Chemical
Society, Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry of 148 Wood Vale, Honor Oak, S.E.,
and FREDERICK WILLIAM STREATFEILD, Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry, of
33 Darwin Road, N. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists in the novel mode of production of the free haloids by
burning haloid organic or inorganic compounds dissolved in soine convenient
medium as paraffin, wax, fat or other combustible substances in the form of candles,
tapers, night-lights, matches, pastilles &c.
Dated this 20th day of November 1880
GERALD TATTERSALL MOODY.
FREDERICK WILLIAM STREATFEILD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Method of Producing and Liberating Aërial or Gaseous
Disinfectants.
We, GERALD TATTERSALL MOODY, Doctor of Science, Fellow of the Chemical Society,
Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry, of 148, Wood Vale, Honor Oak, London, S.E.,
and FREDERICK WILLIAM STREATFEILD, Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry, of the
Technical College, Finsbury, London, E.C. do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention consists in the novel mode of production of the free haloids for
disinfecting, inhalation and similar purposes by burning any desired quantity of haloid
compounds, dissolved in convenient media, as paraffin, wax, fats, oils and other com-
bustible substances, in the form of candles, tapers, night-lights, matches, pastilles
or in lamps.
The stability of iodoform, bromonaphthalene chloronaphthalene and the other
haloid fatty and aromatic compounds employed is such, that the candles, tapers,
night-lights matches and pastilles can be kept for any length of time without
deterioration and the amount of halogen evolved can be regulated with great
exactness by dissolving known weights of the halogen compounds and by burning
the candles, tapers, night-lights matches and pastilles for a definite time.
On burning the candle, taper, night-light match or pastille containing the
halogen-compound, a very considerable portion of the halogen is liberated in the
free state.
For general use for hygienic purposes we employ combustible material containing
a quantity of the haloid compound equal to from 1 to 2 per cent. of the free haloid
but do not restrict ourselves to these proportions.
We find that the employment of the halogen compounds iodoform, bromonaphthalene
and chloronaphthalene gives in practice very satisfactory results, but we do not confine
ourselves to the use of these halogen compounds.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
The Invention of a mode of production of the free haloids in any required quantity,

page_text: by burning haloid compounds dissolved in some combustible medium; the employ-
ment of such haloid compounds in lieu of the free haloids, as employed by Watson
and Fulton (Patent 1885. No. 9341) not injuriously affecting the combustible
materials, wax, fat, paraffin, wicks &c. used, and giving more reliable results.
Dated this Tenth day of February 1890.
GERALD T. MOODY.
FREDERICK WM. STREATFEILD.