IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF HAIR DYES IN SMALL DOSES FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF TRANSPORT
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur Charles Henderson, of 6, Southampton Buildings,
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE PREPARATION OF HAIR DYES IN SMALL DOSES FOR THE CONVENIENCE
OF TRANSPORT." A communication from abroad by Benoit Jean Joseph Simon,
Perfumer, of Lyon, in the Department of Rhône, in the Republic of France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur Charles Henderson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd November 1879.
ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON, of 6, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF HAIR DYES IN
SMALL DOSES FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF TRANSPORT." A communication from
abroad by Benoit Jean Joseph Simon, Perfumer, of Lyon, in the Department of
Rhône, in the Republic of France.
The object of this Invention is to preserve hair dyes in an unchangeable condition.
and reduce them to the smallest volume so that they are readily transportable.
The dyes are made in the form of vegetable or chemical extracts or essences of
the smallest possible volume; when the essential products are obtained, and before
they have been exposed to atmospheric influence too long to be affected thereby
and so lose some of their properties, they are enclosed in recipients in determined
quantities, taking care to arrange them in separate doses by separating each one by
a division or some equivalent, so that in making use of them the doses are applied
separately and the vessel is immediately hermetically closed.
These doses may all be of equal strength or some stronger than others; they may
be all made from the same product or all of different compositions, so that all kinds
of combinations and effects may be produced either progressively or by diminution.
The dosing is completed by a small measure or cup of lead, tin, gutta percha,
silver, or copper, or other matter, whose size is also determined.
In preparing the dye for use by means of the cup, the quantity of extract desired
is mixed, dissolved, or diluted with the quantity of water experience proves to be
the best suited to requirements, by combining therewith the number, strength, or
quality of any of the doses of the small receptacle containing the dye. The small
measure also serves for the application of the dye by dipping the brush therein.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Arthur Charles Henderson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
30th April 1880.
ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON, of 6, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF HAIR DYES IN
SMALL DOSES FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF TRANSPORT." A communication from
abroad by Benoit Jean Joseph Simon, Perfumer, of Lyon, in the Department of
Rhone, in the Republic of France.
Hair dyes as at present manufactured are of a uniform strength and a certain
quantity contained in a single bottle; the frequent use of a bottle of this description
deteriorates the dye by its constant exposure to the atmosphere, whilst the object
of this Invention is to preserve the dyes in an unchangeable condition and reduce
them to the smallest volume so that they are readily transportable.
The dyes are made in the form of vegetable or chemical extracts or essences of
the smallest possible volume. When the essential products are obtained, and before
they have been exposed to atmospheric influence too long to be affected thereby
and lose some of their properties, they are enclosed in recipients in determined
quantities, taking care to arrange them in separate doses by separating them from
one another by a division or some equivalent, so that in making use of them the
doses are applied separately, and the vessel is immediately hermetically closed.
These doses may be all of equal strength or some stronger than others; they may
be all made from the same product or all of different compositions, so that all kinds
of combinations and effects may be produced either progressively or by diminution.
The dosing is completed by a small measure or cup of lead, tin, gutta percha,
silver, copper, or other matter, whose size is also determined.
In preparing the dye for use by means of this cup the quantity of extract desired
is mixed, dissolved, or diluted with the quantity of water experience proves to be
the best suited to requirements by combining therewith the number, strength, or
quantity of any of the doses of the small receptacles containing the dyes.
The small measure also serves to dip the brush in for applying the dye to the
hair.
The dilution of the liquid or solid tincture in the cup or measure being only
effected at the time of use of the dye all chances of deterioration of the dye is
obviated, and the full benefit of its employment in its best conditions is insured.
The inventor claims the novel method of manufacturing dies, either solid or
liquid, of more than ordinary strength, so as to reduce their bulk; these are
preserved in receptacles arranged so as to keep each dose separate so that only one
at a time is used as desired, the vessel being then hermetically closed, and by this
means preserving them in an unchangeable condition, the doses being either of
uniform strength or of different strengths, and all of the same or different natures
for producing combinations and effects, either progressively or by diminution.
In witness whereof, I, the said Arthur Charles Henderson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty ninth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.