IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATING-OILS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JAKOB SEEGER, of Rennweg 59, Vienna, Austria Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATING-OILS
"to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention consists in the composition of a lubricating-oil by
which great economy and other advantages in the lubrication of machinery are
attained.
For this purpose I proceed as follows: In one vessel soap prepared with potass
is dissolved under constant stirring in hot water, to which some alcohol has been
added. In another vessel tallow is melted, and a small quantity of oil of
turpentine, and subsequently some cod-liver-oil intimately mixed therewith.
Hereupon the contents of the second vessel are poured into the solution of soap,
and the mixture thus made is stirred until its temperaturo has decreased to about
90° Fahr., when finally rape-seed-oil is added, while the stirring is continued until
the mixture has cooled down completely. The oil is then ready for use.
Dated this ninth day of October 1884.
CARL PIEPER,
For Jakob Seeger.

page_text: I, JAKOB SEEGER, of Rennweg 59 Vienna, Austria, Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATING-OILS," and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention consists in the composition of a lubricating-oil for
machinery by the use of which great economy and other advantages are attained.
For this purpose I proceed as follows: In one vessel soap prepared with potass
(potash-soap) is dissolved in bot water to which some alcohol has been added, the
mass being stirred until complete dissolution has taken place. In another vessel
tallow is melted and a small quantity of oil of turpentine, and after several minutes
a quantity of cod-liver oil equal to about double the quantity of the former,
.intimately mixed therewith. Hereupon the contents of the two vessels are poured
together, and the mixture thus made is stirred until its temperature has decreased
to about 90° Fahr., when finally rape-seed oil is added, while the stirring is
continued or repeated at intervals until the mixture has cooled down completely.
The said mixture, which is of an oily nature and of milky appearance, is then ready
for use.
The quantity of rape-seed oil to be added may be varied as may be
considered advantageous for the special purpose for which the finished material is
designed.
The lubricant thus prepared has certain properties which are not to be found
with any one of the ingredients used in its composition, or with any compound of
a portion of them, or with any existing lubricant. It does not possess, or assume
after a length of time any tendency to corrosive action on metals; it spreads out
rapidly over the surfaces to be oiled, after it has been brought into the lubricators;
it presents a degree of adhesiveness by which waste is prevented, and, on account
of its milky appearance, the reservoirs of the lubricitors, when made of glass, may
casily be controlled in respect to the degree to which they are filled.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
A lubricating-oil prepared by dissolving potash-soap in hot water to which
alcohol is added, by mixing this solution with melted tallow into which oil of
turpentine and cod-liver-oil have been incorporated, by stirring the mass thus
obtained until it has cooled down to about 90° Fahr., and by finally adding rape-
seed oil, substantially as hereinbefore described.