AN IMPROVED PROCESS OF TREATING LINSEED OR FLAX SEED WHEREBY A NOVEL PRODUCT IS OBTAINED, THAT IS TO SAY A FLOUR OR SEED OF FLAX UNALTERABLE
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gérin Gabriel Boggio Casero of N° 5 Rue St Charles,
St Etienne, in the Department of the Loire and Republic of France, Merchant,
for an invention of AN IMPROVED PROCESS OF TREATING LINSEED OR FLAX
SEED WHEREBY A NOVEL PRODUCT IS OBTAINED, THAT IS TO SAY A FLOUR
OR SEED OF FLAX UNALTERABLE
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Gérin Gabriel Boggio Casero
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th October 1882.
GERIN, GABRIEL, BOGGIO CASERO, of .N° 5 Rue St Charles, St Etienne, in the
Department of the Loire and Republic of France, Merchant. AN IMPROVED
PROCESS OF TREATING LINSEED OR FLAX SEED WHEREBY A NOVEL PRODUCT IS
OBTAINED THAT IS TO SAY A FLOUR OR SEED OF FLAX UNALTERABLE.
This Invention relates to a novel process of treating linseed, whereby I obtain
a new product which may be applied to a variety of purposes.
I reduce flax seed or linseed into powder and I eliminate all the oil therefrom
by displacement, by means of liquids which dissolve it, such as: sulphuret of Carbon,
minerales sences etc, etc, (I may also utilize cakes or waste linseed from which the
oil has been extracted) I then expel these liquids, either by distillation, in order to
recollect or recover them by another operation, either by simple evaporation; by
spreading the powder in thin layers upon plates or hurdles placed in a current of
dry air, which may be heated if desired, until all smell has completely disappeared.
I thus obtain a product which will not become rancid and possessing the
following advantages: 1° It is without odour. 2° It will keep for an unlimited
period. 3° The mucilaginous parts are preserved in all their purity.-4° Facility
and certainty of being enabled to obtain these mucilages in a pure and dry state.
For toilet purposes my preparation of linseed will advantageously replace the
powders termed almond pastes, sweet or bitter, which very soon become rancid, it
is more unctuous, may be aromatized at pleasure and its cost price is much less.
In pressing my preparation of linseed into moulds of any kind, either in a dry
state, or after having slightly exposed it to Steam, sufficiently to obtain a slight
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page_text: adhesion, and then drying, I obtain cakes or tablets more or less thick, and very
portable. To render these tablets less friable, I may cover them on one or two
sides with one or more layers of slightly damped paper or any suitable woven
fabric of the desired shape. I may also use in the formation of these tablets a
slight solution of india rubber, gutta percha, or other suitable substance, damping
my preparation of linseed therewith and then using pressure and dessication.
These tablets, whether aromatized or not, placed in sachets or bags of sufficient
capacity to avoid rupture of the fabric by the swelling of my preparation of
linseed, will be advantageously used for unctuous hygeian baths, increasing the
suppleness, freshness and brilliancy of the skin; for this purpose it is only
necessary to put the sachet or bag into the water of the bath, knead it therein, and
rub every part of the body therewith during the bath.
Perfect poultices may be made by immersing non-aromatized sachets or bags
into boiling water, long enough for the developement of the mucilage; the quantity
of linseed being so calculated that it will not break the bag, while preserving the
thickness suitable for the poultice.
I extract the mucilaginous principles from my preparation of linseed by ordinary
processes, dry them and reduce them to a coarse powder; it is then only necessary
to dissolve this powder in lukewarm water, in variable quantity, according to the
consistency of preparation or dressing required; this novel preparation or
dressing will in many cases replace advantageously gums and gelatines; being
much cheaper it will be preferable for all light woven fabrics in which it is
desirable to preserve a degree of suppleness, such as silks, lace, muslins etc, etc; its
transparency renders it applicable to woven fabrics of all colours or shades of
colour.
I may also powder linseed treated by my process, press it and put it up in
packets..
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention and in
what manner the same is or may be performed
I Claim as of my Invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent
The preparation of linseed substantially as herein before described, for obtaining
tablets suitable for various applicatious as above set forth; for the toilet, for
medical applications and for finishing or dressing woven fabrics.
In Witness whereof I the said Gérin Gabriel, Boggio Casero, have hereunto
set my hand and seal this Thirtieth day of September A.D. One thousand
Eight hundred and Eighty two.