Improvements in the Production of Fats suitable for Lubricating purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left. 22nd Feb. 1898-Accepted. 30th Apr
18.98
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Production of Fats suitable for Lubricating
purposes.
We, GUSTAV POMMERHANZ, of 19, Edelhofgasse, Vienna, XVIII, Manufacturer,
CONSTANTIN RISTIC, of 13, Singerstrasse, Vienna, I, Merchant, and VICTOR NOBACK,
of 5, Bognergasse, Vienna, 1, Building Contractor, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Fats produced by the process hereinafter described have a considerably higher
degree of softness and go considerably further in use than fats or lubricating
materials produced by means of the processes heretofore known.
These advantages are due to the use of a mass or decoction of Carragheen or
Iceland moss as a special ingredient in producing the said fats. The process
is carried into practice in the following manner:-
(a) First, six parts by weight of Carragheen are soaked in about 200 parts by
weight of water for 24 hours, and then the whole is boiled until a sample, when
taken out, shows a gelatinous consistency. During the boiling process, the loss
of water produced by evaporation is made good by adding water at intervals to
the Carragheen mass.
(b) Independently of the procedure mentioned under (a) about 80 parts by
weight of neutral wool fat, and 40 parts by weight of ordinary wool fat are melted,
and well stirred up, with about 200 parts by weight, of mineral, vegetable, or
animal oils, or fats of any known kind, such, for example, as mineral oil, train
oil, etc., in a boiler, at about 50° C.
(c) After the Carragheen mass has been treated in the manner mentioned
under (a) and after the mixture of fats has been effected as mentioned in (b), both
of which substances form the direct starting materials of the process forming the
subject of this invention, the manufacture proper of the final product is now pro-
ceeded with, with the help of the said substances.
For this purpose, about 150 parts by weight of the Carragheen mass or decoction
obtained according to (a) are mixed with about 300 parts by weight of the fatty
mixture obtained according to (b), and to the mass thus produced, after it has been
placed in a wooden vat, or other suitable receptacle, there are added whilst con-
stantly stirring, a further 150 parts by weight of mineral, vegetable, or animal
oil or fat of any desired kind.
Then, whilst stirring continuously, about 20 parts by weight of alkaline lye
(potash or soda lye) preferably of 38° Be., or of a solution of common salt (1 : 3),
are allowed to flow slowly and gradually into the whole, and the stirring is con-
tinued until the mass begins to set or become firm.
The mass is then allowed to stand for about 24 hours, whereupon the process
is considered complete.
The fat produced in this manner with the use of Carragheen is characterized,

page_text: as already mentioned, by great softness or lubricating power, and especially by
great lasting power or yield.
Dated this 12th day of February 1898.
Improvements in the Production of Fats suitable for Lubricating
purposes.
We, GUSTAV POMMERHANZ, of 19, Edelhofgasse, Vienna, XVIII, Manufacturer,
CONSTANTIN RISTIC, of 13, Singerstrasse, Vienna, I, Merchant, and VICTOR NOBACK,
of 5, Bognergasse, Vienna, 1, Building Contractor, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Fats produced by the process hereinafter described have a considerably higher
degree of softness and go considerably further in use than fats or lubricating
materials produced by means of the processes heretofore known.
These advantages are due to the use of a mass or decoction of Carragheen or
Iceland moss as a special ingredient in producing the said fats.
The process
is carried into practice in the following manner:
(a) First, six parts by weight of Carragheen are soaked in about 200 parts by
weight of water for 24 hours, and then the whole is boiled until a sample, when
taken out, shows a gelatinous consistency. During the boiling process, the loss
of water produced by evaporation is made good by adding water at intervals to
the Carragheen mass.
(b) Independently of the procedure mentioned under (a) about 80 parts by
weight of neutral wool fat, and 40 parts by weight of ordinary wool fat are melted,
and well stirred up, with about 200 parts by weight, of mineral, vegetable, or
animal oils, or fats of any known kind, such, for example, as mineral oil, train
oil, etc., in a boiler, at about 50° C.
(c) After the Carragheen mass has been treated in the manner mentioned
under (a) and after the mixture of fats has been effected as mentioned in (b), both
of which substances form the direct starting materials of the process forming the
subject of this invention, the manufacture proper of the final product is now pro-
ceeded with, with the help of the said substances.
For this purpose, about 150 parts by weight of the Carragheen mass or decoction
obtained according to (a) are mixed with about 300 parts by weight of the fatty
mixture obtained according to (b), and to the mass thus produced, after it has been
placed in a wooden vat or other suitable receptacle, there are added whilst con-
stantly stirring, a further 150 parts by weight of mineral, vegetable, or animal
oil or fat of any desired kind for example, train-oil.
Then, whilst stirring continuously, about 20 parts by weight of alkaline lye
(potash or soda lye) preferably of 38° Be., or of a solution of common salt (1:3),
are allowed to flow slowly and gradually into the whole, and the stirring is con-
tinued until the mass begins to set or become firm.
The mass is then allowed to stand for about 24 hours, whereupon the process
is considered complete.
The fat produced in this manner with the use of Carragheen is characterized,
as already mentioned, by great softness or lubricating power, and especially by
great efficiency.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
The manufacture or production of fats suitable for lubricating purposes by
mixing a mass consisting of neutral wool fat, ordinary wool fat, and of an animal,
vegetable, or mineral oil or fat (mineral oil, train oil, etc.) with a mass or decoction
of Carragheen, and then, whilst stirring, intimately mixing the whole with alka-
line lye or with a solution of common salt, as set forth.
Dated this 92nd day of Talmiary 1808
F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.