Bath Salt.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1898--Accepted, 8th Apr., 1899
Bath Salt.
I, FREDERICK FERDINAND MYLES, Manufacturer, of 101, Poydras Street, New
Orleans, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, one of the United States of
America, 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:-
This invention relates to a composition of matter designated for use at the
bath or toilet.
In using bath salts now on the market, a quite sharply crystalline deposit is
left upon the skin, this characteristic being more or less noticeable, and more or
less unpleasant in different individuals, and the effect being modified somewhat
by the humidity of the atmosphere.
The object of this invention is to so combine with salt (chloride of sodium)
designed for use at the bath or toilet, certain ingredients or elements which so
modify the qualities of an aqueous solution of the salt as to prevent a noticeable
saline deposit upon the skin of the user, and at the same time to act as a cleansing
agent, and as a tonic or stimulant; perfuming agents being also preferably em-
bodied in the compound to lend added luxury to its use.
To this end the invention consists in combining with salt certain proportions of
borax, soda ash, glycerine, and oil, with which compound is preferably incorporated
perfuming agents.
In the practical manufacture of this compound, I have obtained the best results
from incorporating with 2,000 pounds (avoirdupois) of fine salt, a mixture of
25 pounds of borax, 15 pounds of soda ash, 5 pounds of glycerine, and ½ pound of
cotton seed oil (all apothecaries weight).
The borax, soda ash, glycerine, and oil are to be thoroughly mixed, and then
added to the salt and thoroughly commingled therewith while the latter is hot.
The soda ash, borax, and cotton seed oil form a saponaceous compound, cleansing
in its nature, and owing to the presence of the borax, or soda ash, or both, in
excess, or uncombined, I avoid, in use, precipitation of the soap, due to the
action of the salt. Borax also acts as a cleansing agent, combining with, or
taking up fatty matters present on the surface of the skin, and the glycerine
serves to modify the action of any uncombined borax and soda ash. I do not wish
to confine myself strictly to the proportions above named, as these proportions may
require some modification in different localities, according to the prevalence in
said localities of hard or soft water, but the proportions named have been found
efficient for general use.
The perfuming of this compound has met with great favor in its practical market-
ing, and for this purpose I have employed ½ pound oil of lavender, ½ pound
oil of bergamont, ½ pound of sweet orange, and, as a vehicle, 25 oz. deodorized
alcohol (all Apothecaries weight). These perfuming agents have, in practice,
been thoroughly commingled, and mixed with the borax, soda ash, glycerine, and
cotton seed oil prior to their incorporation with the salt. The selection of the
particular perfuming agents used with this bath salt may be modified or changed

page_text: to suit the demands of dealers or consumers in different localities, though the
ingredients or elements named and heretofore used have met with approval in
all localities where sales of the salt have been made.
Experience may show some better method of admixture of the named ingredients
to produce the merchantable article, and therefore I do not wish to confine myself
strictly to the method of manufacture heretofore employed.
In use, the compound produces a tonic or stimulating effect upon the user, and
there is an absence of any sharply crystalline deposit, and the objectionable feeling
of deposit or scale on the skin of the user, incident to the use of all saline toilet
preparations of which I have knowledge, or to sea bathing; and while the ordinary
toilet soaps of commerce are permissible, being soluble in a strong aqueous solution
of my bath salt, its use is rendered unnecessary in a large measure, owing to
the presence in the compound of the saponifying agents, soda ash and cotton seed
oil, which practically represents the well-known Castile soap. Moreover, in the
use of this toilet salt there is an absence of the deposit of scum on the basin or
bath tub, which is usual when using bath salts or sea water with a soap soluble
in salt water. The employment of the described or other equivalent perfuming
agents with the compound described in the foregoing, results in the luxury
attendant upon the use of Florida water, or other toilet perfumes, without the
attendant expense.
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:-
1. The compound for use as a bath salt, comprising salt combined with a
relatively minute proportion of saponifying agents, substantially as described.
2. The compound for use as a bath salt, consisting of salt combined with a
relatively minute proportion of saponifying agents, having an excess of alkali,
substantially as described.
3. The compound for use as a bath salt, comprising salt and a relatively minute
proportion of saponifying agents, consisting of oil, borax and soda ash, in pro
portions to leave an excess of alkali, substantially as described.
4. The compound for use as a bath salt, comprising salt and a relatively minute
proportion of saponifying agents, consisting of oil, borax, and soda ash, in
quantities to leave a part of the borax and soda ash uncombined, substantially
as described.
5. The compound for use as a bath salt, comprising salt, combined with rela-
tively minute quantities of oil, glycerine, borax, and soda ash, proportioned to
leave a part of the borax and soda ash uncombined, substantially as described.
6. The compound for use as a bath salt, comprising at least 80 parts of salt, and
not more than 20 parts of borax, soda ash, glycerine, and oil, and agents serving
as perfume, substantially as described.
7. The compound for use as a bath salt, comprising not less than 80 parts of
salt, and not more than 20 parts of borax, soda ash, glycerine and oil, combined
with oil of lavender, oil of bergamont, sweet orange and alcohol, substantially as
described.
1 L
2011 JT 1000
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.