stances, and for other Purposes.
Year: 1885

page_text: stances, and for other Purposes.
We, MATTHEW GRAHAM COLTART, of Clyde Chemical Works, St. Rollox, Glasgow,
Chemical Manufacturer and JOHN MENZIES of 14 St. Andrew's Road, Pollokshields
Glasgow Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF OLEAGINOUS COMPOUNDS TO BE
EMPLOYED FOR BATCHING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES," to be as follows:―
The object of our invention is to produce an oleaginous compound or compounds
(which we term Phocine) adapted for use in batching animal or vegetable fibres
preparatory to the operations of carding and spinning, and in preparing yarn and
woven fabrics for printing, bleaching and the like and for use as a mordant and
for similar purposes in dyeing.
We prepare the improved compound by treating an animal oil such as seal whale
or other fish oil with sulphuric acid. We then wash out the superfluous acid with
water and treat the oil with a caustic alkali to clarify it and neutralise the acid
so far as may be desirable. The product obtained by such treatment is analogous
to that commercially known as oleine which is however commonly produced from
vegetable oils.
From the soluble animal oil, or analogue of oleine obtained as before mentioned
we produce an oleaginous compound or compounds adapted for batching fibrous
substances, by dissolving the oil in a saline solution such as a solution in water of
sulphate of magnesium or sodium or chloride of magnesium or barium or any
similar soluble salt, the oil obtained by our.mode of treatment having the property
which ordinary oleine has not, of being freely soluble in saline solutions and of
forming therewith a compound or compounds adapted for the purpose mentioned.
Such compounds have the property of being readily dissolved in water, and they are
therefore easily removed by washing from the fibrous materials or fabrics treated
with them.

page_text: be Employed for Batching Wool and other Fibrous Sub-
stances, and for other Purposes.
We, MATTHEW GRAHAM COLTART of the Clyde Chemical Works, St. Rollox,
Glasgow, Chemical Manufacturer and JOHN MENZIES of 14 St. Andrews Road,
Pollokshields, Glasgow, Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature
of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF OLEAGINOUS
COMPOUNDS TO BE EMPLOYED FOR BATCHING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
--
Our said Invention, which relates to improvements in the manufacture of
oleaginous compounds to be employed for batching wool and other fibrous substances
and for other purposes, has for its object to produce a mixture or compound of
substances adapted for use in batching animal fibres such as wool, or vegetable
fibres for example, jute or hemp preparatory to the operations of carding and
spinning such fibres; whilst the Invention is also applicable for preparing yarn
and woven fabrics prior to printing them, the same being also adapted as a mordant
in dyeing.
In carrying said Invention into practice we prepare the improved oleaginous
mixture or compound by taking an animal oil such as seal, whale or cod-liver oil or
other fish oil which may be either crude or more or less refined. With such oil we
mix sulphuric acid. For commercial purposes we mix 1 cwt. of sulphuric acid of
about the strength of 169° of Twaddell's Hydrometer, with 6 cwt. of either of the
aforesaid fish oils. We agitate the acid and oil together in any suitable agitator.
until they are thoroughly commingled and we allow them to remain together in the
commingled state for about 4 hours. We then add thereto about 18 owt. of water
which we also agitate with the mixed oil and sulphuric acid until the water, oil
and acid are completely commingled.
We then allow the aforesaid commingled
liquids to remain at rest for about 5 hours, when the water and acid will have
separated from the oil; the oil floating upon the water and acid. We then draw
off the water and acid from below the oil and add to the oil which remains in the
vessel 6 cwt. of water and 6 gallons of solution of caustic soda which we again
agitate together with the aforesaid substances for about 1 hour, this having the
effect of clarifying the oil. We then add to this about 24 cwt. of refined lubricating
mineral oil of the kind obtained from the distillation and refinement of paraffin oils
or petroleum. We then add about 12 gallons of solution of chloride of magnesium
of about 23° Twaddell with or without a corresponding quantity of solution of
chloride of barium of about the same density. To this, we add 18 cwt. of pure
seal oil or whale oil, after which the whole of the substances are agitated together
for a period, which causes their complete admixture for example about 2 hours
when it is ready for use. It is explained that in using the oleaginous product or
liquid manufactured in the manner or by the processes hereinbefore described it is

page_text: applied when used for batching either in the ordinary batching machines or sprinkled
by hand and when used as a mordant in dyeing, it is employed in the way
mordants are commonly applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:—
The oleaginous mixture or compound to be used in batching and dyeing, pro-
duced by operating on fish oils in the manner and by the treatment herein before
described.