An Improved Material for Dressing Belts and the like, and a Process for the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1899-Accepted, 8th July, 1899
An Improved Material for Dressing Belts and the like, and a
Process for the Manufacture of the same.
We, SUSANNE KIRSCHBAUM, Proprietress of Manufacturing Works, and BENJAMIN
OPPENHEIM, Merchant, both of No. 1, Stiftstrasse, Worms-Neuhausen, in the
German Empire, 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 an improved material for preparing belts and the like
and to a process for the manufacture of the same which obviates the cumbrous and
imperfect method of rubbing driving belts and the like with fat as practised hitherto.
This invention allows the substance to be applied to the belt in a liquid condition,
so that it is readily absorbed by the pores of the leather or similar material. Fatty
mixtures which are liquid in their natural conditions, such as oils and the like, cannot
be used on account of want of consistency. It is necessary to use a substance, which
in its natural condition is of a certain consistency and stiffness, and which is rendered
liquid at the time of application.
This invention has for its object a process, the resulting product of which is a
wax-like substance, which continues to burn after ignition, thus becoming liquid,
dropping off, and cooling afterwards, similar to sealing wax. However, the substance
must be such that it will not harden at once like sealing wax, but must remain
liquid for a certain time, otherwise it could not be absorbed by the leather or similar
material. When the substance has been absorbed by the belt or the like, it must
gradually cool and become stiff to a certain extent.
A substance or wax which answers all the beforementioned requirements is obtained
as follows:-
Common resin or other coniferous resin is boiled with spirit or alcohol for about
13 hours until the resin becomes whitish and combines entirely with the spirit or
alcohol. Then to each 640 grams of the resin thus prepared are added 300 grams of
tallow and 360 grams of ceresin. The substance thus obtained is mixed with hemp,
cotton, wool or other suitable fibre and the boiling is continued until the mass is
transparent.
During the first boiling with alcohol the less suitable constituents of the resin sink
to the bottom. This residue need not be thrown away, however, but may be used
for the manufacture of an inferior quality of such wax. The mass thus boiled to
transparency is cast into suitable moulds and allowed to cool. The pieces thus
obtained are ignited when the substance is to be applied, and are carried, while
burning, along the belt or other article to be prepared, the substance dropping off as
from a candle, held obliquely, and is absorbed while warm and liquid into the pores
of the leather or similar material rendering the same pliable and durable. The hemp
or other fibre mixed with the substance forms a finely divided wick, which ensures
the continuous burning of the substance during the preparation of the leather or
similar material.
The preparation of belts and similar articles in order to maintain them soft and
pliable is thus much simplified and facilitated, and the effectiveness of the preparation

page_text: is greatly increased compared with the method of rubbing on the substance as at
present practised.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1st. A process for the manufacture of a wax for the preparation of belts and the
like in which common resin or other coniferous resin is first boiled with spirit or
alcohol, then continued to be boiled with the addition of tallow and ceresin, and hemp
or similar fibre, until it is transparent, and then cast into suitable moulds in which it
hardens to form suitable pieces, which are ignited, when to be applied, for the
preparation of leather or similar material by the dropping substance, substantially as
described.
2nd. A material for the preparation of belts and the like, consisting of common
resin or other coniferous resin boiled in spirit or alcohol to which is added tallow,
ceresin and hemp or similar fibre, substantially as described.
FELL & JAMES,
Agents for the Applicants.