Improvements in Composition of Matter for Cleaning and Removal of Greasy Matter, Oil or Paint Spots, from Dresses and Textile Fabrics
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1895-Accepted, 20th July, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Composition of Matter for Cleaning and Removal
of Greasy Matter, Oil or Paint Spots, from Dresses and Textile
Fabrics
We, Dr RUDOLF GARTENMEISTER Erholungsstrasse No 5, OTTO STOMMEL
Neuenteicherstrasse No 60 and FRIEDRICH VORBERG, Schwesterstrasse No 23,
all three of Elberfeld Rhenish Piussia, Germany 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
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Our composition consists of equal parts or nearly so, of soap and oleic acid or
oleine, heated, cooled, and this so obtained product dissolved in any desired
proportion in hydrocarbon, preferably benzine
These ingredients are treated in the following way
We produce a mixture of equal parts or nearly so of soap and oleic acid, and
melt it together, continuing the heating so long, as to get a liquid flowing mass,
forming a clear transparent composition, which is cooled down then
after cooling
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it represents a transparent mass of more solid consistency than green or soft soap
has, this mixture is an acid oleate of alcalı and we call it "saponoleine It has
the iemarkable quality to be soluble in all proportions both ways in hydrocarbons
and etherious liquids, such as benzine, chloroformium tetrachlorides of carbon,
acetic ether and such like, which dissolve fats and oils easily The mentioned
solutions of saponoleine in hydrocarbons ne perfectly clear and nipid and it is
not preferred by us to expel completely from this composition its hydrate water,
as this latter does not influence its qualities and the small percentage left is
of value
The unlimited solubility of saponoleïne or acid oleate of alcali, independent
fiom temperature altogether, in the hydrocarbons mentioned is a new scientific
tact which we brought forward, and such solution represents new product We
prefer a olution of saponoleine in benzine which possesses an excellent power of
di-solving and taking away stains, fatty or greasy spots, greasy dirt, oil paint or
tar-spots from garments, dresses, clothing or textile-fabrics generally, also as used
tor furniture and decoration purposes
In using the new liquid compound it should be either applied to the spots o
dirty places by a brush dipped in the liquid and brushing over to cleanliness, 01,
according to cucumstances by washing the stuffs in washing-drums in the benzine
solution of saponoleine and rinsing out afterwards in pure benzine
The soup
contained in the new compound will be wholly washed out by the ablution in
benzine, because its solubility when combined to oleic acid in benzine is complete
without the use of any water
The textile fabrics therefore, after being treated as described preserve all their
natural view, die, and feeling
Further the treatment of the textiles in benzine in presence of our new
compound, acid oleate of alcali, called saponoleine, dissolved in benzine, is without
the known danger from fire or explosion by the development of electricity in
rinsing out of the benzine, becau e the addition of a small part of saponoleïne to
benzine already entirely stops the development of electricity
The soap-combinition to oleic acid of course can also be produced in the way
of dissolving soda or caustic soda in the least possible amount of water and by

page_text: mixing this to oleine strongly agitating the mass and then heating it to clearness
and homogeneous limpidity and flow, this soup is then used as described heretofore
with oleine to form saponoleine We are well aware, that soap as well as benzine
have been composed and used for the purpose of cleansing textile fabrics or dresses
and clothing, also that the solution of acid soaps can dissolve greater quantities of
hydrocarbons than neutral soaps do, but the solubility is dependent on temperature
and these laboratory trials are only known with acid salts of the first members of
the series of oleic or sebacic acids, vzz buty ric and valerianic acid but we are
not aware, that solutions of acid oleates of alcali, which we have produced and
given the designation of saponoleïne, in hydrocarbons of benzine have been
used together as described and in the proportions mentioned in the present
Specification
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1 The hereinbefore described composition of muter to be used for cleansing
and washing purposes of textile fabrics, clothing and dresses, for the taking out
of any spots of fatty, greasy, mucuous or tarry consistency or of oil paint, and the
preparation of this matter called "saponoleine to be dissolved in any desired pro-
portion in hydrocarbons, preferably benzine for the production of the composition
for cleaning as specified and substantially as described
Dated this 1st day of May 1895
DR RUDOLF GARTEN MEISTER,
OTTO STOMMEL,
FRIEDRICH VORBERG,
Per Karl J Mayer,
Agent