IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF FLANNEL AND OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS TO RENDER THE SAME ANTI-RHEUMATIC AND
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Schofield (of the Firm of Messieurs Lord,:
Schofield, and Company), of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, for an
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF FLANNEL AND OTHER
WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS TO RENDER THE SAME ANTI-RHEUMATIC AND
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF FLANNEL And other
WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS TO RENDER THE SAME ANTI-RHEUMATIC AND
DISINFECTANT."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Schofield at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th May 1881.
WILLIAM SCHOFIELD (of the Firm of Messieurs Lord, Schofield, and Company),
of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION
OF FLANNEL AND OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS TO RENDER THE SAME
ANTI-RHEUMATIC AND DISINFECTANT."
The object of this Invention is so to prepare flannel or other woven or felted
fabric in the manufacture of which wool is employed as to impart to the same anti
rheumatic and disinfecting qualities, so that vests, belts, or other garments or
articles made therefrom may be worn with a view to the prevention of the spread
of contagion and the prevention or cure of rheumatism, gout, and other diseases.
The pieces of flannel or other fabric are taken either before or after dyeing, and
after being washed in cold water are then put through the following solution :—
Boil about half a pound of soft soap and one ounce of common gum in about
two quarts of water, and whilst boiling pour into the same about half a pint of
salad oil and about one quart of "sanitas" (which is a known preparation obtained
from pine oil).
Mix these ingredients well together, and when the mixture is cold add thereto
about six quarts of cold water.
Run the pieces of flannel or other fabric through this solution about four times,
after which wash them out in cold water and soap. Then dry them and finish
them off in the usual manner. The above quantity of solution is sufficient for
about eighteen pieces.
The flannel or other fabric thus prepared will be found to possess powerful anti-
rheumatic and disinfectant qualities, which it retains even after being worn for a
very long time and repeatedly washed

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Schofield in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th November 1881.
WILLIAM SCHOFIELD (of the Firm of Messieurs Lord, Schofield, and Company),
of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION
OF FLANNEL AND OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS TO RENDER THE SAME
ANTI-RHEUMATIC AND DISINFECTANT."
The object of this Invention is so to prepare flannel or other woven or felted
fabric in the manufacture of which wool is employed as to impart to the same
anti-rheumatic and disinfecting qualities, so that vests, belts, or other garments or
articles made therefrom may be worn with a view to the prevention of the spread
of contagion and the prevention or cure of rheumatism, gout, and other diseases.
The pieces of flannel or other fabric are taken either before or after dyeing, and
after being washed in cold water are then put through the following solution :-
Boil about half a pound of soft soap and one ounce of common gum in about
two quarts of water, and whilst boiling pour into the same about half a pint of
salad oil and about one quart of "sanitas" (which is a known preparation obtained
from pine oil).
Mix these ingredients well together, and when the mixture is cold add thereto
about six quarts of cold water.
Run the pieces of flannel or other fabric through this solution about four times,
after which wash them out in cold water and soap.
Then dry them and finish them off in the usual manner. The above quantity of
solution is sufficient for about eighteen pieces.
The flannel or other fabric thus prepared will be found to possess powerful anti-
rheumatic and disinfectant qualities, which it retains even after being worn for a
very long time and repeatedly washed.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention the
preparation of flannel or other woven or felted fabric to render the same anti-
rheumatic and disinfectant by passing the same through the solution above
mentioned in the manner hereinbefore described, or by applying such solution
thereto in any suitable manner.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Schofield, have hereunto set my
band and seal, this Eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty one