US1052952A - Detergent for cleaning and polishing purposes. - Google Patents

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' provements in Detergents for Cleanin .rra STATES PATENT OFFIC rannnnicx n. Pmssmmmou n. MQDONNELL, or ALrooNa', rnnnsrnvam nnrnnenm non. CLEANING Annromsmue runrosn's.

1,052,952. No Drawing.

Specification of Letters Patent. Ap li ation filed A ril so, 1912. Serial m. 694,266.

Patented Feb. '11, 913;

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, FREDERICK N. Pnssn and MILTON E. MoDoNNn'LL, citizens of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful 11nd Polishing Purposes; and we do here decl'are the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to-which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a detergent for cleansing and polishing purposes in general, butespecially adapted forcleaning and polishing varnished and polished surfaces on coaches, vehicles, etc.

It has for its object to produce a composition of matter for these purposes yvhich willbe eflicient in action, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and will leave a highlyfinished surface with an appearance and odor suggesting a clean and' freshly varnished article.

To these ends, the invention consists in the novel combinations of ingredients more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointcarbonates have been preferably removed. Care should'be taken to add just enough' edout in the claims.

Incarrylng .out our invention, we preferably dissolve a fatty acid, such as stearic acid in a neutral mineral 011, such as parafflu, or kerosene, or both, and also preferably apply some heat to aid in the solution when a solid acid is used.

the form of a Water solution from which all alkali to neutralize the acid present and to render 'the; subsequent emulsion neutral During the addition of thesaid alkali, and";

during all the, subsequent'additions, the":

mixture is preferably suitabli: agitated, as

by a mechanical means, in order to form an emulsion and to prevent the water and the; soap that is formedfromseparating from the mineral oil. Should this emulsion-justdisclosed be allowed to stand,. the said soa and water will finally -sep a-rateout an destroy the emulsion. In orffder to prevent this, and tophold theeniulsioii permanently,

' with the above'j emulsion;

we next forl'nia fcolloidal mixtureof a suitable gum, such as tragacanth and water, andifiliwy .a suitable agitation thor oughly incorporate --this colloidal mixtii,

- more than a thick semi-solid paste, which ma be easlly dipped out of the container an' applied to the surface to be cleaned and" We next preferably add a caustic alkali, such as caustic soda, in

"thepolished surface. It certainly imparts a oremulsion thus produced will hold its form indefinitely when the ingredients are properly proportioned, and it -is found to be a very useful detergent without any additions for many purposes. However, for most purposes, in order to save labor and to increase the rapidity of the action, we add finely divided abradant from settling to the,

bottom, yet the soap when first formedtends to go mto a more or less gelatinous mass,

and later appears to assume a more or less solid crystalline condition. After this crystalline. form has appeared, we again thoroughly agitate the mass, so as to break up the soap and to form a paste. Later, upon standing, although the soap may tend again to assume a solid form, yet it never forms polished. In fact, the paste-like 'form is easier of application than would be a liquid form. In practice we prefer to add gum ammoniac a the gum tragacanth inmaking the above colloidal mixture, which materially aids in maintaining the emulsion, and.we believe 1 it also aids in imparting a luster to pieasant odor of a freshly varnished surface therparts cleaned. The abradant, of

course, can be added either before or after the "colloidal mixture is added. When stearic -acidis used, we also preferably add some rdjoilflin order toprevent the'soap -fronr 'beiiifg hard and stringy, but of course any' othersuitable soapimay formed, or of course a ready made commercial soap.- may be-suitably incorporated with the minfer .to' employlsome paraffin oil 'for the purpose of givinggmore body to the vehicle; but,-of" lli"$8,. a large number of other oils couldbe used; a

The. proportions of the above ingredients be widely iaried, but we have found the eraloil,- rwhenlkerosene is used, wealso pres following-proportions to give the most ex cellent results, and prefer. to employ-the same :Paraflin oil 197 lbs.,' kerosene .197 lbs., red oil 13 lbs.,.stea;rio acid 9 lbs caustic soda '11 0253., water 141 lbs., silef 72 .lbs

guni tragacunth' 8 oz,

Whenmixed as above, and the above: 1 m. portlons, for example, are followed, there is produced a pale yellowish pasty ma'x, which when applied to the varnished surfaces-oi railroad cars, automobiles," ete.,- is =-fo1jmd to clean the same efiiciently and quickly, without injury to the-varnish, and to; leave a,

behind.

It is obvioustliat those sliilled'iu the ai'tpleasant odorof a freshlii varnishedsur'face may, as above indicated, vary the fcombina may be required by the What we claim is:-

. 2 A composition of:

- de p l poses, consi tions asv well as the proportions of pints- (without departing from-the spirit of :our-in-' 1 vention and therefore we do not wish toxbe or limited to the; above-disclosure, exceptmotteiunsafe-ire.

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containing a neutralii liofirin soap, parzifiin oil, finely divided tri oli, gum traggcanth, and'w'aten substaiitis as described.

2.18 composition ogmatter adapted for.

" cleaning purposes, .coiisistingofian emulsion containing the followingingrediefitsinlsub stantially' the following proportions :-par afiin oil 197 lbs. kerosene 1'97 '1b's.,-'red oil- 13 lbs., stearic aei .9- lbs.,.cca.ustic sodp, :11'-ozs.-,

gum tragacanth 8 ;o'z.,gum--vsiinmonigc 8 oz., substantially as In --testimony whereof; {we afiix our -signa 45 tures, in presence "of two witnesses;

' FREDERICK5NQPEASE.

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