US678919A - Cleaning and polishing compound. - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS G. TOMOOR, OF EVANSTON, OHIO.

CLEANING AND POLISHING COMPOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,919, dated July 23, 1901.

Application filed April 16, 1900. Serial No. 12,990. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS G.TOMOOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful composition of matter to be used for cleaning and polishing hard-wood floors, stairs, mantels, furniture, and all varnished surfaces, of which the following is a specification.

My composition consists of the following ingredients,combined in the proportions stated: neutral oil, twelve ounces; naphtha, eighteen ounces; turpentine, six ounces; 'mirbane-oil, one ounce. The ingredients are to be thoroughly mixed by agitation.

The neutral oil referred to above is a commercial oil, the third distillate from crude petroleum. After the naphthas and illuminating-oils are distilled, a third distillate, I am advised, produces an oil which is neither a burning-oil nor a,lubricating-oil, but which stands between the two, and is hence called commercially neutral oil. This neutral oil is especially Well adapted for the purposes of my composition. The degree on Baumes hydrometer corresponding to the specific gravity of this neutral oil runs from 32 to 36. Its flash test is about 290 Fahrenheit,

and its fire test about 320 Fahrenheit.

My above composition is used both to clean and polish the floor, furniture, or other varnished surface, and nothing'else is needed to thoroughly loosen and remove the dirt and to give a perfect polish without the slightest damage to the varnished surface.

To use the composition, a piece of soft cot ton cloth is saturated with the liquid and the woodwork rubbed therewith to loosen and remove the dirt. Then with a clean cloth the Woodwork is polished until the liquid is all removed.

The liquid evaporates quickly, so that nothing is left to gather dust and dirt.

The finest polished woodwork can be safely treated with my liquid composition Without the slightest harm. The liquid removes all scratches and preserves and enhances the original finish. The composition being in liquid form possesses little or no Viscidity, and therefore it requires much less work to treat the polished surface and obtain a fine gloss than with the ordinary furniture-polishes.

Having thus described my composition, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The herein-described composition of matter, consisting of neutral oil, naphtha and turpentine, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

2. The hereindescribed composition of matter, consisting of neutral oil, naphtha, turpentine and mirbane-oil, in substantially the proportions specified for the purpose described.

LOUIS G. TOMOOR.

Witnesses:

W. S. KYLE, CHARLES W. HOFFMAN.