Composition and method for preserving the quality of shell eggs

Claim 1

A PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION ADAPTED TO BE SPRAYED ONTO THE LARGE-END AREAS OF THE SURFACES OF SHELL EGGS TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY THEREOF, COMPRISING A SOLUTION OF MINERAL OIL AND A VOLATILE DILUENT ADAPTED TO BE CONTAINED AS A STERILE, SELF-PROPELLING SOLUTION IN A SPRAY DISPENSING CONTAINER, SAID VOLATILE DILUENT ACTING TO SPREAD THE SPRAYED SOLUTION OVER THE SPRAYED AREA OF THE SHELLS FOR ABSORPTION THEREIN AND PROMPTLY EVAPORATE FROM THE SHELLS TO LEAVE THE OIL SPRAYED AND ABSORBED OVER SAID SPRAYED LARGE-END AREAS OF THE SHELLS, THE PROPORTION OF OIL BEING SUCH THAT THE QUANTIFTY OF SOLUTION APPLIED TO THE LARGE-END AREA OF EACH SHELL IN A SIMPLE SPRAY APPLICATION WILL LEAVE A SEALING RESIDUE NOT EXCEEDING ABOUT 70 MG. OF SAID OIL ABSORBED IN THE LARGE-END AREA OF EACH SHELL, AND SAID DILUENT HAVING A BOILING POINT BELOW ROOM TEMPERATURE AND A VAPOR PRESSURE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT TO PRESSURIZE SAID SOLUTION WHEN IT IS IN A SPRAY-DISPENSING CONTAINER TO PROPEL SAID SOLUTION AS A SPRAY FROM SAID CONTAINER.