Process of treating wood against stain and decay

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF TREATING WOOD AGAINST STAIN, DECAY, FUNGI AND INSECT ATTACK, WHICH COMPRISES APPLYING TO THE SURFACES OF WOOD A FIRST AQUEOUS SOLUTION COMPRISING CHLOROPHENOL SALT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE SALTS OF AMMONIUM, MORPHOLINE, SODIUM AND POTASSIUM, FROM ABOUT 0.057 TO ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS, IN AN EMULSION OF RESIN-LIKE MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ROSIN, POLYVINYL ACETATE, RUBBER AND HYDROCARBON RESIN IN FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO ABOUT 40 PERCENT CONCEENTRATION OF THE RESIN-LIKE MATERIAL, SAID EMULSION BEING SUCH AS TO RESULT IN A SOLUTION WHICH IS NORMALLY STABLE BUT IS UNSTABLE WHEN MIXED WITH PREDETERMINED SALTS, SAID AQUEOUS MIXTURE OF CLOROPHENOL SALT AND RESIN-LIKE MATERIAL PENETRATING THE SURFACE FIBERS OF THE WOOD AS AN EMULSION; AND APPLYING TO THE SURFACES OF SAID TREATED WOOD A SECOND SOLUTION CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE OF SUCH PREDETERMINED SALTS COMPRISING WATER SOLUBLE SALT OF AN ORGANIC OR INORGANIC ACID IN CONCENTRATION FROM AOUT 0.004 PERCENT UP TO SATURATION AND WHICH IS SUCH AS TO IMMEDIATELY PRECOPITATE THE CHLOROPHENOL SALT AS SUBSTANTIALLY INSOLUBLE COMPOUNDS AND AT THE SAME TIME TO BREAK THE EMULSION AND PRECIPITATE THE RESIN-LIKE MATERIAL WITHIN THE FIBERS OF THE WOOD, SAID RESIN-LIK MATERIAL BINDING THE CHLOROPHENOL COMPOUNDS TO THE FIBERS TO PREVENT LEACHING THEREOF FROM THE WOOD.