Compounds for Use as Ferments for the Production of Alcohol from Farinaceous Matter.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 6th May, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Compounds for Use as Ferments for the Production of Alcohol from
Farinaceous Matter.
I, HENRY GRIBBLE TURNER, of 19, Sloane Gardens, in the County of London,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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According to my invention I employ certain compounds known in India under
the designation of saraimandie" ("white ball")" and atsumandie ("brown
ball"), as ferments for the production of alcohol from cereals such as rice, maize,
millets, &c.
The active ingredient of the said compounds consists of a mould or fungus which
is combined, in the case of the white balls with rice meal and other substances
consisting mainly of the bark of plumbago-zeylanica, and the bark of nerium,
tinctorium, these ingredients being incorporated in the form of small balls.
In the case of "brown ball" the said mould or fungus is combined with the
same barks as above, without the rice, and in some cases with other vegetable
ingredients.
In either case the said ingredients are made up into a pasty mass, which is
generally formed into small balls that are dried by fire heat, after which they
are available for use.
For the production of alcohol by means of these compounds, they are simply
mixed with farinaceous matter when by the agency of the mould contained in the
compounds fermentation is set up and alcohol is produced.
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ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Compounds for Use as Ferments for the Production of Alcohol from
Farinaceous Matter.
I, HENRY GRIMBLE TURNER, of 19, Sloane Gardens, in the County of London,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
According to my invention I employ certain compounds known in India under
the designation of " saraimandie" ("white ball")" and "atsumandie ("brown
ball") as ferments for the production of alcohol from cereals such as rice, maize,
&a

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The active ingredient of the said compounds consists of a mould or fungus
belonging to the class or genus of the mucors which is combined, in the case
of the white balls with rice meal and other substances consisting mainly of the
bark of plumbago zeylanica, and the bark of nerium-tinctorium, these ingredients
being incorporated in the form of small balls.
In the case of "brown ball" the said mould or fungus is combined with the
same barks as above, without the rice, and in some cases with vegetable ingredients.
In preparing the said white ball" and "brown ball" compounds, the said
ingredients are mixed in about equal proportions together with a small quantity of
the said fungus or mould, the germs of which are also generally found to exist
in some or all of the ingredients. The ingredients are made up into a pasty mass
and are formed into small balls. These are then exposed to a warm moist
atmosphere whereby the mould germs rapidly propagate and spread throughout the
balls. The balls are then dried by fire-heat, after which they are available
for use.
For the production of alcohol by means of these compounds, they are simply
mixed with farinaceous matter, when, by the agency of the mould contained in the
compounds, fermentation is set up and alcohol is produced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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1. The use as a ferment for the production of alcohol from farinaceous matter
of a compound known as saraimandie ("white ball") prepared substantially as
described.
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2. The use as a ferment for the production of alcohol from farinaceous matter
of a compound known as atsumandie" ("brown ball") prepared substantially as
herein described.
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