A MAMBAZO HAY TORACCO
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Duris de Boulimbert, of No. 10, Rue de la
Fidélité, Paris, in the Empire of France, Gentleman, for the Invention
A MAMBAZO HAY TORACCO"
Sealed the 23rd May 1865, and dated the 29th November 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Duris de Boulim-
bert at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 29th November 1864.
I, JOSEPH DURIS DE BOULIMBERT, of No. 10, Rue de la Fidélité, Paris,
in the Empire of France, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "A NEW KIND OF CIGAR MADE OF OTHER MATERIALS THAN
TOBACCO," to be as follows, that is to say:-
I carry out my Invention in the following manner :-I take some of
the best maize or Indian corn leaves that I can find; and after removing
the parts which are too hard to be used, I place the leaves in a vessel
made of crystal, glass, porcelain, or baked earth, hermetically closed, and
half filled with a liquid consisting of one part of molasses and three parts
of an infusion of sage which has received beforehand a certain quantity of
parched barley reduced to an impalpable powder, so that the whole should be
well mixed, and of nearly a black color. When the leaves have been 15 days
in the liquid, and are well covered by it, I drain them in the best manner

page_text: possible, and place them in another vessel of the same size as the first, also
bermetically closed, and which is filled with an essence of coffee of the best
quality. After six days I again drain the leaves, so that they may be put in
& dryer and heated to about 20° Centigrade, if it is winter, or they may be
dried in the sun if it is summer; in a few hours the leaves will be sufficiently
dried for use. I then take 2 or 3 leaves, which, if they are too long, I fold,
putting in the middle a small piece of tinder, about two and a half inches in
length. I roll the whole together, and cover it with another leaf, the largest
that I can use so as to obtain as near as possible the form of an ordinary
cigar. I then cover the whole with a small band of very thin colored paper,
having on one side only a coating of gum arabic, diluted with strong coffee.
The cigars being thus finished, I place them until they are delivered to
commerce in a closed vessel containing powdered coffee of the best aroma,
and by means of a long pin I pierce the diameter of each cigar in the
direction of its length, so as to admit of the passage of the air in the
interior to assist the combustion; and care must be taken that the
coffee does not enter this passage, otherwise the pin will have to be again
used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Duris de Boulimbert in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 29th May 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
DURIS DE BOULIMBERT, of No. 10, Rue de la Fidélité, Paris, in the Empire
of France, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Joseph Duris de Boulimbert, Her special
licence that I, the said Joseph Duris de Boulimbert, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Duris de
Boulimbert, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW

page_text: KIND OF CIGAR MADE OF OTHER MATERIALS THAN TOBACCO," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Joseph Duris de Boulimbert, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal. Patent
Office within six calendar. months next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Duris de Boulimbert, do bereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to the manufacture of cigars from the best maize or
Indian corn leaves impregnated with coffee.
To carry out my Invention I take the best leaves of Indian corn, taking
care to separate from the leaves, by means of scissors or any other suitable
instrument, the parts which are hard or not easily folded. I place them in a
glass, china, or earthen vessel half full of a solution composed of one part of
molasses and three parts of sage, to which has been added a certain quantity
of roasted barley, reduced to a very fine powder, the whole being well mixed,
and producing a nearly black liquid. The vessel is then closed hermetically.
When the leaves so prepared have remained entirely immersed in the solution
for about fifteen days. they are taken from the vessel and well drained. I
then plunge them in another vessel containing a very strong infusion of the
best coffee. This vessel is also closed perfectly air-tight. The leaves having
remained in this new liquid during six days are taken out and well drained,
to be then dried by being exposed, if it be summer, to the heat of the sun,
or in winter I place them in a stove, the temperature of which is about twenty
degrees Centigrade. After being thus dried they are in a fit state to be manu-
factured into cigars; and to carry out this part of the Invention I lay two or
three leaves on each other, and place in the middle of them a piece of German
tinder of about two and a half inches long. I roll them round, and surround
the whole with another long leaf, and to finish the cigar I cover it with a
band of very thin paper, having, the colour of tobacco, and on which I bave
laid a thin coating of gum, dissolved in an infusion of very strong coffee, on
the part which is to surround the cigar. The cigars are then pierced all
through by means of a pin. Cigars thus manufactured must be stored in
closed vessels containing very strong roasted coffee reduced to powder until
they are sold to the trade. When they are stored in the vessels containing

page_text: the roasted coffee, care must be taken that the hole made to introduce the
air through them should not be clogged up by the entrance of some of the
coffee-powder, as the cigars so closed must be again pierced by the same
means as before to re-establish the passage of the air.
And having now described my Invention, and the best means to put the
same into execution, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself
to the precise details herein laid down, as the same may be varied without
deviating from the principle of my Invention, but what I claim as new and
intended to be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent
is, the manufacture of cigars from Indian corn leaves impregnated with coffee
substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Duris de Boulimbert, have here.
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of May in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
JOSEPH DURIS DE BOULIMBERT.
(L.S.)
Witness,
AD. PELLETIER,
Etrechet,
Le 27 Mai 1865.