IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BREAD AND BISCUITS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to André Cointry, of Nantes, in the Empire of
France, Manufacturer, and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, Lon-
don, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
BREAD AND BISCUITS."
Sealed the 14th June 1853, and dated the 16th December 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said André Cointry at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 16th December 1852.
I, ANDRÉ COINTRY, of Nantes, in the Empire of France, Manu-
facturer, and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, do hereby de-
clare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BREAD AND BISCUITS" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in replacing pure water as usually employed
in the preparation of bread by a liquor prepared with pounded

page_text: wheat and water in certain proportions, and which is suitably
applied.
I take 22 lbs. of wheat roughly ground to 220 lbs. of water, and
I submit the whole to ebullition during about 20 minutes, care
being taken that the preparation should not stick to the bottom of 5
the copper. The whole is then put in cotton net bags and pressed;
the liquid part is ready for use in the same way as water is now
employed in making bread, and in the proportion of 92 lbs. of
liquor to 100 lbs. of flour.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters
Patent, filed by the said André Cointry in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 15th June 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
ANDRÉ COINTRY, of Nantes, in the Empire of France, Manufacturer,
and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of December, One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the sixteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said André Cointry, Her special licence that I, the
said André Cointry, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said André Cointry, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BREAD AND BISCUITS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said André Cointry, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and

page_text: 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 im-
mediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE that I, the said André Cointry, do hereby de-
clare 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 consists in employing a glutinous liquor composed
of wheat and water in the preparation of dough for the manufac-
ture of bread and biscuits, in lieu of pure water as hitherto effected,
by means of which the products are considerably increased.
I operate as follows:-
To every twenty pounds of wheat of the first quality roughly
ground, I add about seventy quarts of water, and introduce the
whole into a copper. I let the whole boil constantly during about
fifteen to twenty minutes, at the end of which time a strongly glu-
tinous liquid is obtained. Great care should be taken to prevent
the wheat falling to the bottom of the copper, and not to allow any
of the liquid to escape by ebullition. The operation would be per-
formed with greater advantage by employing steam, and using a
double bottomed copper similar to those used for the refining of
sugar in vacuo.
I then separate the solid parts of the contents of the copper from
the liquid parts of the latter by emptying the whole into knitted
cotton bags, which ars afterwards placed under presses. The liquor
thus obtained is then fit to be employed in suitable proportions for
the preparation of dough.
And having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner of carrying the same into effect, I would have it under-
stood that I do not confine myself to the precise proportions herein
laid down; but what I claim is, the preparation of a glutinous
liquor to be employed in lieu of pure water in the preparation of

page_text: dough for the manufacture of bread and biscuits as herein-before
described.
. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
Ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three.
ANDRÉ COINTRY. (L.s.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered
in the presence of
HENRY NEWMAN,
Her Britannick Majesty's Consul at Nantes.