IMPROVEMENTS IN AND MATERIALS FOR FLAVORING AERATED WATERS to be as follows
Year: 1884

page_text: I THOMAS KERFOOT of Medlock Vale Works, Bury Street, Manchester in the
County of Lancaster Manufacturing and Pharmaceutical Chemist do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND MATERIALS FOR
FLAVORING AERATED WATERS to be as follows:-
"
The object of this invention is the manufacture of flavoring for aerated waters
in a solid form whereby the same is more easily transported than when used in a
liquid form as heretofore and whereby all measuring apparatus is dispensed with
and all contact with metallic surfaces is avoided.
In performing my invention I dissolve sugar in water to make syrup, in pro-
portion of 2 lbs sugar to 1 lb water more or less-I then evaporate by preference
in a vacuum pan until a suitable consistency is reached, which is ascertained by
dropping a small quantity of the syrup into cold water when if it is solidifies
sufficiently to be picked out of the water it is right. The necessary flavoring and
coloring matter if required is or are then added and the heating and stirring are
continued for ten minutes longer the liquid is then run from the vacuum pan
into other pans surrounded by cold water and stirred therein until it assumes a
thick creamy consistency after which it is allowed to stand until cold-When cold
the solid flavoring so produced is cut up and moulded into any convenient form
for introducing into the aerated water bottles.

page_text: I, THOMAS KERFOOT, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturing
and Pharmaceutical Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND MATERIALS FOR FLAVORING AERATED WATERS," and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
The object of this invention is the manufacture of flavoring for aerated waters
in a solid or other portable form and whereby the same is more easily transported
from place to place than when used in a liquid state as beretofore, and whereby in
the act of flavoring aerated waters all measuring apparatus is dispensed with and
all contact with metallic surfaces is avoided.
'
In performing my invention I dissolve sugar in water to make syrup in the
proportion of 2/2 lbs. sugar to 1 lb water more or less-I then evaporate by pre-
ference in a vacuum pan until a suitable consistency is reached, which is ascer-
tained by dropping a small quantity of the syrup into cold water when if it
solidifies sufficiently to be picked out of the water it is right. The necessary
flavoring and coloring matter if required is or are then added and the heating and
stirring are continued for about ten minutes longer-the liquid is then run from
the vacuum pan into other pans surrounded by cold water and stirred therein
until it assumes a thick creamy consistency, after which it is allowed to stand until
cold. When cold the solid flavoring so produced is cut up and moulded into any
convenient form and after being dried at a gentle heat, say in a stove or chamber
is suitable for introducing into the aerated water bottles direct or may be stored up
ready for transport or for future use.
Instead of evaporating a mixture of sugar and water a solid flavoring may be
also prepared by mixing the fruit or other essences or flavorings with dry
powdered sugar adding a sufficient quantity of glucose or any other suitable
soluble excipient and knead up the whole until it is sufficiently plastic to mould
into sticks or other suitable forms which are then to be dried in a warm stove as
before directed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st The manufacture of flavoring for aerated waters in a solid or other portable
form substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
2nd The use of solid or other portable flavoring in place of liquid flavoring as
heretofore, in the manufacture of aerated waters substantially as hereinbefore
described.