IM- PROVEMENTS IN TREATING CERTAIN FARINACEOUS SUBSTANCES APPLICABLE TO INFANTS' OR INVALIDS' FOOD. AND IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED MY
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John James Ridge, of Thomas Street, St. John's,
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, M.D., for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN TREATING CERTAIN FARINACEOUS SUBSTANCES APPLICABLE TO
INFANTS' OR INVALIDS' FOOD. AND IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED MY
Sealed the 24th April 1863, and dated the 27th October 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John James Ridge at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th October 1862.
I, JOHN JAMES RIDGE, of Thomas Street, St. John's, Southwark, in the
County of Surrey, M.D., do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention'
for IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING CERTAIN FARINACEOUS SUBSTANCES APPLICABLE TO
INFANTS OR INVALIDS' FOOD, AND IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as
follows (that is to say):
My Invention has reference to an improved process for treating and im-
parting medicinal properties to wheaten flour, Indian corn, rice, or like fari-
naceous substances, and obtaining therefrom a purer and more nutritiousfood
applicable to infants or invalids than at present, and consists in subjecting the
said farinaceous substances to a roasting or drying process contained within
closed cylindrical vessels or chambers surroundedbyandmaintainedunderheat
uniformly for about six hours to the temperature of boiling water, steam, or
otherwise, suitable outlet pipes or passages in the apparatus being provided for
the escape of vapour or gases evolved during the process, the ingredients thus
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page_text: prepared are then to be mixed or incorporated with other matters of an
alkaline or saccharine nature in such proportions as may be found necessary
for allaying acidity, or otherwise rendering the same soothing or agreeable to
the palate.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John James Ridge in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th April 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
JAMES RIDGE, of Thomas Street, of St. John's Southwark,.in the County
of Surrey, M.D., send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign,did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me
the said John James Ridge, Her special licence that I, the said. John
James Ridge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said John James Ridge, my executors, administrators, 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 IM-
PROVEMENTS IN TREATING CERTAIN FARINACEOUS SUBSTANCES APPLICABLE TO INFANTS'
OR INVALIDS FOOD, AND IN, APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Janies Ridge, my exe-
cutors 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 John James Ridge, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings. (that is
to say):
My Invention has reference to an improved process for treating and im-

page_text: parting inedicinal properties to wheaten flour, oatmeal, Indian corn, rice, or
like farinaceous substances, and obtaining therefrom a purer and more
nutritious food applicable to infants or invalids than at present, and consists
in subjecting the said farinaceous substances to a roasting or drying process
contained within closed cylindrical vessels or chambers surrounded by and
maintained under heat uniformly for about six hours to the temperature of
boiling water, steam, or otherwise, suitable outlet pipes or passages in the
apparatus being provided for the escape of vapour or gases evolved duringthe
process, the ingredients thus prepared are then to be mixed or incorporated.
with other matters of an alkaline or saccharine nature in such proportions as
may be found necessary for allaying acidity, or otherwise rendering the
same soothing and agreeable to the palate;
But in order that this my said Invention may be more fully understood,'
and readily carried into effect, I now proceed to describe it by the aid of the
accompanying Drawings, reference being had to the letters and figures there-
on marked (that is to say):-
Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of the apparatus employed by me in my
improved process; Fig. 2, a top or plan view thereof; Fig. 3, a transverse
vertical section taken through the dotted line in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, an hori-
zontal section, through the line in Fig. 1. In each Figure the same letters
of reference denote similar corresponding parts.
A, A, vessel containing the farinaceous substance under operation; 1. B, B,
tubular passage, passing vertically through the centre thereof, through which
heat and vapour is given off; C, C, outter vessei containing boiling water,
steam, or otherwise for supplying heat to the same; D, D, cover fitting
closely upon the lip or edge of the inner vessel so as to confine the heat, and
admit of the escape of the gases or vapours through the perforations inthecap
or valve E, E; F, F, channel formed on the inside of the lower portion of the
cover for collecting and discharging the condensed vapour whichs runs down
the sides; G, G, outlet passages, through which the gases escape during the
process as indicated by the arrows; H, H, farinaceous substance under treat-
ment. The process by which I obtain my new food is as follows:-The purest
and finest description of wheaten flour is placed in the inner vessel as shown
in the Drawing, and surrounded by boiling water, steam or otherwise,
through the medium of the outter vessel, and thus kept or maintained under
heat uniformly from six to eight hours, until the farina presents a definite
taste and appearance, and has become thoroughly cooked or dressed, the food
is then to be rolled,sifted,and pounded until a perfect state of smoothness and
softness has been obtained, after which bicarbonate of soda in the proportion

page_text: of two drachms to a pound of the cooked flour, to which also half an ounce of
powdered lump sugar is to be added, and thoroughly incorporated therewith,
when the whole is ready for use. In conclusion to the foregoing description
it may be here necessary to note that oatmeal, Indian corn, rice, or other
farinaceous substances may be employed and treated in like manner, and that
the apparatus may be used singly or in sets, and heated by gas, fire, or
otherwise..
Having now fully described the nature of this my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I would have it clearly under-
stood that I do not intend to confine myself to the exact proportionsornumber
of ingredients; nor do I claim as of my said Invention the exclusive use of
the several parts and processes herein-before mentioned and referred to,
except when the same are employed in and for the purposes of my said
Invention, which I hereby declare to consist in the employment and mode
of treating farinaceous substances in connection with the apparatus, in the
manner and for the purposes herein-before mentioned and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John James Ridge, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
JOHN JAMES RIDGE. (L.s.)
Witness,
GEORGE TAYLOR,
Clerk to Messrs. Weatherdon & Co.
77, Chancery Lane.