IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CONFECTIONERY AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR.”
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alphonse Ernest Charles Landry, Cook to the
Turkish Embassy, Bryanston Square, in the County of Middlesex,.
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN
ARTICLES OF CONFECTIONERY AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR.”
"
Scaled the 28th November 1871, and dated the 3rd October 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alphonse Ernest
Charles Landry at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 3rd October 1871.
I, ALPHONSE ERNEST CHARLES LANDRY, Cook to the Turkish
Embassy, Bryanston Square, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CONFECTIONERY AND IN THE APPARATUS
EMPLOYED THEREFOR,". to be as follows, that is to say :-

page_text: ornamental articles of sugar, and in the apparatus employed therefor,
whereby the said articles are made in a much more rapid, perfect, and
economical manner than at present.
Hitherto it has been the practice in making the cylindrical parts of
the sultane and other similar articles of confectionery for the workman 5
to pour the melted sugar on the cylindrical mould by means of a spoon,
and great difficulty has always been found in forming the open designs
or patterns in the article to be made in addition to great labor having to
be expended upon it; and there has always been great difficulty and
labor in forming the parts of such articles of confectionery that require 1
to be made of thin strings of sugar called hair sugar.
Now by my improvements to form the cylindrical parts of the said
articles of confectionery I employ a flat mould of suitable metal, or
preferably of an alloy of metal. The surface of this mould is cast or
otherwise made with the design or pattern desired to be produced in the 1
cylindrical portion of the sultane or other article of confectionery. The
design may be of a lozenge or other form. The prepared sugar in a liquid
state is poured in the sunken parts of the mould, and when sufficiently
cool, but while yet in a plastic state, it is rolled over a tin or copper
cylinder, and the two ends are joined by any of the means well known 2
to confectioners. To prevent the sugar adhering to the mould the
surface of the mould is slightly oiled. By this means I obtain in a short
time and with but little labor a hollow cylinder of sugar with the open
design or pattern of the mould employed.
To form those portions of the article consisting of strings of sugar 2
called hair sugar, I employ a small tool or apparatus constructed as
follows:-I form a small box or receiver of a V shape in section made of
copper or tin. This receiver is closed at the ends, and has a sliding lid or
cover at the top provided with a suitable handle by which the apparatus
is held when used. The ends are made so as to be easily removeable for 3
cleaning. In the lower part of the box where the two oblique sides
meet, I cut a number of slits at a certain distance apart; from each slit
extends a projecting piece or strip of thin sheet copper or tin, and of the
same width as the slit; the said strips are rounded at the ends. In the
lid of the box is or are one or several holes for the admission of 3
the air.

page_text: To use this apparatus the box is filled with the sugar in the semi-
liquid state, as before stated, and the apparatus is held with its bottom
downwards, when the sugar will pass through the slits and along the
strips in thin streams or hair sugar, which may be guided to form the
desired ornament.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alphonse Ernest Charles Landry in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 21st March 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALPHONSE
ERNEST CHARLES LANDRY, Cook to the Turkish Embassy, Bryanston
Square, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Alphonse Ernest Charles Landry, Her
special licence that I, the said Alphonse Ernest Charles Landry, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Alphonse Ernest Charles Landry, 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 makc, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CONFECTIONERY AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED
THEREFOR," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alphonse
Ernest Charles Landry, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alphonse Ernest Charles Landry,
do hereby 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, reference being had to
the Drawing hereto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked 5
thereon, that is to say :—
My Invention consists in improvements in the manufacture of an
article of confectionery known by the name of sultane, and other
ornamental articles of sugar, and in the apparatus employed therefor,
whereby the said articles are made in a much more rapid, perfect, and 1
economical manner than at present.
Hitherto it has been the practice in making the cylindrical parts of
the sultane and other similar articles of confectionery for the workman
to pour the melted sugar on the cylindrical mould by hand by means of
a spoon, and great difficulty has always been found in forming the open
designs or patterns in the article to bo made, in addition to great labor
having to be expended upon it; and there has always been great
difficulty and labor in forming the parts of such articles of confectionery
that require to be made of thin strings of sugar called hair sugar.
1
Now by my improvements I obviate these objections. To form the 2
cylindrical parts of the said articles of confectionery I employ a flat
mould, and to form those portions of the article consisting of strings or
threads of sugar called hair sugar I employ a small tool or apparatus by
which the operation is greatly facilitated.
In the accompanying Drawing, Figure 1 is a plan and Figure 2 a 2
section of part of the mould I employ for making the cylindrical parts of
the said articles. Figure 3 a front elevation, and Figure 4 an end
elevation of my improved apparatus for making hair sugar.
a, a, Figures 1 and 2, is the mould of suitable metal, preferably of
an alloy of metal, which varies in dimensions according to the size of 3
the article to be made. It is cast or otherwise formed with a raised
lozenge pattern or design b, b, the sides of the raised lozenge-shaped
parts being slightly inclined, or the mould may be formed with any
other desired design or pattern.

page_text: To make a sultane, the prepared sugar in a liquid state is poured into
the sunken parts c, c, of the mould, until a sufficient thickness is
obtained, but so as not to run over or cover the raised parts b; b. When
the sugar in the mould is sufficiently cool, but while yet in a plastic
state, it is rolled over a tin or copper cylinder, and the two ends are
joined by any of the means well known to confectioners. The cir-
cumference of the cylinder is equal to the length of the mould. The
surface of the mould is slightly oiled before pouring the sugar in it to
prevent the sugar adhering thereto. By this means I obtain in a short
time and with but little labor a hollow cylinder of sugar formed with
openings of the size and shape of the raised parts b, b, of the mould. I
also employ a mould or moulds to form the voluted or other ornamental
parts, such as the borders of the sultane or other article.
Figures 3 and 4 shew the apparatus I employ for forming hair
¡ sugar.
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This apparatus consists of a box or receiver & made of copper or tin.
It is provided with a sliding lid e having a handle f, by which the
apparatus is held when used. The ends g of the box are fixed to the
sides d, d, by screws i, i, so that they may be easily removed for cleaning
› the box. h, h, aro strips of copper or tin formed in one piece with one
of the sides of the box, and in front of these strips or projecting pieces h
slits are cut at m of the same width as the projecting pieces h. These
latter are slightly curved longitudinally and are rounded at the ends.
Holes are formed in the lid of the box for the admission of the air.
To use this apparatus the box is filled with sugar in a semi-liquid
state, as before stated, and the apparatus is held in the position shewn in
the Drawing, when the sugar will pass through the slits and along the
strips h, h, in thin streams or hair sugar, which may be guided according
to the effect desired.
) Having now described my Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, what I claim is,-
First. The method of making the sultane and other ornamental
articles of sugar confectionery, and the moulds or apparatus employed
therefor, as herein-before described and represented in Figures 1 and 2
5 of the accompanying Drawing.

page_text: Secondly. The arrangement or construction of apparatus for making
hair sugar, as herein-before described and represented in Figures 3 and 4
of the Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alphonse Ernest Charles Landry,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of 5
March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two.
Witness,
W. A. GILBEE,
4, South Street, Finsbury.
A. E. O. LANDRY. (L.S.)