Improvements in the Treatment of Tobacco or of the Smoke therefrom, for the purpose of Increasing its Salubrious Effect on the Smoker, and in means therefor.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in the Treatment of Tobacco or of the Smoke therefrom,
for the purpose of Increasing its Salubrious Effect on the Smoker,
and in means therefor.
I, ELISE THECLA CATHERINE WEIHERS, of Caithness, Romford, in the County of
Essex, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the treatment of tobacco or of the smoke thereof and has
for its object the provision of means whereby the action of smoking tobacco has a
more salubrious effect upon the smoker than obtains with ordinary tobacco in as much
as the nicotine poison so dangerous to the smoker is wholely on to a great extent
eliminated and further the atmosphere has imparted to it, health giving elements
which benefit the persons around as well as the smoker or smokers of the tobacco
treated as hereinafter described.
To carry my invention into effect I arrange that the smoke from the tobacco shall
be mixed with, or be acted upon by a special concoction or mixture hereinafter more
fully described which will give to the smoke the desired effect and shall not at the
same time in any way materially interfere with the flavour or taste of the tobacco.
I may make the tobacco itself the vehicle of the mixture, or the vehicle may be
the paper of a cigarette or a pellet or plug of porous material adapted to hold the
mixture and to fit into a pipe, or a cigar or cigarette holder.
The mixture herein before referred to I make of the following ingredients, viz. :-
Benzoic acid
Tannic acid
50 grains.
1 scruple.
teaspoon.
Essence of Cinnamon
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Juniper -
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Aniseed
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6 drops.
Benzoin -
Spirits of Wine
3
"
6 grains.
pint.
This mixture I spray upon the tobacco or upon the cigarette papers or upon the
pellets or plugs.
A convenient method of making the pellets or plugs is to mix 2 ozs. of "Pulp"
with 20 ozs. of water, and boil the mixture in a steam bath, keeping it well stirred
during the boiling operation, when the mixture is thoroughly smooth, I add a solution
of 30 grains of borax, and 60 grains of alum, dissolved in about 1 tablespoon of
water.

page_text: The whole is now allowed to simmer until it becomes a thick syrup, in a well mixed
and smooth condition, so as to be moulded or formed into the required shape.
Dated this 6th day of October 1896.
FELL & JAMES,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in the Treatment of Tobacco or of the Smoke therefrom,
for the purpose of Increasing its Salubrious Effect on the Smoker,
and in means therefor.
I ELISE THECLA CATHERINE WEIHERS of Caithness, Romford in the County of
Essex, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the treatment of tobacco or of the smoke thereof and has
for its object the provision of means whereby the action of smoking tobacco has a
more salubrious effect upon the smoker than obtains with ordinary tobacco, in as
much as the nicotine poison so dangerous to the smoker is wholely or to a great
extent eliminated and further the atmosphere has imparted to it health giving
elements which benefit the persons around as well as the smoker or smokers of the
tobacco treated as hereinafter described.
To carry my invention into effect I arrange that the smoke from the tobacco shall
be mixed with or be acted upon by a special concoction or mixture hereinafter more
fully described which will give to the smoke the desired effect and shall not at the
same time in any way materially interfere with the flavour or the taste of the
tobacco.
I may make the tobacco itself the vehicle of the mixture, or the vehicle may be the
paper of a cigarette or a pellet or plug of porous material adapted to hold the mixture
and to fit into a pipe, or a cigar or cigarette holder.
The mixture herein before referred to I make of the following ingredients viz. :-
Benzoic Acid
Tannic Acid
Essence of Cinnamon
50 grains.
1 scruple.
teaspoon.
"
,, Myrrh
"
"
Juniper
Aniseed
"
"
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Elder flower
Benzoin -
Spirits of Wine
"
"
6 drops.
3 drops.
6 grains.
pint.
This mixture I spray upon the tobacco or upon the cigarette papers or upon the
pellets or plugs.
A convenient method of making the pellets or plugs is to mix 2 ozs. of paper pulp
with 20 ozs. of water and boil the mixture in a steam bath, keeping it well stirred
during the boiling operation.
When the mixture is thoroughly smooth I add a solution of 30 grains of borax and
60 grains of alum dissolved in about 1 tablespoon of water. The whole is now allowed
to simmer until it becomes a thick syrup, in a well mixed and smooth condition, so
as to be moulded or formed into the required shape.

page_text: I find that the following proportions give a satisfactory result, but they may of
course be modified to suit varying circumstances and materials.
of mistura north of taban
1 oz.
1 oz.
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Having now particularly described and
tion and in what manner the same is
I claim is:
"pulp.
lb.,, cigarette paper.
ascertained the nature of this inven-
to be performed I declare that what
1st. The treatment of tobacco with the mixture herein described substantially as
and for the purposes described.
2nd. The treatment of cigarette papers with the mixture herein described
substantially as and for the purposes described.
3rd. The treatment of a pellet or plug of absorbent material such as pulp adapted
to fit a tobacco pipe cigar or cigarette holder, with the mixture herein described
substantially as and for the purposes described.
4th. The composition of the liquid mixture for the treatment of tobacco or of the
smoke therefrom substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 18th day of June 1897.
FELL & JAMES,
1 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.