Improvements in Salt, by Admixture and otherwise, to Render it More Valuable for Dietetic and other Purposes.
Year: 1892

page_text: The decision of the Comptroller-General, of the 27th day of June 1894,
allowed, under Section 18 of the Patenis, &c. Act, 1883, an Aimendment of
this Specification.
Improvements in Salt, by Admixture and otherwise, to Render it
More Valuable for Dietetic and other Purposes.
I, GEORGE WEDDELL 20 West Grainger Street Newcastle on Tyne, Chemist
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This is an invention for increasing the valuable nature for dietetic and other
purposes of common or table salt. by adding thereto such chemical ingredients as
inay be beneficial dietetically or otherwise. The additions I first propose are
such as exist in natural grains and other vegetable foods but are rejected by the
removal of the outer portions such as husks bran or other materials which are
known to be rich in phosphates and other valuable chemicals but are not utilized
on account of the indigestible fibrous or other substance in which they exist.
also propose to take into account the mineral and other constituents of bones and
other portions of animals which may at present be used or thrown away.
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The additions shall be made in such proportions that the compound salt thus
formed will be suitable for every purpose to which ordinary salt is put, such as in
the baking of bread, the flavouring of puddings, the seasoning of meats and
vegetables either in cooking or at the table: also for veterinary and other purposes.
The chemical and other ingredients which I propose to add and to which I refer
would include such as phosphates and other salts of calcium, sodium, potassium and
magnesium in the relative proportions in which they exist in the aforementioned or
other natural products or in such other proportious as the further study and analysis
of the substances to which the compound salt is to be added or any other
circumstance should render it desirable. The proportion in which it is proposed to
add the mixed chemicals or other substances to the ordinary salt to form the
compound salt is 4%, but I reserve the right to increase or diminish this proportion
as continued investigation may appear to render it advisable.
1 also reserve the right to add other substances not herein mentioned but which
may be found in the natural grains & other food products as already herein described,
and to improve or alter the condition of the substances or chemicals to render them
more easily assimilable.
T: 09th day of L1800

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvements in Salt, by Admixture and otherwise, to Render it
More Valuable for Dietetic and other Purposes.
1, GEORGE WEDDELL, 20 West Grainger Street, Newcastle on Tyne, Chemist,
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 is an invention for increasing the valuable nature of (common table or sea)
salt for dietetic, medicinal, veterinary, agricultural, preserving, and other purposes
to which salt is or may be applied, by adding thereto such substances as may be
beneficial or desirable.
The substances I first propose to add are such chemicals as exist in natural
grains, for instance in wheat, barley, oats, rye, maize and rice or in other vegetable
foods, such as peas, beans, lentils and others: and inasmuch as these chemicals
usually occur in greatest proportion in the husk, bran or rind, which on account of
its fibrous or otherwise indigestible nature is thrown away, my invention in one of
its aspects proposes to restore to food those valuable elements which are thus
wasted. I also take into account in making my additions the mineral and other
constituents of bones and such portions of animals as are not at present commonly
utilised for food.
The additions are made to the salt in such proportions that the compound salt
thus formed may be suitable for the various purposes to which salt is commonly
(or may be) put, such as the salting of bread, puddings, meat and vegetables,
either in baking, cooking, preserving, or at the table; also for medicinal (use either
externally or internally and for) veterinary, agricultural, preserving and other
purposes.
The chemical ingredients existing in natural grains and other food products
which I propose to add to the salt as described in my Provisional Specification,
and the proportions in which I prefer to use them are as follows:-In every thousand
parts of the mixture to be added to the salt, of-
Aluminium silicate
Aluminium sulphate
Ammonium phosphate
5 xpartis
10
::
22
32
Ammonium sulphate
16
""
Calcium carbonate
64
"
Calcium fluoride
18
"
Calcium hypophosphite
22
::
Calcium phosphate
300
::
Calcium sulphate
12
3:
Calcium superphosphate
25
::
Iron oxide
8
"
Iron perchloride
G
::
Iron phosphate
12
22
Magnesium chloride
40
";
Magnesium phosphate
136
23
Manganese phosphate
10
22
Potassium nitrate
15
::
Potassium phosphate
50
::
Potassium sulphate
Sodium nitrate
Sodium phosphate
20
::
12
182
:
Sodium sulphate
-
15
33

page_text: 1-reserve the right-however-to In some cases I alter the proportions of the above
ingredients, and to / omit one or more of them if 1-deem-it-desirable:
The proportion of the composition described above which I prefer to add to the
ordinary salt to form the compound salt which is the subject of my Patent is
four (4) per centum, but I reserve-the-right-to increase or diminish this amount and
te vary it if considered desirable to suit the particular_requirements of the different
purposes for which the compound salt is to be used. For example, in employing the
salt for special medicinal purposes in which a larger quantity of the chemical ingredients
should be indicated I would increase the amount of the composition to be added to the sult
in any proportion up to 20 per cent.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is as follows:
(1) The admixture with salt for dietetic, medicinal, veterinary, agricultural, and
preserving purposes of the chemical or mineral ingredients existing in the various
food substances as herein before described.
(2) A composition for admixture and in admixture with salt containing the
chemical composed of the respective ingredients as described above respectively.
(3)-The-ndmixture-with-salt-of-any-or-all-of-the-chemical-ingredients-particularly
mentioned-above-as-and-for-the-purposes-specified.
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