Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cocoa, Chocolate, Coffee, Tea, and similar Beverages.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 28th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cocoa, Chocolate,
Coffee, Tea, and similar Beverages.
I, EDWARD JOHN LUSBY, of 10 Minories, in the City of London, Tobacco
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention consists in treating cocoa, chocolate coffee, tea and similar
beverages with certain medicinal substances to render them antiseptic and at the
same time to impart to them valuable medicinal properties.
According to my invention the medicinal substances that I prefer to employ
for my purpose are the oils, essences or products obtained from the trees or plants
of the pine or the myrtle family, or the products of any tarry, coniferous or
resinous trees or plants. For instance, in the case of the pine family I may
employ the oils of pumilio, sylvestris, resdonia, picea, maglius or rigida; and in
the case of the myrtle family the oil of eucalyptus globulus or blue gum tree.
I do not confine myself to the use of any particular one of the above named oils as
two or more of them may if found advantageous be mixed together. Or the
medicinal substances employed may consist of compounds containing one or more
of the above stated substances as essential ingredients.
In carrying out my invention and when treating cocoa or chocolate for example,
I may use about a quarter of an ounce of the oil or essence to each pound of
cocoa or chocolate treated but I do not confine myself to these proportions as
such may be varied according to the particular oil or substance used and according
as a stronger or a weaker result is required. The addition of the oil or medicinal
substance to the beverage may be effected by infusing, spraying, mixing or
otherwise combining it therewith at any stage during the manufacture of such
beverage into its commercial condition.
Beverages treated as above mentioned will be found beneficial in affections of
the throat and lungs such as quinsey, asthma, catarrh, and influenza complaints,
as the aforesaid oils will act as soothing agents and the vapour arising from said
beverages will render the surrounding atmosphere antiseptic.
Dated this 28th day of March 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cocoa, Chocolate,
Coffee, Tea, and similar Beverages.
I, EDWARD JOHN LUSBY, of 10 Minories, in the City of London, Tobacco
Agent, 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 consists in treating cocoa, chocolate, coffee, tea and similar
substances used for the preparation of beverages with certain medicinal
CD
improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cocoa, Chocolate,
Coffee, Tea, and similar Beverages.
I, EDWARD JOHN LUSBY, of 10 Minories, in the City of London, Tobacco
Agent, 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 consists in treating cocoa, chocolate, coffee, tea and similar
substances used for the preparation of beverages with certain medicinal

page_text: substances to render them antiseptic or impart to them valuable medicinal
properties.
According to my invention the medicinal substances that I employ for my
purpose are the oils, essences or other products obtained from the trees or plants
of the pine or the myrtle_family, or the products of any tarry, coniferous or
resinous trees or plants. For instance, in the case of the pine family I may
employ the oils of pumilio, sylvestria, resdonia, picea, maglius or rigida ; and in
the case of the myrtle family the oil of eucalyptus globulus. I do not confine
myself to the separate use of any one of the above named oils as two or more of
them may if found advantageous be mixed together. Or the medicinal substances
employed may consist of compounds containing one or more of the above stated
substances as essential ingredients.
In carrying out my invention I prefer to employ the oil of pinus pumilio or the
oil of eucalyptus globulus. When treating coffee according to my invention, it
is first ground in the ordinary way and spread on a plate or tray in an approxi-
mately even layer. I then sprinkle the oil over the coffee by any suitable means
such as a spraying device. I usually employ about one sixteenth to a quarter of
an ounce of the oil for each pound of the coffee or other substance to be treated,
the quantity of oil used depending on the extent to which the substance is to be
impregnated with the oil. The coffee is then stirred or otherwise agitated in any
appropriate manner and the tray with its contents placed in a chamber or
receptacle which is tightly closed. The coffee is allowed to remain in this chamber
or receptacle for a sufficient time to ensure that the whole of it will be evenly
impregnated with the oil. I find from one to three days a suitable time. The
coffee can then be removed from the chamber or receptacle and be placed in
packages ready for sale. When the coffee or other substance is intended to be
enclosed in paper packages, it will be found advantageous to use paper that has
been likewise treated with the oil.
When treating cocoa, chocolate or tea I proceed in a similar manner to that
above described.
I wish it to be understood that the addition of the medicinal substance or oil to
the coffee or other substance may be effected by infusing, spraying, mixing or
otherwise combining it therewith at any stage during the manufacture of the
coffee or other substance into its commercial or marketable condition or after such
manufacture.
Tea, coffee aud similar substances treated as above described will be found
beneficial in affections of the throat and lungs such as quinsey, asthma, catarrh,
and influenza, as the aforesaid oils will act as soothing agents.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The manufacture of a substance consisting of cocoa, chocolate, coffee, tea or
the like treated with a medicinal substance, oil, essence or product in about
the proportions, and substantially in the manner described for the purpose
specified.
2. Cocoa, chocolate, coffee, tea or any similar substance treated with the oil,
essence or other product of pinus pumilio or of eucalyptus globulus in the
proportions stated and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 28th day of December 1895
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.