Improvements in Edible and Soluble Tablets and Method of Producing the same.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1897-Accepted, 11th Sept.,
1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Edible and Soluble Tablets and Method of Producing
the same.
J., WILLIAM HORLICK, of North-Western Avenue, in the City and County of
Racine and State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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 has for its object the production in a compressed solid tablet
form; of an article of food consisting of milk in a dry state combined with the
extract of barley-malt and the extract of pulverized cereals, and to that end the
said invention consists in certain peculiarities in the composition of the same, as
well as in the method of producing these dry milk tablets, all as will be fully set
forth hereinafter and subsequently claimed.
In preparing my tablets, I take good fresh malt, made from choice barley, and
crush or break the same into a coarse product adding thereto wheat flour, or rye
flour, and macerate the same in cold water. I take about equal quantities of
this coarsely broken barley-malt, and wheat or other flour, and mix them
thoroughly together in pure fresh cold water, using only enough water to form a
soft, loose mash. Then I raise the temperature to about 160 or 165 degrees
Fahrenheit, keeping the mash in agitation meanwhile for a sufficient length of
time until it becomes thin enough to filter. I next filter the same, and add to a
given quantity of this filtered extract a substantially equal quantity of pure fresh
cow's milk, and mix the two together thoroughly so that the milk may become
fully incorporated, and next pasteurize the resulting product by holding it at a
temperature of say about 170 to 180 degrees Fahrenheit for some thirty minutes,
which effectually destroys any possible germ life in the mixture.
I next evaporate the pasteurized product in vacuo to the consistency of a thick
syrup or molasses, and next, if desired, give it any preferred flavoring, by adding
say from five to fifteen percentum (increasing or decreasing the amount, in any
given case, to suit the taste) of either cocoa, chocolate, beef extract, or any other
desired flavoring, and thoroughly mix the whole mass, by stirring in vacuo until
it is evaporated to a practically dry form, and then this product is removed and
subjected to heavy pressure in molds, forming the described tablets. If preferred,
this described flavoring may be omitted, with the process and product otherwise
exactly the same.
My described food product is designed as a convenient practical form of affording.
a valuable concentrated easily assimilated nutrient for the general travelling
public, or those desiring a quick lunch at their desks, or in their rooms, without
the necessity of cooking or preparing the same, while if a substitute for cocoa,
coffee, beef tea or other warm beverages is desired, my tablets can be easily and
readily dissolved in hot water. These tablets will be found invaluable to pedes-
trians, and bicyclists for example, on account of the small space they occupy,
as two or three carried in the pocket will instantly afford the necessary nutriment,

page_text: for which reason they are also useful for soldiers on forced marches, and for
explorers in inhospitable regions and for hunters and fishermen, as well as
particularly acceptable to readers and lecturers, and others whose time engagements
often interfere with their taking regular meals at set hours.
The tablets can be packed in small flasks, boxes or other packages, and will
continue fresh and serviceable for an indefinite time without deterioration.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A compressed edible and soluble tablet, comprising pasteurized milk com-
bined with the extract of crushed barley malt and the extract of pulverized cereals,
prepared in the manner herein before set forth, and pressed into a dry solid form.
2. The herein described method of preparing a compressed edible and soluble
tablet, consisting in taking about equal quantities of coarsely broken or crushed
barley malt, and wheat or other flour, and macerating the same in pure fresh cold
water; raising the temperature to about 160 to 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and
keeping the mash in agitation meanwhile until it becomes thin enough to filter;
then filtering the same, and adding to a given quantity of the filtered extract a
substantially equal quantity of pure fresh cow's milk, and mixing the two
thoroughly; then pasteurizing the resulting product by holding it at a temperature
of about 170 to 180 degrees Fahrenheit for some thirty minutes; next evaporating
this pasteurized product in vacuo, with agitation, until it is practically dry, and
the removing the mass and subjecting it to heavy pressure in molds forming
the desired tablets, substantially as set forth.
6. The herein described method of preparing a compressed edible and soluble
tablet, consisting in taking about equal quantities of coarsely broken or crushed
barley malt, and wheat or other flour, and macerating the same in pure fresh cold
water raising the temperature to about 160 to 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and
keeping the mash in agitation meanwhile until it becomes thin enough to filter;
ther filtering the same, and adding to a given quantity of the filtered extract a
substantially equal quantity of pure fresh cow's milk, and mixing the two
thoroughly; then pasteurizing the resulting product by holding it at a temperature
of about 170 to 180 degrees Fahrenheit for some thirty minutes; next evaporating
this pasteurized product in vacuo to the consistency of a thick syrup or molasses:
then adding from five to fifteen percentum of any desired flavouring, and
thoroughly mixing the whole mass by stirring in vacuo, until it is evaporated
to a practically dry form, and then removing the mass and subjecting it to heavy
pressure in molds forming the described tablets, substantially as set forth.
: Dated this 28th dow of Nov 1907
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.