IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FLAVOURED OR SCENTED CIGARS AND CIGARETTES PROVISIONAL SPFICATION
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John McGovern of Liverpool in the county of Lancaster
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FLAVOURED OR
SCENTED CIGARS AND CIGARETTES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John McGovern at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st September 1883.
JOHN M°GOVERN of Liverpool in the county of Lancaster
THE MANUFACTURE OF FLAVOURED OR SCENTED CIGARS AND CIGARETTES,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
I find from experiments that if tobacco be flavoured with tolu and other
flavourings, the cigarettes and cigars are much improved, but the difficulty has
been to flavour them. If the tobacco is steeped in a solution of the flavouring the
quality is injured, and this is also forbidden by the excise; the drying without also
evaporating the flavouring or injuring the tobacco is a very difficult operation and
some of the flavourings I employ have a tendency to cause the tobacco to go out,
as with the filling of the pores the tendency to smoulder is diminished. I find
however that cotton or linen twisted fibre has a great absorbing effect and that
such material can be impregnated with the flavourings and yet smoulder when
surrounded by tobacco, especially if it be made in the manner set forth with a
highly oxygenated body as one of its ingredients. There are several such bodies,
nitrate of soda or of potash, chlorate of potash or of soda, or the permanganates.
The first mentioned though the cheapest, causes a mouldering to take place in the
cigarette, and is therefore inadmissible. The second under some circumstances
gives out nitrous fumes, so is objectionable the permanganates and chlorates are
therefore to be preferred.
The fibre is steeped in an aqueous solution of chlorate of soda, or potash, or of
permanganate of potash, and dried. It is then dipped in an alcoholic solution of
the flavouring, and dried in such manner as to enable the alcohol given off to ho
collected and condensed.

page_text: These two operations may be reversed or in some cases where the flavouring
material is soluble in water and will not be decomposed by lengthened contact
with the oxygenating compound, a combined aqueous solution of the various
materials may be employed.
The fibrous thread thus prepared is placed in the centre of the cigarette or
cigar and thus a pleasant aroma therefrom is emitted as it is being smoked or
consumed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent and of an
Order of the Lord Chancellor filed by the said John McGovern in the Patent
Office on the 1st April 1884.
"
IMPROVEMENTS
JOHN M° GOVERN of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster.
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FLAVOURED OR SCENTED CIGARS AND CIGARETTES"
I find from experiments that if tobacco be flavoured with tolu and other
flavourings the cigarettes and cigars are much improved but the difficulty has
been to flavour them. If the tobacco is steeped in a solution of the flavouring the
quality is injured, and this is also forbidden by the excise; the drying without
also evaporating the flavouring or injuring the tobacco is a very difficult operation
and some of the flavourings I employ have a tendency to cause the tobacco to go
out as with the filling of the pores the tendency to smoulder is diminished.
I find however that cotton or linen twisted fibre has a great absorbing effect, and
that such material can be impregnated with the flavourings and yet smoulder
when surrounded by tobacco, especially if it be made in the manner set forth with
a highly oxygenated body as one of its ingredients. There are several such bodies,
nitrate of soda or of potash, chlorate of potash or of soda or the permanganates.
The first mentioned though the cheapest, causes a mouldering to take place in the
cigarette and is therefore inadmissible The second under some circumstances
gives out nitrous fumes so is objectionable, the permanganates and chlorates are
therefore to be preferred
The fibre is steeped in an aqueous solution of chlorate of soda or potash, or of
permanganate of potash and dried. It is then dipped in an alcoholic solution of
the flavouring and dried in such manner as to enable the alcohol given off to be
collected and condensed.
These two operations may be reversed, or in some cases where the flavouring
material is soluble in water and will not be decomposed by lengthened contact
with the oxygenating compound, a combined aqueous solution of the various
materials may be employed
The fibrous thread thus prepared is placed in the centre of the cigarette or
cigar and thus a pleasant aroma therefrom is emitted as it is being smoked or
consumed.
The accompanying drawing is a sectional view of a cigarette made in accordance
with my invention showing the flavoured cord or roll of flavoured paper in the
centre, the tobacco round it, and the ordinary paper envelope forming the exterior

page_text: layer The exact quantities of ingredients and even the ingredients themselves
vary greatly with individual taste." When tolu only or with a slight addition of
lavender is the flavouring, the need for highly oxygenated material is not great,
but when aromatic gums or incenses of more incombustible or impervious nature
are added, it is useful to add a highly oxygenated material as before described to
give them an equal combustibility with the tobacco.
I claim as my invention secured under the Letters Patent
The manufacture of a cigar or cigarette with a core of other material such as a
string or strip or roll of paper running through it impregnated with flavourings
and with or without a highly oxygenated body to assist combustion substantially
as described.
In witness whereof I the said John McGovern have hereunto set my hand and
Beal this 29th day of March. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty four.