A NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FOOD
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Wesley Hayes, of Upper Barnsbury Street, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR
IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FOOD."
Sealed the 20th January 1880, and dated the 12th August 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Wesley Hayes at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th August 1879.
JOHN WESLEY HAYES, of Upper Barnsbury Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturer. "A NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FOOD."
This Invention relates to combining butter or butterine and cheese in suitable
proportions, whereby I obtain a most agreeable, nutritious, and ecomomical article
of food.
In carrying out my Invention I take a quantity of cheese which I cut into pieces
of suitable dimensions, and to this cheese I add a quantity of butter or butterine;
the two substances are then passed through rollers until they are thoroughly
amalgamated into one substance, which may be then packed into tubs, cases, jars,
or otherwise, 'as required.
I have found equal proportions of butter and cheese to answer well in practice;
but it will be understood that these proportions will vary according to the nature,
quality, and strength of the cheese and the class of butter employed.
In some cases the cheese may be mixed with the butter before the cheese is
pressed or while in process of manufacture.
Amongst the advantages to be derived from the employment of this new or
improved article of food may be mentioned that the flavour of the lower priced
butters may be rendered pleasant and agreeable and their quality improved, and
the article of food rendered more convenient for use and very nutritious.
As an article of food it will also be found very useful and convenient for the use
of soldiers, sailors, and travellers, as it may be stored without being subject to the
deterioration to which ordinary butter is liable.
It is also very useful for sandwiches or for use in place of ordinary butter.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Wesley Hayes in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th
February 1880.
JOHN WESLEY HAYES, of Upper Barnsbury Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturer. "A NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FOOD."
This Invention relates to combining butter or butterine (or oleine, as it is some-
times called) and cheese in suitable proportions, whereby I obtain a most agreeable,
nutritious, and economical article of food.
In carrying out my Invention I take a quantity of cheese which I cut into pieces
of suitable dimensions, and to this cheese I add a quantity of butter or butterine
(or oleine); the two substances are then passed through rollers until they are
thoroughly amalgamated into one substance, which may be then packed into tubs,
cases, jars, or otherwise, as required.
I have found equal proportions of butter and cheese to answer well in practice;
but it will be understood that these proportions will vary according to the nature,
quality, and strength of the cheese and the class of butter employed.
In some cases the cheese may be mixed with the butter before the cheese is
pressed or while in process of manufacture.
Amongst the advantages to be derived from the employment of this new or
improved article of food may be mentioned that the flavour of the lower priced
butters may be rendered pleasant and agreeable and their quality improved, and
the article of food rendered more convenient for use and very nutritious.
As an article of food it will also be found very useful and convenient for the use
of soldiers, sailors, and travellers, as it may be stored without being subject to the
deterioration to which ordinary butter is liable.
It is also very useful for sandwiches or for use in place of ordinary butter.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the best means
with which I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect, what I claim and
intend to be protected by the herein in part recited Letters Patent is,―
The new or improved article of food consisting of a combination of butter or
butterine (or oleine) and cheese, as herein before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Wesley Hayes, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
Witness,
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South St.,
Finsbury,
London.
JOHN WESLEY HAYES. (L.S.)