New or Improved Products as the Result of Treatment of Grain, Cereals, Seeds, or Kernels suitable for Human or Animal Food.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 14th May, 1891-Accepted, 27th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Products as the Result of Treatment of Grain,
Cereals, Seeds, or Kernels suitable for Human or Animal Food.
1 JOSEPH ADDEY FAWCETT of Quebec Cottage, Wakefield in the County of
York Corn Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
This invention relates to the method of treatment of grain, cereals, seeds or
kernels which are suitable for human or animal food whereby new or improved
products are obtained which products are rendered easier to masticate and more
digestable. For this purpose if desirable I clean the grain cereals seeds or kernels
from dirt or other impurities by the usual methods of screening, winnowing, scouring,
or washing them and then subject the cleaned grain, cereals seeds or kernels if not
naturally sufficiently damp or soft to the action of water by steeping or damping
them at the same time employing heat or steam or not as desirable until the grain,
cereals, seeds or kernels are sufficiently treated that they are capable of being
compressed or flattened out by being passed between rollers (preferably of metal)
or any suitable machinery. The flattened or caked products are then passed on
to drying kiln or any suitable drying apparatus and when dry are ready for use
or before drying the flattened products they may again be exposed to moisture or
heat or both moisture and heat and may be again passed between rollers or other
suitable machinery before being dried.
In some cases I treat the grain, cereals, seeds or kernels by such machinery as
will remove wholly or in part the germ or germ sac or parts closely surrounding
the germ from such grain, cereals, seed or kernels before subjecting them to
treatinent as herein described. A further improvement consists in mixing such
treated grain, cereals, seeds or kernels as herein described with hay clover ryc-grass
or any vegetable stalks or fibre (which may be chopped or cut up) or produce
suitable for provender for animals and subjecting the mixed product to hydraulic
or any suitable apparatus to compress such product thereby reducing it in bulk
and preserving the scent and flavour of the ingredients.
Dated this 15th day of August 1890.
JOSEPH ADDEY FAWCETT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Products as the Result of Treatment of Grain,
Cereals, Seeds, or Kernels suitable for Human or Animal Food.
I JOSEPH ADDEY FAWCETT of 150 Malpas Road, Brockley in the County of
Kent Mill Manager (late of Quebec Cottage, Wakefield in the County of York
Corn Merchant) 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 relates to the manner or method of treatment of grain, cereals,
seeds or kernels which are suitable for human or animal food by which treatment
new or improved products are obtained and which are rendered more digestable
and easier of mastication. For this purpose, if necessary, I clean the grain, cereals,
seeds or kernels or separate impurities therefrom by the usual methods of screening
or scouring or winnowing or washing them or all of these processes
I then subject
the clean grain, cereals, seeds or kernels to the action of hot or cold water by
steeping or soaking, damping or moistening to soften them and also to develope
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page_text: their diastatic, saccharine and other food properties. I may also employ heat or
steam or both heat and steam as desirable until the grain cereals seeds or kernels
are sufficiently treated that they are prepared or conditioned for further treatment
as follows: The grain, cereals, seeds or kernels so prepared or treated are passed
between rollers (preferably of metal) or other suitable machinery to compress or
flatten them and then the flattened or compressed products are allowed to dry or
are passed to drying kiln or other suitable drying apparatus or before being dried
finally the flattened products may be again passed between rollers or other suitable
apparatus or machinery, employing heat, steam or moisture or either or none of
these agents, to be further flattened or compressed before drying them.
A further improvement consists in mixing such prepared or treated grain, cereals,
seeds or kernels as herein described with "hay, clover, rye-grass or any vegetable
stalks or fibre or produce (which may be chopped or cut up) suitable for provender
for animals and which mixed products may be subjected to hydraulic or other
apparatus to compress them, thereby reducing them in bulk and preserving the
scent and flavour of the ingredients. For this purpose I may split the grain,
cereals, seeds or kernels or so treat them that the germ or germ parts or the
skins or envelopes may be wholly or in part removed before subjecting the grain
cereals seeds or kernels to the treatment as bereinbefore described.
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
First. New or improved products obtained as the result of treatment of grain,
cereals or seeds substantially as herein described.
Second. New or improved products obtained as the result of treatment of grain
cereals seeds or kernels and mixing such with hay, clover rye-grass or any suitable
vegetable stalks or fibre as a food for animals substantially as herein described and
set forth.
Dated this Fourteenth day of May 1891.