Improvements in the Making up of Food or Substances in Rations or Definite Quantities in Readiness for use in the Preparation of Beverages, Soups, or otherwise.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 26th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Making up of Food or Substances in Rations
or Definite Quantities in Readiness for use in the Preparation
of Beverages, Soups, or otherwise.
Communicated from abroad by JULIUS MAGGI & Co. of Kempthal, Switzerland.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex,.
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
It is convenient for house-keeping, travelling, excursion, military and other
purposes, to have all necessary ingredients for the preparation of dishes such for
example as soups made up ready to bo served out in rations or portions containing
accurately weighed or measured quantities. For such purposes food and other substances
have been enclosed in divided gelatine cases inserted one into the other for example in
the form of needle cases and such as the gelatine capsules containing medicines.. .But
as the parts of these cases must have a certain thickness both for strength and purposes
of manufacture it often happens and particularly with small portions that the gelatine
is in too great a proportion to the other substances because the parts of the case which
are inserted one into the other thus constitute double walls, and the two ends form a
considerable portion of the gelatine case and these together may injuriously affect the
taste of the contents. The packing of medicines in gelatine cases is advantageous but
for reasons mentioned above this has not been the case with food for healthy people
made up into rations or portions where a first requirement of the consumer has
naturally been that the proper taste or flavour should be retained.
Now according to this invention a covering is used consisting of a tube of circular
or polygonal section and made of substance that will dissolve or melt with the contents,
so as to form an ingredient or ingredients in the food or drink prepared without
spoiling its taste or flavour. For the manufacture of such tubular covers any suitable
substance that will dissolve in water and can be made into thin sheets may be used;
such are for examples, gum or glue, algin (dried extract of algae) adragant, & vegetable
gum.
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A specially suitable substance for this purpose is gelatine, provided that care be
taken to keep the part by weight of the gelatine in correct proportion to the parts by
weight of the other substances used.
The simple tubular form employed according to this invention is well adapted for
the purpose mentioned. The soluble tube may form within practical limits any part
of the weight of the whole ration or portion. The filling of such tubes with con-
centrated food possessing already a certain degree of consistency or solidity is
extremely convenient.
Either single tubes cut to the length of a ration or portion are filled with the food
or other substance or a longer tube is first filled and then cut into proper lengths.
In the first case, the parts having the greatest consistency may be at the ends or
else according to the nature of the preserving substances such as salt and fat,
sugar, dried vegetables, or other preserving agencies, the enclosure may with advantage
be glutenised at the ends.
Should the contents of the tube still be moist or sticky, the ends of the tube are
powdered over with some drying substance such as ground biscuit which will keep them
If desired
dry unless it be preferred to expose such substances to a drying process.
the filled tube may also be protected by means of an air-tight and water-tight covering.
When filling the hole of a long tube the filling substance can (as in the above mentioned
tubes cut to the size of the rations or portions) be filled in as a homogeneous mixture or
in separate layers and cut into short lengths afterwards. One single tube may contain

page_text: one single portion or in some cases several portions. Placed in water, the respective
ingredients dissolve, the tube dissolving at the same time and the food is then ready,
for instance, a meat soup assuming the filling substance to be a suitable mixture
of extract of meat. Besides meat extract various forms of soups may be stored in
portions in the manner described, likewise sauces or condensed drinks and other
articles.
W. LLOYD WISE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Making up of Food or Substances in Rations
or Definite Quantities in Readiness for use in the Preparation
of Beverages, Soups, or otherwise.
Communication from abroad by JULIUS MAGGI & Co., of Kempthal, Switzerland.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent 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 :-
It is convenient for house-keeping, travelling, excursion, military and other purposes,
to have all necessary ingredients for the preparation of dishes such for example as
soups made up ready to be served out in rations or portions containing accurately
weighed or measured quantities. For such purposes food and other substances have
been enclosed in divided gelatine cases inserted one into the other for example in the
form of needle cases and such as the gelatine capsules containing medicines. But as
the parts of these cases must have a certain thickness both for strength and purposes
of manufacture it often happens and particularly with small portions that the gelatine
is in too great a proportion to the other substances because the parts of the case which
are inserted one into the other thus -constitute double walls, and the two ends form a
considerable portion of the gelatine case and these together may injuriously affect the
taste of the contents. The packing of medicines in gelatine cases is advantageous but
for reasons mentioned above this has not been the case with food for healthy people
made up into rations or portions where a first requirement of the consumer has
naturally been that the proper taste or flavour should be retained.
Now according to this invention a covering is used consisting of a tube of circular
or polygonal section and made of substance that will dissolve or melt with the
contents, so as to form an ingredient or ingredients in the food or drink prepared
without spoiling its taste or flavour.
For the manufacture of such tubular covers any suitable substance that will
dissolve in water and can be made into thin sheets may be used; such are for
examples, gum or glue, algin, (dried extract of algae) adragant, and vegetable gum.
A specially suitable substance for this purpose is gelatine, provided that care be
taken to keep the part by weight of the gelatine in correct proportion to the parts by
weight of the other substances used.
The simple tubular form employed according to this invention is well adapted for
the purpose mentioned. The soluble tube may form within practical limits any part
of the weight of the whole ration or portion. The filling of such tubes with
concentrated food possessing already a certain degree of consistency or solidity is
extremely convenient.
Either single tubes cut to the length of a ration or portion are filled with the
food or other substance, or a longer tube is first filled and then cut into proper
lengths.
In the first case either the parts having the greatest consistency, or the preserving
substances adapted to the nature of the filling such as salt and fat, sugar, dried
vegetables, or other preserving agencies, may be at the ends, preserving in this
manner the intermediate contents of the tube.

page_text: Should the contents of the tube still be moist or sticky, the ends of the tube are
powdered over with some drying substance such as ground biscuit which will keep
them dry unless it be preferred to expose such substances to a drying process. If
desired the filled tube may also be protected by means of an air-tight and water-tight
covering, as for example, by simply wrapping in a piece of tin foil, or by using a
covering according to the invention forming the subject of an application for Letters
Patent filed by Julius Maggi, No. 3770 dated 10th March 1890 and which of course
is not here claimed as forming any part of the present invention. When filling a
long tube the filling substance can (as in the above mentioned tubes cut to the size
of the rations or portions) be filled in as a homogeneous mixture or in separate layers
and cut into short lengths afterwards. One single tube may contain one single
portion or in some cases several portions. Placed in water the respective ingredients
dissolve, the tube dissolving at the same time, and the food is then ready; for
instance, a meat soup, assuming the filling substance to be a suitable mixture of
extract of meat. Besides meat extract, various forms of soups may be stored in
portions in the manner described, likewise sauces or condensed drinks and other
articles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The hereinabove described manufacture comprising a soluble tube of a substance
such as gelatine suitable for human consumption charged with food in a concentrated
state such as beef extract or the like with or without other substances the said tube
being such as can be dissolved with its contents as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The herein described mode of making up food in rations or definite quantities in
soluble tubes suitable for human consumption as set forth.
Dated this 24th day of March 1890.
W. LLOYD WISE.