An Improvement relating to the Manufacture of Sweetmeats.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 24th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement relating to the Manufacture of Sweetmeats.
I, EDWARD SHAW, of 6, Cornwallis Crescent, Clifton, Bristol, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention has reference to sweetmeats in the composition of which boiled
sugar and boiled glucose are employed.
According to this invention, such sweetmeats are made up of what, for con-
venience in description, may be termed an internal part and an external part; the
latter acting as a protection to the internal part against the moistening effect of
the atmosphere.
The internal part consists either of glucose only, or of sugar and glucose
combined and, if the latter, the proportion of glucose may predominate. The
protective coating consists of sugar mixed with a small proportion of glucose,
or with cream of tartar, or of sugar so treated as to offer considerable resistance
to the moistening effect of exposure to the atmosphere.
The internal part of the sweetmeat being thus protected may consist of cheaper
material, and economy in cost of production is, consequently, effected.
Dated this 16th day of June 1894
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Chartered Patent Agent, Bristol.
I, EDWARD SHAW, of 6, Cornwallis Crescent, Clifton, Bristol, Engineer, 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 reference to sweetmeats in the composition of which boiled
sugar and boiled glucose are employed.
According to this invention, such sweetmeats are made with an internal part and
an external part or outer casing; the latter acting as a protection to the internal
part against moistening effect by the atmosphere.
The external part is made according to the custom hitherto prevailing under
which there is added to the sugar such a proportion of glucose or cream of tartar
as to prevent the sugar, after boiling, either returning to the crystalline form, or
from being so far "killed" as to be unable to resist moisture in the air.
The internal part of the sweetmeat being thus protected may consist of cheaper
material than that of which the outer casing is composed. Economy in cost of
production is, consequently, effected.
The internal part may consist either of boiled glucose only, or of sugar and
glucose combined.
In the latter case the proportion of glucose may predominate.
The two parts having been thus made, the external part is spread out and

page_text: wrapped round the internal part, completely enclosing it. The combined sweet-
ineat is then shaped, either manually or by mechanical means, into the form of
sticks, drops or other forms having an external casing adapted to resist moisture
and also having a cheaper material inside which although not adapted to resist
moisture, yet constitutes a good sweetmeat.
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 :-
Sweetmeats consisting of an outer casing of boiled sugar so treated as to be
capable of resisting moisture in the air; and an internal part or core of cheaper
material, viz., glucose or glucose sweetened with sugar, substantially as hereinabove
set forth.
Dated this 15th day of March 1895
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Chartered Patent Agent, Bristol.