AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING THE ESSENCE OF MEATS, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR DOMESTIC AND MEDICINAL USE.
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Philip Wire and William Gostwyck Gard
both of Dunstable, in the County of Bedford, for the Invention
of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING THE ESSENCE OF MEATS,
ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR DOMESTIC AND MEDICINAL USE.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Philip Wire
and William Gostwyck Gard at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 9th June 1875.
We, ALFRED PHILIP WIRE and WILLIAM GOSTWYCK GARD, both of
Dunstable, in the County of Bedford, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING THE
ESSENCE OF MEATS, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR DOMESTIC AND MEDICINAL USE,"
to be as follows:-
The object of this apparatus is to enable any one to make from fresh
meat a liquid essence, which shall contain, besides the salts, the albumen
and colouring matter of the blood in a soluble form, as a warm aqueous

page_text: extract, to which nothing extraneous need be added except the necessary
flavouring by salt and such like. To effect this object we generally
prefer to use a cased vessel or saucepan, the water being heated by
passing steam through it from an adjacent boiler, all made by preference
of bright tin.
The apparatus should consist of four parts, namely:-1, the case;
2, the saucepan or vessel; 3, the boiler; 4, the lamp or heater.
As regards the case, this is usually a cylindrical vessel with a pipe
passing down to the bottom, near the edge inside, and soldered to the
lid of the case; it is made in two pieces soldered together a short
distance from the bottom, and the bottom is closed, having an orifice in
the side. The saucepan or vessel is cylindrical, with movcable lid; its
edge just rests on the edge of the annular fixed lid of case, and conse-
quently does not reach the bottom. In the saucepan or vessel is the
presser, which consists of a disc of tin fitting loosely in the saucepan or
vessel, with a handle soldered on. The boîler is a cylindrical vessel with
fixed domed lid and domed bottom; it has three orifices; the first has
a tube with elbow to carry steam to the case; the sccond, a hole with
piece of tube inserted, with screw cover; this is the gauge; it stands
somewhat above the bottom; the third has a tube inserted with an elbow
with centre somewhat below top of boiler, said tube having a funnel
at top, and just below the top of funnel a plate is laid in loosely. The
boiler stands on (and is separate from) a tripod stand; the boiler and
case are united by a piece of india-rubber tubing. The lamp or heater
should be domed, with wick holder loose. The tripod and lamp are
attached to a slab, and same is fixed to a wooden stand on which the
whole apparatus stands.
The use of this apparatus is as follows:-Take out the saucepan or
vessel and place in it say half a pound of fresh lean meat minced very
fine, add say a quarter of a pint of water (just enough to cover it) and
a little salt; pour water into the case up to the junction of the pipes and
place saucepan or vessel with lid on in case; unscrew the gauge in
boiler and pour in enough water by funnel till the level is up to the
gauge, allowing any surplus to run out; screw on cover of gauge,
connect boiler and case and light the lamp; stir the meat frequently
with a spoon, and when steam issues from the funnel put out the lamp,
for the extract is made and simply requires pouring off from the meat,
a

page_text: which can be done very easily by means of the presser. After this is
done add cold water to meat, place saucepan in case and stir well, then
add this to the first lot; it is ready for use at once and only requires
seasoning with salt to taste.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alfred Philip Wire and William Gostwyck Gard
in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th December 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, ALFRED
PHILIP WIRE and WILLIAM GOSTWYCK GARD, both of Dunstable, in the
County of Bedford, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Alfred Philip Wire and William Gostwyck
Gard, Her special licence that we, the said Alfred Philip Wire and
William Gostwyck Gard, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as we, the said Alfred Philip Wire and William Gostwyck
Gard, our exccutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING THE ESSENCE OF MEATS, ESPECIALLY
APPLICABLE FOR DOMESTIC AND MEDICINAL USE," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Alfred Philip Wire and William Gostwyck
Gard, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under.
our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly.
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Alfred Philip Wire and William
Gostwyck Gard do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
-
The object of this apparatus is to enable any one to make from fresh
meat a liquid juice or essence, which shall contain besides the salts the
albumen and colouring matter of the blood in a soluble form, as warm
aqueous extract, to which nothing extraneous need be added except the.
necessary flavoring by salt and such like. To effect this object we
generally prefer to use a cased vessel or saucepan, the water being heated
by passing steam through it from an adjacent boiler, all made by pre-
ference of bright tin.
The apparatus should consist of four parts, namely:-1, the case';
2, the saucepan or vessel; 3, the boiler; 4, the lamp or other heater.
As regards the case, this is usually a cylindrical vessel with a pipe
passing down to the bottom near the edge inside, and soldered to the
lid of the case; it is made in one piece, and the bottom may be closed,
having an orifice in the side. The saucepan or vessel is cylindrical with
movable lid; its edge just rests on the edge of the annular fixed lid of
case, and consequently does not reach the bottom. In the saucepan or
vessel is a presser which consists of a disc of tin fitting loosely in the
saucepan or vessel, with a handle soldered on. The boiler is a cylindrical
vessel with fixed domed lid and domed bottom; it has three orifices;
the first has a tube to carry steam to the case; the second has a bent
tube inserted with screw cover; this is the water gauge; it stands some-
what above the bottom; the third has a tube inserted in the domed top
near the side, said tube having a portion removed near the bottom and
having a funnel at top, and just below the top of funnel a perforated
conical plate soldered to it. The boiler stands on three legs soldered or
secured to the stand. The boiler and case are united by a bent tube. The
lamp generally used is an ordinary tin spirit lamp. The legs of boiler
are attached to an inverted tray composed of tin, on which the whole
apparatus stands.
oid Invention

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1, side view of apparatus shewn in full size for half a pound of
meat; Fig. 2, vertical section; Fig. 3, side view of gauge; Fig. 4,
plan of funnel.
In these Figures A is case; B, saucepan or vessel in which it fits;
C, the boiler; D, tube uniting boiler (C) with case (A); E, stand for
the whole of the parts; F, funnel; G, gauge; H, orifice in pipe in case
A; L, burner or lamp for heating boiler; R, ring of metal.
In using our apparatus we proceed as follows:-Take out the saucepan
or vessel B, and place in it say half a pound of fresh lean meat minced
very fine, add say a quater of a pint of water (just enough to cover it)
and a little salt; pour water into the case A up to the ring R, and place
saucepan or vessel B with lid on in case; unscrew the cap or cover of
gauge G in boiler and pour in enough water by funnel F till the level
is up to the gauge, allowing any surplus to run out; screw on cover
of gauge and light the lamp; stir the meat frequently with a spoon, and
when steam issues from the funnel put out the lamp, for the extract is
made and simply requires pouring off from the meat. After this is done
add two fluid ounces of cold water to meat, place saucepan in case and
stir well, then add this to the first lot. It is ready for use at once
and only requires seasoning to taste.
Always use cold water for meat and case A, and by preference soft or
boiled water for boiler C. The apparatus may be made of any size for
larger quantities of meat and of any suitable material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and
object of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed or carried out in practice, we hereby declare that we claim
the Invention of the Improved Apparatus for Extractive Purposes,
especially Applicable for Domestic and Medicinal Use," substantially, as
the same is herein-before set forth and described, and illustrated by the
accompanying Drawings. An important and peculiar point being that
by the apparatus arranged as herein-before described, water is evaporated
by boiler C, so that the contents of the saucepan B cannot be raised to

page_text: a higher temperature than from 135° to 145° Fahrenheit, which will
compel the flesh to yield its albumen in a cooked and fluid state, which
can readily be assimilated by the human system.
In witness whereof, we, the said Alfred Philip Wire and William
Gostwyck Gard have hereunto set our hands and seals, this
Seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
Witness,
GEORGE G. SMITH,
Accountant,
46, Victoria St.,
Dunstable.
ALT RED. I. WIRE.
W. G. GARD.
(L.S.)
(L.S.)