Improvements in or connected with the Method of and Means for Preparing and Preserving in Tins, or Ornamenting for the Table, Tongues or other Articles of Food.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 26th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 15th June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Method of and Means for
Preparing and Preserving in Tins, or Ornamenting for the Table,
Tongues or other Articles of Food.
I, HENRY THOMPSON, of No. 86, Isledon Road, Islington, in the County of
London, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with the method of and
means for preparing and preserving in tins, or ornamenting for the table, tongues or
other articles of food.
According to the ordinary method of preserving tongues and the like, they are,
after having been partially cooked, placed within the tin in which they are to be
preserved and then submitted to pressure which causes them to take the form of the
tin and lie close against the sides thereof.
Now, the objects of the present invention, as far as they relate to preservation of
food by tinning, are to avoid the large surface contact of the tongue or the like
with the interior of the tin, to give thereto a better form and to surround or cover
the same with a regular and ornamental covering of gelatine, jelly or the like.
A further object of the invention is to give an ornamental and attractive
appearance to tongues and the like intended for immediate use upon the table
instead of for preserving by tinning..
In carrying the invention into effect, the tongue is first partially cooked by boiling
and is then placed in a mould or cylinder formed of any suitable material capable
of resisting considerable pressure and it is then submitted to a pressure by means of
a piston forced into the mould, so that it is consolidated and caused to assume the
form of the mould.
After this preliminary operation, the compressed tongue is allowed to cool and
is then removed from the press and placed within a tin of considerably larger
diameter than the compressed tongue and between the tongue and the tin is inter-
posed a strip or band of metal, cardboard or other suitable material transversely
corrugated, or it might it fluted, studded or otherwise formed to constitute a
distance piece which, when bent into a circular form around the tongue, will come
into contact with the tongue only at certain points in its circumference so that
collectively the points of contact amount to comparatively a small surface.
Beneath the tongue and upon the top thereof are arranged plates or discs of
metal or other suitable material formed or provided with distance pieces or studs
having the same object as the corrugations of the strip or band after which the tin
is filled up with jelly or other suitable material and is closed with the exception of
an air hole and treated in the ordinary way of preserving food by canning.
Upon opening a tin of tongue preserved in the manner auove described, it will
be found that the tongue is entirely surrounded by a coating of gelatine or jelly
intersected or divided by the distance piece or band, and, upon turoing out the
contents of the tin and stripping off the top and bottom plates and the strip or band
by grasping one of the ends and thus removing part of the jelly, the tongue will
remain surrounded by a part of the jelly constituting an ornamental coating of jelly
taking the undulating form of the corrugations of the strip or band.
The ornamental appearance of the gelatinous coating is, in some cases, further

page_text: improved by forming in the recesses formed by the corrugations of the band or strip
and upon the top and bottom plates -recessed for raised letters or other devices
representing the name or initials of the manufacturer or an ornamental pattern or
device.
In some cases, the plate or disc, at the bottom of the tongue may be dispensed
with and the strip or band-may be employed around the tongue in conjunction with
the plate over the top thereof or the top and botton plates may both be dispensed
with and the strip or band around the tongue employed alone.
The gelatine or jelly may have a suitable proportion of alcohol or other
preservative material combined therewith whereby the tongue will remain for a
: longer period in. a good and wholesome condition, after having been removed from
the tin.
By the means hereinbefore described the article of food is rendered more attractive
-in appearance than heretofore.
In applying the invention to an article of food, for example, a tongue, inorder.to
ornament the same for the table, the tongue is completely cooked previous to being
submitted to the preliminary pressure and it..is..afterwards placed in an. open tin
, and, surrounded by the strip or band and if desired by the top and bottom plates.or
one of them, the tin is then filled with gelatine or jelly, and,.after, the same has
..become set, the tongue is removed from the, tin and the strip and, the plates are
removed in the mauner hereinbefore described, when the tongue is ready for the
table.
Tongues or other articles of food surrounded by an ornamental coating of jelly.in
the manner lastly hereinbefore.described will have a much better appearance.upon
the table than when treated in the ordinary way.
Dated this 26th day of„Luluı 1894
VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or connected with the Method of and Means for
Preparing and Preserving in Tins, or Ornamenting for the Table,
Tongues, or other Articles of Food.
I, HENRY THOMPSON, formerly of No. 86, Isledon Road, Islington, in the
County of London, but at present residing at No. 43, Tufnell Park Road, in the
said county, Gentleman, 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 :-
My.said invention relates to improvements in or connected-with the method of
and meaus for preparing and preserving in tins, or ornamenting for the table,
tongues or other articles of food.
According to the ordinary method of preserving, tongues and the like, they are,
after having been partially cooked, placed within the tin in which they are to be
preserved and then submitted to pressure which causes them to take the form of the
tin and lie close against the sides thereof.
Now, the objects of the present invention, as far as they relate to preservation
of food by tinning, are to avoid the large surface-contact of the tongue or the dike
with, the interior of the tin, to give thereto a better form and to surround or cover
the same with a regular and ornamental covering of gelatine, jelly or the like.
A further object of the invention is to give an ornamental and attractive
appearance to tongues and the like intended for immediate user upon the: table
instead of for preserving by tinning.

page_text: And, in order that the said invention may be clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, I will describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings, and, for convenience, I will describe it in connection with the preservation
or ornamentation of tongues but it will be understood that the invention is equally
applicable to other articles of food capable of similar treatment.
Figure 1. is a plan or top view representing an opened tin of preserved tongue
prepared according to the present invention, the top plate being removed.
Figure 2. is a transverse section taken on the line 1-1. of Figure 1. but showing
the tin complete.
Figure 3. is a side view showing the tongue embedded in jelly and turned out of
the tin, the distance strip or band and the top and bottom plates being removed.
Figure 4. is an outside face view of a portion of the distance strip or band
separately.
Figure 5. is a plan or edge view thereof.
Figure 6. is an inside view of one of the top or bottom plates.
Figure 7. is a plan or edge view representing a slightly modified form or pattern
of a strip or band, and,
Figures 8 and 9. are similar views representing further slight modifications.
In the several figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
Referring to Figures 1 to 6. a. represents a tin of ordinary construction whilst b
represents a preserved tongue contained therein.
In carrying the invention into effect, the tongue is first partially cooked by
boiling and is then placed in a mould or cylinder (not shown) formed of any suitable
material capable of resisting considerable pressure and it is then submitted to a
pressure by means of a piston forced into the mould, so that it is consolidated and
caused to assume the form of the mould.
After this preliminary operation, the compressed tongue b. is allowed to cool and
is then removed from the press and placed within a tin a. of considerably larger
diameter than the compressed tongue b. and between the tongue b. and the tin a. is
interposed a strip or band c. of metal, card-board or other suitable material trans-
versely corrugated, or it might be fluted, studded or otherwise formed to constitute
a distance piece which, when bent into a circular form around the tongue b. as
represented more particularly at Figure 1., will come into contact with the
tongue b. only at certain points in its circumference so that collectively the points
of contact el amount to comparatively a small surface.
Beneath the tongue b. and upon the top thereof are arranged plates or discs d.
of metal or other suitable material formed or provided with distance pieces or
studs d' having the same object as the corrugations of the strip or band c. after
which the tin a. is filled up with jelly e. e* or other suitable material and is closed
with the exception of an air-hule (not shown) and treated in the ordinary way of
preserving food by canning.
Upon opening a tin of tongue preserved in the manner above described, it will
be found as represented at Figures 1. and 2. that the tongue is entirely surrounded
by a coating of gelatine or jelly e. e* intersected or divided by the distance piece
or band c. and upon turning out the contents of the tin a. and stripping off the top
and bottom plates d. and the strip or band c. by grasping one of the ends c² and
thus removing the part e* of the jelly the tongue b. will remain surrounded by a
part e. of the jelly constituting an ornamental coating of jelly taking the undulating
form of the corrugations of the strip or band c., as represented at Figure 3.
The ornamental appearance of the gelatinous coating e. is, in some cases, further
improved by forming in the recesses c* formed by the corrugations of the band or
strip c. and upon the top and bottom plates d. recessed or raised letters or other
devices representing the name or initials of the manufacturer as represented in the
drawings or an ornamental pattern or device.
In some cases, the plate or disc d. at the bottom of the tongue b. may be dispensed
with and the strip or band c. may be employed around the tongue b. in conjunction

page_text: with the plate d. over the top thereof, or, the top and bottom plates d. may both
be dispensed with and the strip or band c. around the tongue b. employed alone.
The gelatine or jelly may have a suitable proportion of alcohol or other
preservative material combined therowith whereby the tongue will remain for.a
longer period in a good and wholesome condition after having been removed from
the tin.
In the example given at Figure 7., is shown a strip or band c. in which the
necessary distance, thickness and minute points of contact are obtained by imparting
a modified shape thereto.
In the example given at Figure 8., the device is similar to that represented at
Figure 7. except that the shape is further slightly modified.
In the example given at Figure 9.; the object is attained by forming or fixing
simple studs or projections c¹ upon the strip or band c.
It will be evident that the same object may be attained by otherwise forming
projections upon the strip or band c.
By the means hereinbefore described, the article of food is rendered more
attractive in appearance than heretofore.
In applying the invention to an article of food, for example, a tongue, in order
to ornament the same for the table, the tongue is completely cooked previous to
being submitted to the preliminary pressure and it is afterwards placed in an open
tin such as a. and surrounded by the strip or band c. and if desired by the top and
bottom plates d., or one of them, the tin is then filled with gelatine or jelly and
after the same has become set the tongue is removed from the tin and the strip c.
and the plates d. are removed in the manner hereinbefore described, when the
tongue is ready for the table.
Tongues or other articles of food surrounded by an ornamental coating of jelly
in the manner lastly hereinbefore described will have a much better appearance
upon the table than when treated in the ordinary way.
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 :-
1. The method of preparing and preserving, in tins, articles of food consisting in
submitting the article in a partially cooked state to pressure in a cylinder or form
then placing it in a tin of considerably larger diameter than the cylinder of the
press and there retaining the article in a central position by suitable means and
finally filling in with gelatine or the like and finishing in the ordinary way of
tinning food, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. The method of preparing and preserving, in tins, articles of food, consisting
in placing the articles in a tio of considerably larger diameter than itself, retaining
the article in its central position by suitable means and then filling in with gelatine
or the like and finishing in the ordinary way of tinning food, substantially as herein
shown and described.
3. The means for preparing and preserving, in tins, articles of food, consisting
of a tin of considerably larger diameter than the article of food, a surrounding
corrugated or otherwise shaped strip of metal or other suitable material adapted to
act as a distance piece and present a small surface of contact to the article and if
desired top or bottom plates or both formed to similarly act as distance pieces,
substantially as herein shown and described.
4. The method and means for ornamenting articles of food for the table,
consisting in placing the completely cooked article in a tin or the like of
considerably larger diameter than itself then surrounding the same with a corrugated
or otherwise ornamentally shaped strip or band furnished if desired with projecting
or recessed letters or ornaments and if desired placing above and below the article
plates having an ornamental pattern and lettering therein, then filling in the tin or
the like with gelatine and finally, after the gelatine has set removing the article of

page_text: food from the tin and stripping off the top and bottom plates and the strip or band
leaving the article of food surrounded by an ornamental coating of gelatine having
the form of the pattern or shape of the strip or band and plates, substantially as
herein shown and described.
Dated this 26th day of April 1895.
VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.