IMPROVEMENTS. IN MIXING COCOA, CORN FLOUR, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES WITH MILK
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Hooker, of 104, Upper Thames Street, in the City
of London, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS. IN MIXING COCOA,
CORN FLOUR, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES WITH MILK."
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aled the 7th October 1876, and dated the 15th April 187
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Hooker at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th April 1876.
JOHN HOOKER, of 104, Upper Thames Street, in the City of London, Gentleman.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MIXING COCOA, CORN FLOUR, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES WITH
MILK."
I mix with milk condensed or preserved with sugar or otherwise a sufficient
quantity of either pure cocoa or cocoa mixed with any farinaceous or other
substance, so that the mixture when well worked together shall become solid and
be capable of being sold in blocks or tablets. I do this by heating the milk with
the cocoa and other substance and mixing them under the influence of heat or
otherwise in a suitable machine. I also mix with milk condensed or preserved
with sugar or otherwise a sufficient quantity of corn flour or other farinaceous or
nitrogenous substance to make the mixture of the consistency of thick paste; it
is then either sealed up in tins in the usual way or put up in packages or other
open vessels.
I claim as new the preparation of cocoa mixed with milk in this way which
will enable it to be exposed in blocks or tablets to the open air and which
consequently can be retailed without being enclosed in hermetically sealed tins as
is at present the practice.
I claim also as new the preparation of corn flour and other farinaceous and
nitrogenous substances mixed with milk in the form of a paste for sale.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Hooker in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 14th October
1876.
JOHN HOOKER, of 104, Upper Thames Street, in the City of London, Gentleman.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MIXING COCOA, CORN FLOUR, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES WITH
MILK."
I mix with milk condensed or preserved with sugar a sufficient quantity of
either pure cocoa or cocoa mixed with any farinaceous or other substance, so that
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page_text: the mixture when well worked together shall become solid and capable of being
sold in blocks or tablets.
The proportions I find best suited to obtain this result is one part of cocoa or
cocoa mixture added to four parts of condensed or preserved milk; these are
placed in a steam jacketed pan fitted with a stirring apparatus, and under the
influence of heat until thoroughly incorporated.
I also mix with milk condensed or preserved with sugar, corn flour, or other
farinaceous or nitrogenous substance, such as albumen, to make the mixture of
the consistency of thick paste. This is best done by placing in a pan or vessel
fitted with a stirrer, and adding one part of corn flour or other farinaceous or
nitrogenous substances with two parts of condensed or preserved milk with sugar,
and mixing together until the mass is of uniform composition; it is then either
sealed up in tins in the usual way or put up in packages or in open boxes or
vessels or cut up and sold in the form of a lozenge or other convenient form.
I claim as new the preparation of cocoa mixed with milk, &c. in the manner
above described, which will enable it to be exposed in blocks, or tablets to the
open air, and consequently be retailed without being enclosed in hermetically
sealed tins as is at present the practice.
I claim also as new the preparation of corn flour and other farinaceous and
nitrogenous substances mixed with milk in the form of a paste for sale.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Hooker, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six.
JOHN HOOKER. (L.S.)