IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFERVESCING BEVERAGES, AND IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING THE SAME
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Henry Larmuth, of Victoria Works, High Street,
Tunbridge Wells, in the County of Kent, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN EFFERVESCING BEVERAGES, AND IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING THE SAME."
ed the 6th October 1877, and dated the 16th May 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Henry Larmuth at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th May 1877.
THOMAS HENRY LARMUTII, of Victoria Works, High Street, Tunbridge Wells,
in the County of Kent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFERVESCING BEVERAGES, AND IN.
APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING THE SAME."
The object of this Invention is to make improved effervescing beverages and to
readily supply such beverages on draught.
The effervescing beverages I produce from barley or other water having carbonate
of soda, saccharine matter, and gum dissolved in it, and blended to harmonize with
any ordinary fruit syrup especially prepared for the above, and containing acids of
any description, such syrup being made from fruit essences or juices.
The carbonized barley or other water is drawn on to a suitable amount of syrup
contained in a glass, and at once produces an effervescing creamy head, and such
head will continue for a reasonable time, rendering the beverage palatable for drinking,
and also giving it a pleasing appearance. The beverage also contains valuable
nourishing properties.
For readily supplying such beverages on draught, I employ a case or box containing
a number of small cans for syrups of different kinds. The bottom of each can is
inclined and slopes to an outlet leading to a tap by which the syrup may be drawn
off as required. There is also contained in the box a tank for containing the barley
or other water, and within this also a can or receptacle for cream and ice. At the
back of the syrup cans are also divisions for receiving bottles containing a reserve
supply of syrup.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Thomas Henry Larmuth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th November 1877.
THOMAS HENRY LARMUTH, of Victoria Works, High Street, Tunbridge Wells,
in the County of Kent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFERVESCING BEVERAGES, AND IN
APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING THE SAME."
The object of this Invention is to make improved effervescing beverages and to
efficiently supply such beverages on draught.
The effervescing bevorages I produce from water mixed with barley or other
glutinous substances having carbonate of soda, saccharine matter, and gum dissolved
in it, and blended to harmonize with any ordinary fruit syrup especially preparod
for the above, and containing acids of any description, such syrup being made from
fruit essences or juices.
The carbonized barley or other water is drawn on to a suitable amount of syrup
contained in a glass, and at once produces an effervescing creamy head, and such
head will continue for a reasonable time, rendering the boverage palatable for
drinking, and will also give it a pleasing appearance. The beverage also contains
valuable nourishing properties.
For readily supplying such beverages on draught, I employ a case or box con-
taining a number of small cans for syrups of different kinds. The bottom of each
can is inclined and slopes to an outlet leading to a tap by which the syrup may be
drawn off as required. There is also contained in the box a tank for containing the
barley or other waters, and within this also a can or receptacle for cream and ice.
At the back of the syrup cans are also divisions for receiving bottles containing a
reserve supply of syrup.
In mixing the various ingredients of which the beverages are composed, the pro-
portions I prefer to use in producing 50 gallons of barley wort is 1 quart of bruised
barley, on which water is poured at 140 to 160 degrees Fahrenheit, and this mixture
is left for one hour. After straining or filtering, carbonate of soda is introduced to
carbonize the wort mixture. The proportion of soda added is from 2 ounces
avoirdupois to the gallon of barley wort.
The syrup consists of one quart of any kind of pure fruit syrup or juices added to
three quarts of loaf sugar syrup. The loaf sugar syrup consists of 4 pounds of loaf
sugar to a gallon of water; and to acidify such syrup, one ounce, more or less, of
tartaric or other acid is added per gallon of syrup used.
In the event of fruit essences being used and not fruit juices or syrup, one, two,
or three ounces would be mixed with the loaf sugar syrup, consisting of 7 pounds to
the gallon of wort. To make the beverage, 1 ounce, more or less, of the syrup is
used. The syrup in the above proportion is first introduced, and on this is poured
the barley wort in the proportion named, the result being a beverage giving the
properties of the syrup used, and, further, effervescing properties are obtained by the
combination of the barley wort, prepared as before described.
The proportions in other wort will depend upon that used, but I have given, by
way of illustration, my Invention as applied for barley wort.
This Invention also includes the above-described specially devised apparatus
fitted with taps, constructed of wood, metal, stone, and vulcanite, or gutta percha,
in separate compartments, to contain and supply the various syrups, extracts,
essences, ice cream, and the carbonized water in order to render the same palatable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed or carried out in practice,
I hereby declare that I claim the Invention of "Improvements in Effervescing

page_text: Beverages, and in Apparatus for Supplying the same," substantially as the same is
herein-before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Henry Larmuth, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
T, H. LAKMUTH. (L.S.)
Witness,
T. MORGAN,
Secretary,
Inventors' Patent Right Association, Limited,
21, Cockspur Street,
S.W.