IMPROVED CHEWING-GUM.
To all whom it may
concern:
Be it know that, I, WILLIAM
F. SEMPLE, of Mount Vernon, county of Knox,
and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Chewing-Gum; and I
do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact
description of the same.
The nature of my invention consists in
compounding with rubber, in any proportions, other suitable substances,
so as to form not only an agreeable chewing-gum, but also, that from
the scouring-properties of the same, it will subserve the purpose of a
dentifrice. It is well known that rubber itself is too hard to be used
as a chewing-gum, but in combination with non-adhesive earths may be
rendered capable of kneading into any shape under the teeth.
In the manufacture of this improved
chewing-gum, no vulcanizing-process is employed. It is produced by
simply dissolving the rubber in naphtha and alcohol, and when of the
consistence of jelly, mixing with it prepared chalk, powdered
licorice-root, or any other suitable material, in the desired
proportions, and subsequently evaporating the solvents.
I do not, however, confine myself to
this method alone for the manufacture of the gum. For commercial
purposes, other equally effectual processes maybe used for the uniting
of the rubber with suitable substances. Instead of the solvents named,
any other that will soften the rubber, without being offensive, may be
employed, such as paraffine, spermaceti, wax, gums, resins, and the
like. Any of the materials commonly used for the manufacture of
dentifrices may be combined with the rubber, such as orris-root, myrrh,
licorice-root, sugar, barytes, charcoal, &c.
By the term "rubber," I wish to include
the allied vegetable gums, which are ordinarily known as the
equivalents of caoutchouc.
Having thus fully described my invention,
What I claim as new, and, desire to
secure by Letters Patent, is—
The combination of rubber with other
articles, in any proportions adapted to the formation of an acceptable
chewing-gum.
Witnesses:
C. MAGERS,
T. V. PARKE.