Improvements in Infants' Feeding Bottles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 20th May, 1892-Accepted, 25th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Infants' Feeding Bottles.
I WILLIAM BIRD of 4 Oxford Street Normanton in the County of York, Clerk,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It consists of certain improvements whereby an infant's feeding bottle is rendered
more convenient and safe for use and easy to cleanse.
I accomplish these objects as follows :-
I make the bottle of such a shape that it can only be placed in one position
preferably upon its side so as to prevent its being placed upon its narrow end and
exposure to accidental upsetting.
Instead of making the plug or stopper of one piece and the internal glass tube
of another as heretofore, I form them in one piece by elongating the stopper until
it reaches to the end of the bottle and so serves as both stopper and tube. I also
form the top of the stopper with a suitable projection preferably formed with a
screw thread for the attachment of the rubber tube or the direct attachment of the
I also may form a suitable projection upon the side or other convenient part
of the external end of the stopper so that the teat end or rubber tube can be placed
within it when the bottle is laid upon a table or other flat surface so as to prevent
the milk from drawing away through the tube.
teat.
To facilitate the suction of the milk from the bottle I provide a suitable inlet
for the air preferably by making the screw thread formed upon the stopper rather
less than the corresponding thread formed in the neck of the bottle and providing a
suitable aperture in the bottle neck.
I also may fit upon the interior end of the stopper an indiarubber or other washer
of a conical shape so that it may be inserted into the mouth of an ordinary water
tap so as form a good connection whereby the full force of the water can be directed
down the stopper tube and its attached indiarubber tube for cleansing purposes.
I also may form the shield and joints (by which the rubber tube and teat are
connected together), in one piece, or form the tube and teat in one piece with suitable
shoulders to hold the shield in position.
I also may attach a wire or other hook to the neck or other suitable part of the
bottle or a loop ring or other suitable attachment so that it can be attached readily
and firmly to a child's clothing while the bottle is in use.
Dated this 19th day of August 1891.
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM,
46^, Market Street, Manchester, Agent to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Infants' Feeding Bottles.
I WILLIAM BIRD of 4 Oxford Street Normanton in the County of York, Clerk
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 :-
It consists of certain improvements whereby an infants feeding bottle is rendered
more convenient and safe for use and easy to cleanse.
I make the bottle in such a shape that it can only be placed in one position
preferably upon its side so as to prevent its being placed upon its narrow end and
consequent exposure to accidental upsetting.

page_text: I form the stopper and internal glass tube in one piece instead of two as heretobefore
by elongating the stopper so that it reaches to the further end of the bottle and
so acts as both stopper and tube.
I also form the top of the stopper with a suitable projection for the direct attach-
ment of the external rubber tube or the teat.
I also form (in some cases) a suitable projection upon the side or other convenient
part of the external end of the stopper so that the teat end of the rubber tube can
be placed within it when the bottle is laid upon a table or other flat surface so as
to prevent the milk from draining away through the tube.
To facilitate the suction of the milk from the bottle I provide a suitable inlet
for the air, preferably by making the screw thread formed upon the stopper rather
less than the corresponding thread formed in the neck of the bottle and providing a
suitable inlet between the bottle neck and stopper in such a manner that when the
bottle is laid upon the table the orifice is upwards. I also fit (in some cases) upon
the interior end of the stopper, an indiarubber or other washer of a conical shape,
so that it may be inserted into the mouth of an ordinary water tap so as to form
a good connection whereby the full force of the water can be directed down the
stopper tube and its attached rubber tube teat for cleansing purposes.
I also attach (in some cases) a wire or other hook, to the Deck or other suitable
part, or other attachment, so that it can be readily secured firmly to a childs
clothing when in use.
I send herewith a sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved bottle,
Figs. 2 & 3 are a plan and elevation of top of stopper showing projection for
receiving teat when not in use.
In all the figs. a indicates the flat side upon which the bottle must be laid owing
to rounded end b, c the combined stopper and internal tube, to which the external
rubber tube or teat is affixed direct by projection d the opening being placed in
the side of the projection at e to leave the point of projection d intact (see Figs. 2
& 3) indicates the projection in which the teat end of tube may be placed when
not in use. This projection may either be formed in the glass itself or made in
some suitable substance and affixed afterwards in any ordinary way or a metal wire
hook or catch of suitable shape such as shown in Fig. 1 and marked f³, g indicates
the orifice for the admission of air to allow of easy suction and is continued downward
to the interior of the bottle by means of the enlarged screwthread h, k indicates the
conical washer of indiarubber or other material for use in cleansing the tube &
the wire attachment to which in this case an ordinary safety pin m is appended
to secure the bottle to the childs clothes when in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The combined apparatus substantially as described and shown hereinbefore
and in the accompanying drawings for the purpose set forth.
2nd. In an infants feeding bottle, the combined stopper and tube, substantially as
described and shown hereinbefore and in the accompanying drawings, for the purpose
set forth.
3rd. In an infants feeding bottle, a stopper with a projection in which the teat
end of the rubber tube can be placed when not in use, substantially as described
and shown herein before and in the accompanying drawings, for the purpose set
forth.
4th. In an feeding bottle, the admission of air to the same by means of the screw-
thread and an inlet between the stopper and bottle neck, substantially as described
and shown hereinbefore and in the accompanying drawings, for the purpose set
forth.
5th. In an infants feeding bottle, an indiarubber or other washer upon the end
of the internal tube to facilitate the cleansing of the same, substantially as described

page_text: and shown hereinbefore and in the accompanying drawings, for the purpose set
forth.
6th. In an infants feeding bottle, a wire hook or its mechanical equivalent for
attaching the same to the child when in use, substantially as described and shown
hereinbefore and in the accompanying drawings for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 18th day of May 1892.
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM,
46, Market Street, Manchester, Agent to Applicant.