Improvements in connection with Feeding Bottles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1895-Accepted, 2nd Nov. 1895
Improvements in connection with Feeding Bottles.
AUGUSTUS ALEXANDER DAVIDSON Victoria, British Columbia, Canada,
Jeweller, 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 invention is an improved device which is to be attached to the rubber tubes
of baby bottles. The implement is attached to the rubber tube by inserting the
tube through the round bole F at one end of the mainpiece A and carrying it
through the round hole F at the other end.
By moving the slide B on the mainpiece A the food supply can be diminished in
proportion to the distance to which the slide is extended, and the supply will be
shut off altogether by moving the slide as far as it will go.
Heretofore it has been the practice to tie a knot in the rubber tube to shut off
the supply, but it was impossible to regulate it.
At other times when a child
required an empty bottle to simply quiet him or her, a similar practice was followed
to prevent wind from being taken into the stomach.
The objects of my invention are to remedy these defects by providing an
implement which can be readily adjusted to regulate the supply of food, and is at
all times ready for use.
My implement is also constructed without any projecting points on the outside
with a view of preventing the child from being injured by coming in contact
with it.
In the drawings forming part of these Specifications,
Fig. 1 is an upright view of the implement showing all the parts in place.
Fig. 2 is an end view of the mainpiece.
Fig. 3 is a plan showing a cross-section of the mainpiece.
Fig. 4 shows a view of the top of the mainpiece.
Fig. 5 is a side view of the slide.
Fig. 6 is an end view of the slide.
Fig. 7 is a side view of the tongue.
Fig. 8 is a top view of the tongue.
My invention consists of a device comprising the hollow mainpiece A, which is
flat at the sides and on the top, and round on the lower part.
The top of the mainpiece has an opening H in it three-fourths of its length and
width; and at the lower part of each end of the mainpiece there is a round
opening F for the rubber tube of the feeding bottle to be inserted.
The slide B is made to move back and forth on the mainpiece.
Two tongues E and D are connected to the upper part of the slide and project
downwards through the opening H.
The tongue D. when at rest, barely touches the tongue C, but when the slide is
moved along the mainpiece, this tongue presses on the tongue C and causes it to
gradually close down on the rubber tube.
The tongue E projects just far enough through the opening so that it will press
against the end of it and prevent the slide from being moved too far.
The tongue C is connected to the inside of the mainpiece A by a rivet running
through a joint at one end of the tongue.
I are cross-cuts on the tongue C for the purpose of holding the slide in place
when moved to any of these points in order to diminish the supply of food.
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page_text: Haring now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what I
claim is :
A new device to be attached to the rubber tubes of feeding bottles for the
purpose of regulating the consumption of food therein, consisting of :-
1st. A mainpiece, which has an opening at the top and at each end.
2nd. A slide, with two small tongues connected to its upper part, which moves
back and forth on the mainpiece; and,
3rd. A tongue which is connected to the inside of the mainpiece by a rivet
running through a joint at one end of the tongue, substantially as described.
Dated this 22nd day of May 1895.
AUGUSTUS ALEXANDER DAVIDSON.