Improvements in Infants' Feeding Bottles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 7th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 8th Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Infants' Feeding Bottles.
A communication to me from GUSTAV MÜLLER, of 33, Demiauiplatz, Goerlitz, in
the Empire of Germany.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 65 and 66 Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The use of ordinary feeding bottles for infants, is attended with the great
disadvantage that it is easily broken so that an infant using it, especially when
left alone is liable to serious injury. Moreover the contents of the bottle very
quickly become cold, when they may be seriously injurious to the health of the
child.
A third objection is that the india rubber nipple easily comes off the neck of
the bottle, so that the contents of the latter run out.
These objections are entirely met, in a very simple way by the improvements
which form the subject of the present invention.
The protecting arrangement for the bottle consists essentially of a cover of a
suitable material such as plaited straw, cork, leather, or the like.
In order that the bottle may be easily taken out from or replaced in this cover,
the latter is made in two parts separated by a vertical division and made to fit the
bottle when closed but attached to the bottom of the cover.
A space left between the bottle and the covering is filled with a material non-
conducting of heat such as felt, cork, or the like, so that the contents of the
bottle are kept warm for a long time.
When the bottle is inserted into the covering, the upper ends of the latter are
closed and are held together by a ring which is fitted over the top the ring
being provided with an inner flange which fits against the india rubber teat, and
prevents the latter from coming off the neck of the bottle, and in this way the
contents of the bottle are prevented from coming out, which heretofore has been
a great disadvantage.
Dated this 2nd day of Max 1894
A communication to me from GUSTAV MÜLLER, of 33, Demianiplatz, Goerlitz, in
the Empire of Germany.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 65 and 66, Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex, 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 and
accompanying drawing, that is to say :-
The use of an ordinary feeding bottle for infants is attended with the great

page_text: disadvantage that it is easily broken so that an infant using it, especially when
left alone, is liable to serious injury. Moreover, the contents of the bottle very
quickly become cold, when they may be seriously injurious to the health of the
child.
A third objection is that the indiarubber nipple easily comes off the neck of
the bottle, so that the contents of the latter run out.
These objections are entirely met, in a very simple way by the improvements
which form the subject of the present invention:
In the accompanying drawing, which is in illustration of the invention,
Figure 1 is a vertical section through the feeding bottle; Figure 2 is a side
view of the same, Figure 3 shows the protecting cover, and Figures 4 and 5 are
modifications.
Similar letters indicate similar parts throughout the drawing. The protecting
arrangement for the bottle 6 consists essentially of a case a of a suitable material,
such as plaited straw, cork, leather, or the like.
In order that the bottle may be easily taken out from or replaced in this
case, the latter is made in two sections, separated by a vertical division
(Figure 3) and made to fit the bottle when closed but attached to the bottom
of the case.
A space left between the bottle 6 and the case a is filled with a material ċ
non-conducting of heat, such as felt, cork, or the like, so that the contents of the
bottle are kept warm for a long time.
When the bottle is inserted into the case or covering, the upper ends of the
latter are closed and are held together by a suitable ring d, which is prevented
from falling off by a flange f on the covering.
In this manner the india rubber nipple e fitted over the neck of the bottle
is held in place so as to prevent the nipple from coming off the neck of the
"bottle.
In this way the contents of the bottle are prevented from leaking, which
.heretofore has been a great disadvantage.
Figure 4 shews a modification of the invention, in which the case a consists of
one piece preferably of india rubber. This case is fitted upon and round the
bottle. If it is desired, the filling c may be dispensed with in this method of
construction.
In Figure 5 is shewn a method of construction, in which the bottle b is intro-
duced into the case from below. For this purpose the case is provided at the
lower end with a cover 9 hinged at g', and adapted to be closed by means of a
spring fixed to the cover a.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,―.
1. In an infant's feeding bottle, the combination of the inner bottle, the nipple
thereon, and the protecting case in two parts, enclosing the bottle and clamped
round the nipple to hold the same in place, substantially as described and
illustrated.
2. The combination of the bottle, the enclosing casing in two parts, and the
clamp embracing the upper ends of the said parts of the casing substantially as
described and illustrated.
3. The combination of the bottle, the enclosing casing in two parts, with means
of holding the same in place, and the non-conducting lining between the case
and the bottle, substantially as described and illustrated.
4. The combination of the bottle, a casing consisting of one piece of india-
rubber which is fitted unwn and ad
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page_text: 5. The combination of the bottle, a casing into which the bottle is introduced
from below and which is provided with a cover, adapted to be closed after the
bottle has been inserted, substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 30th day of October 1894.
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.