Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 9h Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 13th Apr., 1889
We SAM WALTON and JOSEPH GRANICHSTAEDTEN both of 78 George Street,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows :-
:-
Our invention relates to apparatus for suckling infants and consists in a novel
arrangement of. said apparatus by which mothers are. enabled to suckle their, infants
without having to unfasten their dress or uncover their breasts.
The apparatus consists of two hollow vessels connected at or near their middle
part by india rubber tubing. The said vessels may be ellipsoidical or lense shaped
with an opening in one of the flatter sides through which the nipple of a breast
is inserted into each similarly as in those vessels already used for preventing the
milk which oozes from full breasts soiling the dresses of mothers, or one side of
the vessel with this opening may be made flat or concave for fitting the breast and
the other side convex. By preference we make said vessels of glass, but they may
We attach
also be made of porcelain, stoneware, vulcanite, horn, bone or ivory.
the indiarubber tube connecting the two vessels by preference to their middle
opposite the opening for the nipple, but they may be connected at the sides instead
and internal tubes reaching to near the bottom of the vessels may be connected to
the outer tubes.
In the middle part of the india rubber tube we arrange a Tee union, to which
another india rubber tube with a suckling nipple at its other end is attached. The
vessels placed upon the breasts are held in their position by the nipple and the
corset and dress of the user, and with the india rubber tubing are covered by the
dress. For suckling the infant the middle tube with the suckling nipple has only
to be withdrawn from the dress without in any way disarranging the latter, when
the milk will be drawn from both breasts by the infant.
A hole may be made in the glass vessels at their upper part in front by which air
will be admitted to the vessels and the sucking action of the infant upon the breast
prevented. By closing one or the other of these openings by pressing a finger upon
them outside the dress, and at the same time squeezing the india rubber tube

page_text: connected to the other vessel, the milk can be drawn as desired either from one breast
or the other.
Instead of connecting the two glass vessels by an indiarubber tube and attaching
the suckling tube to the latter, the vessels may be separate and separate india rubber
tubes with suckling nipple attached to each, so that each breast can be used
independently of the other.
We, SAM WALTON and JOSEPH GRANICHSTARDTEN, both of 35, (late of 78) George
Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturers, 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 :-
Our invention relates to apparatus for suckling infants and consists in a novel
arrangement of said apparatus by-which mothers are enabled to suckle their infants
without having to unfasten their dress or uncover their breasts.
On the sheet of drawings appended hereunto fig. 1 shews the apparatus in front
view and fig. 2 in plan, partly in section.
The apparatus consists of two hollow vessels a a connected at or near to their middle
by indiarubber tubing. The said vessels may be ellipsoidical or lense shaped and
have an opening in one of the flatter sides through which the nipple of a breast is
inserted into each similarly as in those vessels already used for preventing the milk
that exudes from full breasts soiling the dresses of mothers, or one side 6 of the
vessels with this opening may be made flat or concave as shewn for fitting the breast
and the other side c convex. By preference we make said vessels of glass, but they
may also be made of porcelain, stoneware, vulcanite, horn, bone or ivory. We attach
the indiarubber tube d d connecting the vessels aa by preference to their middle
opposite the opening for the nipple, as shewn on the drawings, but they may be
connected at the sides instead thereof, and internal tubes reaching near to the bottom
of the vessels may be connected to the outer tubes. The connection of the tubes to
the vessels a a is preferably made by means of stoppers e. In the middle part of the
indiarubber tube d d we arrange a Tee union f to which another indiarubber tube g
with a sucking nipple h at its other end is attached. The vessels when placed upon

page_text: the breasts are held in their positions by the nipples of the breasts and the corset and
dress of the user and with the indiarubber tubing are covered by the dress For
suckling the infant the middle tube with the suckling nipple only has to be withdrawn
from the dress without in any way disarranging the latter, when the milk will be
drawn by the infant from both breasts.
A hole may be made in each vessel a at its upper part in front by which air will
be admitted to the vessels and which facilitates the cleansing of the vessels.
By pressing the tube d on one side of the Tee union with the finger, suction
from that side can be stopped, so that the milk is sucked by the infant from one
breast only.
Instead of connecting the two glass vessels by an indiarubber tube and attaching
the suckling tube to the latter as shewn on the drawings, the vessels a a may be
separate and a separate indiarubber tube with sucking nipple attached to each, so
that each breast can be used independently of the other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is,
Firstly, apparatus for suckling infants substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the drawings and for the purpose set forth.
Secondly, the combination with two vessels a a of indiarubber tubing d d and
suckling tube g, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
Thirdly, the combination of one vessel a with an indiarubber suckling tube with
sucking nipple, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 8th day of March 1889.
EMMOTT & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.