Improvements in and connected with Teats for Baby Soothers, Feeding Bottles, and other articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 10th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 30th Oct., 1897
Date of Application, 12th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 10th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 30th Oct., 1897
Improvements in and connected with Teats for Baby Soothers,
Feeding Bottles, and other articles.
I, ARTHUR WILLIAM SHIRLEY, of 105 and 107 Whitecross Street, in the County,
of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in and connected with teats for baby
soothers, feeding bottles, baby comforters, etc., and has for its object to provide
simpler and more efficient means for attaching the teat to the shield and ring or
other carrier.
It has been found that the teats of feeding bottles, baby soothers and other
articles, when attached in the ordinary manner to the shield and carrier are liable
to become detached from the same.
Now according to my invention I provide a plug adapted to be inserted into the
inner open end of the teat and having at its other end a shoulder. I also form
on the end of the plug that is inserted in the teat one or more projections.
The shield of the baby soother, feeding bottle or other article to which the teat
is to be attached, has a hole formed in it, the said hole being of such a size that
the plug, with the teat in position on it, fits tightly in it and being provided
with one or more notches (according to the number of projections on the end of
the plug) through which the projection or projections on the plug can pass.
To attach the teat to the shield, therefore, it is only necessary to pass the plug,
with the teat in position on it, through the hole in the shield the projection or
projections on the plug being brought opposite to the notch or notches in the
shield, and to then slightly turn the plug in the hole. The teat is in this manner
tightly held in the shield between the projection or projections and the shoulder
on the plug.
The ring or other carrier is attached to the shield or plug in any suitable manner.
Dated the 12th day of December 1900
Improvements in and connected with Teats for Baby Soothers,
Feeding Bottles, and other articles.
I, ARTHUR WILLIAM SHIRLEY, of 105 and 107 Whitecross Street, in the County
London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
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page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in and connected with teats for baby
soothers, feeding bottles, baby comforters, etc., and has for its object to provide
simpler and more efficient means for attaching the teat to the shield and ring or
other carrier.
It has been found that the teats of feeding bottles, baby soothers and other
articles, when attached in the ordinary manner to the shield and carrier are liable
to become detached from the same.
Now according to my invention I provide a plug adapted to be inserted into
the inner open end of the teat and having at its other end a shoulder. I also form
on the end of the plug that is inserted in the teat one or more projections.
The shield of the baby soother, feeding bottle or other article to which the teat
is to be attached, has a hole formed in it, the said hole being of such a size that
the plug, with the teat in position on it, fits tightly in it and being provided with
one or more notches (according to the number of projections on the end of the
plug) through which the projection or projections on the plug can pass.
To attach the teat to the shield, therefore, it is only necessary to pass the plug,
with the teat in position on it, through the hole in the shield the projection or
projections on the plug being brought opposite to the notch or notches in the shield,
and to then slightly turn the plug in the hole. The teat is in this manner tightly
held in the shield between the projection or projections and the shoulder on the
plug.
The ring or other carrier is attached to the shield or plug in any suitable manner.
To cuable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a baby soother having my improvements
applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a plan of the shield thereof; and,
Figure 3 is a plan of the ring and of the plug for attaching the teat to the
shield.
a is the teat which is of ordinary construction, b is the ring which is also of
ordinary construction and c is the shield.
d is my plug for attaching the teat a to the shield c, the said plug d being made
of any suitable material such as wood and having a projection e on its inner and
a shoulder f on its outer end as shewn.
g is the hole in the shield c, the said hole, as above stated, being of such a size
that the plug d fits therein and the shoulder f of the plug cannot pass there-
through. h is the notch in the shield c, the said notch being formed to receive the
projection on the plug d.
The plug is secured to the ring b by a cord i which is tied to the said ring,
passed up through a central hole in the plug and knotted.
With this construction, therefore, to attach the teat a to the shield the plug d
is, as above described, inserted into the open end of the teat passed through the
hole g in the shield c, the projection e being brought opposite the notch h, and is
then turned slightly in the hole so as to grip the teat a in the shield c between the
projection e and shoulder f of the plug d.
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:
1. The combination with teats for baby soothers, feeding bottles and other
articles, of a plug adapted to be inserted into the open end of the teat and having
a shoulder and one or more projections, the latter of which can pass through a
notch or notches in the shield, substantially as, and for the purpose, described
and as illustrated.
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page_text: 2. The improved baby soother hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated the 10th day of September 1897.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.