Improvements in the Mode of Attaching Solid Rings to Baby Comforters, Teething Pads, and other articles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 26th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mode of Attaching Solid Rings to Baby
Comforters, Teething Pads, and other articles.
I, ALEXANDER RICHMOND STOCKER of 83 Queensland Road Holloway London,
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a new and useful method of attaching solid rings
made of bone, ivory, vegetable ivory, vulcanite, india rubber or other suitable
material or materials to baby comforters, teething pads or other articles thereby
avoiding the necessity of splitting or otherwise cutting the said rings.
It has heretofore been the custom to sever or split the rings on their periphery
in such manner that the two cut ends may be sprung into the apertures formed in
the comforter to receive them.
When rings are being so attached they are liable to break in two thereby causing
great loss in manufacture.
The cutting of the rings as aforesaid weakens them thereby rendering them
liable to be broken detached and lost while in use.
By my invention the foregoing disadvantages are entirely avoided as will be
gathered from the following statement.
On the extreme or opposite end of an ordinary baby comforter to that on which
the teat & shield is placed and immediately behind the spot where the recesses
would be intended to be formed to receive the cut or split ring I form a neck or
shank of desirable diameter and length which may be either screw threaded or
have a collar formed at its end. After this has been effected I instead of
partially so doing bore a suitably sized hole right through the comforter at that
part where the ring is now held and after this has been accomplished I by the
aid of circular saws or otherwise make two cuts longitudinally through the aforesaid
neck or shank into the hole through the comforter by which means I remove a
section wide enough to admit a solid ring to pass into its intended resting place
in the comforter. The end of the neck or shank is closed by the aid of a screwed
or otherwise formed button or cap ring or other means which will prevent the solid
ring being withdrawn.
Dated this Sixteenth day of January 1892.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mode of Attaching Solid Rings to Baby
Comforters, Teething Pads, and other articles.
I, ALEXANDER RICHMOND STOCKER of 83 Queensland Road, Holloway Road,
London, Manufacturer, 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 has
This invention has for its object a new and useful method of attaching solid
rings made of bone, ivory, vegetable ivory, vulcanite, india rubber or other suitable
material or materials to baby comforters, teething pads or other articles, thereby
avoiding the necessity of splitting or otherwise cutting the said rings.
heretofore been the custom to sever or split the rings on their periphery in such
manner that the two cut ends may be sprung into the apertures formed in the
comforter to receive them. Rings so attached are liable to break in two, thereby

page_text: causing great loss in manufacture. The cutting of the rings as aforesaid weakens
them, thereby rendering them liable to be broken, detached and lost while in use.
By my invention the foregoing disadvantages are entirely avoided as will be
gathered from the following statement. On the extreme or opposite end of an
ordinary baby comforter to that on which the teat and shield is placed and imme-
diately behind the spot where the recesses would be intended to be formed to
receive the cut or split ring, I form a neck or shank of desirable diameter and
length which may be either screw threaded or have a collar formed at its end. After
this has been effected, I, instead of partially so doing, bore a suitably sized hole
right through the comforter at that part where the ring is now held, and after
this has been accomplished, I by the aid of circular saws or otherwise make two
cuts longitudinally through the aforesaid neck or shank into the hole through the
comforter by which means I remove a section wide enough to admit a solid ring
to pass into its intended resting place in the comforter. The end of the neck or
shank is then closed by the aid of a screwed or otherwise formed button, cap, ring
or by other means which will prevent the solid ring being withdrawn.
To enable my invention to be better understood I will now describe the same
by means of the accompanying drawings, in which :—
Fig. 1. is a vertical sectional view.
Fig. 2. is an elevation.
Fig. 3. is a view of shank when opened out.
Fig. 4. is a sectional view of the cap or button.
Fig. 5. is a sectional view of shank closed by means of a collar.
In the drawings, 1, is the ordinary india rubber teat, 2, the shank which carries
the shield 3, whereby the teat is clamped to the lower part of shank, 4, is the solid
ring, 5, the cap which may either be plain as shewn or screwed, or it may be replaced
by a plain collar as shewn in Fig. 5. The shield, shank, ring, cap or collar may
be made of boue, ivory, vegetable ivory, vulcanite or other suitable material. It
has heretofore been customary to split the rings on their periphery in such a manner
as to permit the two ends to be sprung into recesses formed in the shank which
tends to weaken the ring and renders them extremely liable to break. In carrying
out my improvements, I bore a hole 6, completely through the shank and then by
means of a saw, rotary cutter or like instrument a gap 7, (see Fig. 3,) is formed
above the hole 6, sufficiently large to allow the ring 4, to pass into its intended
resting place in the shank of the comforter teething pad or like article. The
flange 8, of shank 2, is slightly rounded or may have a screw cut upon it, and the
ring 4, is secured in position by springing the cap 5, which is slightly undercut,
over, or it may be screwed upon the flange 8, the divided shank being first.forced
together. A variation of my invention consists in closing the partly divided shank
by means of a ring or collar, as in Fig. 5. If the shank 2, has a plain saw cut
only made in it and is then softened in steam or hot water, it can be opened out from
the top (see Fig. 3) sufficiently to enable the ring to be inserted. It is then
pressed together and closed by means of a plain cap fitting over or screwed upon a
flange or by means of a ring or a pin may be passed through the shank above the
ring.
My invention is equally applicable to other articles fitted with solid rings.
I am aware that a method of securing rings in the sockets of baby comforters,
teething pads and other articles, has been described which consists in wholly or
partly splitting the socket or removing a part beneath the ring which is afterwards
replaced, the socket is then screwed or driven into the comforter, but I lay no
claim to such method.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The particular method of mounting and securing solid or undivided rings in

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baby comforters and like articles by the means and in the way and manner
described.
2. The combination and use in or with a baby comforter teething pads, and other
articles of a perforated socket or shank 2, having a saw cut or gap 7, formed in its
upper part through which the solid ring is passed, and the plain or screwed cap or
collar 5, fitting upon the rounded, undercut, or screwed flange or neck of shank 8,
for the purpose of uniting the partially divided shank, and thereby retaining the
ring in position, substantially as herein described.
Dated October 15th 1909
FRANCIS M. ROGERS,
Agent..