Teething Pads, and other Articles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Teething Pads, and other Articles.
I THOMAS EUSTACE MARRIOTT, of Havelock Road, Hastings, in the county of
Sussex, Dispensing Chemist, 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 :-
This my invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in baby-
comforters, teething pads and other articles requiring solid rings, and which invention
has for its object to enable the rings forming part of the aforesaid baby-comforters &c.,
to be applied thereto without the necessity of splitting or otherwise cutting said
rings.
It has hitherto been the custom to sever the periphery of the rings in such a
manner that the two cut ends may be stretched apart and sprung into the aperture
formed in a suitable socket for their reception. It is found however that when rings
are thus being attached they are liable to break in two, and where quantities are being
made, such broken rings cause great loss in the manufacture.
The cutting of the rings in the manner aforesaid moreover tends to weaken them,
and although the two edges may have been suitably adjusted in the socket, yet they
are always liable to be broken, become detached and finally lost.
By this my said invention the aforesaid disadvantages are entirely overcome in a
neat, simple and efficacious manner hereinafter described; reference being had to the
accompanying drawings and the figures and letters of reference marked thereon,
similar letters indicating like parts throughout.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a baby-comforter having a solid ring attached thereto in
accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the socket detached from
the comforter. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the socket showing the manner in which the
ring is inserted in the aperture. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the socket showing how the
ring may be entered into the aperture in an alternative manner. Fig. 5 represents a
section which is temporarily removed from the socket for the purpose of entering the
ring. Fig. 6 is an elevation showing an alternative way of preparing the socket for

page_text: the reception of the ring. Fig. 7 is an elevation showing the socket severed in half.
to admit of the insertion of the ring into the aperture. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a
solid ring inserted in a plain socket in accordance with my invention.
The solid ring, which may be made of bone, ivory, vulcanite, rubber, vegetable
ivory, or other suitable material, is provided with a socket A which is screw threaded
at a, to screw into the comforter or other article to which it is adjusted. A cut B is.
made in the socket A and the two portions b, b' may be stretclied apart as shown in
Fig. 3. The ring is then inserted into the aperture C, and the portions b, 6' being
again closed together, the socket is screwed into the body of the comforter or other
article. In articles not requiring a screw socket the socket with solid ring is inserted, .
and retained by an adhesive, or driven into the hole made for its reception.
An alternative manner of inserting the solid ring in the socket is shown in
Figs. 4 and 5, where, by making two cuts, d, d', I am enabled to remove a section D
(Fig. 5), which, after the ring has been inserted is readjusted in the socket and the
socket adjusted in the comforter or other article.
In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown yet another alternative manner in which the ring
may, be inserted in the socket, and it consists in severing said socket into two
halves E, E', which, after the ring has been inserted into the aperture C, are
re-adjusted.
It will be understood that this my invention is applicable to other articles having
solid or undivided rings.
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 :-
A baby-comforter, teething pad or other article having a solid or undivided ring
inserted in a socket in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the drawings annexed.
D
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Nabon 1000