IMPROVEMENTS IN CLEANERS FOR THE TUBES AND OTHER' PORTIONS OF FEEDING BOTTLES AND THE LIKE "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Cook of Stamford Hill in the county of
Middlesex for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CLEANERS FOR THE
TUBES AND OTHER' PORTIONS OF FEEDING BOTTLES AND THE LIKE
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Cook at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th May 1883.
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IMPROVE-
FREDERICK COOK of Stamford Hill in the county of Middlesex
MENTS IN CLEANERS FOR THE TUBES AND OTHER PORTIONS OF FEEDING BOTTLES
AND THE LIKE
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These cleaners are formed of twisted wire and the like and at one end have
a plate or disc having a hole through it to allow the air to pass as the disc is
drawn through the flexible tube to be cleaned which otherwise is apt to collapse.
A few threads or equivalent are twisted in near the other end to serve as a
brush and at the end is formed a loop the tip of which is preferably nipped to
a point This point is inserted into the nipple and the loop passes through the
small hole in the top so that the brush portion is inside the hollow of the nipple
and can be turned round so as to clean it thoroughly
The use of the loop is that when the flexible tube has been withdrawn from
the bottle to be cleaned the cleaner is passed through the hole in the top or cover
of the bottle the tube passed through the loop and so drawn by the cleaner
through the hole in the cover thus greatly facilitating the replacing of the tube
In place of the disc the head can be formed by coiling up the wire in the form
of a cover.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frederick Cook in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd November
1883.
" IMPROVE-
FREDERICK COOK of Stamford Hill in the county of Middlesex
MENTS IN CLEANERS FOR THE TUBES AND OTHER PORTIONS OF FEEDING BOTTLES
AND THE LIKE
"
These cleaners are formed of twisted wire and the like, and at one end
have a plate or disc, having a hole through it to allow the air to pass, as the
disc is drawn through the flexible tube to be cleaned, which otherwise is apt to
collapse.
A few threads or equivalent, are twisted in near the other end to serve as a
brush and at the end is formed a loop, the tip of which is preferably nipped to
a point. This point is inserted into the nipple, and the loop passes through the
small hole in the top, so that the brush portion is inside the hollow of the nipple
and can be turned round so as to clean it thoroughly.
The use of the loop is that when the flexible tube has been withdrawn from
the bottle to be cleaned, the cleaner is passed through the hole in top or
cover of the bottle, the tube passed through the loop, and so drawn by the
cleaner through the hole in the cover, thus greatly, facilitating the replacing of
the tube.
In place of the disc, the head can be formed by coiling up the wire in the form
of a cone.
In the accompanying drawings Fig 1 represents the complete tube-cleaner,
Fig 2 shews it cleaning the flexible tube of a feeding bottle. Fig 3. shows it
cleaning the teat of the same, Fig 4 shows how the tube may drawn into the hole
in the cork or stopper with the assistance of the cleaner, Fig 5 is a plan of
Fig 4. Fig 6 and 7 are two views of the head, with the hole through it to allow
the air to pass.
It will be seen by Fig 1, that the cleaner consists of a rod of twisted wire A
having a number of threads or equivalent twisted in near one end and forming
the brush B; a little beyond this again is the loop C and lastly the point D. At
the other end is the head or scraper E which may be formed of the wire twisted
into a cone or be made of metal or other suitable material and of the form shewn
in Fige 6 and 7.
In Fig 2 the cleaner is being drawn through the flexible tube F, the head E
distending the tube and scraping. it as it passes, and thus removing the lumps of
clotted milk, or other impurities which may be adhering to the tube. The hole G.
allows the air to pass through the head, otherwise a partial vacuum would be
formed and the tube would collapse behind the cleaner. The form of head shewn
in Fig 1 does not require the hole as the air can pass through between the wires.
The brush would pass through the tube also and can be drawn up and down in it
so as to thoroughly clean it.
In Fig 3. the brush B is inserted in the teat H and can be turned round inside
it, so as to clean it well out. The point D facilitates passing the loop C through
the small hole in the end of the teat, through which it could only be pushed with
great difficulty, if at all, without the point. In Fig 4 the tube F-has been passed
through the loop C, and by that means can easily be drawn through the hole in
the cork or stopper as shewn.
Having now described my invention and the method of performing the same,
I wish it to be understood, that I am aware that portions of the tube cleaner

page_text: herein set forth are not new and I make no claim to such portions separately, but
what I do claim is
1st The combination in a tube cleaner, of the brush B loop C and point D
substantially as described and illustrated.
2nd In a tube cleaner the point D substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
3rd. In a solid head E, the hole. G substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
In witness whereof I the said Frederick Cook have hereunto set my hand
and seal this twenty seventh day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand,
eight hundred and eighty three,
FREDERICK COOK (48)