Improvements in Infants' Feeding Bottles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 15th Mar., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by JOSEPH WILLIAM ROSE, of No. 1174, Gates Avenue,
Brooklyn, and CLYDE CHESTER BALSTON, of No. 302, Herkimer Street, Brooklyn,
both in the State of New York, United States of America, Gentlemen.]
Improvements in Infants' Feeding Bottles.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex 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:-
The invention relates to feeding bottles and consists essentially of a bottle com-
posed of separable parts and devices for clamping the parts together to form the
complete bottle, as hereinafter described.
The object of the invention is the production of a bottle capable of being thoroughly
cleansed, and this object is accomplished by making the bottle of separable sections so
that when desired, the interior surfaces of the article may be fully exposed. After
the parts of the bottle have been thoroughly cleansed they may be united and held in
place by the clamping wires and catch forming a part of the invention; a yielding
packing being provided at the meeting edges of said parts to ensure the formation of
liquid tight joints.
The invention will be more fully understood from the detailed description herein-
after presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a front view, partly in section of a nursing bottle and clamping devices
constructed in accordance with the invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the sections or parts of the bottle separated from
each other and the clamping devices disconnected.
Figure 3 is a side view of the complete bottle;
Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical section through a detached portion of one side of
the bottle and illustrating more clearly than the other Figures the joint formed at the
union of the separable sections thereof;
Figure 5 is an enlarged bottom view of the catch for securing the sections of the
bottle together; and
Figure 6 is a side view of the same.
In the drawing A, B, respectively designate the separable parts or sections of the
bottle, the lower inner edges of the part A having the endless lip C adapted to enter
the recess F in the inner upper edges of the part B, thereby forming a joint and
leaving a smooth exterior surface on the bottle. In the base of the recess F will
preferably be placed a packing ring G of suitable material to ensure the formation of
a liquid-tight joint.
Upon the neck H' of the bottle is the encircling ring D, to which are hinged the
clamp-wires E E', adapted to enter the grooves E", E", which commence at the
recesses D, D adjacent to the neck H and terminate at the bottom of the bottle.
The ring D consists of a piece of wire having its ends H" twisted together, as shown
in Figure 3. The clamp-wire E has at its lower end the stirrup-shaped bend I", and
carries the lever J and tangent catch J'; while the lower end of the clamp-wire E¹
terminates in the stirrup-shaped bend I adapted to permit the passage through it of
the lever J when the sections of the bottle are together and the clamp-wires in position.
After the lever J has been passed through the stirrup-shaped bend I it is folded back
on the wire E and thus caused to draw the wires E, E', toward each other and tightly
against the sides of the bottle, this operation having the effect also of drawing the
sections A, B, of the bottle firmly together and forming a liquid-tight joint at the
meeting edges of said sections. The tangent catch J₁ of the lever presses against
the bottom of the bottle and prevents said lever from unfolding from contact with
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page_text: the wire E, except when forced therefrom, the clamp-wires being made a little short
in order that the yielding of the packing ring G shall compensate for the slight
deficiency in the length of the wires and the lever J caused to constitute a spring
catch.
It is obvious that when it may be desired to cleanse the bottle the free end of the
lever J may be pressed from the wire E and then withdrawn from the bend 11, thus
freeing the wires E, E¹, and permitting the separation of the sections.
The method of separating the parts of the bottle and securing them together again
is simple and may readily be understood, and the sections when separated are capable
of being thoroughly cleansed, whereby the comfort and health of the users of the
bottle may be materially promoted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondents I declare that what I claim is :-
First. A bottle consisting of the separable sections, combined with the clamping
wires and catch by which the sections are held together; substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
Second. A bottle consisting of the separable sections, combined with the ring
encircling the neck of the bottle, the clamp-wires hinged to said ring and terminating
at their lower ends respectively in a stirrup bend and a hinged lever catch for
securing the wires and parts of the bottle together; substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
Third. The bottle composed of the separable sections having a packing ring at
their point of union and provided with vertical grooves at opposite sides, combined
with the clamp-wires fitting said grooves and the hinged lever catch whereby the
parts may be secured together; substantially as set forth.
Dated this 31st day of January 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.