Improvements in the Fittings of Babies' Feeding-bottles, Drinking Bottles, Flasks, and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Improvements in the Fittings of Babies' Feeding-bottles, Drinking
Bottles, Flasks, and the like.
I, GUISEPPE VICENZO DE LUCA, of 6 and 7 Long Lane, Aldersgato Street in the
City of London Glass bottle Manufacturer and Merchant do hereby declare the
nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FITTINGS OF BABIES FEEDING-
" to be as follows:-
BOTTLES, DRINKING BOTTLES, FLASKS AND THE LIKE
According to my invention I construct the stopper in such manner that it
may bo
used in three different ways that is to say, the teat may be attached directly to the
stopper or to a tube attached to the stopper, and internal tubing entirely dispensed
with, as is usual with the so called "boat feeding bottles," or an internal tube may
be attached to the internal end of the stopper which is made of suitable shape to facilitate
such attachment of the tube, or an India-rubber tube may be passed quite through the
stopper, one end reaching to or near the bottom of the bottle, or having a glass or
other tube which so reaches attached to it, the other end of the tube being connected
by the usual union with a teat.
By thus constructing the stopper I reduce it to an extremely simple form and so
that every part is easily accessible for cleaning purposes.
I prefer to use a bottle with an internal thread in the nozzle, corresponding with
which an external thread on the stopper enables the latter to be screwed in, the joint
being made tight by the usual washer or the stopper may be made with a part to
fit over the nozzle of the bottle as a cap or any other method of fitting the stopper to
the bottle may be used.
The stopper is made with a tubular opening through its centre and a projecting
rim or nozzle both at top and bottom of the same, the one being for the teat to be
drawn over, and the other for the tube, and I prefer to shape the said rims or nozzles
with an annular bead or moulding at a short distance from the end so as to readily
admit of the teat & tube respectively being stretched over them and so that the same,
when so drawn over, may be securely retained.

page_text: The said tubular opening through the stopper is of sufficient diameter to admit of
an India-rubber tube being passed through. I prefer to make the stopper of glass,
porcelain, or earthenware, on account of the facility with which these substances can
be cleaned but metal or any other suitable material may be used.
My invention is applicable to bottles of any shape, feeding bottles, flasks, or any
like vessel.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Fittings of Babies' Feeding-bottles, Drinking
bottles, Flasks, and the like.
I, GUISEPPE VICENZO DE LUCA, of 6 and 7, Long Lane, in the City of London,
Glass bottle Manufacturer and Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ТПЕ FITTINGS OF BABIES FEEDING-BOTTLES,
DRINKING-BOTTLES, FLASKS AND THE LIKE" and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
According to my invention I construct the stopper in such manner that it may be
used in three different ways that is to say the teat may be attached directly to the
stopper or to a tube attached to the stopper and internal tubing entirely dispensed
with, as is usual with the so called "boat feeding bottles," or an internal tube inay be
attached to the internal end of the stopper which is made of suitable shape to facilitate
such attachment of the tube, or an India rubber tube may be passed quite through
the stopper, one end reaching to or near the bottom of the bottle, or having a glass
or other tube which so reaches attached to it, the other end of the tube being connected
by the usual union with a teat.
By thus constructing the stopper I reduce it to an extremely simple form and so
that every part is easily accessible for cleaning purposes.
I prefer to use a bottle with an internal thread in the nozzle, corresponding with
which an external thread on the stopper enables the latter to be screwed in, the joint
being made tight by the usual washer, or the stopper may be made with a part to fit
over the nozzle of the bottle as a cap, or any other method of fitting the stopper to
the bottle may be used.

page_text: The stopper is made with a tubular opening through its centre, and a projecting
rim or nozzle both at top and bottom of the same, the one being for the teat or the
tube connecting it with the that to be drawn over, and the other, for the internal tube
when one is used, and I prefer to shape the said rims or nozzles or one of them with
an annular rim or bead at, or a short distance from, the end so as to readily admit of
the teat, and tube respectively being stretched over them and so that the samo when
so drawn over may be socurely retained.
The tubular opening through the stopper may be of sufficient diameter to admit of
an india rubber tube being passed through. I prefer to make the stopper of glass,
porcelain, or earthenware, on account of the facility with which the substances can be
cleaned, but metal or any other suitable material may be used.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1, represents a stopper made according
to my said invention. Fig. 2, represents a bottle with the fittings attached and
showing in full lines the teat attached directly to the stopper, and in dotted lines,
A is the stopper ;
showing it attached with the intervention of a tube and union.
B, the bottle; C, is a nozzle near the end of which is a bead or rim m over which the
teat, or tube connected with the teat, is drawn, and which rim also serves to support
n, and rests, over
the shield which passes over, the cylindrical part of the nozzle marked
the teat, against the said rim m as shown in Fig. 2 and thus prevents the child getting
too great a length of the teat and nozzle into its mouth; D, is a nozzle at or near
the end of which is a bead or rim for the attachment when desired, of the tube E,
which may be wholly of india rubber but which I prefer should be of glass, connected
with the nozzle by a short length of india-rubber tubing and protected at the other
end by an india-rubber ferrule, and the said tube may, advantageously, be made with
a glass valve indicated at e. F is a washer; G, is the teat which may either be
attached to the nozzle C directly, or by the intervention of a length of tubing and a
union, as is represented in dotted lines. 6 is a minute hole, for the admission of air,
drilled through the glass.
The bottle may be used without any internal tube E if preferred, in the same way
as is usual with bottles of the kind known as "boat feeding bottles."
By using tubing of rather smaller diameter the tubing may, instead of being
attached to the stopper, be passed through the tubular passage through the stopper,
the teat being attached with a union to one end, and, preferably, a valve may be
attached to the other end.
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. Constructing the stoppers of babies feeding-bottles, substantially as described
and shown in the drawings and for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination and arrangement of the fittings of babies feeding-bottles
with a stopper constructed substantially as described and shewn in the drawings.
Dated the Tenth day of December 1888.
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