Feeding Bottles, and such like Articles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 14th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Sept., 1888
Feeding Bottles, and such like Articles.
We, NEWTON WILLIAM ARNOLD LEE, and LESLIE WARD LEE, trading in co-
partnership as Lee Brothers, of 49 Church Street, Bilston in the County of Stafford,
hardware merchants, and WILLIAM ANSTEE, also of the above address, Manager of
Factory, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A cleaner constructed according to this invention specially for lamp glasses and
globes and such like articles has a pair of arms carried by a suitable handle at one end
from which, in their normal position, such arms open out or slant away from one
another towards their outer ends. The arms are made capable of being pressed
together and, when released from such pressure, have a tendency to spring outwards
again, either by their own elasticity, or by the elasticity of parts with which they are
connected or of which they form parts, or by the reaction of a spring between them.
On the outer end of each arm is pivoted or hinged a rubber. This rubber is of the
character of the rubber employed on the end of a rod as shewn in the illustration of a
design registered on the 16th day of December 1886, Number 63601, in the name of
the aforesaid Lee Brothers, and is pivoted on the end of its corresponding arm
similarly as the rubber of the registered design is pivoted to its rod; that is to
say, the rubber is formed with a curved metal backing covered on its outer or convex
surface with cotton or analogous material suitable for cleaning, and is hinged to the
arm at a point between its ends.
A pair of arms for a device as above described may be conveniently formed of a
single length of stout wire twisted around itself to form the handle and to give the
outward spring, or assist in giving such spring, to the arms, and at each point where
an arm joins the handle the wire may be bent into a coil to give greater elasticity to
the arms.
The wire may be formed into a loop at the bottom of the twist forming the
handle, for greater convenience in manufacturing the cleaner.
This cleaner is employed by grasping the arms so as to close them sufficiently and
then pushing their outer ends into the article to be cleaned and allowing them to

page_text: expand therein so as to press the rubbers against the interior of the article, and
moving the rubbers around and along the interior of such article by means of the
handle.
A cleaner constructed according to this invention specially for water bottles, feeding
bottles, and such like receptacles, consists substantially of a device such as is described
above for cleaning lamp glasses and globes and such like articles, but the rubbers are
hinged together at one end so as to form links between the outer ends of the arms, and
the cotton or analogous material forming the outer surfaces of the rubbers is bunched
up to form a mop over the joint or hinge of the rubbers.
This cleaner is employed in a corresponding manner to the cleaner previously
described. The hingeing of the rubbers together as described enables them to bear
around the interior surface of the bottom of the water bottle, feeding bottle, or such
like receptacle, and as the rubbers are drawn towards the upper part of the interior
of such bottle or other receptacle the arms are pressed towards one another so as
to draw in also the outer or unconnected ends of the rubbers to suit the shape of
such part of such bottle or other receptacle. In the case of a receptacle, such as
an ordinary feeding bottle, in which an angular corner is formed around the bottom,
the mop may be readily inserted into such corner by pressing together the arms so as
to bring the rubbers into a suitable angle with one another at their joint.
Each device has been described above as having two arms and rubbers, but in each
case more than two arms and rubbers may, of course, be employed, if desired.
The device first described above is specially suitable for cleaning lamp glasses and
globes and such like articles, but may be employed also for cleaning water bottles,
feeding bottles, and such like receptacles; and the device described specially for
cleaning water bottles, feeding bottles, and such like receptacles may be employed also
for cleaning lamp glasses and globes and such like articles.
If desired, clean linen rag or analogous material may be placed over the cotton or
analogous surfaces of the rubbers, especially in the case of cleaners for water bottles,
feeding bottles, and such like receptacles, and be changed from time to time when
dirty.
Dated this 12th day of November 1887
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton and Walsall,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Feeding Bottles, and such like Articles.
We, NEWTON WILLIAM ARNOLD LEE, and LESLIE WARD LEE, trading in
co-partnership as Lee Brothers, of 49 Church Street, Bilston in the County of Stafford,
hardware merchants, and WILLIAM ANSTEE, also of the above address, tinsmith, 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:-
A cleaner constructed according to this invention specially for lamp glasses and
globes and such like articles, has a pair of arms carried by a suitable handle at one
end from which, in their normal position, the arms bend or slant away from one
another towards their outer ends. The arms are made capable of being pressed
together and, when released from such pressure, have a tendency to spring outwards
again, either by their own elasticity, or by the elasticity of parts with which
they are connected or of which they form parts, or by the re-action of a spring
between them. On the outer end of each arm is pivotted or hinged a rubber.
This rubber is of the character of the rubber employed on the end of a rod as shewn
in the illustration of a design registered on the 16th day of December 1886, No. 63601,
in the name of the aforesaid Lee Brothers, and is pivotted on the end of its corre-
sponding arm similarly as the rubber of the said registered design is pivotted to
its rod.
Figure 1 illustrates in front elevation a cleaner as we prefer to construct it for use
with lamp glasses, globes and such like articles, and figure 2 is a side elevation, turned
slightly on one side, of figure 1. A pair of arms AA of iron or steel wire have
hinged to their outer ends rubbers B B each formed of a curved metal backing a
covered on its outer or convex surface with cotton or analogous material suitable for
cleaning. The arms A A are, preferably, formed in one piece of wire with a part
which is twisted into a handle C. In their normal position the arms are apart from
one another at their outer ends, as shewn by figure 1, but may be pressed together
for the insertion of the rubbers within a lamp glass or globe or such like article, and
upon the removal of the pressure the arms spring out by their own elasticity until the
rubbers press against the inner surface of the article to be cleaned. The connection
between the twisted handle and an arm is formed, preferably, by bending the wire into
a coil b so as to give greater elasticity to the arm. The wire at the outer end of the
twisted handle is preferably formed into an elongated loop D for convenience in
manipulating the cleaner.
Figure 3 shews, to an enlarged scale, one of the rubbers B. The cotton is fastened
to the base a in the manner in which cotton is fastened to a steel strip as described
with reference to figures 10 and 11 of the drawings accompanying the specification of

page_text: an invention for which Letters Patent No. 782 of 1887 were granted to us; and the
backing is doubled back at each end and the ends of the metal fixed together by
means of a hinge-piece d soldered thereto, as shewn. The loops of cotton are cut to
form a "pile" as described in the specification aforesaid. In figure 1 one of the
rubbers is shewn with the loops of cotton cut and the other with the loops uncut,
and the device may be used in this way or with the loops of both rubbers cut or
uncut.
This cleaner is employed by grasping the arms so as to close them sufficiently and
then pushing their outer ends into the article to be cleaned and allowing them to
expand therein so as to press the rubbers against the interior of the article, and
moving the rubbers around and along the interior of such article by means of the
handle.
Figures 4 and 5 illustrate in front and side elevation, respectively, a modification of
the device previously described whereby it is made specially suitable for cleaning
water bottles, feeding bottles, and such like receptacles. In figure 5 the outer end of
the nearer arm A together with the brush, hereinafter described, carried thereby is
supposed to be cut away in order to more clearly shew the central arm and brush
hereinafter described. In this case the arms A Å and handle C are similar to those
described with reference to figures 1 and 2, but in lieu of the hinged rubbers B B of
the previously described modification brushes B₁ B', similar in character to ordinary
bottle brushes, are carried on the outer ends of the arms. These brushes may be
conveniently fixed by first carrying the bristles in twisted wires as is usual with this
class of brushes and then fixing the ends of the twisted wires to the arms A A.
Figure 6 shews the means by which a twisted wire carrying the bristles is fixed to
one of the arms. For clearness of illustration the bristles themselves are omitted.
The outer end of the twisted wire is first bound to the end of the arm A by fine
wire, as shewn at e, and the joint is soldered to securely fix it. The twisted wire is
then bent round over the outer end of the arm and returned down the arm and its
Jower or inner end is bound to the arm by fine wire, as shewn at f, and this joint also
is soldered. By forming a bend at the outer end of the twisted wire, as shewn,
bristles are carried out beyond the end of the arm, as shewn by figure 4. A central
arm or stem E is carried up between the arms Á A and terininates in a brush as
shewn. The wire forming the handle may be twisted around the central arm E, and
the latter is preferably soldered to the lower end of the handle to securely fix it
therein. This appliance is used similarly as the appliance previously described, the
central brush enabling the operator to readily clean out the bottom of the bottle or
similar receptacle; and by turning the appliance somewhat sideways the central brush
can also be worked round into an angle or corner around the bottom, such for instance
as exists in a feeding bottle. It is not essential to employ the central stem and brush,
but it is preferred to do so.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is-
1. A cleaner for lamp glasses, globes and such like articles, formed with arms
branching out from a handle and having rubbers hinged to their outer ends, said arms
being capable of being closed in towards one another for insertion into the article to
be cleaned and of springing out again automatically when released, to cause the rubbers
to bear against the interior surface of the article, substantially as described.
2. A cleaner for lamp glasses, globes, and such like articles substantially as described
with reference to the drawings on sheet 1 herewith.
3. A cleaner for water bottles, feeding bottles, and such like receptacles, formed
with arms branching out from a handle and carrying brushes at their outer ends, said
arms being capable of being closed in towards one another for insertion into the
article to be cleaned and of springing out again automatically when released, to cause
the brushes to bear against the interior surface of the article, the said cleaner being
formed also preferably with a central arm and brush, substantially as described.
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page_text: 4. A cleaner for water bottles, feeding bottles, and such like receptacles, substan-
tially as described with reference to the drawings herewith, and whether the same is
formed with or without the central arm and brush.
5. In a cleaner for lamp glasses, globes and such like articles, or for water bottles,
feeding bottles, and such like receptacles, arms A A formed in one piece with a
twisted wire handle C, and preferably joined therewith by coils b b, substantially as
described.
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