An Improved Water Bag for use with Syringes and for other purposes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 1st July, 1890-Accepted, 2nd Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Water Bag for use with Syringes and for other
purposes.
We, ANTON CHRISTOPH EGGERS and HENRY GEORGE RETTIG of 1 Adam Street
Brooklyn County of Kings and State of New York United States of America,
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the fountains for fountain syringes and is
designed to provide a fountain of this kind to which the syringe can be readily attached
and which fountain can readily be used as a water bag.
In carrying out our invention we arrange a rubber water bag provided at its upper
end with a combined neck and funnel. In the neck is placed an interiorly threaded
reinforcing tube adapted to receive the screw stopper, said stopper being formed of a
hollow tubular shank having side openings. An elastic gasket or washer below the
Hange of the stopper serves to close the fountain when the shank of the stopper is
screwed into the throat or neck of the funnel. A ring or bail is pivoted on the head
of the stopper and serves for conveniently handling the same when screwing or
unscrewing it. A tubular nozzle projects upward from the top of the stopper and is
provided with a screw plug or cap having a washer by means of which the nozzle can
be closed tightly. When the fountain is to be used as a water bottle or bag the screw
plug is tightly screwed on the nozzle and the stopper screwed into the neck of the
fountain so that the water in the same cannot escape.
When the bag or fountain is to be used as a fountain for a syringe or douché it is
inverted and hung up by means of a suspension ring at the lower end, the screw plug
of the nozzle is removed and the rubber tube applied on said nozzle, said nozzle being
provided with a lateral annular projection on its free end in the usual manner, for the
purpose of holding the rubber tube.
In another form of construction the screw plug for closing the nozzle is provided
with a stem passed through an aperture in the flattened crosspiece of the swinging
bail or ring and said stem is provided on its upper end with a head. When the bag
is to be used as a water bottle it is filled in the same manner as the first described bag
by unscrewing the scrow stopper sufficiently to bring the apertures above the top of
the neck when the water will flow from the funnel through said aperture and through
the tubular plug into the bag.
When the water bag is to be used as a fountain the stopper is screwed down tightly,
the cap is unscrewed from the nozzle and the bail turned to one side and the syringe
tube is applied on the end of the nozzle.
In the first described construction the screw cap of the nozzle must be laid aside
when not used to close the nozzle whereas in this form of construction it is always
held on the bail and need not be laid aside when not used to close the nozzle.
In a third form of construction, the stopper is provided with four longitudinal slots
arranged diametrically opposite so as to permit of filling the bottle without removing
the stopper but this stopper is not provided with a nozzle. At the lower end the
bag is provided with an outlet tube which can be closed by a detachable screw plug
which is connected by a chain or analogous device with the outlet tube.
In a fourth form of construction the bottom outlet tube is provided at its upper
end with a screw threaded collar and at its lower end the said outlet tube is provided
with a rounded head. The cap is so shaped that its closed end fits closely on the
rounded head and said cap is provided at its inner end with an annular internal screw
threaded collar which can be screwed on the breaded collar before described said cap
having a suitable ring for turning it. When the cap is screwed on the outlet tube

page_text: the edge of its open end rests snugly against the flange of the outlet tube and thus
prevents leakage in case the closed end of the stopper should not fit absolutely tight on
the lower end of the outlet tube.
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POPPLEWELL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Water Bag for use with Syringes and for other
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purposes.
We ANTON CHRISTOPH EGGERS and HENRY GEORGE RETTIG of 1 Adams Street
Brooklyn in the County of Kings and State of New York United States of America
Manufacturers; 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 invention relates to improvements in the fountains for fountain syringes and
is designed to provide a fountain of this kind to which the syringe can be readily
attached and which fountain can be readily used as a water bag.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a side view of the improved combined fountain and water bag or
bottle with the improved stopper in section and ready for use as a water bag or
bottle.
Figure 2 is a side view showing the fountain in the inverted position for dis-
charging its contents, parts being in section.
Figure 3 is a vertical central section of a modified construction of the stopper,
the same being in closed position.
Figure 4 is a detail side view of the head of the same, the screw plug being
removed.
Figure 5 is a horizontal section and bottom view of the supporting ring or bail
on the line X X Fig. 3.
Figure 6 is a side view partly in section of a modified construction of the
combined rubber fountain and water bag or bottle showing the stopper in the closed
position.
Figure 7 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the neck of the fountain or
bottle showing the stopper in the open position for filling the fountain or bottle.
Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional view on the line y y Fig. 7.
Figure 9 is a side view of another construction of the improved combined water bag
or bottle and fountain, the stopper and outlet tube at the bottom of the same being
shown in section.
Figure 10 is a similar view of the stopper, which is shown in section and the outlet
tube on which the stopper is secured being shown in elevation.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
In Figures 1 and 2, A represents a rubber water bag such as are used for fountain
syringes and this water bag is provided at its upper end with combined neck and
funnel B. In the neck is placed an interiorly threaded reinforcing tube I adapted to
receive the screw stopper C, said stopper being formed of a hollow tubular shank b
having side openings d. An elastic gasket or washer D below the flange of the
stopper C serves to close the fountain tightly when the shank of the stopper C
is screwed into the throat or neck of the funnel D. A ring or bail E is
pivoted on the head of the stopper and serves for conveniently handling the same
when screwing or unscrewing it. A tubular nozzle F projects upward from the top
of the stopper and is provided with a screw plug or cap G having a washer H by
means of which the nozzle can be closed tightly. When the fountain is to be used as
⚫a, water bottle or bag, the screw plug G is tightly screwed on the nozzle F and the
stopper screwed into the neck of the fountain so that the water in the same cannot
escape as shown in Fig. 1.

page_text: When the bag or fountain is to be used as a fountain for a syringe or douche it is
inverted and hung up by means of a suspension ring J at the lower end, the screw
plug G of the nozzle F is removed and the rubber tube m applied on said nozzle, said
nozzle being provided with a lateral annular projection on its free end in the usual
manner, for the purpose of holding the rubber tube.
In the construction shown in Figures 3, 4, and 5 the screw plug G for closing the
nozzle F is provided with a stem K passed through an aperture in the flattened cross
piece L of the swinging bail or ring E and said stem K is provided on its upper end
with a head N. When the bag is to be used as a water bottle it is filled in the same
manner as the one shown in Figures 1 and by unscrewing the screw stopper C
sufficiently to bring the apertures d above the top of the neck, when the water. will
flow from the funnel through said aperture d and through the tubular plug into the
bag. When the water bag is to be used as a fountain, the stopper C is screwed
down tightly, the cap G is unscrewed from the nozzle F and the bail E turned to
one side and the syringe tube is applied on the end of the nozzle.
In the construction shown in Figures 1 and 2 the scrow cap G of the nozzle must
be laid aside when not used to close the nozzle, whereas in the construction shown in
Figures 3, 4, and 5 it is always held on the bail and need not be laid aside when not
used to close the nozzle.
In the construction shown in Figures 6, 7, and 8 the stopper C is provided with
four longitudinal slots arranged diametrically opposite so as to permit of filling
the bottle without removing the stopper entirely in the same manner as shown in
Figures 1 to 5, but this stopper is not provided with a nozzle. At the lower end,
the bag is provided with an ontlet tube O which can be closed by a detachable
screw plug P which is connected by a chain Q or analagous device with the outlet
tube O.
In the construction shown in Figures 9 and 10 a modified construction of the
bottom outlet tube is shown. The bottom outlet tube is provided at its upper end
with a screw threaded collar R and at its lower end the said outlet tube is provided
with a rounded head S. The cap T is so shaped that its closed end tits closely on the
rounded head S and said cap is provided at its inner end with an annular internal
screw threaded collar W which can be screwed on the threaded collar R, said cap
having a suitable ring V for turning it.
When the cap T is screwed on the outlet tube the edge of its open end rests
snugly against the flange X of the outlet tube O, and thus prevents leakage in case
the closed end of the stopper should not fit absolutely tight on the lower end of the
outlet tube.
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. In a combined water bag and fountain, the combination with an internally screw-
threaded neck having a funnel, of a stopper provided with a hollow externally threaded
shank, a tubular discharge nozzle projecting from the top of the nozzle, said nozzle
being provided with an interior screw thread and a detachable screw threaded cap
fitting into said nozzle, substantially as set forth.
2. In a combined water bag and fountain, the combination with an internally screw
threaded neck having a funnel, of a stopper provided with a hollow exteriorly threaded
shank, a tubular discharge nozzle projecting from the top of the nozzle, said nozzle
being provided with an interior screw thread, a detachable plug or cap fitting into said
nozzle, a bail or ring mounted to swing on the stopper and a stem projecting from the
screw cap or plug through an aperture in the cross piece of said bail or ring, sub-
stantially as set forth.
3. The combination with a neck of a rubber fountain or water bottle, of an interiorly
threaded reinforcing sleeve in said neck, a funnel extending above said sleeve and a
hollow screw plug adapted to be screwed into said sleeve and provided with side
openings, substantially as set forth.

page_text: 4. The combination with a rubber bag having a top filling opening, of a bottom
outlet tube having a head at its lower end, and a screw threaded shoulder at its
upper end and a screw cap adapted to be screwed on the screw threaded collar of the
outlet. tube, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 29th day of January 1890.
POPPLEWELL & Co.,
17 & 18; Southampton Buildings, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.