IMPROVEMENTS IN OR ADDITIONS TO INFANTS' FEEDING BOTTLES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Burley, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR
ADDITIONS TO INFANTS' FEEDING BOTTLES."
Sealed the 22nd August 1873, and dated the 8th March 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Burley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th March 1878.
I, JOHN BURLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN OR ADDITIONS TO INFANTS' FEEDING BOTTLES," to bo as
follows:-
My Invention consists of the improvements in or additions to infants'
feeding bottles, herein-after described, my said Invention having for
its objects to protect the glass feeding bottle from being broken, and
to prevent the cork from being accidentally withdrawn from the bottle.

page_text: I effect these objects by the construction and combinations of parts
herein-after described.
I protect the glass feeding bottle from being broken by applying to
the said bottle a case or covering of metal or of some hard non-
metallic material. The said case or covering is made in halves, which |
are jointed or hinged together either at their ends or at their sides,
so that the case or covering can be readily opened for receiving the
bottle and closed upon the said bottle. The case or covering has the
same figure as and fits closely upon the exterior of the bottle, and the
case or covering is cushioned or lined internally with some soft material.
The jointed halves of the case or covering are secured together, and
the cork of the bottle at the same time retained in its place by means
of a cap, which is secured to the open end of the case either by a
bayonet joint fastening or by screwing; or the cap may be hinged to the
end of the case and be fastened to the said case, and at the same ]
time secure the halves of the case together by means of spring snap
fastenings. The cap described covers the head of the cork of the
bottle, and by bearing on the head of the cork prevents the latter from
being withdrawn; or a spring may be placed in the interior of the
closing cap, which spring when the cap is fastened to the protecting 2
case or covering bears upon the head of the cork and holds it firmly
in the bottle.
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The elastic suction tube passes through a hole in the end of the
closing cap; or a side slot opening into the hole described may be
made in the cap for the passage of the suction tube. When this slot 2
is used the suction tube may be introduced into and removed from
the cap without removing the 'mouthpiece from the said suction
tube.
Although I prefer to divide the case longitudinally yet it may be
divided transversely.
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Instead of making the cap detachable from the case or covering as
described the said cap may be combined with and form part of the
jointed halves of the case or covering. In this arrangement each
jointed part of the case is furnished with a half cap, which when the
halves of the case are closed upon the bottle enclose the neck of the 3
bottle and cover and protect the cork. The parts of the combined case
and cap are fastened together by preference by means of spring snap
fastenings.

page_text: The materials which may be used in carrying my Invention into
effect are tin, brass, german silver, and other strong metal or alloy,
gutta percha, and papier mâché, and other hard and light non-metallic
materials.
5 SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jolm Burley in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 1st September 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BURLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand oight hundred and seventy-threo, in tho
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Burley, Her special license that
I, the said John Burley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, tho said John Burley, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,.
should and lawfully might make, uso, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR ADDITIONS TO INFANTS'
FEEDING BOTTLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
John Burley, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Burley, do hereby declaro.
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :—
My Invention consists of the improvements in or additions to infants'
feeding bottles herein-after described, my said Invention having for its

page_text: objects to protect the glass feeding bottle from being broken, and to
prevent the cork or stopper from being accidentally withdrawn from
the bottle. I effect these objects by the construction and combination
of parts herein-after described.
I protect the glass feeding bottle from being broken by applying to 5
the said bottle a case or covering of metal or of some hard non-metallic
material. The said case or covering is made in halves, which are jointed
or hinged together either at their ends or at their sides, so that the
case or covering can be readily opened for receiving the bottle and
closed upon the said bottle. The case or covering has the same figure 1
as and fits closely upon the exterior of the bottle, and the case or
covering is cushioned or lined internally with some soft material. The
jointed halves of the case or covering are secured together, and the
cork or stopper of the bottle at the same time retained in its place by
means of a cap, which is secured to the open end of the case either by 1
a bayonet joint fastening or by screwing; or the cap may be hinged
to the end of the case and be fastened to the said case, and at the same
time secure the halves of the case together by means of a spring snap
fastening. The cap described covers the head of the cork or stopper,
and by bearing on the head of the said cork or stopper prevents the
latter from being withdrawn; or a spring may be placed in the interior
of the closing cap, which spring when the cap is fastened to the
protecting case or covering bears upon the head of the cork or stopper
and holds it firmly in the bottle.
The elastic suction tube passes through a hole in the end of the
closing cap; or a side slot opening into the hole described may be
made in the cap for the passage of the suction tube. When this slot
is used the suction tube may be introduced into and removed from
the cap without removing the mouthpiece from the said suction
tube.
Instead of making the cap detachable from the case or covering as
described the said cap may be combined with and form part of the
jointed halves of the case or covering. In this arrangement each jointed
part of the case is furnished with a half cap which when the halves
of the case are closed upon the bottle enclose the neck of the bottle
and cover and protect the cork or stopper. The parts of the combined
case and cap are fastened together by preference by spring snap
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page_text: Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe with referenco to the accompanying Drawings the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, Figure 2 in side elevation,
and Figure 3 in plan, an infants' feeding bottle, provided with a metallic
case or covering constructed according to my Invention; Figure 4
represents the same view as Figure 2 with the cap removed and the
case or covering partly opened; Figure 5 represents a horizontal
section taken at the base of the case or covering, and Figure 6 represents
a plan of inner side and side elevation, and Figure 7 a plan of outer
side and section of the cap detached. The same letters of reference
indicate the same parts in the several figures of the Drawings.
a, b, are the longitudinal halves or parts of the case or covering, the
said halves being made of thin sheet tin, or other sheet metal, by dies
worked in a press or stamp or otherwise made. The said halves may
bo plain or ornamented. The said halves a, b, are jointed or hinged
together by the hinge joint cat their ends, the knuckles of the hinge
being made from the bottom parts, aº, 6º, of the halves a, b, in the
manner seen in the section Figure 5. The interior of the case or
covering a, b, is cushioned or lined with wadding or other soft material,
and has the same figure as and fits closely upon the exterior of the
feeding bottle d, as seen in the Drawing. The jointed halves a, b, of
the case or covering are secured together when they have been closed
upon the feeding bottle d by the removeable metallic cap e. The said
cap is furnished with slots f. f, at opposite points, and the collar parts
of the halves a, b, of the case are furnished with pins or studs g, g.
The said slots ff, and studs g, g, constitute a bayonet joint fastening,
by means of which fastening the said cape can be readily fastened to
and unfastened from the jointed halves a, b, of the caso. When the
cape is fastened to the case a, b, the halves of the said case are secured
together, and the cork or stopper h of the feeding bottle d at the same
time retained in its place, as illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3. A
spring inside the cape may be used to assist in retaining the cork or
stopper in its place. When the cape is unfastened the jointed halves
5 a, b, of the case may be opened out from one another, as illustrated in
Figure 4, and the feeding bottle d removed. In the head of the cap e
is a hole or opening e³, through which the clastic suction tube i passes,
and in order to enable the said suction tube to be introduced into and

page_text: removed from the cap e without removing the mouthpiece / from the
said suction tube, a side slot e³ opening into the hole e' is made in the
cap e. Before fastening the cape to the halves a, b, of the case, the
suction tube i is passed through the side slot e³, into the central hole e³,
and after unfastening the cap e, the said cap may be removed from the
suction tube by drawing the said suction tube through the side slot e³.
Figure 8 represents in side elevation my Invention applied to a
feeding bottle, having a different shape from that last described, and
Figure 9 represents the cap of the same detached. In Figure 8 the
cap is represented removed, and one of the halves a, b, of the case
opened. This feeding bottle has a curved neck, and a horizontal sido
seat, as well as a bottom seat. The case or covering a, b, has a corre-
sponding shape as represented.
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Instead of securing the removeable cap e to the halves of the case or
covering by a bayonet joint fastening the said cap may be secured to 1
the said halves by screwing. In this arrangement I make a convex
screw thread on the exterior of the collar part of the case a, b, and a
concave screw thread in the interior of the cap e. Or the halves a, b,
of the case may be connected together by a jointed cap, as represented
in vertical section in Figure 10 and horizontal section in Figure 11. 2
The cap e in this arrangement is jointed at 7 to the half 6 of the case
or covering, and the other half a of the said case or covering is provided
with a spring snap fastening m, which fastening m when the jointed
cap is turned over the closed halves of the case engages with or snaps
into a recess in the cap e, opposite the hinge 2, and thereby secures the 2
two halves of the case or covering together. By pressure on the button
of the snap fastening mothe cap e is released, and may be turned on
its hinge 2, and the two halves of the case opened for removing the
feeding bottle.
Figure 12 represents in front elevation and side elevation, and 3
Figure 13 in plan, a case or covering made according to my Invention,
in which the cap forms part of the jointed halves a, b, of the case.
Figure 14, is a horizontal section taken through the upper part of the
case or covering, and illustrates the construction of the snap fastenings.
In this arrangement each of the jointed halves a, b, of the case has a 3
nearly closed top a³, b³, which parts when the said halves are shut upon
the feeding bottle constitute a cap, having a central hole a' for the

page_text: clastic suction tubo of the feeding bottle to pass through. The half 6
of the case or covering has on opposite sides spring snap fastenings p, pv¯|
which when the halves a, b, are closed engage with the edges of the
other half a, and thereby secure the two halves a, b, together (sec
Figure 14), the cap a³, &, retaining the cork or stopper of the feeding
bottle in its place. By pressing upon the studs of the spring snap
fastenings p, p, the half a is released from the half b, and the case or
covering may be opened and the feeding bottle removed. Although
I have represented the halves or parts of the case or covering as being
hinged or jointed together at their ends, yet the said halves or parts
may be jointed together at their sides with the same effect, but I prefer
to use the construction and arrangements of parts represented in the
accompanying Drawings.
The materials which may be used in carrying my Invention into
effect aro tin, brass, german silver, and other strong metal or alloy,
gutta percha, and papier mâché and other hard and light non-metallic
materials.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I
do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated,
as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of my
Invention; but I claim as my Invention the improvements in or addi-
tions to infants' feeding bottles herein-before described and illustrated in
the accompanying Drawings, that is to say, protecting the glass feeding
bottle from being broken, and preventing the cork or stopper from being
accidentally withdrawn from the bottle by means of a case or covering
made in halves or parts jointed or hinged and fastened together
substantially as described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Burley, have hereunto set my
hand and scal, this Twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
JOHN BURLEY. (L.s.)