CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN INFANTS' FEEDING BOTTLES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Collins, of Birmingham, in the County of War-
wick, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN INFANTS' FEEDING
BOTTLES."
Sealed the 19th December 1876, and dated the 26th June 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Collins at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th June 1876.
EDWARD COLLINS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
PROVEMENTS IN INFANTS' FEEDING BOTTLES."
"CERTAIN IM-
My Invention consists of the improvements in manufacturing infants' feeding
bottles herein-after described, by which improvements feeding bottles are made
more economically and durable than hitherto.
I will now describe my Invention thus:-In shape it is conical and made of tin
or other metal, tin preferred; at its upper part or aperture is secured a ring, and this
is screwed either interiorly or exteriorly, and upon or into this is fed a metallic
stopper, the india-rubber tube that is ordinarily used passing through the centre ;
or I may employ a stopper made of wood and cork at its base with an india-rubber
washer upon the cheek or seat for additional security; in this case the screw may
be dispensed with.
By this means I construct a feeding bottle that is durable, light, economical, and
from its shape readily cleansed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said Edward Collins in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd December
1876.
EDWARD COLLINS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick.
PROVEMENTS IN INFANTS' FEEDING BOTTLES."
"CERTAIN IM-
My Invention consists of the improvements in manufacturing infants' feeding
bottles herein-after described, by which improvements feeding bottles are made
inore economically and durable than hitherto.
I will now describe my Invention thus:-In the shape it is conical and made of tin
or other metal, tin preferred; at its upper part or aperture is secured a ring, and this
is screwed either interiorly or exteriorly, and upon or into this is fed a metallic
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page_text: stopper, the india-rubber tube that is ordinarily used passing through the centre; or
I may employ a stopper made of wood and cork at its base with an india-rubber
washer upon the cheek or seat for additional security, in this case the screw may
be dispensed with.
By these means I construct a feeding bottle that is durable, light, economical, and
from its shape readily cleansed.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood I will now
proceed to describe the same with reference to the annexed Drawing.
"
"A" is the body or receptacle; "B" is a ring; C" is a stopper, which may be
screwed upon the exterior and fed into the interior screwed ring "B," or the screwing
may be dispensed with, and a cork stopper substituted; for additional security an
india-rubber ring or washer may be employed, in this case it would be arranged upon
the cheek or seat "D; E is the india-rubber tube ordinarily used passing through
the stopper "C" into the body or receptacle "A"
Having thus described the object and nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, I would observe that I do
not limit myself to the precise details herein given, but that what I claim and
desire to be secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is
the improvements in infants' feeding bottles, substantially in manner as herein-
before fully set forth and specified and shewn on Drawings, or any mere modification
thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Collins, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-second day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
THOMAS KENDRICK.