Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Dec., 1888
We GEORGE RICHARD JACKSON Commission Agent of 33 Stanhope Street and
JOHN GRAHAM Locomotive Foreman of Lily Cottage Hereford Road both in
Abergavenny in the County of Monmouth do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide an apparatus for withdrawing milk from
the breasts of women in the use whereof the usual suction by the mouth is not
required while the withdrawal is effected in a very even steady manner and we so fit
this apparatus that the power exerted can easily and instantly be regulated or
destroyed.
To carry out this object we form a bottle of glass earthenware or other suitable
material and of any desired shape and size the lower part whereof can conveniently be
covered with wicker work or other similar appliance for convenience of handling, and
the neck of this bottle is so prolonged and bent and terminates with and in a mouth
so formed as to be capable of being held to the breast the nipple whereof enters into
and duly fits the mouth. In any convenient part of the bottle preferably just below
the neck is made a large aperture which can be tightly closed by a stopper made of
any material and preferably surrounded by a compressible band to ensure that this
aperture can be quite tightly closed and through this stopper is made a small passage
which can be closed or partly closed by a valve preferably in the form of a
screw plug.
The bottle is made warm or hot preferably gradually by the use of warm and hot
water which can be poured thereinto and emptied thereout through the aperture which
is then closed by the stopper and the bottle is then applied to the breast in such wise
that the nipple enters the mouth the face of which mouth presses against the breast
therearound and the bottle is thus made air tight. As the hot air inside the bottle
slowly cools the partial vacuum thus created will gradually draw the nipple out and
withdraw the milk from the breast and this vacuum can easily and instantly be
regulated or destroyed by the valve in the stopper.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Withdrawing Milk from the Breasts
of Women.
WO GEORGE RICHARD JACKSON Commission Agent of 33 Stanhope Street and
JOHN GRAHAM Locomotive Foreman of Lily Cottage Hereford Road both in
Abergavenny in the County of Monmouth 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 :-
The object of this our invention is to provide an apparatus for withdrawing milk
from the breasts of women in the use whereof the usual suction by the mouth is not
required while the withdrawal of the milk is effected in a very even steady manner
and we so fit this apparatus that the power exerted can easily and instantly be
regulated or destroyed. Thus in the use of this our apparatus "while the required
withdrawal of the milk is very successfully effected no pain will be or ought to be
caused thereby even to the most sensitive breasts or to the most delicate women.
To carry out this object we construct a bottle of glass earthenware or other suitable
material and of any desired and convenient shape and size. We show in the accom-
panying drawing two forms of this bottle both of which forms we consider extremely
suitable and convenient. The neck of the bottle A is so prolonged and bent and
terminates with and in a broad lipped mouth B so formed as to be capable of and
suitable for being held as shewn to the breast the nipple whereof enters into and duly
fits this mouth B. In any convenient part of the bottle A we inake another aperture
which can be tightly closed by any suitable plug or stopper C so made in any con-
venient or usual manner that a small passage in and through this plug or stopper C
can be closed or partly closed as and when may be desired. The stopper shewn in the
drawing which is what is commonly known as Brooks's Sprinkler is very suitable for
use in and with our bottle as also would be any other stopper that fulfils the governing
conditions namely that this stopper shall tightly close the aperture in the bottle and
that there shall be a small passage in and through this stopper which is governed and
controlled by any suitable appliance. As is aforesaid this.other aperture may be
made in any convenient part of the bottle in illustration whereof we have shewn
in the drawing this aperture as made at opposite ends of the bottles. The lower
part of the bottle may if desired be covered with wickerwork or other similar
appliance for convenience of handling.
The method of using this apparatus and the action thereof are as follows. The
bottle is made warm or hot preferably gradually by the use of warm and hot water or
by any other convenient means and as it is obviously desirable that the broad lipped
mouth of the bottle shall not be so hot as to occasion any discomfort when it is applied
to the breast while within reasonable 'limits the hotter the rest of the bottle can be
made the more surely and efficiently it will perform-its duty we preferably so-arrange
this heating of the bottle that the broad lipped mouth thereof shall be the coolest or
rather the least hot part of the same. For instance when warm and hot water is used

page_text: it can be poured in through the aperture when the same is in the upper part of the
bottle or the bottle can be plunged in the water when the aperture is in the lower part
of the bottle and this operation can conveniently be repeated two or more times until
the bottle has attained the desired heat when preferably all the water is emptied
thereout and the aperture is tightly closed by the plug or stopper. The bottle is then
applied to the breast in such wise that the nipple enters the mouth thereof and the
broad lip of this mouth presses against the breast all round the nipple whereby the
bottle is made air tight. As the hot air inside the bottle slowly cools the partial
vacuum so created will gradually draw the nipple out and withdraw the milk from the
breast as is desired but if too great a suction is thus effected and some pain is caused
thereby the partial vacuum so created as aforesaid can easily and instantly be regulated
or destroyed by the partial or complete opening of the passage through the plug or
stopper. This cycle of operations can be repeated as often as may be necessary.
.
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. The combination in and with the bottle A of the broad lipped mouth B and the
aperture which can be closed by a stopper C wherethrough is a controllable passage
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and declared.
2. The apparatus for withdrawing milk from the breasts of women substantially as
hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.