Improvements in Teething Pads for Infants.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 16th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Teething Pads for Infants.
I FRANZ XAVER BOSCH, Dentist of 2 Barerstrasse, Munich in the Empire of
Germany do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The development of the teeth which is always accompanied by symptoms of
illness in infants requires the supply of a greater quantity of salt of lime to the
jaws, and according to the manner of supplying and quantity of the salt of lime
supplied, the symptoms of illness will be more or less acute.
The object of this invention is to supply the salts of lime necessary for the jaws
not only by natural way consequent on swallowing and digestion, but also by
artificial means direct to the jaws in order to aid and facilitate the development of
the teeth as much as possible.
To attain this end the improved teething pad, while made in most respects like.
known caoutchouc teething pads, consists principally of a bow of any suitable
material for instance, vulcanized caoutchouc, this bow being of the form of the
inner surface of the jaw and respectively on both sides provided with cavities or
grooves of semi-circular cross section. These cavities (grooves) are made with
rough surfaces to excite the tooth germs when the bow is taken between the jaws.
As in the known teething pads, the bow is provided with a handle and safety
This bow is
disc, the latter to prevent the apparatus from being swallowed.
intended to be covered with a layer of liquid of salt of lime and then introduced
between the jaws of the infant.
In order to augment the supply of salt of lime an arrangement may be used in
which a hollow caoutchouc bow contains a sponge or such like to receive the
solution of lime salt through a pipe capable of being outwardly closed, and lead
the same through slits or openings to the semicircular grooves on both sides of the
bow whence the liquid is pressed out by chewing or sucking,
The bow may also be slit longitudinally to allow of the liquid issuing into the
mouth. The construction may vary in any suitable manner or the material of the
teething pads may also represent a mixture of caoutchouc or the like with an
addition of lime salts.
Dated this 28th day of February 1893.
K. HADDAN,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLÈTE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Teething Pads for Infants.
I, FRANZ XAVER BOSCH, Dentist, of 2 Barerstrasse, Munich, in the Empire of
Germany, 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 development of the teeth, which is always accompanied by symptoms of
illness in infants, requires the supply of a greater quantity of salt of lime to the
jaws, and according to the manner of supplying and quantity of the salt of lime
supplied the symptoms of illness will be more or less acute.
The object of this invention is to supply the salts of lime necessary for the jaws,
not only by natural way consequent on swallowing and digestion, but also by
artificial means direct to the jaws in order to aid and facilitate the development of
the teeth as much as possible.
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page_text: The annexed drawing shows the improved pad in two modifications-Figs. 1
and 2 being sectional views of one form and Figs. 3 and 4 similar views of the
other form.
To attain this end the improved teething pad while made in most respects like
known caoutchouc teething pads consists principally of a bow a of any suitable
material, for instance vulcanized caoutchouc, this bow being of the form of the
meeting surfaces of the jaws inside the mouth and respectively on both sides
provided with cavities or grooves of semi-circular cross section. These cavities
or grooves are made with rough surfaces as in Figs. 3 and 4 to excite the tooth
germs, when the bow is taken between the jaws.
As in the known teething pads, the bow is provided with a handle and safety
disk b, the latter to prevent the apparatus from being swallowed. This bow is
intended to be covered with a layer of liquid of salt of lime and then introduced
between the jaws of the infant.
In order to augment the supply of salt of lime an arrangement may be used in
Figs. 1 and 2 in which the caoutchouc bow a is hollow and contains a sponge or
such like to receive the solution of lime salt through a pipe c capable of being
outwardly closed, and lead the same through slits or openings to the semicircular
grooves on both sides of the bow, whence the liquid is pressed out by chewing or
sucking:
The bow a may also, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, be provided along its inside
edge with the longitudinal slit d through which the lime salt solution may issue
from the sponge or equivalent absorbent therein.
The construction may vary in any suitable manner, or the material of the teething
pads may also represent a mixture of caoutchouc or the like with an addition of
lime salts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvements in teething pads to facilitate the development of the teeth of
infants consisting of a bow a preferably made of an elastic substance, to be
introduced in the infants mouth; this bow being of the form of the inner jaw and
adapted to supply a solution of a salt of lime in such a manner by being covered
with a lime-salt or solution thereof or impregnated with salts of lime or provided
inside with an arrangement to receive the said solution and deliver the latter to
the jaws by pressure or sucking substantially as set forth.
Dated this 10th day of November 1893.
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R. HADDAN,
Of the Firm of Herbert Haddan & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, Agent for Applicant.