A New and Improved Form of Medical Spoon for the Administering of Liquids to Infants.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Aug., 1896-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Form of Medical Spoon for the Administering
of Liquids to Infants.
WILLIAM HENRY BAGLEY Manufacturer of Viaduct Works Thimble Mill
Lane Aston Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
I take an ordinary spoon of convenient size with plain bowl or with groove or
duct in bottom of bowl, and attach or form on front part of bowl a small spout or
hollow projection, on which I slip or fix an ordinary india-rubber teat such as are
commonly used on feeding bottles, the liquid contents or dose in spoon thus being
sucked into mouth by infant, instead of being poured as heretofore.
Dated this 19th day of December 1895.
WILLIAM HENRY BAGLEY.
COME LEIE
A New and Improved Form of Medical Spoon for the Administering
of Liquids to Infants.
i, WILLIAM HENRY BAGLEY, Manufacturer, of Viaduct Works, Thimble Mill
Lane, Aston, in the City of Birmingham, 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 consists of a new and improved form of medical spoon which
I so construct as to enable liquid food or medicine to be administered to infants or
invalids with greater convenience and effectiveness than with the spoons at present
in general use.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter
referred to:-
Figure 1 represents one method of constructing my improved spoon, whilst
Figure 2 illustrates an ordinary pattern spoon adapted to form a medical spoon
in accordance with my invention.
Referring to Figure 1 I form at the front end of the spoon a spout or nozzle
such as A, on which I slip or fix an ordinary india-rubber or other teat B, such as
is commonly used with feeding bottles. On inserting the teat B in the mouth of
the infant or patient, the liquid placed in the bowl of the spoon can be readily and
conveniently sucked into the mouth without the risk of spilling or choking
attendant on the use of an ordinary spoon for such feeding purposes.
Instead of forming the spout A as a part of or in one piece with the spoon as
illustrated at Figure 1, I sometimes employ a detachable spout such as C, Figure 2,
which can be readily clipped or otherwise secured upon the front end of the bowl
of an ordinary spoon, such as D. The teat B is slipped or fixed over the projecting
end of the detachable spout C as illustrated.

page_text: 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. The combination with a spoon of an india-rubber or other teat substantially
as and for the purposes described.
2. The improved medical spoon having a spout or nozzle formed with or secured
to the bowl upon which is attached an india-rubber or like teat, substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.