Improvements in Baby Comforters or Blind Nipples.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 25th Apr., 1900-Accepted, 2nd June, 1900
PROVISIONAL DI ECIFICATION.
Improvements in Baby Comforters or Blind Nipples.
I, CHRISTIAN WILLIAM MEINECKE, Merchant, of 31, Sherman Place, Jersey
City Heights, Jersey City, in the County of Hudson and State of New Jersey,
United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:- -
This invention relates to holders for so-called baby comforters or blind nipples
for teething children and has for its object to provide means for preventing the
accidental disengagement of the nipple from the holder. The nipple is hollow
and provided with a flange as usual at its open end which flange extends through
a hole in the shield or button and bears against the under surface of the latter.
The holder is hollow or provided with a chamber which extends from the upper
end of the holder to a point near its lower end and said chamber may be threaded
and the upper end of the holder is flanged or provided with a concavity. The
nipple is secured to the holder by means of a pin which is adapted to enter the
chamber in the holder, and the said pin is provided with a head larger than
the opening in the button, and a surface below the head which is of slightly less
diameter than the diameter of the said button opening and, when the wall of the
chamber is provided with a thread, the pin has likewise a threaded surface to
mate the thread in said chamber. In this manner the pin may be attached to
the holder, but the pin may be cemented to the holder or held therein by other
means.
An air vent is formed in the holder at any convenient point where it can com
municate with the chamber in said holder, and the chamber has communication
with the interior of the nipple by an opening through the pin, which is made
tubular. A teething ring may be passed through a suitable opening in the lower
portion of the holder.
In assembling the parts of the device the pin is placed in the nipple before the
flange of the nipple is passed through the opening of the button. After the flange
of the nipple has been passed through said opening in the button the pin is
worked downward until its head engages with the nipple just above the button,
and the surface below the head forces the nipple against the wall of the said
button opening. Next the holder is forced upon the pin until its concaved sur-
face engages with the flange of the nipple to such an extent as to firmly hold the
said flange against the under face of the button, and the concavity in the outer
end of the holder serves to spread the flange equally when the holder is brought
in close contact with the nipple.
If desired the construction can be varied and the threaded surface of the main
pin be dispensed with, the pin being secured in the holder by means of cement
and an auxiliary locking pin passed through the main pin and holder; but it is
not necessary that the auxiliary pin and the cement fastening should be used
together, since either the cement, or the auxiliary pin singly will suffice as a
securing medium for the main pin.
In a modification in the construction of the device a nut is placed in the nipple

page_text: above the button or shield and is usually provided with an interior thread
adapted to receive a tubular pin correspondingly threaded, which pin constitutes
a portion of the holder, and the chamber in the pin has communication with the
outside atmosphere through a suitable opening made in the holder. Instead of
the pin which is attached to the holder being screwed into the nut, the said pin 5
and nut may be connected by cement or other means.
Dated this 17th day of October 1899.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.
Improvements in Baby Comforters or Blind Nipples.
I, CHRISTIAN WILLIAM MEINECKE, Merchant, of 31, Sherman Place, Jersey
City Heights, Jersey City, in the County of Hudson and State of New Jersey,
United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to provide a holder for blind nipples, or nipples
that are generally used by teething children, and to so construct the holder that
when the nipple is secured thereto the nipple cannot be separated from the holder
unless it be removed purposely. A further object of the invention is to con-
struct a holder of the character above set forth that will be simple, durable and
economic, and in connection with which a teething ring may be used when
desired.
The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several
parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claim.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved nipple holder and nipple attached;
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the holder, showing the pin in side
elevation;
Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the holder and likewise
through the pin; and
Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical section through another form of the device.
A represents an ordinary nipple provided with the usual flange 10 at its inlet
or inner end, the nipple A being of the hollow type. B represents a button or
shield which is provided with a hole 11 preferably centrally placed and through
which the flanged end of the nipple may pass, the flange 10 of the said nipple
after being passed through the opening in the button, engaging with the under
face of said button as is shown in Figures 2 and 3. C represents the holder.
Both the button and the holder may be made of any desired material, and said
holder is provided with a bore or chamber 12, which extends from the upper end
of said holder to a point near its inner or rear end, as shown in Figures 2 and 3,
and usually the wall of the said chamber at or near the outer end is threaded
while the upper end of the holder is preferably provided with a concavity 13
around the outlet of the chamber 12 as is also shown in Figures 2 and 3.
nection with the holder a pin E is used. This pin is adapted to enter the
chamber 12 in the holder C, and the said pin is provided with a head 14 larger
than the opening in the button B, and a surface 15 below the head, which is of
slightly less diameter than the diameter of the said button opening 11, and, when
In con-

page_text: the wall of the chamber 12 is provided with a thread, the pin has likewise a
threaded surface to mate the thread in said chamber. In this manner the pin
may be attached to the holder, but the pin may be cemented to the holder or held
therein by other means to be hereinafter described.
An air vent 16 is formed in the holder at any convenient point where it can
communicate with the chamber in said holder, and the chamber has communica-
tion with the interior of the nipple by way of the opening through the pin E,
which is made tubular. D represents a teething ring which is passed through a
suitable opening in the lower portion of the holder C.
In assembling the parts of the device the pin is placed in the nipple before the.
flange of the nipple is passed through the opening 11 of the button. After the
flange of the nipple has been passed through said opening in the button the pin
is worked downward until its head engages with the nipple just above the button,
and the surface 15 forces the nipple against the wall of the said button opening.
Next the holder is forced upon the pin until its concaved surface 13 engages with
the flange 10 of the nipple to such an extent as to firmly hold the said flange
against the under face of the button, and the concavity 13 in the outer end of
the holder serves to spread the flange 10 equally when the holder is brought in
close contact with the nipple. It is evident that after the nipple has been secured
to the holder in the above manner it can not be accidentally removed by a child
or even by an adult, it being necessary for the holder to be previously discon-
nected from the pin E before the pin can be removed from the button."
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If desired the construction can be varied, as shown in Figure 3, in which the
threaded surface of the main pin E may be dispensed with, the pin being secured
in the holder by means of cement 16 and an auxiliary locking pin 17 passed
through the main pin and holder; but it is not necessary that the auxiliary pin 17
and the cement fastening 16 should be used together, since either the cement, or
the auxiliary pin singly will suffice as a securing medium for the main pin E.
In Figure 41 have illustrated a slight modification in the construction of the
device, in which a nut 18 is placed in the nipple above the button or shield B.
This nut may be of any desired shape and is usually provided with an interior
thread adapted to receive a tubular pin correspondingly threaded, which pin con-
stitutes a portion of the holder, and the chamber in the pin has communication
with the outside atmosphere through a suitable opening 19 made in the holder.
The holder may be made plain, or it may be provided with a teething ring D,
and instead of the pin which is attached to the holder being screwed into the
nut, the said pin and nut may be connected by cement or other means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The herein described nipple holder, consisting of a body (C) or holder proper
having secured thereto or integral therewith a vented pin or stem (E) which is
provided with a head adapted to lie within the nipple to clamp it on the shield
through which the stem and nipple pass, substantially as set forth.
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A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.