An Improved Infants' Feeding Bottle.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 23rd June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 3rd Aug, 1888
IRUVIDIONAL
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An Improved Infants' Feeding Bottle.
I, GEORGE HUGHES of 38 Chancery Lane, London, W.C. in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent (which Invention has been communicated to me from abroad
by Messrs. Gire & Co. of 58 rue Vieille du Temple Paris in the Republic of France,
Merchants), do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
By our Invention we provide a novel class of Infants feeding-Bottle, wherein the
contents of which Milk or other class of suitable food may he supplied for the
sustenance or nourishment of Children and to indicate to the Mother or Nurse that
before permitting the child to suck or absorb the same that it is at a suitable and
necessary temperature neither too hot or cold.
The Bottles may be made of the ordinary approved shape or of other form either of
Glass, Porcelain or other suitable material to receive the necessary article or substance
of either food or drink, and open at the upper part and so formed as to receive a cap
which may be screwed in or upon it or otherwise fitted, having an opening therein for
an internal tube to dip in same and with the usual flexible and mouth piece connection
at its outer end for the child to suck through.
At the external face or on one side of the Bottle we form and provide in the
moulding or casting of the same, a recess of sufficient depth and height from or
near the base to the upper or curved part forming the commencement of the neck
of the Bottle, for the purpose of placing and fitting a Thermometer therein and
to permit of its resting against the recessed portion formed in the Bottle and at
and around the upper and lower part of the said recess I fit and insert a portion
of Caouchouc or Vulcanised India rubber or other elastic medium or other means
to receive a glass panel or frame to fit and be secured over the said recess or
space (air tight) and in front of the Thermometer therein and flush with the
exterior face or other portion of the Bottle, and the sides of the recess or trans-
parent glass panel are suitably graduated and arranged to indicate by means of the
spirit in the Thermometer which is rendered highly sensitive from its immediate
contact with the inner space or partition of the bottle and the food contents.

page_text: In the case of a Nurse or attendant who may not be conversant with the reading or
knowledge as to the degrees of temperature that may be indicated we would propose
to place a distinctive line or mark to. denote say "good to drink" or otherwise, this
being or representing as at about the ordinary temperature of the human blood, which
is considered about the most suitable temperature for the food to be given and when
cold can easily be ascertained and detected; the bottle with, its contents may then be
dipped into hot water, and by means of the fixed mark thereon referred to, or by
the degrees which the level of the spirit points to so the necessary temperature is
safely ascertained.
It would be preferred that the Spirit in the Thermometer should be colored and by
preference say of crimson color to cause attention and that a Bulb be formed at the
upper part of the spirit tube to provide in cases of sudden expansion and to avoid the
chance of fracture.
T
HUGHES & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Infants' Feeding Bottle.
I, GEORGE HUGHES of 38 Chancery Lane, London W.C. in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent 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 and accompanying drawing, (which Invention has
been communicated to me from abroad by Messrs. Gire & Co. of 58 rue Vielle du
Temple, Paris in the Republic of France Merchants) :-
By this Invention an improved class of Infants feeding Bottle is provided to contain
Milk or other class of suitable food for the sustenance or nourishment of Children and
to indicate to the Mother or Nurse that before permitting the child to suck or absorb
the same, that it is at a suitable and necessary temperature neither too hot or too
cold.
The Bottles may be made of the ordinary approved shape or of other form either
of Glass, Porcelain or other suitable material to receive the necessary article or
substance of either food or drink, and open at the upper part and so formed as to
receive a cap which may be screwed in or upon it or otherwise fitted, having an
opening therein for an internal tube to dip in same and with the usual flexible and
mouth piece connection at its outer end for the child to suck through.
At the external face or on one side of the Bottle there is provided in the
moulding or casting of the same a recess of sufficient depth and height from or near
the base to the upper or curved part forming the commencement of the neck of the
Bottle, for the purpose of placing and fitting a Thermometer therein and to permit of
its resting against the recessed portion formed in the face of the Bottle, and at and
around the upper and lower part of the said recess 1 fit and insert a portion of a
Caouchouc or Vulcanised India rubber or other elastic medium or means to receive a
glass panel or frame to fit and be secured over the said recess or space (air tight) and
in front of the Thermometer therein and quite flush with the exterior face or other
portion of the Bottle, and the sides of the transparent glass panel and bottle, or across
same, may be suitably graduated to indicate by means of the level of the Spirit in the
Thermometer, which is rendered highly sensitive from its immediate contact with the
inner space or partition of the bottle and the food contents.
In the case of a Nurse or attendant who may not be conversant with the reading or
knowledge as to the degrees of temperature that may be indicated we would propose
to place a distinctive line or mark to denote say
: good to drink " or otherwise this
being or representing as at about the ordinary temperature of the human blood which
is considered about the most suitable temperature for the food to be given, and when
cold can easily be ascertained and detected, the bottle with its contents may then be
dipped into hot water, and by means of the fixed mark thereon referred to or by the
degrees which the level of the spirit points to, so that the necessary temperature is
safely ascertained.

page_text: It would be preferred that the spirit in the Thermometer should be coloured and
by preference say of crimson colour, to cause attention and that a bulb be formed at
the upper part of the spirit tube to provide in cases of sudden expansion and to avoid
the chance of fracture.
In the accompanying Drawing Figure 1, exhibits an elevation of the Improved
Infants feeding Bottle, as by this Invention. Figure 2, is a vertical section of the
same and Figure 3 an horizontal or cross section taken on the line 2 and a
of Figure 1, in which it will be seen that a spirit Thermometer t, is placed in the
recess or cavity formed in the moulding or front of the bottle to receive the same
and leaving a rib or projection d, d on either side and around the recess or cavity
so formed and within which a narrow strip of caouchouc or Vulcanised India rubber g
is embedded therein and fixed by means of Mastic or other suitable cement.
A. plate
of glass fis then fitted of the necessary size to fill up the entire space of the recess or
cavity formed in the front of the bottle b, and rests or is supported when pressed into
position upon and against the olastic pad g, provided and may be caused to affix itself
thereto, or with an additional outer couting of Mastic or cement be further secured, it
then on its outer surface becomes flush with the exterior of the bottle and hermetically
sealed and the said Thermometer is then free from all external influences and cannot
in ordinary use receive damage; neither is there a possibility if broken, for the spirit
or other equivalent contents within the bulb and tube, to affect the contents of the
food in the bottle, t¹, is the top of the Thermoter slightly enlarged.
The principal object sought to be attained consists in producing the Milk or other
food for Infants use at the exact temperature of the human body and that of the breast
milk, which is at least about 36 degrees Centigrade. Dry nurses and others who
have charge of Infants, heat the Milk or other food to be given to Infants in the
ordinary manner and determine the temperature by the finger of the hand or by
tasting, and in either case it is extremely difficult in cold or hot weather to guess
within many degrees as to the proper temperature, so that unknowingly the child
is caused to sicken and a considerable per centage of Infantile Mortality arises
therefrom.
I do not claim broadly the combination with a bottle of a thermometer fixed in a
recess in the exterior surface of the bottle for the purpose set forth nor do I claim
absolutely the use of the mark hereinbefore referred to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to performed I declare that what I
claim is-
The combination of a bottle, a thermometer fixed in a recess in the exterior
surface thereof and a glass panel covering the said recess substantially as described
and illustrated.
GEORGE HUGHES.
Hughes & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane,
Agents.

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 23rd June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1888
I, GEORGE HUGHES of 38 Chancery. Lane, London, W.C. in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent (which Invention has been communicated to me from abroad
by Messrs. Gire & Co. of 58 rue Vieille du Temple Paris in the Republic of France,
Merchants), do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
By our Invention we provide a novel class of Infants feeding-Bottle, wherein the
contents of which Milk or other class of suitable food may be supplied for the
sustenance or nourishment of Children and to indicate to the Mother or Nurse that
before permitting the child to suck or absorb the same that it is at a suitable and
necessary temperature neither too hot or cold.
The Bottles may be made of the ordinary approved shape or of other form either of
Glass, Porcelain or other suitable material to receive the necessary article or substance
of either food or drink, and open at the upper part and so formed as to receive a cap
which may be screwed in or upon it or otherwise fitted, having an opening therein for
an internal tube to dip in same and with the usual flexible and mouth piece connection
at its outer end for the child to suck through.
At the external face or on one side of the Bottle we form and provide in the
moulding or casting of the same, a recess of sufficient depth and height from or
near the base to the upper or curved part forming the commencement of the neck
of the Bottle, for the purpose of placing and fitting a Thermometer therein and
to permit of its resting against the recessed portion formed in the Bottle and at
and around the upper and lower part of the said recess I fit and insert a portion
of Caouchouc or Vulcanised India rubber or other elastic medium or other means
to receive a glass panel or frame to fit and be secured over the said recess or
space (air tight) and in front of the Thermometer therein and flush with the
exterior face or other portion of the Bottle, and the sides of the recess or trans-
parent glass panel are suitably graduated and arranged to indicate by means of the
spirit in the Thermometer which is rendered highly sensitive from its immediate
contact with the inner space or partition of the bottle and the food contents.

page_text: "
In the case of a Nurse or attendant who may not be conversant with the reading or
knowledge as to the degrees of temperature that may be indicated we would propose
to place a distinctive line or mark to denote say "good to drink or otherwise, this
being or representing as at about the ordinary temperature of the human blood, which
is considered about the most suitable temperature for the food to be given and when
cold can easily be ascertained and detected; the bottle with its contents may then he
dipped into hot water, and by means of the fixed mark thereon referred to, or by
the degrees which the level of the spirit points to so the necessary temperature is
safely ascertained.
It would be preferred that the Spirit in the Thermometer should be colored and by
preference say of crimson color to cause attention and that a Bulb be formed at the
upper part of the spirit tube to provide in cases of sudden expansion and to avoid the
chance of fracture."
Dated this 24th w
L
1000
HUGHES & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, GEORGE HUGHES of 38 Chancery Lane, London W.C. in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent 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 and accompanying drawing, (which Invention has
been communicated to me from abroad by Messrs. Gire & Co. of 58 rue Vielle du
Temple, Paris in the Republic of France Merchants) :-
By this Invention an improved class of Infants feeding Bottle is provided to contain
Milk or other class of suitable food for the sustenance or nourishment of Children and
to indicate to the Mother or Nurse that before permitting the child to suck or absorb
the same, that it is at a suitable and necessary temperature neither too hot or too
cold.
The Bottles may be made of the ordinary approved shape or of other form either
of Glass, Porcelain or other suitable material to receive the necessary article or
substance of either food or drink, and open at the upper part and so formed as to
receive a cap which may be screwed in or upon it or otherwise fitted, having an
opening therein for an internal tube to dip in same and with the usual flexible and
mouth piece connection at its outer end for the child to suck through.
At the external face or on one side of the Bottle there is provided in the
moulding or casting of the same a recess of sufficient depth and height from or near
the base to the upper or curved part forming the commencement of the neck of the
Bottle, for the purpose of placing and fitting a Thermometer therein and to permit of
its resting against the recessed portion formed in the face of the Bottle, and at and
around the upper and lower part of the said recess I fit and insert a portion of a
Caouchouc or Vulcanised India rubber or other elastic medium or means to receive a
glass panel or frame to fit and be secured over the said recess or space (air tight) and
in front of the Thermometer therein and quite flush with the exterior face or other
portion of the Bottle, and the sides of the transparent glass panel and bottle, or across
same, may be suitably graduated to indicate by means of the level of the Spirit in the
Thermometer, which is rendered highly sensitive from its immediate contact with the
inner space or partition of the bottle and the food contents.
In the case of a Nurse or attendant who may not be conversant with the reading or
knowledge as to the degrees of temperature that may be indicated we would propose-
to place a distinctive line or mark to denote say "good to drink" or otherwise this
being or representing as at about the ordinary temperature of the human blood which
is considered about the most suitable temperature for the food to be given, and when
cold can easily be ascertained and detected, the bottle with its contents may then be
dipped into hot water, and by means of the fixed mark thereon referred to or by the
degrees which the level of the spirit points to, so that the necessary temperature is
safely ascertained.

page_text: It would be preferred that the Spirit in the Thermometer should be coloured and
by preference say of crimson colour, to cause attention and that a bulb be formed at
the upper part of the spirit tube to provide in cases of sudden expansion and to avoid
the chance of fracture.
In the accompanying Drawing Figure 1, exhibits an elevation of the Improved
Infants feeding Bottle, as by this Invention. Figure 2, is a vertical section of the
same and Figure 3 an horizontal or cross section taken on the line and a
of Figure 1, in which it will be seen that a spirit Thermometer t, is placed in the
recess or cavity formed in the moulding or front of the bottle to receive the same
and leaving a rib or projection d, d on either side and around the recess or cavity
so formed and within which a narrow strip of caouchouc or Vulcanised India rubber g
is embedded therein and fixed by means of Mastic or other suitablo cement. A plate
of glass fis then fitted of the necessary size to fill up the entire space of the recess or
cavity formed in the front of the bottle b, and rests or is supported when pressed into
position upon and against the elastic pad g, provided and may be caused to affix itself
thereto, or with an additional outer couting of Mastic or cement be further secured, it
then on its outer surface becomes flush with the exterior of the bottle and hermetically
sealed and the said Thermometer is then free from all external influences and cannot
in ordinary use receive damage; neither is there a possibility if broken, for the spirit
or other equivalent contents within the bulb and tube, to affect the contents of the
food in the bottle, t, is the top of the Thermoter slightly enlarged.
The principal object sought to be attained consists in producing the Milk or other
food for Infants use at the exact temperature of the human body and that of the breast
milk, which is at least about 36 degrees Centrigrade. Dry nurses and others who
have charge of Infants, heat the Milk or other food to be given to Infants in the
ordinary manner and determine the temperature by the finger of the hand or by
tasting, and in either case it is extremely difficult in cold or hot weather to guess
within many degrees as to the proper temperature, so that unknowingly the child
is caused to sicken and a considerable per centage of Infantile Mortality arises
therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this Invention
I declare that what I claim is :-
The improved combination of feeding Bottle with a Thermometer fixed or resting
on one surface of the Bottle in a cavity or recess and flush with the outer surface or
face of the Bottle and enables the proper temperature prescribed by the Faculty to be
arrived at in manner herewith described and illustrated.
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