US1440966A - Nursing bottle - Google Patents

Description

Patented Jan. 2, 1923.

.CESARE CAMPUS, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

NURsING BOTTLE.

Application led May 22, 192,0. Serial No. 383,431.

To @Zlib/om it may'lconcevrn: Y With a vport through which the air enters 55 Be it known that I, CESARE CAMPUS, a the bottle as the food is withdrawn theresubject of the King of Italy, residing in the from. The invention also relates to devices borough of Brooklyn, in'- the county "of for maintaining the air nipple in position Kings,city and State of New York, have against accidental displacement'as well as invented 'an' Improvement in Nursing Botagainst removal by the child during the use 60 ttes (for ywhich I iled an application in' of the bottle. I am aware that .heretofore Italy June 13,1914,Patent-No. 117 Vol. 435; Vvarious devices have been proposed for ad- 143,99()7 dat@ of patent July 24, 1914)', of mittingair to a nursing bottle as the food 10 `which the following is aspecilication. is withdrawn therefrom but in all such in- Y In the customary use of nursing bottles as stances which have come to my attention' the 65 ordinarily constructed the liquid food as Structure is more or less complicated and y withdrawn from thebottle is replaced by air Costly; in 110. instance provides for Ithe use which necessarily passes through the mouth of tWo ordinary nipples and in no instance of the child, the nipple through' which the is the structure such that none of the air food is withdrawn and the remaining food admitted to the bottle `is permitted to pass 70 in the bottle. `Ubviously, this lhas several through any port-ion of the food contained serious disadvantages, some of whichv are therein. Furthermore, in carrying out my that the air in' thus passing through the Vinvention, I may provide the air inlet nipfood has a refrigerating effect, thereby cool' ple with a suitable material for simultaneing the food and'reducing its temperature to OuSlyflteI'ing the air as the same passes 75 such a low point before the food is consumed into the bott-le and controlling the admission that the food is too coolto then be taken into 0f the air so as to also control the rate at the lstomach of the child; the air thus adwhich the liquid food may be drawn through mitted also may be impure fromhone source the` feeding nipple. To accomplish these or another and consequently may eontamipurposes as will be hereinafter more particu- 80 nate the foodthrough which it passes; in larly described the flanged opening is pref- .x fordinary nursing bottles there is much diferably placed in the side of the bottle adja!4 culty in cleaning the same, inasmuch as the Cent the end thereof and the air nipple greater deposit appears to accumulate at placed in posit-ion in the flanged opening so poin-ts most distant. from the mouth 0f the as to extend intol the bottle and terminate 85 bottle; also in instances not infrequent i111* atits inner end at a point adjacent the opthe use of ordinary nursing bottles the air posite side of the bottle so that when the which is permitted to pass through the nipbottle is in the proper position for use no air Y ple and through the vfood Vto take the place admitted through the air nipple can possibly of the food as withdrawn fromkthe bottle is pass through any of the food in the bottle 90 not suiiicient to fill the Lspace formerly ocand will prevent the food from iowing into cupied by the food, and as willbe apparent the air nipple and consequently from the this inadequate admission of the. air in the bottle, inasmuch as the port in the air nipple bottle causes a partialyacuum thereinwhichV opens outwardly. Further attention to these results in a collapse of the nursing nipple `and other features of the invention will be 95 making it impossible for the child to taker hereinafter more particularly described. further food from the bottle'until this par- In the drawing: tial vacuum has been broken. Fig. 1 is an elevation and partial cross The object of my invention is to overcome section illustrating myimproved nursing these diiiculties and in So doing I employ bottle with the same in the approxi-mate po- 100 a bottle which, as is customary at one end, sit-ion for use.

, is provided with a mouth adapted to be Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2-2,

fitted with an ordinary nipple which may be Fig. 1. called the feeding nipple and adjacent the Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing l opposite end ofthe bottle the sameis proranother form of the invention.

vided with aV hanged opening also fitted Fig. 4' isan elevation of the clip member with an ordinary nursing nip-ple which may used in the form of the invention Shown in be called an air inlet nipple and is provided Fig. 3.

` minating in amouth to whicha nipple 12 nipple and the nipp e I suflicientextent to 13 at the open end of-thenipple and'to err- :tend into and through the bottle to a point in ,thev side thereof` employ a flanged Aopening 13, the flange in lthe side walls oft attached` the usual manner. At site end ofthe bottle, preferabl adjacent the bottom,

may the oppo a .plain extension from efbottle andthe opening adapted to have placed therein a nip-ple 14. The nipp1e12'is ern loyedv as the feeding v14 as the air rinlet this instance bein nipple. Both nipples may nary :construction but the nipple 14 is of be folded over the flange adjacent the opposite wallthereof, the openin 15 in the end of the nippleacting as a va veci; portthro-ugh which the air isa mitted to thebottle asthe liquid food is withdrawn therefrom.V This port 15, as will be understood, may be -a slit or other opening,- opening outwardly -so as to admit the,

air and to prevent the passage of the liquid .35 food through thev nipplein the oppositediy rection.` In `th's form of the invention 1n order to maintain the air nipplein position preventing it from `becoming accidentally' or otherwise displaced, I prefer to provide the outer surface of the bottle centrally of the flanged Vopening with 4ribs 16 having an intermediate recess 17 and to employ a cap 18 having secured thereto spring clamp 4 l the use of4 this form of the invention, as-will' the position air into the interior .tially the order to pmembers v19 by wise adaptedto the'ca member end o the nipple lit into :the recess 17 when 1 8, as will be understood, may with the free passage of the of the nipple, the openings in the cap 18 being indicated at 21. In

not to interfere be understood,"the bottle `assumes substansition shown in Fig. 1l and in remove 'the same the ca 1 8 1s shifted from shown in ig's.1 and 2 to the diametrically opposite position, or entirely removed from the bottle so that freeaccess may beobtained to the flanged opening Vin order to place the air nipple 1li-position or remove the same for the puiposes of clean-A urthermore, in

ing the bottle or`otherwise.

- `for' 'any air entering through the finger or a suitable cleaning tool, if neces be "of the Aordi- AOpening in vmeans of rivets 20 or other as illustrated in the dra-wing, the air 18 is'in place over the outer* vmay be provided /with cotton indicated at ltafter this vend of the r'nipple' has been folded down over the flange. 13. The cap l be provided vwith suitable openings'in orderl as'the same passes also to regulate the flows through "the nipple andas admitted to ace the air nipple in position or.

the 'use of this bottle', as will now be appreciated, inasmuch as the valve in the air nipple is placed at the bottom of the bottleg adjacent the sidewall it will be impossible the bottle through the nipple topass through any portion of the food contained in the bottle and hencewill have approximately no cooling effect on the food and ,cannot bybeing impure contaminate the 'food to any appreciable extent.

.Also that in"'clean1ng the bottle the yair nipple is removed and water may be caused to flow continuously ingat the mouth o liangedopening, and also the sary, maybe 'nserted' through the flanged opening to cleanse the lower portion of the interiorjof the bottlel at which the greater proportion A'of any deposit lwhich ma acf cumulate inthe bottle isusuallyfoun "ReferrngtoFigs 3 anda, the flanged the wallsv of thebottle and the air nipple are in all respects equivalent ,to those hereinbefore described. In'this structure, however, 1 instead of 1 employing 4the spring clamps I may employ sp-ring clips placed interiorly ofithenipple to secure the d `same andthe cap in place.- In this struc? ture, the cap employed Iis indicated at 22 andsimilar t the'cap-18 hereinbefore de# scribed. Suitably connected to the cap 22 is the spring clipl V4member 23. These parts through the bottle, enterf the bottle and leaving Ina-y be secured bythe rivets24 or otherwise.

"I he nipple in this instance is' placed in positlon in the bottle with the outer end thereof turn`ed`back overthe flan e 13 and the cap 22 fitted over this end 'of t e nip-ple with the spring clip members extending into the nipple and'enga. 'ngthe same so as to compress portionso the nipple against the wall defining the flanged opening and 'also to shape the interior ofthe nipple, Aif so desired. .In this form vof the. invention also, nipple the bottle andconsequently the rate of the flow atwhich the foodmayjbe 'withdrawn .from the bottle. i

As shown in Fig. 5, the "caprnember 25 is adapted Vto fit overv the end of 'the nipple after the saine has Ibeen turned back over'the flange 13 and isfitted in oppositely disposed Vpositions with hooks 26 'to which may-be connecteda rubber Vbandor string 27 or lother similar device from one hook tothe other and lying withinthe recess 17 between the ribs 16 to maintain thecap 'member in place. These, however, as well'as other obvious devices may be employed to. maintain the nipple in positionagainstaccidental or other unintentlonal displacement.

placed that no part of the air admitted to In Fig. 6, I have shown the iiange 13 as fitted with a bead or circular rib 28- over which `the open end of ,the air nipplel may ,bel folded, and in ordinaryuse this is suiicient to normally maintain the air nipple in position-f Consequently this structure answers all the necessaryrequirements' for use in feeding infants so long as the nursingv bottle has to be man-aged by an attendant, the other vfeatures being more4 especially adapted for use with children after they have-'become'old enough to handle the 'bot-- tle themselves. These various devices, however, for maintaining the air nipple in position are more or less incidental to the main featuresof the invention which, as hereinbefore stated, reside in providing a nursing bottle with van air inlet nipple orvalve so the bottle as the food is Withdrawn therefrom will pass through any of the food in the bottle for producing the beneficial effects and overcoming the disadvantages to which attention has hereinbefore been directed".

I claim as my invention: l

1. A nursing bottle comprisingal body member having a mouth at one end thereof and an .opening vadjacent the other end thereof, and an air inlet device fitted in the said opening extending into the bottle so that theinner end thereof terminates adjacent the Wall of the bottlep osite that in which the opening is 'place the said air inlet device being provided with a port through which air is admitted tothe bottle ask the contents of the bottle isfyvithdrawn therefrom so that When the bottle is in position for use none of the air-so admitted to the bottle Will pass through the contents thereof. f

2. A nursing bottle comprising a cylindrical body member having av vmouth at one cent the other end thereof, and a nipple fitted in the said opening extending into the bottle so that the inner end thereof terminates adjacenttheinner surface of the Wall of the bottle opposite that in which thelsaid opening is placed, the said nipple being provided with a port through which air is admitted to the bottle as the contents of the bottle is Withdrawn therefrom so that when the bottle is in position for use none ofthe air so admitted to the bottle Will pass through the contents-thereof. s

3. A nursing bottle comprising a body member having a mouth at one end thereof and an' opening adjacent the other end thereof, an air inlet device fitted in the said opening extending into the bottle so that the inner end thereof terminates adjacent the Wall of the bottle opposite that in which .from so that when the bottle is in position for use none of the'air so admitted to the bottle'will pass through the contents thereof, and means for maintainingthe said air inlet device in position inthe Saidopening -in'the bottle.

"4. .A nursing bottlecomprising a cylindrical body member having la mouth at one end thereof and an opening in the side adjacent theother end thereof, a nipple fitted- 1n the said opening extending into the bot-y tle so that the inner end thereof terminatesadjacent the inner surface of the wall of the 4bottle opposite that in which the said opening is placed, the said nipple being provided with a port through Which air is" admitted to the bottle as the contents of the bottle is Withdrawn therefrom so that when the bottle is in position' for use none of the air so -admitted to the bottle Willpass through the contents thereof, and means for maintaining the said nipple in position in the said opening.

5. A nursing bottle comprising a cylindrical vbody member havin a mouth at one end thereof and a flanged opening in the Wall of .the bottle`` adjacent the opposite end thereof, a nipple adapted at its open end to be turned over the said flange and to extend through the said opening to the bottle and to terminatev at a point adjacent Ythe inner surface of the' opposite Wall of the bottle'where the said nipple is fitted with aA port through which air is admitted to the bottle as the contents of the same is withdrawn therefrom, a cap adapted to fit over that portion of the nipple which is turned over the said flange, and means for securing the said cap in position to maintain the nipple in place.

6. A nursing bottle comprising a cylindrical body member having a mouth at one end thereof and a flanged opening in the Wall of the bottle adjacent the opposite end thereof, a nipple adapted at its open end to be turned over the said ange and to extend through the said opening into the bottle and to terminate at a point adjacent the inner surface of the opposite Wall of the bottle Where the said nipple is fitted With a' port -through which air 1s admitted to the .dif

fiend thereof and an opening in theside zuljacent the other end thereof, u nipple fitted in `the said opening extending into the bottle so that the inner end Vthereof terminates adjacent the-inner surface ot' the wall of thebottle opposite that in which the said opening is placed, the said nipple being providedf with n -port through whlch air is admit-tedl to the bottle asthe contents of the bottle is Withdrawn therefrom so that when the bottleis in posit-ion for use none of the airv so admitterl to the bottle will pase through the contentsthereof, and .L material placed in the said nipple t0 simultaneously iilter the nir wluch passes,throughthe same 15 ASignedbyine this .14th of May, 1920. 20

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