Specification of Edward O'Connell : feeding bottles.

  • O'Connell, Edward
Date:
1860
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of Edward O'Connell : feeding bottles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    O’ ConnelVs Impts, in Apparatus for Supplying Nourishment to Infants, and letters on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings. In Figs. 1 and 2, the neck of the vessel which holds the liquid is shewn at a, which neck is sur¬ rounded with the elastic lining h fitted to the capsule c, through the hole of which is passed the flexible tube d, jointed at e to the interior syphon tube/, 5 having over the bottom end a piece of elastic tubing g. In Fig. 3, I represent at h a novel and scientific form of bottle, the bottom being curved to accommodate itself to the position assumed by the syphon tube when the vessel is not in a vertical position. Figs. 4 and 5, represent two views of a bottle adapted for travellers, invalids, 10 and others, the suction tube i is fitted by a piece of elastic tubing h to the interior syphon tube I, but in such a manner that both the suction piece and tube move with a capsule or stopper made of cork or other flexible material, which can be raised and lowered without the capsule or stopper leaving the neck of the bottle. The bottom of the interior syphon tube is lined with a 15 piece of elastic tube m, so that when it is pressed against the bottom of the bottle as shewn in Fig. 4, no liquid can escape either by suction or elasticity of the contained air in the inside, but if the capsule or stopper be raised as seen in Fig. 5, the passage is free, and the liquid can be imbibed. The suction tube i connected with the syphon tube, may also be screwed into the capsule, 20 and the end of the tube pressed against the bottom of the vessel or loosened at pleasure. In Fig. 6, I shew a compound teat attached to a flexible tube enlarged so as to fit different sized necks of bottles. Fig. 7 represents a detached section of a capsule with a projecting lining, 25 which may either be plain as shewn in the Figure, or screwed in the interior, fitting a corresponding thread in the interior of the capsule. Fig. 8 is a detached section of another capsule having at the top a projec¬ tion m, to which the outer flexible tube is fitted, and a projection n at the bottom, to which is fitted by a piece of elastic tubing the interior syphon tube. 30 In Fig. 9» I represent a band of vulcanized caoutchouc, which is passed over the bottle to prevent breakage, the said band may either be connected to a ring passed over the neck, or a hole made in the band may accomplish the same object. My improved apparatus for warming or heating the liquid is shewn in 35 Figs. 10 and 11, Fig. 10 being a section as it appears in use, and Fig. 11 an outside view when packed together for portability. The night light is shewn at 0, resting in tlie cell p placed in the base q, the cell p supports the perforated cylinder r, having at one end the rim s for holding the vessel t which holds the liquid to be heated. The side of the cylinder is furnished with an attached
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