Bottle teat
AssigneeMAPA GmbH
InventorEckhard Itzek
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Abstract
A bottle teat comprising: A nipple sleeve having a hollow nipple and a through-hole connected at the bottom to a hollow nipple sleeve which is connected at the bottom to a nipple flange that is connected to the nipple sleeve to be fastened to a bottle by a fastening ring which serves at the bottom with an annular disc-shaped ring flange overlapping the nipple flange, A contact area projecting downward or upward from the nipple flange, or from the nipple sleeve above the nipple flange outward into the area for placing a ring flange, and A lip valve that is opened when the nipple flange is not fastened to a bottle arranged in a deforming area next to the contact area so that the deformation of the nipple flange that arises from pressing the fastening ring against the contact area closes the valve.
Claims16
A bottle teat in particular for infants and small children comprising:
- a nipple sleeve having a hollow nipple (4) with at least one through-hole (10) for liquid nutrition that is connected at the bottom to a hollow nipple sleeve (2) which is connected at the bottom to a substantially annular disc-shaped nipple flange (12) that is connected to the nipple sleeve (2) to be fastened to a fastening edge (29) of a bottle (22) by means of a fastening ring (23) which serves at the bottom with an annular disc-shaped ring flange (26) overlapping the nipple flange (12),
- a contact area (13, 31) projecting outward from the nipple sleeve (2) above the nipple flange (12) into the area for placing the ring flange (26),
- a lip valve (15) that is open when the nipple flange (12) is not fastened to said bottle (22) and is arranged in a deforming area next to the contact area (13, 31) so that, when the nipple flange (12) is attached to said bottle (22) by means of said fastening ring (23), the deformation of the nipple flange (12) caused by the pressure of the fastening ring (23) against the contact area (13, 31) closes the lip valve (15), and
- wherein the contact area (13) is a bulge of the undeformed nipple flange (12) in which the lip valve (15) is arranged that is pressed flat between the fastening edge (29) and the ring flange (26) when the nipple flange (12) is attached to the bottle (22) by means of a fastening ring (23).
A bottle teat for infants and small children comprising:
- a nipple sleeve having a hollow nipple (4) with at least one through-hole (10) for liquid nutrition that is connected at the bottom to a hollow nipple sleeve (2) which is connected at the bottom to a substantially annular disc-shaped nipple flange (12) that is connected to the nipple sleeve (2) to be fastened to a fastening edge (29) of a bottle (22) by means of a fastening ring (23) which serves at the bottom with an annular disc-shaped ring flange (26) overlapping the nipple flange (12),
- a contact area (13, 31) projecting outward from the nipple sleeve (2) above the nipple flange (12) into the area for placing the ring flange (26),
- a lip valve (15) that is open when the nipple flange (12) is not fastened to said bottle (22) and is arranged in a deforming area next to the contact area (13, 31) so that, when the nipple flange (12) is attached to said bottle (22) by means of said fastening ring (23), the deformation of the nipple flange (12) caused by the pressure of the fastening ring (23) against the contact area (13, 31) closes the lip valve (15), and
- wherein the lip valve (15) is arranged in the nipples sleeve (2) and the contact area (13) is a bulge of the deformed nipple flange (12) below the lip of the valve (15.2) that is pressed flat between the fastening edge (29) and the ring flange (26) when the nipple flange (12) is attached to a bottle (22) by means of a fastening ring (23).
A bottle teat for infants and small children comprising:
- a nipple sleeve having a hollow nipple (4) with at least one through-hole (10) for liquid nutrition that is connected at the bottom to a hollow nipple sleeve (2) which is connected at the bottom to a substantially annular disc-shaped nipple flange (12) that is connected to the nipple sleeve (2) to be fastened to a fastening edge (29) of a bottle (22) by means of a fastening ring (23) which serves at the bottom with an annular disc-shaped ring flange (26) overlapping the nipple flange (12),
- a contact area (13, 31) projecting outward from the nipple sleeve (2) above the nipple flange (12) into the area for placing the ring flange (26),
- a lip valve (15) that is open when the nipple flange (12) is not fastened to said bottle (22) and is arranged in a deforming area next to the contact area (13, 31) so that, when the nipple flange (12) is attached to said bottle (22) by means of said fastening ring (23), the deformation of the nipple flange (12) caused by the pressure of the fastening ring (23) against the contact area (13, 31) closes the lip valve (15), and
- wherein the lip valve (15) is arranged in the nipple sleeve (2), and the contact area (31) is an outward-projecting bead of the nipple sleeve (2) next to the lip valve that is arranged in the area assumed by the ring flange (26) of the fastening ring (23) when the fastening ring (23) fixes the nipple flange (12) to a bottle (22).
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