Patent GB-190207828-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means applicable for use in Charging Bottles or the like with Liquids and in Applying Stoppers or Seals thereto.
Inventor: NASH RICHARD GRAINGER
Filed: 1902-04-03
Granted: 1903-04-03
Abstract: 7828. Nash, R. G. April 3. Bottling; stoppering; sealing bottles &c.-Relates to machines for filling bottles or similar receptacles with aÙrated waters, beers, wines, milk, &c., and for closing the receptacles with stoppers or seals. The operative parts are actuated by cams on the disc A, Figs. 3 and 4, which is driven through suitable gearing a, a<2>, &c. from the main shaft B, the gearing &c. being enclosed in a casing c. The filling-head e is mounted on pivots e', and is moved to and fro from the position for filling by means of the slide D, which is actuated by the cam d and engages the arm e<x> on the filling-head. The bottle rest h is operated by the cam h<1> to lift the bottle to the filling-head, the release of the bottle being effected by the roller h<6> engaging the arm h' connected to the weighted arm h<3> on the spindle of the cam h<1>. The filling and snifting valves are operated through bell-crank levers by the cams e<5>, f<1>, respectively, a distance-piece, which projects through the casing c, being interposed between the cam e<5> and the lever of the filling-valve. A suitable chuck G &c. is provided for fixing the screw or other stopper or seal on the bottle. The stopper or seal is delivered to the chuck by means of the carrier g<4> mounted on the rod g<5>, which is moved inwards by a spring through a slot g<6> in the disc A, to bring the carrier into alignment with the chuck. When in this position, the rod g<5> is rocked by the cam projection g<7>, to press the stopper &c. into the chuck, after which the rod is forced outwards to its original position by the disc A engaging the inclined arm g<9> on the rod. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, a rest K adapted to hold a number of bottles is employed. The supporting-blocks H<1> are mounted on lateral arms on the lower ends of the plungers q<1>, which are carried by a central spindle driven through the gearing p<1>, p from the shaft h<2>, and are lifted successively by the cam h<1>, Fig. 3. The arm l on the shaft h<2> engages the pin m<3>, which projects through the weighted arm m<1> on the loose collar m into engagement with the ratchet teeth m<4> on the pinion p<1>, so that the motion of the shaft h' rotates the bottle-rest with a step-by-step movement. The upper ends of the plungers q<1> are provided with spring-controlled arms, adapted to engage with the bottle necks, and to hold the disc h<3> on the blocks H<1> in contact with the fixed cam disc or eccentric k<1>. As the rest K rotates, the eccentric k<1> forces the filled bottles outwards successively, to facilitate their removal &c. The machine may also be provided with an apparatus N for supplying measured quantities of syrup to the bottles. This apparatus comprises a ladle n<w> mounted within the syrup tank on the spindle n<x>, and actuated through the rocking arms n<y>, n<2> from the cam-disc A, to take up the syrup from the tank and deliver it through the tube n' into the funnel n<z>, from which it passes through the tube n to the bottles.