Patent GB-190711504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Bottling Liquids.
Inventor: RILEY FREDERIC GEORGE
Filed: 1907-05-16
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 11,504. Riley, F. G. May 16. Bottling.-Relates more particularly to revolving - table bottling - machines of the t y p e described in Specification No. 15,434, A.D. 1904, but is also applicable to other machines having an intermittent revolving motion. According to the present in. vention, the table is rotated by the positive action of a spring, which is put in effective operation from a powerdriven shaft. The table D, Fig. 6, has a toothed wheel C<5> in gear with a pinion loose on the shaft E, which has an arm E<3> provided with a pawl adapted to engage a ratchetwheel on the face of the pinion. The shaft is also connected to an adjustable spiral spring, by which the necessary motion is imparted to the table. By the movement of the push-rod G<19>, the shaft is partly turned to put the spring under tension, while, on the return movement of the push-rod, the spring turns the shaft E, and thus, through the pawl and ratchet gear, gives a partial rotation to the table. The push-rod G<19>, and the second pushrod G<14> for controlling the bottle rests, are operated by means of cams on a power-driven shaft on a second standard, fast and loose pulleys and belt change gearing being provided to control and regulate the motion. The push-rod G<14> is connected to a block B', which, at each stroke, pushes a bottlerest D' outwards against the action of its spring D<3>, to permit the insertion of a bottle, and, at the same time, by engaging with the table, locks it against movement until the push-rod G" is retracted. If a bottle is omitted or is insecurely gripped, the spring D<3> forces the block B' back on the rod G<14> against the action of the weaker spring G<15>, so that an extension B<3> of the block engages the stop E<6> on the shaft E, and so prevents movement of the table until a bottle has been inserted. The table D is formed as a drip-pan C<1>, which is emptied periodically into the stationary vessel C' through a valve opened by the cam C<3>. The bottle rests D' are mounted so as to be removable, to facilitate cleaning. The filtering-tubes H<9>, Fig. 1, are mounted on ball bearings on the sockets H carried by the revoluble casing C of the apparatus, and have air and liquid passages normally in communication with the corresponding passages H<6>, H<7> in the sockets. In case of a bottle breaking, the nozzles can be turned by the lever H<13>, so as to put the passages out of register. The controlling-cock-H<1> is mounted on the standard B, being prevented from rotating by flats at H'. The plug is held on to the face of the casing by the spring H<3>, which bears on the ball-race H', a second ball-race H<5> being provided at the upper end, so that adjustment can be effected to prevent leaking, while obtaining sufficient resistance to prevent the machine from racing. The supply of liquid to the cylinder J is controlled in the usual manner by the air-escape valve J<3> and the float J'. The gas pressure is admitted to the bottles, prior to filling, through the tube J<5>, and the gas displaced from the bottles during filling passes away through the passage J<7> and the single tube J<6>. This tube is located over the bottle which is in the final filling position, so that the gas from the partly-filled bottle passes over those that are full, thus causing a suction effect to remove any froth generated during the filling. According to the Provisional Specification, the spring for rotating the table may be replaced by a weighted lever &c,