Patent GB-190801467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines For Filling Mineral Water Siphons.
Inventor: CARTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 1467. Carter, W., and Appleton, H. Jan. 21. Bottling.-Relates to a machine in which mineralwater siphons are continuously rinsed and filled, means being provided for collecting the surplus gas used in rinsing and for returning it to the gas reservoir, the rinsing-liquid passing away to waste. The machine is of the turn-over type, and is adapted to fill four or more siphons. A frame 1 supports a shaft 2 adapted to be rotated intermittently by a counterweighted hand-lever 4, pawl 7, and ratchet-wheel 8. To the end of the shaft 2 remote from the lever 4 are secured arms 10 carrying filling-nozzles 11 and siphon-holders 24. To the arms 10 are pivoted levers 16 passing through guides 17 and provided at their extremities with rollers 19 engaging a cam-ring 18, with which they are kept in contact by springs 21. These levers 16 support the heads of the siphons in spring-controlled rests 22 and hold them up to the filling- nozzles, the levers of the siphons being operated by levers 31 pivoted at 32 to the arms 16 and engaging the interior edge of the cam-ring 18. Gaps are formed in the cams to receive the levers 16, 31 and so permit the siphon valve to close and allow the release of the filled siphon, but a cam 30 on the hand-lever 4 prevents the rollers 19 from entering the gap until the operator moves the lever 4 backward. This prevents a siphon from being released before the operator is ready. The filling- head comprises a fixed distributing-valve 39 and a rotary boss 9, Fig. 3. In the boss 9 are ports 12 corresponding to the number of siphons to be filled, and connected to the filling-nozzles by connexions 14. These ports ride over the ports on the face of the valve 39, Fig. 7. In the valve 39 is a partly annular chamber 53, Fig. 3, connected at one side to the liquid supply 45, Fig. 6, and on the other side with the filling-ports 54, 55, 56, 57, Fig. 7 ; also, a partly annular chamber 58 communicates with a snift outlet 47 on one side, and with snift ports 59, 60, 61, Fig. 7. on the other side. In addition, a port 62, Fig. 7, and connexion 63, Fig. 6, may be provided for syruping, and a port 64, Fig. 7, connected to the blow-off valve 52, Fig. 6, may be provided for relieving pressure in the filling- head at the completion of the filling operation. The snift outlets are regulated by screw-down valves 50, 51, Fig. 6. The frame is provided with a protective net or guard, a quarter 67 of which is carried by the lever 4 so that it can uncover the filled siphon. In operation; rinsing-liquid is admitted by the port 54, Fig. 7, and is discharged at 59, Figs. 3 and 7, through the passage 58, connexion 47, and pipe 73, to the trap 68, Fig. 13. From this trap, the gas is sucked through a valve 71, say by a pump, to the gas reservoir, and the liquid escapes by a valve 70 to waste. When the snift consists of air, a two-way valve 74 may discharge it to the atmosphere. In the further movement of the machine, the bottle is syruped at the port 62, partly filled at the port 55, snifted at the port 60, further filled at 56, again snifted at 61, and finally filled at 57. The siphon valve is then allowed by the cam to close, and the siphon arrives at the port 64 of the blow-off valve 52. In a modification, in which the bearing of the boss 9 is formed in the top of the rear upright of the machine, the respective filling and snift ports are connected by radial instead of annular passages. The valves are conveniently formed by assembling a number of disks having the necessary slots and holes. The ports 57, 54, 62, 60 are elongated because they come into operation when the siphon is moving. At the positions 64, 59, 55, 56, the siphon is at rest.