Year: 1886

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J, ANDREAS SAXLEHNER of 12 Waitznergasse IV, Budhapest, in the Kingdom of
Hungary, Proprietor of Bitter-water Springs, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to apparatus for automatically filling bottles.
The said apparatus comprises a wheel carrying rows of buckets of a capacity
corresponding to the size of the bottles to be filled. This wheel is mounted above
a reservoir provided with a float-valve for maintaining the liquid at a constant
level and in such a manner that each bucket dips into the liquid and fills at one
-part of the rotation of the wheel; and then at another part pours its contents into
a funnel-shaped pipe arranged on the adjoining end-wall of the reservoir. Below
the reservoir are placed carriages upon which the bottles, provided with wide
funnels, stand in rows. These carriages are moved forward intermittently so that
the rows of bottles are brought successively below the pipes into which the buckets
discharge. The emptying of the buckets at the proper time is effected by mounting
each row upon a common axis. Before and after emptying, the buckets, by reason
of their centre of gravity being below the axis hang in such a position that their
open ends are turned upward, while just before the emptying a cam on the
bucket-shaft strikes against a tappet and causes the oscillation of the said shaft.
In the accompanying drawing representing a bottle-filling apparatus constructed
according to this invention
Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section and
Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same.
Figure 3 is a plan of the apparatus partly in section, and
Figure 4 is a side elevation.
Figure 5 illustrates the various positions which the cams for effecting the
tilting of the buckets are caused to successively assume under the action of the
tappet.
A is a rectangular reservoir resting upon four legs or supports a and supplied
with liquid through a pipe B terminating slightly above the bottom of the
reservoir and having at its end a circular valve b. To an arm b' fixed upon the
axis of the valve is attached a float b by which according to the level of the liquid,

page_text: the valve b is opened more or less, so that the level remains substantially constant;
a water-gauge enables the necessary adjustment to be made.
Near to one end-wall of the reservoir A and parallel thereto is supported, the
bucket-wheel C. The latter consists of a shaft c upon which are keyed between
the walls of the reservoir the two ends c¹; and of the buckets c³ which are
supported in the said ends, by the journals c³, so as to be parallel with the
shaft c.
For the purpose of rotating the shaft c the latter carries at one end, outside the
reservoir A, a worm-wheel c, with which engages the endless screw or worm d
mounted upon the driving shaft D. The driving shaft is provided with the loose
and fixed pulley d¹ d².
As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the buckets c³ are channel-shaped and are divided
by partitions c into a series of chambers or buckets, the capacity of each of which
is equal to the capacity of a bottle to be filled. The position of the centre of
gravity of the vessels or buckets c³ is such that when they are free to operate
under the action of gravity they hang with their open ends upward. The open
ends of the buckets are provided with a wall co which is inclined in the direction
of the motion of the wheel. At the lowest part of the wall c" of every chamber is
provided a pipe c', which on the one hand, by cutting it off at any desired height,
enables each bucket chamber to be adapted for the reception of an accurately
measured quantity of liquid, and which on the other hand, allows air to enter the
chamber in pouring out the liquid, so that a rapid but steady emptying can
take place.
For the purpose of emptying the buckets at the moment when each of them
approaches the front wall of the reservoir A, the journals c³ carry cams adapted
to strike against tappets a¹ a' provided on the side-walls of the reservoir which
are prolonged upwardly. As shown in Figure 5, which represents six successive
positions of a bucket c³ during the emptying of the same, the cams c8 of the
journals of the bucket which is descending strike first against the tappets a¹
whereby the bucket is turned through about 130°; and then against the other
tappets a which during the emptying of the bucket c³ prevent its tilting over to
the front. In order that, after the emptying has been effected the bucket c³ shall
be brought back by gravity to its former position without rocking, the cams c³ and
tappets a¹ have suitably shaped surfaces which slide upon one another during this.
motion.
The streams of liquid flowing out from the several chambers of the buckets are
received by the funnel-shaped pipes E, arranged one for each bottle to be filled on
the outside of the front wall of the reservoir. From these pipes the liquid passes
into divisions of a troughed-shaped vessel F, from each of which divisions a
funnel-shaped projection f₁ extends into a bottle G.
The bottles stand close together in transverse rows on carriages H which are
movable along a line of rails. Above every row of bottles is a trough F having
divisions provided with funnel-shaped projections f¹.
Now as soon as a trough F has received the contents of a bucket c³, the
carriages H are advanced a distance corresponding to the width of one trough in
the following manner. Below the reservoir A is supported a shaft J parallel to the
shaft c, which shaft J at its end most remote from the worm wheel c' carries an
upwardly projecting arm j. This arm j is, by means of a weight fixed upon
another arm on the shaft J, constantly pressed against the pins c³ of a lantern-
wheel c¹ keyed upon the shaft c. The shaft J has moreover, at both ends
downwardly extending arms ³ carrying pawls j³. These pawls engage with
racks h arranged on the carriages H and having ratchet teeth extending from the
centre of one trough to the centre of another. Now, as often as one of the pins c³
of the rotating lantern-wheel c¹0 strikes the arm ; thereby oscilating the shaft J
and arms, the pawls ³ push the carriages H forward the distance of one tooth.
Pawls arranged on the bearers or supports a prevent the backward motion of the
carriages,

page_text: The carriages H have upon their platforms upright cross-walls h¹ which form
cases for the bottles, so that the latter can rapidly be put in the proper position for
filling. On both longitudinal edges of the platform are arranged bars h³ having
recesses h³ for receiving the ends f of the troughs F so that the cylindrical ends of
the funnel-shaped projections f¹ enter freely into the bottle necks."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First. Bottle-filling apparatus consisting of a reservoir for containing liquid; a
bucket-wheel provided with equidistant horizontal rows of buckets or chambers,
the capacity of each of which is equal to the capacity of a bottle to be filled and
adapted to dip into the said reservoir; funnel-shaped discharge pipes on the
outside of the reservoir into which pipes the said buckets pour their contents; and
carriages for carrying rows of bottles having funnels in their necks the said
carriages moving intermittently below the reservoir so that each time a series of
buckets is emptied a fresh row of bottles is moved under the discharge pipes.
Second. In the bottle-filling apparatus claimed in the preceding claiming clause
the rows of buckets each of which is made in the form of a trough divided into
chambers by transverse partitions and having journals at both ends, arranged in
such positions that the centre of gravity, of the buckets is below the said journals
whereby the open ends of the buckets, which have inclined walls, are maintained
upwards until cams provided on the said journals strike against tappets.
Third. In the buckets claimed in the preceding claiming clause the cams c
which by striking first against tappets a¹ effect the reversal of the buckets, and
then, by striking against other tappets a², prevent them from tilting completely
over.
Fourth. In the said buckets the arrangement of vertical pipes c7 on the lower
parts of the upper inclined walls c6 for the purpose of accurately regulating the
capacity of each bucket or chamber and of permitting the entrance of air during
the emptying.
Fifth.—The production of the intermittent forward motion of the carriages
carrying the bottles by means of oscillating levers having pawls which engage with
racks arranged upon the said carriages.
Sixth. The construction of the funnels for each row of bottles in the form of a
trough separated into divisions and supported at both ends, so that the funnel pipes
enter freely into the necks of the bottles.
DL: 1001
1006
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.