Improvements in Machines for Filling and Stoppering Bottles.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Filling and Stoppering Bottles.
We, CHARLES WILLIAM CLAYTON of 33 Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham
in the County of Middlesex, and ROBERT JAMES WHITE of Cunard Street,
Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, Mineral Water Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to machinery for filling bottles with liquids and to means
for securing screw stoppers therein, and such machinery is also under certain
circumstances applicable to the filling and stoppering of bottles with internal
stoppers.
A convenient construction is made as follows:-We preferably make the
bottling part of the apparatus of a so-called "turnover" type in which is provided
a bottle rest of usual construction.
In place of the usual mouthpiece a mouthpiece is provided with a hole through
This screw is also
the same which serves as a guide for the lower end of a screw.
mounted in a nut which is suitably guided on the turnover frame, and movement is
imparted to the nut by reason of its working in a cam groove or path fixed to the
framework or standard of the machine, or being operated by a lever or other device
from such cam. The lower end of the screw before referred to is provided with a
cup, either made solid or provided with jaws and preferably lined with india rubber
or some material which will ensure a certain amount of grip when pressure is applied
for the purpose of holding and screwing the stopper into a bottle but it is evident that
any other kind of gripping device may be employed. The apparatus is provided
with valves for the admission of the liquid or liquids, and for snifting at the proper
periods in the revolution of the turnover arm.
In operating, the arm may be turned until the mouthpiece is upside down and
the stopper is then inserted. The stopper is well in view of the operator and is
more easily put properly into its place than if its is invisible, as it would be if it
were put into the mouthpiece when the latter is at the top of its revolution. The
bottle is inserted, and the turnover arm is then revolved so as to put into operation.
the syruping, filling and snifting arrangements, and the bottle is filled automatically.
On the further revolution of the turnover artn, the nut is moved in such manner as
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to cause the screw to revolve whereby the stopper is screwed into the bottle.
whole of the cup on the stopper is then preferably relaxed, and the machine is
ready for filling and stoppering another bottle. Instead of putting the stopper and
bottle into the machine separately, the stopper may be put into the bottle first, and
then both are put into the machine together.
The stopper may preferably be raised somewhat either direct or with a screw
motion before the filling commences.
We do not in any way restrict ourselves to the exact means described for effecting
the operations referred to or any of them as it is evident that the invention may be
carried out in various ways, for instance, instead of using a screw having a nut
operated by a cam groove or path, the screw may be dispensed with, and a spindle
substituted therefor, with spur wheels or other gearing which are or is operated at
the proper times by means of a rack or racks or the like.

page_text: This construction of machine may be used for filling and stoppering internally
stoppered bottles and if desired the mechanism for operating the screw stoppers
may under such circumstances be disconnected or put out of gear.
Certain parts of our invention may also be applied to machines in which the
bottles are filled when in a vertical or other position. As applied for instance to n
vertical machine, the frame is provided with a movable bottle rest of ordinary
construction which is connected to a weighted lever or spring and at the top to the
before described mouthpiece and cup. The cup is attached to the lower end of the
screw which is mounted in a nut bolted or otherwise fixed to the frame. The cup
on the bottom of the screw forms a shoulder, and causes the latter and the screw to
follow the up and down motion of the mouthpiece, the motion being caused in any
convenient manner.
In operating the machine, the stopper may either be put into the machine by
itself, and then the bottle is put in, or the stopper may be put into the bottle
whereupon both are put in together. Then the filling and snifting valves are
operated by means of cams lugs or other devices at the proper periods.
Dated this 5th day of February 1906
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
We, CHARLES WILLIAM CLAYTON of 33 Waudsworth Bridge Road Fulham
in the County of Middlesex and ROBERT JAMES WHITE of Cunard Street,
Camberwell in the County of Surrey Mineral Water Manufacturers 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
Our invention relates to machinery for filling bottles with liquids and to means
for securing screw stoppers therein and such machinery is also under certain
circumstances applicable to the filling and stoppering of bottles with internal
stoppers.
Figure 1 Sheet 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in front elevation a
turnover filling and stoppering machine constructed according to our invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation and
Figure 3 a sectional side elevation of a mouth piece to a larger scale.
Figure 4 Sheet 2 shows a vertical filling, and stoppering machine in front
elevation and
Figure 5 is a side elevation thereof.
Figure 6 is a front elevation of part of a modified form of vertical machine and
Figure 7 is a side elevation thereof.
Figure 8 is a front elevation of a modification, and
Figure 9 is a side elevation of another modification.
Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, it will be apparent that the bottling part of the
apparatus is of the so-called "turnover" type in which is provided a bottle rest A
of usual construction. In place of the usual mouthpiece a mouthpiece B is made
with a hole through the same which serves as a guide for the lower end or separate
extension C of a screw C. The mouthpiece is provided with washers B and B³
for forming a tight joint with the mouth of the bottle. This screw C is further
mounted so as to move with and turn in a sliding crossliead C and it also passes
through a nut D. The nut D and sliding crosshead Care both capable of moving

page_text: up and down on guides E on the turnover frame F and these guides are provided with
a handle E. Movement is imparted to the screw C¹ by reason of a lug or bowl C*
on the crosshead C, the bowl working in a cam groove or path G fixed to the
framework or standard H of the machine. On the further revolution of the
turnover frame the cam groove G' on the standard H operates the bowl D¹ to cause
the nut D to assume its proper position for screwing and at the same time the
screw C is held in position by means of the bowl C and cam groove G' also fixed
to the standard H. On the continued revolution the cams G and G respectively
cause the screw to approach the bottle and to revolve the stopper, the combined
action causing a screwing down motion. Or instead of causing the eams to operate.
directly on the screw and nut the two latter or one of them may be operated.
indirectly by a lever or other device from a cam or cams. The extension C of the
screw, before referred to, is provided with a cup I either made solid or provided
with spring jaws and preferably lined with india rubber or some such material
which will ensure a certain amount of grip when pressure is applied for the purpose
of holding and screwing the stopper into a bottle. In the example shown the cup
is made with some slots or holes at the side and an india rubber ring 1 is siipped
over in such manner that parts of the said ring project into the interior of the cup
and serve to grip the sides of or underneath the top of the stopper in such manuer
as to cause the latter to be held in the cup. The cup is further provided with an
india rubber disc 1' which serves to grip and cause the stopper to be screwed in
when pressure is applied. It is however evident that any other suitable gripping
devices may be employed. The machine is provided with a plug or disc filling
valve in the casing K for the admission of the liquid or liquids and with a snifting
valve L operating at the proper periods in the revolution of the turnover arm, or
frame F.
In operating, the arm, may be turned until the mouthpiece B is upside down as
shown and the stopper is then inserted. The stopper is well in view of the operator
and is more easily put properly into its place in the cup I owing to the screw being
raised by the cam G than if it were put into the cup in the mouth piece when the
latter is in its lowest position in the mouth piece. The bottle is inserted and
the turnover arm is then revolved so as to put into operation the nut D ready for the
screwing by means of the cam G' the syruping and filling valve in the casing Kon
the standard H and the snifting valve which is operated by means of a cam Hon
the standard, a tappet L' and bell crank lever L'in such manner that the bottle is
filled automatically when the mouth piece is nearly in its highest position as
indicated by the dotted line X X. It is however evident that it is not essential
that there should be a syruping arrangement as that part may be left out if not
required, and as regards the snifting this process may be arranged either to work
automatically by means of a spring valve, or the pressure of the bottle rest on the
bottle may be released by hand.
On the further revolution of the turnover arm the nut D is moved by means of
the cam G' and bowl D' in such manner as to cause the screw C' to revolve and
the screw is caused to descend by means of the cam G' and bowl C' whereby the
stopper is screwed into the bottle. The hold or pressure of the cup I on the
stopper is then relaxed as soon as the bowl C passes the cam G³, the bottle may
be removed by releasing the bottle rest A in the usual manner the cam H' operates
the snifting valve to drain the mouthpiece and the machine is ready for filling and
stoppering another bottle. Instead of putting the stopper and bottle into the
machine separately, the stopper may be put into the bottle first and then both are
put into the machine together. The stopper is then preferably raised somewhat,
for instance by means of a specially formed cam groove G' and with an unscrewing
motion before the filling commences, as already described.
We do not in any way restrict ourselves to the exact means described and shown
for. effecting the operations referred to or any of them as it is evident that the
invention may be carried out in various ways, for instance instead of using a
screw Chaving a nut D operated by cam grooves or paths, G, G¹, and G³ the

page_text: screw may be dispensed with and a spindle substituted therefor with spur wheel or
wheels or other gearing which is or are operated at the proper times by means of a
rack or racks preferably part circular or the like.
This construction of machine may be used for filling and stoppering internal
stoppered bottles and, if desired, the mechanism for operating the screw stoppers
may under such circumstances, be disconnected or put out of gear.
Certain parts of our invention may also be applied to machines in which the
bottles are filled when in a vertical or other position.
Figures 4 and 5 represent a vertical machine in which the frame is provided
with a movable bottle rest A of ordinary construction which is connected to a
weighted lever or spring and above same is the before described mouthpiece B
mounted on the frame H and containing a cup as described with reference to
Figure 3. The cup is attached to the lower end of a vertical spindle C which is
guided in brackets M M so as to be capable of sliding up and down and revolving
therein. There is a weighted lever G mounted on the frame H and connected to
the spindle C by a universal joint or otherwise. This lever permits of the cup
being raised and lowered and the spindle is revolved by means of gearing such as
bevel wheels G and G. The bevel wheel G is provided with a handle G' and
the bevel wheel G has a feather, (not shown,) which takes into a feather way
(also not shown) in the spindle C. The filling valve K is operated by a lever
having a cam K' and the snifting valve L is operated by a cam H' also on the
same lever.
Figures 6 and 7 represent a further modification in which the separate lever for
operating the filling and snifting valves is dispensed with. In this case the
shaft G of the bevel wheel G has mounted thereon two cams, namely K' to
operate the filling valve K and H' to operate the snifting valve L by means of the
double armed levers marked K' and H respectively...
In operating the machine the stopper may either be put into the machine by
itself and then the bottle is put in or the stopper may be put into the bottle
whereupon both are put in together.
It is of course evident that instead of using a plain spindle a screw may be
employed as described with reference to Figure 8.
Referring to Figure 8 which represents a vertical machine, it will be apparent
that there is a bottle rest of ordinary construction connected to a weighted lever or
spring, but as these parts have been described and shewn before we do not deem it
necessary to shew them in this instance. Above the bottle rest and mounted on
the frame H is a mouthpiece B through which passes the lower extension C of a
screw having at its lower end a cup to grip the top of the bottle stopper as
before described. The screw C¹ passes through a nut D attached to the frame H
and it is provided with a handle G pivotted to the frame in such manner that
when the handle is moved down for instance it causes the cup in the mouthpiece
to descend and grip the bottle stopper. On raising the screw the stopper is also
raised to be clear of the bottle, whereupon the filling and snifting can take place
in any convenient manner. The screw is then caused to descend and in descending
it revolves and screws the stopper into the bottle.
Referring to Figure 9 which also represents a vertical machine, the frame H is
provided with a movable bottle rest A of ordinary construction which is connected
to a weighted lever A¹ or the like and at the top by a slotted connecting rod A
to the before described mouthpiece which is capable of sliding up and down a
certain distance on the frame H. The cup in the mouthpiece is attached to the
lower extension C of the screw C' which is mounted in a nut D bolted or otherwise
fixed to the frame H, and there is a lever G pivotted at the top of the frame
which is connected to the screw C and to the mouthpiece by a connecting rod A
so that the mouthpiece imparts motion to the screw C¹ which carries the cup to
hold the bottle stopper.
The action is as follows: The lever A is depressed and carries with it the
mouthpiece only during the latter part of its travel, so that there is space enough

page_text: between the mouthpiece B and the bottle rest A for inserting the bottle. On
releasing the lever A', the weight thereon causes the bottle rest to rise and the
screw is screwed up carrying with it the cup containing the stopper out of the way
so as to permit of the filling operation which may take place by hand, or
automatically by for instance a motion being imparted to the filling valve by a
cam, lug, or other device, during the travel of one of the moving parts. The
snifting preferably takes place automatically.
The handle G is then caused to descend and the cup attached to screw C¹
descending more quickly than the mouthpiece and bottle rest A causes the stopper
to be screwed into the bottle. In operating the machine, the stopper may either
be put into the machine by itself and then the bottle is put in; or the stopper may
be put into the bottle, whereupon both are put in together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A turnover machine for filling bottles with liquids and securing screw or
internal stoppers therein consisting of a standard on which is mounted a turnover
frame with means for filling and snifting and means for screwing stoppers out and
in substantially as set forth.
2. In a turnover machine for filling bottles with liquids and securing screw or
internal stoppers therein, the combination of a turnover frame F provided with
filling and snifting valves, a bottle rest A, a mouthpiece B having a cup I mounted
on the extension of a screw C¹ with a cross head C2 and bowl C3, said screw
working in a nut D with a bowl D' and cam grooves G G and G for operating
the revolution and longitudinal movement of the cup I substantially as described
and shewn with reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3.
3. A mouthpiece B for a filling and stoppering machine provided with a washer
or washers for forming a tight joint with the mouth of the bottle, a cup I mounted
on the prolongation of a screw or on a spindle for the purpose of gripping the
head of a stopper and filling and snifting valves substantially as described and
shewn.
4. In a vertical machine for filling bottles with liquids and securing screw
stoppers therein the combination of a bottle rest A, a mouthpiece B with filling
and snifting valves and having a cup mounted on a spindle C with a lever G for
effecting the vertical movement of the spindle and gearing for effecting the
revolution thereof substantially as described and shewn with reference to Figures 4
and 5.
5. In a vertical machine for filling bottles with liquids and securing screw
stoppers therein the combination of a bottle rest, a mouthpiece B with filling and
snifting valves operated by cams on the shaft GB and having a cup mounted on a
spindle C with a lever G for effecting the vertical movement of the spindle and
gearing for effecting the revolution thereof substantially as described with reference
to Figures 6 and 7.
6. In a vertical machine for filling bottles with liquids and securing screw
stoppers therein, the combination of a bottle rest, a mouth piece B with filling and
snifting valves and having a cup mounted on the extension, of a screw C, said
screw working in a nut D with a lever G for operating same substantially as
described and shewn with reference to Figure 8.
7. In a vertical machine for filling bottles with liquids and securing screw
stoppers therein the combination of a bottle rest A, a mouth piece B capable of
sliding up and down connected to the said bottle rest, having filling and snifting
valves and a cup mounted on the extension of a screw C, said screw working in a
nut D with a lever G' for operating the screw by hand and communicating with
the bottle rest by means of connecting rods substantially as described and shewn
with reference to Figure 9.

page_text: 8. The constructions of machines for filling bottles with liquids and securing
screw or internal stoppers therein substantially as described and shewn on the
drawings.
Dated this Fifth day of November 1896.
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.