IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING THE SYRUP IN THE MANUFACTURE OF AERATED BEVERAGES AND OTHER LIQUIDS, ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Adams, Turner, and Henry Barrett, Soda
Water Manufacturer, both of Saint Helier, Jersey, one of the
Channel Islands, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR SUPPLYING THE SYRUP IN THE MANUFACTURE OF AERATED BEVERAGES
AND OTHER LIQUIDS, ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES."
Sealed the 5th March 1869, and dated the 9th September 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Adams and Henry
Barrett at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 9th September 1868.
We, JOHN ADAMS, Turner, and HENRY BARRATT, Soda Water Manu-
facturer, both of Saint Helier, Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING THE SYRUP IN THE MANUFACTURE OF AËRATED
BEVERAGES AND OTHER LIQUIDS, ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES," to be as
follows, that is to say :-
The Invention consists in an improved pump or apparatus for
supplying any required quantity of syrup to aërated or other beverages;

page_text: applicable for owner purposes, such as drawing or measuring
any required quantity of liquid, or forcing any required quantity of
liquid to any required place. It is particularly adapted for bottling
effervescing beverages, as it puts a given quantity of syrup into each
bottle at the same time as the bottle is filled with aërated water, which
is a great advantage to manufacturers of aërated beverages.
This pump or apparatus is constructed as follows:-It has a cylinder
or barrel in which works a piston or plunger consisting of a ring or
short hollow cylinder furnished with a spindle valve at the bottom;
the rod of this piston passes through a stuffing box in the cover of the
cylinder in the usual manner; this rod is provided at top with an arm
which is jointed to a connecting rod passing down outside the pump
body, and is furnished with a regulating bar for altering the length of
the stroke of the piston; this regulating bar is attached to a hand lever
below the bottom of the pump; one end of this lever works on a pivot or
joint, and the other end is free and serves as a handle for working the
pump. A pipe from the syrup receiver is connected by a proper union
to the upper part of the pump barrel; this pipe is furnished with a stop-
cock and also with a spindle valve which opens and allows the passage
of the syrup into the pump barrel during the downward stroke of the
piston. The lower part of the pump barrel is also provided with a
spindle valve opening during the downward stroke of the piston; both
these valves are closed by spiral springs during the upward stroke of the
piston, whilst the valve in the piston is closed by a spring during its
downward stroke and opens during its upward stroke. The base of the
pump barrel is provided below the valve in the barrel with a pipe
leading to the bottling machine; it has also a projection on one side
provided with a union for a pipe which conveys the aërated water from
the soda water machine; in this projecting part is a spindle valve closed
by a spring, the spindle of this valve projects below the base of the pump
barrel, and is pressed and the valve thereby opened by the lever handle
on the completion of the upward stroke of the piston. The seats of the
valves are furnished with india-rubber washers to secure an air-tight
'joint when the valves are shut.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Adams and Henry Barrett in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 6th March 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
ADAMS, Turner, and HENRY BARRETT, Soda Water Manufacturer, both
of Saint Helier, Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, send grecting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said John Adams and Henry
Barrett, Her special licence that we, the said John Adams and Henry
Barrett, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we,
the said John Adams and Henry Barrett, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
SUPPLYING THE SYRUP IN THE MANUFACTURE OF AERATED BEVERAGES AND OTHER
LIQUIDS, ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said John Adams and Henry Barrett, our executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or
one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Adams on behalf of myself
and the said 'Henry Barrett, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing and to the
figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say :-
.
The Invention consists in an improved pump or apparatus for
supplying any required quantity of syrup to aërated or other beverages;

page_text: it is also applicable for other purposes, such as drawing or measuring
any required quantity of liquid; or forcing any required quantity of
liquid to any required place.
This improved pump or apparatus is constructed as follows:-It has
a cylinder or barrel in which works a piston or plunger consisting of a
ring or short hollow cylinder furnished with a spindle valve at the
bottom; the rod of this piston passes through a stuffing box in the
cover of the cylinder in the usual manner; this rod is provided at top
with an arm which is jointed to a connecting rod passing down outside
the pump body, and is furnished with a regulating bar for altering the
length of the stroke of the piston; this regulating bar is attached to a
hand lever below the bottom of the pump; one end of this lever works
on a pivot or joint, and the other end is free and serves as a handle for
working the pump. A pipe from the syrup receiver is connected by a
proper union to the upper part of the pump barrel; this pipe is furnished
with a stop-cock, and also with a spindle or other valve which opens
and allows the passage of the syrup into the pump barrel during the
forward stroke of the piston; the lower part of the pump barrel is also
provided with a spindle or other valve opening during the forward
stroke of the piston; both these valves are closed by spiral springs
during the backward stroke of the piston, whilst the valve in the
piston is closed by a spring during its forward stroke and opens during
its backward stroke. The base of the pump is provided below the valve
in the barrel with a pipo, leading to the bottling machine; it has also a
projection on one side provided with a union for a pipe which conveys
the aerated water from the soda water machine; in this projecting part
is a spindle valve closed by a spring; the spindle of this valve projects
below the base of the pump and when pressed the valve is thereby
opened by the lever handle on the completion of the backward stroke of
the piston. The seats of the valves are furnished with india-rubber
washers to secure an air-tight joint when the valves are shut.
To make our Invention better understood we will now proceed
to describe the same by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in
which Figure 1 is a plan of our improved pump (which works hori-
zontally), and Figure 2 horizontal section of same; the same letters a
in both Figures represent similar parts.

page_text: consisting of a short cylinder with the spindle valve c at the bottom
thereof; d, piston rod passing through the stuffing box e in the cover f
of the cylinder in the usual manner; from the top of the piston rod
projects the arm g jointed to one end of the connecting rod h, the other
end of the connecting rod being jointed to the regulating bar or link i,
which fits into a hole in the projecting part k of the hand lever 1, 1, and
its length may be adjusted by the thumb screw m; one end of the hand
lever ; 1, works on a joint m, the other end is left free, as shown, and
serves as a handle for working the pump. o is the pipe from the syrup
receiver; p, three-way stop-cock of same; q, valve in syrup pipe for
closing communication with the cylinder during up stroke of the
piston; r, valve at the bottom of the cylinder; 8', screw end of the
pipe for connecting the pump to the bottling machine; t, pipe for
conveying the aërated water from the soda water machine; u, spindle
valve in the projection of the cylinder for opening and closing the
communication between the aërated water pipe and the pump; the
spindle w of the valve u passes through the stuffing box x and projects
below the base of the pump, as shown.
The action of our improved pump is as follows:-The stop-cock p
being turned on, the handle 2, 1, is pulled.forward, moving with it the
piston, which by its forward movement opens the valve q and draws in
the syrup, at the same time forcing the syrup in the barrel through the
valve r into the pipes; as soon as the piston has completed its forward
stroke the valves q and rare closed by their spiral springs; the piston
is then moved backwards by the backward movement of the handle 1,
when the syrup above the piston overcomes the spring of the valve c,
which opens and allows the passage of the syrup into the lower part of
the barrel, ready to be forced into the pipes by the next forward stroke
of the piston. The valves c and being closed by their springs, as
described, the handle 2, 2, is pressed against the spindle wo and opens the
valve u, thus allowing the aërated water to pass into the lower part of
the cylinder below the valve r into the pipe 8, whence it passes with the
syrup into the bottling machine. The required quantity of aerated
water having passed through the bottling machine to the bottle the
spindle wo is relieved from the pressure of the handle I, I, when the
valve u is closed by its spring and shuts off the aërated water. The
same action is repeated for each bottle to be filled. The quantity of
syrup drawn in at cach stroke of the piston may be increased or

page_text: diminished by altering the length of the stroke of the piston by means
of the adjustable bar i and thumb screw m.
Having now described the nature of our Invention and the best
means with which we are acquainted for carrying the same into effect,
we wish it to be understood that what we claim is, the improved
arrangement or construction of apparatus for supplying syrup in the
manufacture of aerated beverages and other liquids, and for other
purposes, as herein-before described and represented in the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Adams, have hereunto, set
my hand and seal, this Second day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Witness,
W. A. GILBEE.
JOHN ADAMS. (L.B.)