IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING SYRUPS OR OTHER LIQUIDS TO BOTTLES, SYPHONS, OR OTHER VESSELS USED FOR THE RECEPTION OF AERATED WATERS."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Adrien Auguste Mondollot, of Paris, in the Republic of
France, Constructor, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
SUPPLYING SYRUPS OR OTHER LIQUIDS TO BOTTLES, SYPHONS, OR OTHER
VESSELS USED FOR THE RECEPTION OF AERATED WATERS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Adrien Auguste Mondollot
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th October 1880.
ADRIEN AUGUSTE MONDOLLOT, of Paris, in the Republic of France, Constructor.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING SYRUPS OR OTHER LIQUIDS. TO
BOTTLES, SYPHONS, OR OTHER VESSELS USED FOR THE RECEPTION OF AËRATED
WATERS."
My Invention consists of improvements in apparatus for supplying syrups or
other liquids to bottles, syphons, or other vessels used for the reception of aërated
waters, and its object is chiefly to supply the said syrups or liquids in measured
quantities or doses.
The apparatus is composed of a metal or glass gauge for measuring the syrup or
other liquid arranged so that by means of a cock having several ways or channels,
it communicates at one time at the bottom with a tank of the syrup, and at the
same time at the top with the outer air, and at another time at the top with a
vessel of compressed carbonic acid gas, and at the same time at the bottom with
the syphon or bottle to be dosed or supplied.
In the first position of the cock the syrup flows into the gauge by its own
weight; in the second the pressure of the gas without effort on the part of the
attendant rapidly injects into the bottle or syphon to be filled a portion, changeable
at will, of the syrup contained in the gauge.
The gas under pressure which is employed for injecting the syrup is taken either
from the saturator of the aerated or soda water machine, or from a pressure
reservoir in which is momentarily collected all or part of the gas disengaged during
the filling of the bottle.
I will first describe the apparatus as arranged for supplying syrup or other
liquid to bottles.

page_text: It is composed of a gauge or syrup measurer, a stop cock for regulating the
admission of the syrup and of the gas into the measurer or into the bottle, a valve
for the aerated water worked by a projection on the handle which operates the
stop cock, and a reservoir holding gas under pressure, communicating by a tube
with the bottling cone.
The working of the apparatus is as follows:-When the cock is in the position
for admitting the syrup into the measurer, the latter is then connected by a way in
the stem of the cock with an opening to which is attached an india rubber tube
communicating with a vessel of syrup placed above.
At the same time the ways for the waste gas are in such position that the gas
contained in the measurer can escape through a valve box along a tube through the
said ways to the outer air.
In this position of the cock the syrup flows into the measurer by its own gravity,
driving out, as above described, the gas or air that was in it, fills this measurer
until coming in contact with a floating valve in the valve box above named it lifts
this valve and causes it to close the passage which allowed the egress of the gas,
and thus stops the ascent of the syrup in the measurer.
While the measurer is thus being filled, the left hand of the attendant is used to
press the handle of the cock, the projection of which handle coming in contact with
a stud of the aerated water valve, causes the water to flow into the bottle which
has just had its dose of syrup injected, as will be explained further on.
The bottle being then brought against the bottling cone, the upper part of which
is closed by the cork being driven in in the usual way close down to the openings
or ports, a part of the gas escapes from the water which arrives into the bottle,
and passes into the pressure reservoir by the tube which connects it to the filling
cone.
A valve placed at the base of the said reservoir prevents the gas escaping during
the filling and corking of the bottle, which are done in the usual way.
The bottle having been filled it is sufficient to release the handle of the cock, and
an internal spring of the aerated water valve then pushes back the projection of
the handle, and stops the flow of the aerated water through the valve.
To fill another bottle it is placed under the cone, and a cork is forced into the
.cone to within a small distance of the openings or ports. A quarter of a turn
upwards is then given to the handle of the cock. By this movement the cock puts
a channel leading to the measurer in communication with a channel leading to the
cone. At the same time the ways or channels conveying the gas are brought into
the position to permit the gas in the pressure reservoir to pass through the cock
into the tube leading to the box containing the floating valve, which the gas
pushes from its seat, finally finding its way into the measurer, from which it forces
out the syrup.
The syrup rises in a space between two tubes in the measurer, and
descends by the inner tube, and passing through the cock flows into the cone and
from there into the bottle.
Meanwhile the escape of the syrup ceases naturally as soon as its level has
descended below the end or orifice of the outer tube, so that at each dosing only
the quantity of syrup contained between the floating valve and the said orifice
escapes.
In order to augment or diminish the quantity of syrup injected, it is sufficient to
lower or raise the outer tube in a stuffing box through which it passes.
When all the syrup constituting the dose has been injected (an operation which
takes place very rapidly owing to the pressure of the gas), the handle of the cock
is returned by a downward motion to the position first described.
At this moment the compressed gas in the measurer could force back the syrup
and escape into the syrup reservoir. To avoid this inconvenience a ball is placed
at the base of the channel leading to the syrup reservoir, which at the proper
moment acts as a valve and stops the syrup.
The handle and the cock being brought to their original position, the operation
again takes place as already described, that is to say, the syrup flows into the

page_text: measurer, and the gas goes out of it by special channels; during this time the bottle
is filled, as above described. While the bottle is filling the pressure reservoir
becomes charged with gas for the next operation, and so on.
In the case of the apparatus just described being applied to the dosing and
bottling of artificial champagne, or of any other liquid giving much froth, the excess
of pressure could not be let out into the open air as is usually done with lemonade,
because a great portion of the liquid would escape as froth. It would be necessary
then to effect the complete easing of the bottle into the pressure reservoir, which
would then act as a counter pressure reservoir, and would be furnished with an
automatic escape valve. This valve is kept on its seat by a spring, the strength of
which can be varied by a nut which is bored in the centre to allow of the escape of
the gas when the valve rises.
By regulating the tension of the spring so that the valve can only rise under a
pressure, differing but slightly from that in the saturator which supplies the aerated
water to the filling stand, a continuous escape of the gas from the bottle is obtained
without the production of any froth. The bottle having been filled, the valve closes
under the pressure of the spring, and also a valve placed at the bottom of the
pressure reservoir, and the gas remaining in the reservoir will preserve sufficient
pressure to drive out the syrup in the next following operation.
The apparatus above described has a bottling cone for the use of a cork, but by
slight modifications the apparatus can be adapted for filling bottles provided with
internal stoppers.
I will now describe the arrangement of the apparatus when intended for filling
syphons.
The action is the same as that of the apparatus for bottles as regards the variable
dose of syrup, the admission of it to the measurer, and its expulsion by means of
the gas.
The aerated water valve is fitted to the body of the measurer. It differs from
the valve of the bottle filling stand by the addition of a snifting valve with lever,
which valve communicates by a tube with the pressure reservoir.
As in the injector for bottles, by pressing on the handle of the cock the aerated
water valve is opened; when the flow of water to the syphon ceases, the snifting of
the excess of gas is effected through the tube into the pressure reservoir by pressing
on the lever, while releasing the handle of the cock to stop the arrival of the
nerated water. Then the syphon is completely filled by again pressing on the
handle.
It will be understood that after the snifting of a few syphons, the pressure con-
stantly augmenting in the pressure reservoir, would become too great to allow the
escape of gas from the next syphons that were filled. To meet this difficulty, the
valve, which has already been described for the measurer for bottles in the case of
frothy liquids, is placed on the pressure reservoir. Here the office of this valve is no
longer to give a counter pressure so as to prevent froth, but is to prevent the
accumulation of gas which the several sniftings would occasion.
Besides this difference in the apparatus for filling syphons, the valve which is
placed at the bottom of the pressure reservoir is not necessary.
The apparatus can be simplified in all cases by using for the expulsion of the
syrup the carbonic acid gas coming direct from the saturator of the aerated or soda
water machines, instead of using the gas given off by the successive snifting, and
collected in a special reservoir.
In this case the pressure reservoir is naturally suppressed, as well as the tube
which puts it in cominunication either with the bottling cone or with the snifting
valve of the syphon filling stand, and in its place a tube communicating with the
upper part of the saturator is fixed to the channel of the measurer.
This arrangement, although more simple, has the disadvantage of drawing out of
the saturator a certain quantity of gas. To diminish this loss of gas, a regulator
can be fixed on the saturator with the object of bringing to a lower but even
pressure the gas taken from the saturator, whatever pressure this latter may

page_text: contain, thus effecting a certain economy, for since the pressure of 2 to 3 atmospheres
is sufficient for the working of the measuring injector, there is an economy in using
it at this pressure rather than at the higher pressure in the saturator.
The action of the regulator which I employ for this purpose depends upon the
play of a valve (which may be either a flat valve with rubber washer, or a conical
valve), which opens or closes communication between the gas inlet and the regulator
chamber, according to whether the power of a certain spring exceeds or not
the pressure of the gas in the chamber on an elastic diaphragm made of rubber
or leather.
By screwing up or down a nut, the spring is tightened more or less, and the
pressure desired in the chamber can thus be altered at will.
This pressure is independent of the tension of the gas on its arrival, because
it acts equally and in the inverse direction on the valve and on the elastic
diaphragm, which rests on a seat of exactly the same diameter as that of the
valve.
This regulator can be applied in all cases where a flow of gas is required at a
constant pressure, for example, for forcing up beer or other liquids by the aid of
carbonic acid gas drawn from the saturator of a soda water machine.
A slight modification of the measurers or injectors for syphons and bottles
consists in employing instead of the pressure reservoir, an arrangement composed
of a pair of vessels and other parts to allow the water which escapes from the
syphon or bottle at the snifting to find its way out. The gas and water from
the snifting pass into the lower of the two vessels through a channel and curved
pipe. The lower part of this vessel has a nipple into which fits a syphon shaped
pipe. Between the lower vessel and the upper one is a valve. While the water is
forced out by the syphon shaped pipe, which is so small as not to give passage too
quickly to the water, the valve rises up to a stop, and the gas flowing through holes
in this stop fills the upper vessel. When the lower vessel is emptied by the pipe,
the valve falls again, and a certain quantity of compressed gas remains in the upper
vessel sufficient to effect the injection in the next following operation.
Thus the advantage is gained of working with dry gas, and of avoiding the
passage of any water into the syrup in the measurer.
In the case of bottle filling, the constant communication between the bottling
cone and the atmosphere by the lower vessel and the syphon shaped pipe, give a
constant and automatic easing of the gas, and entirely dispenses with the foot or
valve snifting.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Adrien Auguste Mondollot in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th April 1881.
ADRIEN AUGUSTE MONDOLLOT, of Paris, in the Republic of France, Constructor.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING SYRUPS OR OTHER LIQUIDS TO
BOTTLES, SYPHONS, OR OTHER VESSELS USED FOR THE RECEPTION OF AËRATED
WATERS."
My Invention consists of improvements in apparatus for supplying syrups
or other liquids to bottles, syphons, or other vessels used for the reception of
aërated waters, and its object is chiefly to supply the said syrups or liquids in
measured quantities or doses.
The apparatus is composed of a metal or glass gauge for measuring the syrup or
other liquid arranged so that by means of a cock having several ways or channels
it communicates at one time at the bottom with a tank of the syrup, and at the
same time at the top with the outer air, and at another time at the top with a
vessel of compressed carbonic acid gas, and at the same time at the bottom with
the syphon or bottle to be dosed or supplied.
In the first position of the cock the syrup flows into the gauge by its own
weight; in the second the pressure of the gas, without effort on the part of the
attendant, rapidly injects into the bottle or syphon to be filled a portion, changeable
at will, of the syrup contained in the gauge.
The gas under pressure which is employed for injecting the syrup is taken either
from the saturator of the aerated or soda water machine, or from a pressure
reservoir in which is momentarily collected all or part of the gas disengaged during
the filling of the bottle.
I will first describe the apparatus as arranged for supplying syrup or other
liquid to bottles. This apparatus is represented in Figures 1 to 6 of the annexed
Drawings; Figures 1 and 2 are vertical sections of the apparatus; Figure 3 a plan,
and Figure 4 an elevation; Figures 5 and 6 are sections showing the stop cock in
different positions which it occupies at different periods. The apparatus is repre-
sented as fixed to a bottling cone for using a cork, but by slight modifications, as will
be well understood, the apparatus can be adapted for filling bottles provided with
internal stoppers.
The apparatus is composed of a gauge or syrup measurer R of glass or metal, a
stop cock I for regulating the admission of the syrup and of the gas into the
measurer or into the bottle; a valve D for the aerated water worked by a projec-
tion N on the handle P¹, which operates the stop cock I, and a reservoir R¹ bolding
gas under pressure, communicating by a tube X, X, with the bottling cone C.
The working of the apparatus is as follows:- When the cock is in the position
(as represented in Figure 1) for admitting the syrup into the measurer, the latter
is then connected by a way I', in the stem of the cock and an opening O, to which
is attached an india rubber tube communicating with a vessel of syrup placed
above.
At the same time the ways o¹, o, o, for the waste gas are in such position, as
seen in Figure 5, that the gas contained in the measurer R can escape through a
valve box B, along a tube m, n, through the said ways o¹, o", o¹¹¹, to the outer air.
In this position of the cock the syrup flows into the measurer R by its own
gravity, driving out, as above described, the gas or air that was in it, fills this
measure, until coming in contact with a floating valve a in the valve box B, it lifts
this valve and causes it to close the passage which allowed the egress of the gas,
and thus stops the ascent of the syrup in the measurer.

page_text: While the measurer is thus being filled, the left hand of the attendant is used to
press the handle P¹ of the cock, the projection N of which handle coming in contact
with a stud h of the aerated water valve D, causes the water to flow into the bottle
which has just had its dose of syrup injected as will be explained further on.
The bottle being then brought against the bottling cone C, the upper part of
which is closed by the cork being driven in in the usual way close down to the
openings or ports g, gl, a part of the gas escapes from the water which arrives into
the bottle and passes into the pressure reservoir R₁ by the tube X, X, which
connects it to the filling cone.
A valve placed at the base of the reservoir R¹ prevents the gas escaping during
the filling and corking of the bottle, which are done in the usual way.
The bottle having been filled it is sufficient to release the handle P¹ of the cock,
and an internal spring of the aerated water valve -D then pushes back the
projection N of the handle, and stops the flow of the aerated water through the
valve.
To fill another bottle it is placed under the cone, and a cork is forced into the
cone to within a small distance of the openings or ports g, g¹. A quarter of a turn
upwards is then given to the handle P of the cock. By this movement the cock
puts a channel a' leading to the measurer in communication with a channel r, ¹,
leading to the port g of the cone. At the same time the ways or channels conveying
the gas are brought into the position shown in Figure 6, to permit the gas in the
pressure reservoir R' to pass through the channels, o, o¹, o¹¹, into the tube n, m,
leading to the box B containing the floating valve which the gas pushes from its
seat, finally finding its way into the measurer R, from which it forces out the
syrup. The syrup rises in the space between the two tubes t, t¹, in the measurer,
and descends by the inner tube t, and passing through the channel 8, and through
the way I of the cock flows into the cone and from there into the bottle.
Meanwhile the escape of the syrup ceases naturally as soon as its level has
descended below the end or orifice of the tube t', so that at each dosing only
the quantity of syrup contained between the floating valve and the said orifice
escapes.
In order to augment or diminish the quantity of syrup injected it is sufficient to
lower or raise the tube t¹ in a stuffing box P through which it passes.
When all the syrup constituting the dose has been injected (an operation which
takes place very rapidly owing to the pressure of the gas) the handle P of the cock
is returned by a downward motion to the position first described.
At this moment the compressed gas in the measurer could force back the syrup
by the channel 8 and escape into the syrup reservoir. To avoid this inconvenience
a ball V is placed at the base of the channel s leading to the syrup reservoir, which
at the proper moment acts as a valve and stops the syrup. The handle P' and the
cock I being brought to their original position, the operation again takes place as
already described, that is to say, the syrup flows into the measurer, and the gas
goes out of it by special channels; during this time the bottle is filled as above
described. While the bottle is filling the pressure reservoir R¹ becomes charged
with gas for the next operation, and so on.
In the case of the apparatus just described being applied to the dosing and
bottling of artificial champagne, or of any other liquid giving much froth, the excess
of pressure could not be let out into the open air, as is usually done with lemonade,
because a great portion of the liquid would escape as froth. It would be necessary
to effect the complete easing of the bottle into the pressure reservoir R', which
would then act as a counter pressure reservoir, and would be furnished with an
automatic escape valve, as shewn in Figure 2. This valve is kept on its seat by a
spring, the strength of which can be varied by a nut E, which is bored in the
centre to allow of the escape of the gas when the valve rises.
By regulating the tension of the spring so that the valve can only rise under a
pressure differing but slightly from that in the saturator which supplies the aerated
water to the filling stand, a continuous escape of the gas from the bottle is obtained

page_text: without the production of any froth. The bottle having been filled the valve closes
under the pressure of the spring, and also the valve a placed at the bottom of the
pressure reservoir, and the gas remaining in the reservoir will preserve sufficient
pressure to drive out the syrup in the next following operation.
I will now describe the arrangement of the apparatus when intended for filling
syphons; it is represented in Figure 7 to 10.
The action is the same as that of the apparatus for bottles as regards the variable
dose of syrup, the admission of it to the measurer, and its expulsion by means of
the gas. The apparatus is fitted to the filling column by the bracket Q, and has
an inclined channel m' terminating in a hollow nut Z and a soft washer, against
which the spout of the syphon is pressed during the filling operation.
The aerated water valve D is fitted to the body of the measurer by a bracket
and bolts. It differs from the valve of the bottle filling stand by the addition of a
snifting valve with lever L, which valve communicates by a tube X, X, with the
pressure reservoir R¹.
As in the injector for bottles, by pressing on the handle P¹ of the cock the aerated
water valve is opened; when the flow of water to the syphon ceases the snifting of
the excess of gas is effected through the tube X, X, into the pressure reservoir by
pressing on the lever L while releasing the handle P of the cock to stop the
arrival of the aerated water. Then the syphon is completely filled by again
pressing on the handle.
It will be understood that after the snifting of a few syphons the pressure constantly
augmenting in the pressure reservoir would become too great to allow the escape
of gas from the next syphons that were filled. To meet this difficulty the valve
(Figure 2) which has already been described for the measurer for bottles, in the
case of frothy liquids, is placed on the pressure reservoir. Here the office of this
valve is no longer to give a counter pressure so as to prevent froth, but is to
prevent the accumulation of gas which the several sniftings would occasion.
Besides this difference in the apparatus for filling syphons, the valve (a), which is
placed at the bottom of the pressure reservoir, is not necessary.
The apparatus can be simplified in all cases by using, for the expulsion of the
syrup, the carbonic acid gas coming direct froin the saturator of the aerated or soda
water machines, instead of using the gas given off by the successive snifting and
collected in a special reservoir.
In this case the pressure reservoir is naturally suppressed, as well as the tube X, X,
which puts it in communication either with the bottling cone or with the snifting
valve of the syphon filling stand, and in its place a tube communicating with the
upper part of the saturator is fixed to the channel o of the measurer.
This arrangement, although more simple, has the disadvantage of drawing out of
the saturator a certain quantity of gas. To diminish this loss of gas the regulator,
represented in Figure 11, can be fixed on the saturator with the object of bringing
to a lower but even pressure the gas taken from the saturator, whatever pressure
this latter may contain, thus effecting a certain economy, for since the pressure of
2 to 3 atmospheres is sufficient for the working of the measuring injector, there is
an economy in using it at this pressure rather than at the higher pressure in the
saturator.
The action of the regulator which I employ for this purpose depends upon the
play of a valve S (which may be either a flat valve with rubber washer, as shown
in the Figure, or a conical valve), which opens or closes communication between
the gas inlet A and the regulator chamber B, according to whether the power of
the spring R exceeds or not the pressure of the gas in the chamber on an elastic
diaphragm C made of rubber or leather.
By screwing up or down a nut E, the spring R is tightened more or less, and the
pressure desired in the chamber B can thus be altered at will.
This pressure is independent of the tension of the gas on its arrival at A, because
it acts equally and in the inverse direction on the valve S and on the elastic
diaphragin C

page_text: This regulator can be applied in all cases where a flow of gas is required at a
constant pressure, for example, for forcing up beer or other liquids by the aid of
carbonic acid gas drawn from the saturator of a soda water machine.
A slight modification of the measurers or injectors for syphons and bottles
consists in employing, instead of the pressure reservoir, an arrangement composed
of a pair of vessels and other parts, as represented in Figure 12, to allow the water
which escapes from the syphon or bottle at the snifting to find its way out. The
gas and water from the snifting pass into the lower of the two vessels C, C³,
through a channel o and curved pipe o'. The lower part of this vessel has a nipple
into which fits a curved pipe o". Between the lower vessel and the upper one is a
valve a.
While the water is forced out by the pipe o¹¹, which is so small as not to
give passage too quickly to the water, the valve a rises up to a stop b, and the gas
flowing through holes in this stop fills the upper vessel. When the lower vessel is
emptied by the pipe o¹¹ the valve a falls again, and a certain quantity of compressed
gas remains in the upper vessel sufficient to effect the injection in the next
following operation.
Thus the advantage is gained of working with dry gas, and of avoiding the
passage of any water into the syrup in the measurer.
In the case of bottle filling, the constant communication between the bottling
cone and the atmosphere by the lower vessel C and the curved pipe o" gives a
constant and automatic easing of the gas, and entirely dispenses with the foot or
valve snifting.
Figures 13 and 14 represent a modified arrangement, in which the tubes t, t¹, are
contained within the bolt Y, by which the measurer R is secured in place, and in
which the valve a in the valve box B consists of a hollow india rubber ball which
closes and opens at the proper times the end of the pipe m, n.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner tho
same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,―
First. Constructing apparatus for supplying syrups or other liquids to bottles,
syphons, and other vessels used for the reception of aerated waters, in such manner
that the pressure of the carbonic acid gas from the aerated or soda water machine,
or from a pressure reservoir in which the gas disengaged during the filling of the
vessels collects, is made use of to force a measured or regulated quantity of the syrup
or liquid into each vessel, substantially as herein before described.
Second. The several arrangements of apparatus constructed and operating
substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein before described and
represented in the annexed Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Adrien Auguste Mondollot, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of April, One thousand eight
hundred and eighty one.
A. A. MONDOLLOT. (L.S.)