Improvements in and connected with Machines for Filling and Stoppering Screw Stoppered Bottles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, oru NOV., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Aug., 1899-Accepted, 28th Oct.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
. Improvements in and connected with Machines for Filling and
Stoppering Screw Stoppered Bottles.
We, ELIOT HOWARD and ROBERT SAMUEL. LLOYD, both of the Firm of Hayward
Tyler & Company, Engineers, and HENRY JOHN DOWELL, in the employ of the said
Firm, all of No. 92, Whitecross Street, St. Lukes, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in and connected with machines for
filling and stoppering bottles.
According to this invention the apparatus consists of a suitable frame in which
is mounted a cam shaft which is driven by a worm and worm wheel mounted on
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a shaft having fast and loose pulleys or in any other convenient manner.
cam shaft is provided with a cam for operating a rising and falling bottle block
which is provided with a spring in the ordinary manner. There is also a cam
on the cam shaft for operating a guard which is caused to swing or slide back-
wards and forwards to cover the bottle while filling and to leave a clear space for
the purpose of putting the bottle into the machine and for removing it.
The cam shaft is also provided with cams, preferably adjustable, for operating
filling and snifting valves either directly or by means of levers having bowls
or rollers thereon and these valves are mounted on and are in connection with the
interior of a mouthpiece. This mouthpiece is mounted on the frame and inside
the lower part of same is a leather or other washer for making joint between the
mouth of the bottle and the mouth piece and if desired there is also an india
rubber washer below the leather washer to guide the neck of the bottle when the
latter is put in or is caused to rise by reason of the rising of the bottle block.
The screw stopper is withdrawn from and screwed into the bottle by means of
a spindle which passes through a stuffing box in the upper end of the mouthpiece
and is at its lower extremity provided with a cup having movable jaws which
are acted upon by a spring or ring of india rubber or other material. The jaws
if desired may have one or more small projection or projections which take into
recesses in the side or sides of the upper part of the stopper. This kind of
stopper cup or wrench is of special utility for stoppers provided with rectangular
tops or thumb pieces. The stopper cup spindle passes into a sliding block suitably
guided in a slot or guides in the frame. The stopper cup spindle is caused to
revolve by means of bevel gearing actuated by a pinion mounted on the same
shaft as one of the bevel wheels gearing with a stationary rack on the frame,
the revolving motion taking place only when the sliding block moves, or the
stopper cup spindle may be provided with spur wheels and be revolved by quad-
rants mounted on the cam shaft. The stopper cup spindle is caused to rise and
fall by being provided with a screw threaded part working in a nut having prefer-
ably a pitch equal to the pitch of the screw of the screw stopper, but the rising
and falling motion may if desired be operated from the cam shaft in any conve-
nient manner.

page_text: In order to ensure that the ordinary screw stopper shall always be gripped
by the stopper cup before the spindle begins to rise there is arranged a kind of
lost motion between the screw at the top of the spindle or its equivalent and
the spindle itself.
Further in order to prevent the " over screwing" and consequent breakage
of the stoppers the stopper cup spindle has a yielding motion that is to say, it is
divided in its length, one part being provided with a coupling part and the other
part being similarly provided. These coupling parts have each for example
slightly sloping teeth of a more or less obtuse angle. The coupling parts are
normally held together by a spring but if there should be any particular or
unusual obstruction to the movement of the cup of the screw stopper spindle
the teeth of one of the coupling parts will ride over the teeth of the other coupling
part thus allowing the cup to cease revolving while not interfering with the
gear which normally causes it to revolve.
If there be a syrup pump the latter is suitably operated by means of a lever
and a cam which is either on the sliding block or on some other moving part
of the machine. An arrangement is made of a lever operated by the pressure
of the bottle on the bottle block or otherwise by which a valve which controls
the admission of the syrup and the water to the mouthpiece is opened only when
a bottle is in place ready to be filled.
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JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
Improvements in and connected with Machines for Filling and
Stoppering Screw Stoppered Bottles.
We, ELIOT HOWARD and ROBERT SAMUEL LLOYD, both of the Firm of Hayward
Tyler & Company, Engineers, and HENRY JOHN DOWELL, in the employ of the said
Firm, all of No. 92, Whitecross Street, St. Lukes, in the City of London, 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 improvements in and connected with machines for
filling and stoppering bottles.
In order that our invention may be more easily understood we will describe
the same with reference to the accompanying sheets of drawings of which Figure 1
Sheet 1 represents a power machine constructed according to our invention in front
elevation.
Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.
Figure 3 is a detail in side elevation, and
Figure 4 is a sectional plan of a detail, namely the bottle guard.
Figure 5 Sheet 2 is a detail view in sectional elevation of the mouthpiece.
Figure 6 is a plan view thereof partly in section.
Figure 7 is a detail view in elevation of the spindle and parts connected there-
with.
Figure 8 is a detail sectional plan view showing the lost motion device.
Figure 9 is a detail view of the sleeve of the bevel wheel on the spindle.
Figure 10 is a detail view of a part of the yielding or slip coupling and
Figure 11 is an inverted plan of the stopper cup.
The apparatus consists of a suitable frame A Figures 1 and 2 in which is

page_text: mounted in suitable bearings a cam shaft B which is driven in a well known
manner by a worm wheel thereon and a worm (not shown) mounted on a shaft C
having fast and loose pulleys D and striking gear E, or the cam shaft B may
be driven in any other convenient manner. The cam shaft B is provided with
a cam or cam groove F for operating a rising and falling bottle block G with
a spring H by means of a bowl G¹ on the said bottle block indicated by dotted
lines. There is also a cam B on the cam shaft B for operating a guard K (see
Fig. 1 and particularly Figure 4) with a cam groove K which guard is caused
to swing backwards and forwards by a lever L (having bowls L' and L³) pivotted
to the frame and a spring M so as to cover the bottle while filling and to leave
a clear space for the purpose of putting the bottle into the machine and for
removing it. If desired, the spring M may be omitted and the cam B1 replaced
by a cam groove.
The cam shaft B is also provided with cams N and O, Figures 1 and 2, prefer-
ably adjustable on flanges on the said cam shaft, for operating filling and snifting
valves marked respectively P and Q either directly or as shown by means of
levers and S pivotted to the frame A and having bowls or rollers T and U
thereon. These valves are mounted on and are in connection with the interior
of a mouthpiece by respectively the crooked supply channel 26 and the snift
channel 31 (see also Figures 5 and 6) which is mounted on the frame, and inside
the lower part of same is a leather or other washer V1 for making joint between
the mouth of the bottle and the mouth piece V. If desired there is also an india
rubber washer V2 below the said leather washer to guide the neck of the bottle
when the latter is put in or is caused to rise by reason of the rising of the bottle
block. The screw stopper is withdrawn and screwed into the bottle by means
of a spindle W Figures 1, 2 and 7 which passes through a stuffing box X in the
upper end of the mouthpiece and it is at its lower extremity inside the mouth-
piece V provided with an inverted cup Z see Figures 7 and 11 having movable
jaws 1 pivotted in an annular groove 7 which are acted upon by a spring or
ring 2 of india rubber or other material. The jaws 1 if desired may have one or
more small projection or projections which take into recesses in the side or sides
of the upper part of the stopper or as shown they may be plain for round headed
stoppers. This kind of stopper cup or wrench is also of special utility for stoppers
provided with rectangular tops or thumb pieces the jaws of course being fashioned
to correspond to the shape of the top of the stopper. The stopper cup spindle W
is mounted in front of a sliding block 3 provided with a bowl I suitably guided
in a slot or guides 4 in the frame and actuated by a cam groove I on the cam
shaft B. The stopper cup spindle W has mounted thereon a bevel wheel 6 which
latter revolves in a bearing fixed to the frame and connection between the spindle
and the bevel wheel 6 is made by a feather and featherway which permits of
the spindle rising and falling. The bevel wheel 6 gears with a bevel wheel 5
mounted on a shaft running in fixed bearings attached to the frame. There is
also a pinion 7 mounted on the same shaft as the bevel wheel 5 and gearing
with a rack 8 on the block guided in the frame A the revolving motion taking
place only when the sliding block moves. Or the stopper cup spindle W may
be provided with spur wheels and be revolved by toothed quadrants mounted on
the cam shaft B. The stopper cup spindle W is caused to rise and fall by being
provided with a screw threaded upper part 9 working in a nut 10 having prefer-
ably a pitch equal to the pitch of the screw of the screw stopper, but the rising
and falling motion may if desired be operated from the eam shaft in any
convenient manner.
In order to ensure that the ordinary screw stopper shall always be gripped
by the stopper cup before the spindle begins to rise there is arranged a kind of lost
motion between the screw 9 at the top of the spindle or its equivalent and the
spindle itself. In the construction shown in Figures 7 and 8 the lower end of the
screw 9 is for instance screw threaded externally and internally provided with a
stop 11 and the part 12 of the spindle W has a stop 13, the parts 9 and 12

page_text: being held together by a nut or collar 14. This allows the screw to take half a
turn without revolving the spindle.
Further in order to prevent the "over-screwing" and consequent breakage of
the stoppers the stopper cup spindle has a yielding or slip motion that is to say,
it is divided in its length, one part 12" Figure 7 being provided with a coupling
part 15 and the other part W being similarly provided with a coupling part 16
see also Figure 10. These coupling parts have each for example slightly sloping
teeth of a more or less obtuse angle on their adjoining faces as indicated by the
dotted lines in Figure 7, and by the full lines in Figure 10. The coupling parts
are normally held together by a head 18 on the part 12" of the spindle a collar 19
in the coupling part 16, and a spring 17 but if there should be any particular
or unusual obstruction to the movement of the cup Z of the screw stopper
spindle the teeth of the coupling part 15 will ride over the teeth of the coupling
part 16 thus allowing the cup to cease revolving while not interfering with the
gear which normally causes it to revolve.
: If there be a syrup pump, as shewn at 23 on Figures 1 and 2 it is suitably
operated by means of a lever 20 having a bowl thereon and a cam or as shown
a cam groove 21 which is either, as shown, on the sliding block 3 or it may be on
some other moving part of the machine.
The cam and cam groove are so arranged as to cause the syrup to be delivered
by the pump during the upstroke of the spindle carrying the stopper cup after
the stopper has been removed and to draw in a fresh charge of syrup during the
downstroke.
An arrangement is made of a lever operated by the pressure of the bottle on
the bottle block or otherwise or as shown by a double armed lever 22 operated'
only by the bottle itself when in position which lever actuates a valve 24
Figures 1, 2 and 6 controlling the admission of the syrup and the water to the
mouthpiece.
It follows that when the bottle is in position on the bottle block G and its
mouth is in the mouthpiece V, the lower arm of the lever 22 is forced back and
the upper is forced forwards whereby the valve 24 (see Figures 1, 2, 5 and 6)
is opened against the pressure of a spring and whereby syrup from the syrup
pump 23 is allowed at the proper moment as already described to pass by the.
pipe 25 and crooked channel 26 in the mouthpiece V to the interior of the bottle,
and the aerated water is also allowed to pass from the water supply valve P by
the channel P¹ indicated by dotted lines down the same channel 26 to the bottle.
But if the attendant should not at the proper time put a bottle into the machine
it follows that the valve 24 will remain closed and any syrup which is forced by
the pump 23 into its delivery pipe after the same is full must be allowed to pass off
or the barrel of the pump will be broken. For this purpose the pump is provided
in addition to its suction valve at 27 with a valve at 28 opening upwards against
the pressure of a strong spring and both valves at 27 and at 28 communicate 'by
a breeches piece 29 with a pipe 30 in communication with the receptacle for the
supply of the syrup.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. A machine for filling and stoppering screw stoppered bottles consisting of
a frame, a cam shaft mounted thereon, gear for causing the cam shaft to revolve,
a spindle mounted in the frame provided with a screwed part having the same
pitch as the screw stopper working in a nut, means for causing the intermittent
revolution of the spindle, means for causing the spindle to rise and fall, a mouth
piece in which one end of the spindle moves, valves for the admission of the
liquid and for the swift, means for operating these valves intermittently and a
bottle rest adapted to be moved up and down 'intermittently substantially as set
forth.

page_text: 2. A machine for filling and stoppering screw stoppered bottles consisting of
a frame, a cam shaft mounted thereon, gear for causing the cam shaft to revolve,
a spindle mounted in the frame divided as to its length in three parts, the upper
one being screw threaded, a lost motion device arranged between the first and
second parts and a slip motion arranged between the second and third parts,
a nut on the frame in which the upper part of the spindle works, means for
causing the revolution and rising and falling of the spindle consisting of a cam
on the cam shaft, a sliding block arranged to slide in bearings in the frame
and operated by the said cam a rack on said sliding block, a pinion mounted
on a shaft in fixed bearings on the frame and gearing with the said rack a bevel
wheel mounted on the said shaft, and another bevel wheel mounted on the spindle
so that both bevel wheels revolve together and so that the spindle may both
revolve and move in the direction of its axis, a cup on the lower end of the
spindle to grasp the bottle stopper, a mouthpiece fixed to the frame having
valves for the admission of liquid and for the snift, cams on the cam shaft for
operating these valves and a bottle rest operated by a cam on the cam shaft sub-
stantially as described and shewn.
3. In a machine for filling and stoppering screw stoppered bottles the sliding
block actuated by a cam and provided with a rack for operating the spindle
carrying the stopper cup substantially as set forth.
4. In a machine for filling and stoppering screw stoppered bottles the sliding
block actuated by a cam and provided with a rack for operating the revolution
of the spindle carrying the stopper cup in combination with the said spindle
having a screw thereon and a nut on the frame in which the screw is mounted
substantially as described and shewn,
5. In a machine for filling and stoppering screw stoppered bottles the com-
bination with the spindle carrying the stopper cup of a lost motion device to
allow of the spindle to be partially revolved before communicating such revolving
motion to its screwed part substantially as described and shewn.
6. In a machine for filling and stoppering screw stoppered bottles the use and
employment of a syrup pump actuated by a cam on a sliding block to deliver
the syrup during the upstroke of the spindle carrying the stopper cup after the
stopper has been removed and to draw in a fresh charge of syrup during the
downstroke substantially as described and shewn.
7. In a machine for filling and stoppering screw stoppered bottles the com-
bination with the spindle carrying the stopper cup of a coupling which will
permit the stopper cup to remain quiescent while the upper part or parts of the
spindle continues or continue to revolve substantially as described and shewn.
8. In a machine for filling and stoppering screw stoppered bottles the use and
employment of a lever or other device operated by the bottle itself when in
position to open a valve permitting of the delivery of the liquid or liquids to the
interior of the bottle substantially as set forth.
9. In a machine for filling and stoppering screw stoppered bottles the com-
bination of a lever or other device operated by the bottle itself when in position
to open a valve permitting of the delivery of the liquid to the interior of the
bottle with a valve in connection with a syrup pump normally closed by a spring
to permit of the passage of the syrup back to the receptacle for the supply of
the syrup in case the valve operated by the bottle should be closed substantially
as described and shewn.
10. In a machine for filling and stoppering screw stoppered bottles the use
and employment of a mouthpiece having a valve for the admission of the liquid
and a valve for the snift in combination with a valve operated by the placing
in position of the bottle itself substantially as set forth.
11. In a machine for filling and stoppering screw stoppered bottles the com-
bination of a mouthpiece having a valve for the admission of the liquid and a
valve for the snift and a valve operated by the placing in position of the bottle
with a syrup pump having a suction valve and a valve capable of being opened

page_text: when subjected to a high pressure and communicating with the receptacle for
the supply of the syrup substantially as described and shewn.
12. In a machine for filling and stoppering bottles the use and employment.
of a stopper cup provided with movable jaws acted upon by a spring substantially
as set forth.
13. A hinged guard for covering the bottle while filling provided with a cam
groove, a lever pivotted to the frame with or without a spring such lever being
operated by a cam on the cam shaft and by the spring or by a cam groove sub-
stantially as described and shewn.
14. The construction of machine for filling and stoppering bottles as described
and shewn on the drawings.
Dated this Third day of August 1899
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.