Improvements in and connected with Machinery for Syruping Aerated Liquids, and for Filling Internaly Stoppered Bottles with the same.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 29th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 6th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Machinery for Syruping
Aerated Liquids, and for Filling Internaly Stoppered Bottles
with the same.
I, EDWARD SAMUEL CHAVASSE, of Ombersley, near Droitwich, Worcestershire,
Aerated Water Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in and connected
with machinery for syruping aerated liquids and for filling internally stoppered
bottles with the same.
One arrangement of my invention is as follows:-I provide a suitable framework
which supports the various parts of the machine. Supported so as to revolve in
bearings on the said framework is a horizontal shaft which I will call the bottle
holder axis having, at one end and at right angles a tubular cross piece forming a
bottle holder adapted to hold two bottles (or as hereinafter described the said
cross piece or a cross piece at each end of the said shaft may be made to hold one
or more bottles). The said bottle holder revolves intermittently with the bottle
holder axis that is to say, the bottle holder and its axis make half a revolution
and then remain stationary in a vertical position for a short period and then revolve
for another half revolution and then remain stationary for another short period.
I obtain this intermittent rotary motion by any convenient means but preferably
by means of a bevel pinion on the bottle holder axis gearing with a bevel wheel
on a continuously revolving vertical shaft below, the said bevel wheel having its
teeth cut away at spaces corresponding with the times when the bottle holder is
not revolving about its axis. On the bottle holder axis is a plate with flats at
opposite sides and when the bottle holder is not revolving these flats engage with
a flat plate attached to the bevel wheel so as to lock the bottle holder in that
position. This mechanism is the same as described in the Specification of my
former Letters Patent No. 3899 of A.D. 1889. The said vertical shaft is or may
be driven by a bevel wheel and pinion from a horizontal shaft. At about the
centre of the cross piece or bottle holder are two cups adapted to take the mouths
of two bottles the base of each of the bottles being supported by a nose piece at
the outer ends of the cross piece each of these nose pieces is formed with a tubular
shank which is free to slide upon the corresponding part of the cross piece or
bottle holder. The two bottles are thus supported in a line in front of the cross
piece so as to revolve therewith. At the centre of the tubular cross piece or bottle
holder and at the back thereof where the bottle holder axis is attached is formeil
a faced boss which bears against the front face of a valve box fixed to the frame-
work of the machine. This valve box forms or may form one of the bearings of
the bottle holder axis. In the said face of the valve box are openings from the
aerated liquid and syrup pipes respectively (which are connected to the valve box)
and in the boss of the cross piece or bottle holder are passages communicating
with the said cups in which the mouths of the bottles fit. The said tubular shanks
of the sliding nose pieces are nominally pressed inwardly by coiled or other springs
so as to hold the bottles. Each of these shanks has a side projecting pin (on which
may be a roller) and fixed on the valve box or framework is a cam so arranged
that as the bottle holders revolve and at the proper times (as hereinafter described)
the nose pieces will, by the side pins moving round the cam, be lifted up for
inserting a bottle in the bottle holder or to enable a bottle to be removed there-
from. Fixed to each of the sliding nose pieces is a spindle which passes down the
centre of the corresponding arm of the cross piece and its inner end is forined as

page_text: a shut off valve so as to close the passage in the bottle holder leading from the
valve box to the bottle when there is no bottle in the bottle holder and thus prevent
any leakage of the syrup or aerated liquid. This is similar to the arrangement
described in the Specification of my Letters Patent No. 3899 of A.D. 1889 above
referred to. These spindles pass through a stuffing box at the ends of their
respective arms of the cross piece so as to prevent the liquid leaking out. The
syrup pump is or may be arranged above the bottle holder axis and the plunger
projects at the bottom of the pump barrel and is moved upwardly by a cam fixed
on the bottle holder axis, the down stroke of the plunger being effected by a
coiled spring arranged on that part of the plunger which projects below the pump
barrel. The bottom part of the plunger is by preference made as a separate slide
which moves up and down in a guide and the bottom end of this guide has a ball
or roller bearing upon which the said cam acts. In this arrangement of my
invention the pump makes two strokes for every revolution of the bottle holder
shaft the cam for operating the pump being a double one. A delivery pipe leads
from the outlet of the syrup pump to the said valve box which is similar to that
described in my prior Patent above referred to and in which is the delivery valve
and there is also a spring relief valve communicating with the passages to the
syrup supply to the bottles and so arranged as to allow the liquid to pass the relief
valve and flow back to the syrup tank or supply when the said shut off valves or
one of them is closed. I prefer to regulate the stroke of the syrup pump by means
of small brass or other wedges which are of different thicknesses and are pushed
in between a collar on the syrup pump spindle and a bearing on the cast iron
frame.
The machine above in part described acts as follows:-The machine having
been started the bottle holder revolves intermittently as above described and
immediately before one of the periods while the bottle holder is stationary on the
top centre the sliding nose piece is lifted by its roller riding on the cam as above
described and an inverted empty internally stoppered bottle is by the attendant
placed in the bottle holder, the mouth of the bottle taking into one of the said
cups. The bottle is held in this position by the attendant for a short time until
the bottle holder commences to revolve again when by the shape of the said cam
and the action of the spring the sliding nose piece is caused to descend and press
the base of the bottle and thus hold the bottle securely. As the bottle holder
revolves to its lowest position the passage (corresponding with the bottle held as
above described) in the said faced boss at the back of the bottle holder in passing
the opening in the valve box leading from the syrup pump takes in a proper
measured quantity of syrup which is regulated as above described and which flows
into the bottle and when the bottle holder has made half a revolution the neck of
the bottle will be at the top and the said opening in the boss of the bottle holder
will be opposite the opening in the valve box face leading from the aerated water
pipe so that the aerated water will then flow into and fill the bottle. While this
bottle is being filled another bottle is by the operator placed in the other bottle
holder which is now at the top. At the termination of this period of rest the bottle
holder commences to revolve again which closes the aerated water passage and the
bottle holder makes another half revolution bringing the filled bottle base upwards
to the top, the sliding nose piece is lifted by the shape of the cam as above
described and the filled bottle is removed by the attendant and replaced by an
empty one the other bottle in the bottle holder meanwhile being filled as above
'described.
At the bottom of each of the said cups on the bottle holder is a projecting piece
in each of which is a passäge leading to the faced boss at the back of the bottle
holder and there are corresponding passages in the valve box so arranged as to act
as a snift and allow the air to escape from the bottles at the times when they are
being filled as above, described. To avoid splashing when the bottle is about to be
removed the passage through which the aerated water passed comes opposite a hole
provided at the back of the valve box and is passed away behind the machine.
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page_text: The said bottle holder may be similarly made to take only one bottle or more
than two at one end or at both ends of the bottle holder axis. When the bottle
holder axis has a bottle holder at both ends then I have to employ another valve
box at the other end of the bottle holder axis in addition to that above described
as will be understood and I may either make the one syrup pump serve for both
bottle holders or I may have two syrup pumps.
To the pedestal or stand on which the said framework is fixed I may provide a
moveable stand or table preferably of circular form to carry the boxes of bottles.
This table or stand is arranged to revolve round the said pedestal which can
readily be done either by the operator or by being made to work automatically
with a ratchet lever similar to those used on shaping and planing machines or by
other means.
This ratchet lever can readily be operated by a crank disc attached.
to the bottom end of the said upright shaft the outer end of the lever or ratchet
pressing against suitable teeth on the revolving bottle stand so as to turn the bottle
stand or table when the machine is at work the machine being geared so that the
stand moves at a proper speed corresponding with the rate at which the bottles
are being filled. By this means a lad can keep the bottler well supplied with.
bottles without getting in his way as the bottles and boxes. can be put on to the
table or stand at one side of the machine and as they are filled pass round to the
other side where they may be taken off.
Dated this 28th day of June 1802
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Machinery for Syruping
Aerated Liquids, and for Filling Internally Stoppered Bottles
with the same.
I, EDWARD SAMUEL CHAVASSE, of Ombersley, near Droitwich, Worcestershire,
Aerated Water Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in and connected
with machinery for syruping aerated liquids and for filling internally stoppered
bottles with the same, and this invention comprises :-
Improved means for holding the bottles while they are being turned and filled
and for releasing the same when filled, and which can be made to hold two or more
bottles simultaneously;
An improved arrangement of the syrup pump and means for operating the
same;
An improved machine embodying the features above named ;
And a table arranged to slowly revolve around the pedestal of the bottle
filling machine to carry the boxes of bottles and bring the boxes of empty
bottles to the bottler and take the boxes of filled bottles round out of the bottler's
way:
My invention also comprises other small improvements in the said machinery all.
as hereinafter fully described.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of a machine constructed according to this.
invention for, syruping aerated liquids and for filling internally stoppered bottles.
with the same; Fig. 2 is a front elevation and Fig. 3 is a plan of the same;
Fig. 4 is a front elevation (partly in section) of the valve box of the said
machine drawn on an enlarged scale;

page_text: valve box and Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively a plan and a sectional plan of the
same;
Figs. 9 and 10 respectively shew separately the bevel pinion and wheel which
give the intermittent motion to the bottle holder axis ;
Fig. 11 is an elevation and sectional elevation of the cam for working the syrup
pump;
Fig. 12 is a sectional elevation and plan of the sliding nose piece of the bottle
holder;
Fig. 13 shews how a bottle guard may be applied to the bottle holder and Fig. 14
shews the bottle guard separately (this bottle guard forms no part of this
invention);
Figs. 15 and 16 shew how I apply a revolving table to the bottle filling machine
as hereinafter described.
I will refer firstly more particularly to Figs. 1 to 12 both inclusive:-I provide
a suitable framework A which supports the various parts of the machine herein-
after described. Supported so as to revolve in the hearings a¹ on the said
framework is a horizontal shaft B which I will call the bottle holder axis having
at one end and at right angles a tubular cross piece C forming (with the sliding
noses D' D² hereinafter described) a bottle holder adapted to hold two bottles (or
as hereinafter described the said cross piece or a cross piece at each end of the said
shaft B may be made to hold only one or more than two bottles). The bottle
holder with its axis B revolve intermittently that is to say, the bottle holder and its
axis make half a revolution and then remain stationary in a vertical position for a
short period and then revolve for another half revolution and then remain stationary
for another short period. I obtain this intermittent rotary motion by any con-
venient means but preferably by means of the bevel pinion E on the bottle holder
axis B gearing with the bevel wheel F on the continuously revolving vertical
shaft below, the said bevel wheel F (which is shewn on enlarged scale by Fig. 10
having its teeth cut away at spaces f³ corresponding with the times when the
bottle holder is not revolving about its axis. On the bottle holder axis B is a
plate e with flats e²e at opposite sides and when the bottle holder and its axis B
are not revolving these flats ee engage with the flat plate f^ formed with the
bevel wheel F thus locking the bottle holder in that position. This mechanism for
imparting the intermittent rotary motion to the bottle holder and its axis B is the
same as described in the Specification of my former Letters Patent No. 3899 of
A.D. 1889 and forms no feature of my present invention. The vertical shaft "¹ is
driven by the bevel wheel G¹ and pinion G2 from a horizontal shaft G³. At about
the centre of the cross piece C are two cups c¹ c² fitted with the usual rubbers to
take the mouths of two bottles the base of each of the bottles being supported by a
nose piece (these nosepieces are marked respectively D' D2 and one of them is
shewn separately by Fig. 12) at the outer ends of the cross piece and each of
these nose pieces D¹ and D is formed with a tubular shank d¹ which is free to
slide upon the corresponding part of the cross piece or bottle holder. Within
the tubular shank d' of each of the sliding nose pieces in a coiled spring d² which acts
between the caps 3 and the shoulder d³ and thus presses the nose pieces towards
the cups c'e² so as to hold the bottles. The two bottles are thus supported in a
line (see Fig. 1) in front of the cross piece C so as to revolve therewith. At the
centre of the tubular cross piece or bottle holder and at the back thereof where the
bottle holder axis is attached I form a faced boss H which (see Figs. 1 and 13)
bears against the front face of the valve box I which latter is fixed to the frame-
work of the machine by bolts passing through holes in the flange i³. In this
valve box is formed one of the bearings of the bottle holder axis B. In the
face of the valve box I there is an opening j communicating with the aerated
liquid pipe J (see Figs. 4, 5, 7 and 8) and an elongated opening (see Fig. 4)
communicating by a passage k to the space above the syrup delivery valve ³
below which is a passage communicating with the pipe connecting the

page_text: syrup pump L to the valve box I above the syrup suction valve & below which is:
the main syrup supply pipe K. In the boss H of the cross piece or bottle holder C
there are two main passages m² m² (see Fig. 1) communicating with the cups c¹ c²
in which the mouths of the bottles fit. Each of the tubular shanks of the
sliding noses D' D' has a side projecting pin d on which is a roller d
and fixed on the valve box (or on the framework A) there is a cam N
(see Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6) shaped as shewn so that as the bottle holders C
revolve and at the proper times (as hereinafter described) the nose pieces D1 D2
will, by the side pins moving round the cam N, be lifted up as shewn in
Figs. 1 and 2 for inserting a bottle in the bottle holder or to enable a bottle to be
removed therefrom. Fixed to each of the sliding nose pieces D' D' is a spindle.
marked respectively do d' which passes down the centre of the corresponding arm
of the cross piece C (see Fig. 1) and the inner end of the spindle and dis
formed as a shut off valve so as to close the passages m² m² in the bottle holder
leading from the valve box to the bottle when there is no bottle in the bottle
holder and thus prevent any leakage of the syrup or aerated liquid. This is.
similar to the arrangement described in the Specification of my Letters Patent
No. 3899 of A.D. 1889 above referred to. These spindles pass through a stuffing
box cat the ends of their respective arms of the cross piece so as to prevent the
liquid leaking out. These stuffing boxes fit in the tubular pieces d' and thus form
bearings therefor and they also form a collar to keep the springs d in place. The
syrup pump L is by preference arranged above the bottle holder axis B see
Fig. 1 and the plunger projects at the bottom of the pump barrel and is.
moved upwardly by the cam O fixed on the bottle holder axis B, the down
stroke of the plunger being effected by the coiled spring p arranged on that part.
of the plunger which projects below the pump barrel. The bottom part of the
said. plunger is by preference made as a separate slide as shewn which moves up.
and down in the guide a² forming a part of the upper part A' of the frame A to
which upper part A' the syrup pump L is fixed. The bottom end of this guide **
may have a ball or roller bearing upon which the cam O acts.
In this arrange-
ment of my invention the syrup pump O makes two strokes for every revolution
of the bottle holder shaft B the cam for operating the pump, being a double one.
as shewn in Fig. 11. The delivery pipe above described leads from the
outlet of the syrup pump to the passage in the valve box I which valve box
is similar to that described in my prior Patent above referred to and in which as.
stated above is the syrup delivery valve ³ and there is also the spring relief
valve communicating with the passage to the syrup supply to the bottles.
and arranged with a bye pass so as to allow the syrup to pass the relief
valve and flow through the bye pass into the main syrup pipe K and back to
the syrup tank or supply when the said shut off valves formed by the ends of the
spindles d d or one of them is closed. The stroke of the syrup pump may be
regulated by means of small brass or other wedges which are of different thick-
nesses and are pushed in between the collar on the syrup pump spindle and
the bearing a on the cast iron frame A¹ so that the pump plunger only descends.
as far as these wedges will allow.
The machine above in part described acts as follows:-The machine having
been started the bottle holder C D D² revolves intermittently as above described
and immediately before one of the periods while the bottle holder is stationary on
the top centre as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 the sliding nose piece D' is lifted by its.
roller de riding on the cam N as above described, and an inverted empty internally
stoppered bottle is by the attendant placed in the bottle holder, the mouth of the bottle
taking into one of the cups say . The bottle is held in this position by the attendant
for a short time until the bottle holder commences to revolve again when by the shape.
of the cam N and the action of the spring & the sliding nose piece D' is caused to.
descend and press the base of the bottle and thus hold the bottle securely. As the
bottle holder revolves to its lowest position the passage m³ (corresponding with the

page_text: bottle held as above described) in the faced boss H at the back of the bottle
holder in passing the opening in the valve box leading from the syrup pump takes
in a proper measured quantity of syrup which is regulated as above described and
which flows into the bottle and when the bottle holder has made half a revolution
the neck of the bottle will be at the top and the opening m² in the boss H. of the
bottle holder will be opposite the opening in the valve box face leading from the
aerated water pipe J so that the aerated water will then flow into and fill
the bottle. While this bottle is being filled another bottle is by the operator
placed in the other bottle holder which is now at the top. At the termination of
this period of rest the bottle holder commences to revolve again which closes the
aerated water passage and the bottle holder makes another half revolution
bringing the filled bottle base upwards to the top, the sliding nose piece D2 is
lifted by the shape of the cam N as above described and the filled bottle is removed
by the attendant and replaced by an empty one the other bottle in the bottle
holder meanwhile being filled as above described. At the bottom of each of the
cups on the bottle holder there is as in my said prior Patent a projecting
piece in each of which is a passage marked respectively leading to the
faced boss H at the back of the bottle holder see Fig. 13 and there is a corre-
sponding passages (see Figs. 4 and 8) in the valve box I arranged to act as a
shift and allow the air to escape from the bottles at the times when they are
being filled as above described.
To avoid splashing when the bottle is about to be removed the passage m² or m
through which the aerated water passes comes opposite a hole t provided at the
back of the valve box and is passed away down the pipe u behind the front of the
machine.
The coiled spring r on the bottle holder axis draws the faced boss H tightly
against the face of the valve box. The adjustable screws d³ in each nose piece Ď¹ D'
enable the nose pieces to be adjusted to suit bottles of various sizes.
From the foregoing description it will be evident that the bottle holder may be
similarly made to take only one bottle or more than two at one end or at both ends
of the bottle holder axis B. When the bottle holder axis B has a bottle holder at
both ends then I have to employ another valve box I at the other end of the bottle
holder axis B in addition to that above described as will be easily understood, aud
I may either make the one syrup pump serve for both bottle holders or I may have
two syrup pumps arranged as above described.
To the pedestal or stand A. of the machine I may provide a moveable table W
preferably of circular form to carry the boxes of bottles see Figs. 15 and 16 of
which Fig. 15 is a sectional elevation of the table and part of the frame A and the
means for working the table, and Fig. 16 is a plan of the same only one half of the
table being shewn. This table W is arranged to revolve round the pedestal A on
four rollers only three of which are shewn and marked w¹ w² w³ carried respectively
by the brackets ¹² and there is another similar bracket for the roller which
is not shewn. It will be seen that the table W is of a skeleton annular shape
arranged below the bottle holder. This table can either be moved round by hand
by the bottler or (and this is what I prefer) the table can be moved automatically
from the centre shaft f' as by the ratchet lever Y which is centred at y¹ to the
bracket and carries a ratchet y³ at its outer end, and at its other end is moved to
and fro about the centre y' by the crank pin on the shaft fl. The ratchet y³
moves the table slowly round by acting upon the teeth w formed on the revolving
bottle table W thus turning the bottle table when the machine is at work. The
ratchet teeth are of such a pitch that the stand moves at a proper speed
corresponding with the rate at which the bottles are being filled. By this means a
lad can keep the bottler well supplied with bottles without getting in his way as
the boxes containing the bottles can be put on to the table at one side of the
machine and as they are filled pass round to the other side where they may be
taken off.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved machine for syruping aerated liquids and for filling internally
stoppered bottles with the same hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings the several parts of the machine being constructed and
arranged for joint operation in the manner substantially as herein before set forth
whether made with or without the revolving table for the bottle boxes.
2. In a machine for syruping aerated liquids and for filling internally stoppered
bottles with the same the improved construction of bottle holder made with the
sliding spring nose piece which is operated directly by a cam to hold and release
the bottles at the proper times, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. In a machine for syruping aerated liquids and for filling internally stoppered
bottles with the same the improved construction of bottle holder made with two or
more sliding nose pieces operated directly by a cam to hold and release the bottles
alternately at the proper times, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. In a machine for syruping aerated liquids and for filling internally stoppered
bottles with the same the use of the hereindescribed improved double bottle holder
in combination with the valve box I having its valves and passages arranged
substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn so as to operate with the bottle
holder in the manner hereinbefore set forth.
5. In a machine for syruping aerated liquids and for filling internally stoppered
bottles with the same in which the bottle holder revolves about a central axis as
set forth, the hereindescribed improved construction and arrangement of the syrup
pump and the means for operating the same substantially as herein before set forth
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
6. In combination with a machine for syruping aerated liquids and for filling
internally stoppered bottles with the same the use of a slowly revolving table
surrounding the said machine and adapted to hold the boxes of bottles and bring
them round to and from the bottler substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
7. In combination with a machine for syruping aerated liquids and for filling
internally stoppered bottles with the same the use of the slowly revolving table
surrounding the said machine and adapted to hold the boxes of bottles and
constructed and operated by the machine in the manner substantially as herein-
before set forth and shewn.
Dated this 28th day of March 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.