Improvements in Bottling Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 16th Feb., 1895
Improvements in Bottling Machines.
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:-
According to this invention the bottle is filled with the aërated liquid in such a
manner that the outlet end of the liquid supply pipe is at once covered with the
liquid in the bottle, that internal pressure is created and that frothing is prevented,
the beer or other liquid being also prevented from mixing with the air in the bottle.
For this purpose the bottle which is carried between the mouthpiece and the rest is
adapted to be swung round on a pivot to a slanting position neck downwards for
being filled and suitable means are provided for meanwhile making a gas tight joint
When
at the mouth of the bottle and for snifting or releasing the air enclosed.
the bottle is brought into the vertical position neck upwards the cork or other
stopper is inserted.
When the improvements are applied to cork stoppering the mouthpiece is
provided with "cone "and plunger for driving in the cork.
When the improvements are applied to screw stoppering the mouthpiece is
provided with a hollow rubber ring or ring cushion through which the neck end of
the bottle can pass freely but which when compressed grips the neck tightly
whereupon the liquid can be let in and subsequently the screw stopper screwed
in. The compression may be effected end ways by a coarse-threaded screw
actuated by a handle provided with a catch or pawl for taking into one of
several retaining notches formed on the circumference of the mouthpiece.
Dated this 28th day of February 1894.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
Improvements in Bottling Machines.
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 and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :—
According to this invention the bottle is filled with the aërated liquid in such a
manner that the outlet end of the liquid supply pipe is at once covered with the
liquid in the bottle, that internal pressure is created and that frothing is prevented
the beer or other liquid being also prevented from mixing with the air in the
bottle. The invention is applied to screw stoppering. The mouthpiece is pro-
vided with a hollow rubber ring or ring cushion through which the neck end
of the bottle can pass freely but which when compressed grips the neck tightly

page_text: whereupon the liquid can be let in and subsequently the screw stopper screwed
in. The compression of the hollow rubber ring may be effected endways by a
coarse-threaded screw gland screwed into the mouthpiece, which latter is formed
with a recess wherein is contained the rubber ring; this coarse threaded gland
is actuated by a handle provided with a catch or pawl taking into one of several
retaining notches formed on the circumference of the mouthpiece. Or the ring
cushion placed in the recess may be compressed permanently by a screwed gland
to such an extent that the bottle neck when pressed through it with a little
force forms liquid tight joint therewith.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a vertical section through such an
apparatus and Figure 2 an enlarged part of same.
The bottle is placed on an adjustable holder A which is guided on the frame D
and by treadle B and connecting rod C can be raised as required in the well-known
manner. The filling tube E is fixed in the head E' provided with filling cock and
by means of a flexible tube connected with the aërated liquid container so that the
head E can freely slide up and down on the frame D in the well-known manner,
F being a screw for adjusting the extent of lift. The head E is by a rod G
connected to a hand lever H that has its fulcrum H on the bracket D' on the
frame D and is provided with counterweight H².
The filling tube E passing through a stuffing box I¹ enters a sleeve I which in a
recessed part at the bottom carries an ebonite socket 12 into which the head of the
screw stopper K fits rather tightly. The sleeve I passes through a stuffing box L'
into a socket L see Figure 2 which in a bottom recess contains a hollow rubber
ring M.
This ring is by means of a screw gland L2 held in the said recess and
is of such a size that the end part of the bottle neck can be pushed up through
it liquid tight. The socket L has a front opening which can be closed by the
plug N at the end of the forkshaped slide N that is guided in the frame Ď and
in.a bracket D' fixed thereto. The slide N is connected to a bellcrank lever O O¹,
the fulcrum pin O2 of which is in the bracket D'.
P is a spindle in the bracket D¹ provided with a handle P2 for turning it and
provided with a tooth-wheel P that gears with a tooth wheel Q' on a spindle Q
on which is fixed a cam Q2 and a cam Q³. The cam Q2 serves to raise the bell-
crank lever O10, a spring 0³ serving to lower it again. The cam Q3 acts against
a lever R which by a rod R¹ is connected to a slide S that carries the sleeve I and
is guided on the frame D. The rod and spring R2 serve to lower it again. A bevel
wheel T is fixed on the sleeve I and another such wheel U gearing therewith shewn
in dotted lines is mounted in a bracket S¹ on the sliding block S; a handle U₁ on
the spindle of the latter wheel serves to turn it and thereby also the wheel T and the
sleeve I.
The action of the machine is as follows: A screw stopper K having been put in
the slide N in the out position of the latter as shewn and a bottle having been
placed on the holder A the latter is raised by the treadle B so that the bottle neck
passes into the rubber ring M; the slide N is then by turning the handle on
the spindle P and by the wheels P and Q the cam Q2 and the bellcrank
lever O'O moved into the socket L so far that the plug N¹ closes its front
opening. The tube E being then by the lever H and rod G lowered nearly
to the bottom of the bottle and the liquid supply cock automatically opened in
the usual manner; the bottle is filled with the liquid. By turning of the
handle on spindle P the tube E is raised into the position shewn and next, the
cam Q brings the slide N and screw stopper K so far into the socket L that
the screw stopper comes over the bottle neck whereupon the sleeve I is lowered a
little so that the socket 1 grasps the head of the screw stopper by frictional
pressure. The slide N is then pushed out from under the stopper. By a turn
of the handle U¹ on the spindle in the bracket D' the socket I carries round the
screw stopper and screws it into the bottle neck. The plug N is then drawn out
for the purpose of inserting a fresh screw stopper K, the bottle holder A is lowered
and a fresh bottle placed thereon.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a modified form of bottling machine; the
action is the same as that of Fig. 1 but all the motions are derived from cams on a
vertical shaft Q which is driven by worm wheel Q' and worm P¹; the latter is on
a spindle P which is fitted with driving handle P' for working it by hand or with
strap pulley Ps for working it by power. The cam B gears with the bowl C on
the adjustable bottle holder A thus serving the same purpose as the treadle B and
connecting rod C in Fig. 1. The cam gears with a bowl on the lever O¹, the
lever O being connected to the slide N, thus serving the same purpose as the
cam Q2 in Fig. 1. The cam Q3 gears with the bowl R on the sliding block S thus
serving the same purpose as the cam Q³ the lever R, the rod R¹ and the spring and
rod R in Fig. 1. The tooth sector U is fixed on the cam Q3 and is made to gear
at the proper moment with the tooth wheel T which latter is fixed on the sleeve 1;
by this means the screw stopper K is screwed into the bottle neck in the same
manner as by means of the handle U₁ and the wheels U and T in Fig. 1.
upper cam H gearing with the bowl G on the sliding block and cock E' is counter-
balanced by the weight H2 suspended by a cord passing over a pulley corresponds
to the block S, rod G and counterweighted lever H in Fig. 1.
In this Fig. 3
The
all the motions are performed in the same order as in Fig. 1 but by the rotation of
one spindle P.
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. In a machine for bottling with screw stoppers a socket L with lower joint ring
for making liquid tight joint with the bottle neck, an upper stuffing box for
sliding therethrough a rotatable sleeve which carries a socket for holding the
head of the screw stopper and a tube connected to the liquid supply and an
opening provided with stuffing box for the liquid tight entry of a plug which
carries the screw stopper, in combination with suitable means for bringing the
bottle neck into and out of the lower joint ring, for raising and lowering the
filling tube, for raising and lowering the sleeve, for entering and withdrawing
the plug and for rotating the sleeve and the screw stopper inserted in its socket
substantially in the manner described.
2. In a machine as firstly claimed the application to the socket L of a hollow
rubber joint ring M with means for compressing it so as to make liquid tight
joint with the bottle neck substantially as set forth.
3. In a machine as firstly claimed the socket L in combination with the sleeve 1
provided with socket 12, and means for rotating the sleeve substantially as set
forth.
4. In a machine as firstly claimed the socket L in combination with the slide N
with plug N' and the means described and shown for reciprocating the slide.
5. The combination of parts forming the screw stopper bottling machine described
with reference to Fig. 1.
6. The combination of parts forming the screw stopper bottling machine described
with reference to Fig. 3.
Dated this 28th day of December 1894.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.