Improvements in Machinery for Filling and Corking Bottles.
Year: 1893

page_text: ate of Application, 21st Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 21st July, 1894-Accepted, 25th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Filling and Corking Bottles.
I, EDWARD SAMUEL CHAVASSE, of Ombersley, near Droitwich, Worcester-
shire, Aerated Water Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention consists in constructing and arranging machinery for filling and
corking bottles as hereinafter described. My invention is applicable more
particularly to the said machinery when used for filling bottles with aerated
liquids and for corking the same but certain parts of my said invention can be
applied to the said machinery for filling bottles with beer stout or other fermented
liquids and for corking the same.
In constructing a machine for filling bottles with aerated liquids and corking the
same I proceed as follows:-1 provide a central pillar carried by a suitable base
and about this pillar revolves a framework driven by a bevel wheel and pinion at
the base of the framework or by other means. This framework consists of a
disc-like bottom plate connected by upright stretchers to a stay plate near the top
of the pillar. This framework carries one, two, three or more sets of bottle
holding and corking appliances with the corresponding syrup pump, valve boxes
and snifting appliances which I will now describe and as each of the bottle holding
and corking appliances with its corresponding syrup pump, valve boxes and snifting
appliances is the same the description of one set will be sufficient.
The bottle holder is constructed as follows:-The bottle stands upon the top of a
plunger or slide which is suitably guided by fitting in a vertical cylinder or other
vertical guide fixed to and standing up from the bottom plate of the revolving
frame. This slide or plunger is made in two separate parts the lower part
projecting downwardly through the revolving bottom plate a coiled wire spring in
compression or other spring being provided between the two parts of the slide or
plunger. As the said framework revolves as hereinafter described the said bottle
holder slide or plunger in passing over a cam fixed on the base of the machine is
raised pressing the top of the bottle against a coned or other indiarubber washer or
collar provided at the bottom of a fixed socket which I call the corking socket
adapted to contain the cork and guide it into the bottle as hereinafter described.
The object of the spring in the bottle holder slide or plunger is to allow for
variation in the lengths of the bottles. In order to maintain the bottle pressed up
against the corking socket as above described whilst the bottle is being filled and
corked the upper part of the bottle holder slide or plunger is made with a series of
ratchet teeth one below the other which are inclined above and flat underneath and
adapted to engage with these teeth is a sliding spring ratchet or bolt by preference
arranged in a guide forming part of the cylinder or guide which supports the
bottle slide or plunger so that when the slide or plunger has been raised by
the spring in the bottle holder slide or plunger as far as the bottle will allow
the ratchet slide engages with the teeth of the slide or plunger and maintains it in
that position against the pressure of driving in the cork as hereinafter described.
When the bottle has been filled and corked as hereinafter described the ratchet is
released from the teeth so as to free the slide or plunger and allow of the bottle
being removed; this releasing of the ratchet can readily be accomplished by
means of an upright sliding bar carried by the bottom plate of the revolving

page_text: framework and arranged to pass over a cam on the base and provided with an
inclined portion on the top which acts upon a corresponding incline so as to be free
of the teeth on the ratchet slide or plunger.
I will now describe the means by which the cork is carried and guided and
driven into the bottle at the proper time during the working of the machine. As
before stated the fixed socket above described which is immediately above the top
of the bottle is open at the top and bottom the bottom of the socket being of a size
for the cork to fit tightly therein (so as to prevent the escape of liquid or gas
whilst the bottle is being filled as hereinafter described) and the top of the socket
is made large enough to admit the cork freely. Free to be moved to and fro in a
vertical line into the corking socket and out of it is the cork plunger preferably
made of metal and the lower end being of somewhere about the same diameter
as the cork. This cork plunger is carried by a sliding bracket which is suitably
guided by slides formed on one of the stretchers of the revolving framework or
otherwise arranged this stretcher also carrying the fixed socket above referred
to. The necessary movements of the cork plunger are obtained by the form of the
downwardly projecting flange of a stationary cam plate fixed to the centre pillar of
the machine above and surrounding the top stay plate of the revolving framework.
The downwardly projecting flange of the cam plate has a rib running round and
forming the cam which engages between rollers fixed on the sliding bracket so
that as the central framework and the parts carried thereby revolve this cam
shaped rib will give the proper up and down movement to the sliding bracket
and cork plunger carried thereby. Or instead of the downwardly. projecting
flange having a rib to engage with the sliding bracket there may be a groove
running round the flange and forming the cam in which groove the roller on the
sliding bracket would then engage.
The fixed socket above referred to which carries and guides the cork by
preference forms part of the valve box containing the syrup valves and water
valves and snift valves hereinafter described and to this valve box is fixed the
syrup pump which is arranged vertically the upper part of its plunger being
guided by the said revolving stay plate and being acted upon by a cam on the
underside of the cam plate above referred to so that when the machine is in
motion the pump plunger in passing over the cam has the proper up and down
motion imparted to it at the right times the upward movement of the pump
plunger being by preference obtained by a spiral spring surrounding the plunger
and the variations in the lift of the plunger being obtained by removable discs
or wedges of various thicknesses which are placed between a collar on the pump
plunger and a stationary bracket or slide thus regulating the lift of the pump.
I arrange the valve box and valves which regulate the supply of syrup and
water to the bottle and permit of the escape of gas from the bottle as it is being
filled as follows: The syrup enters the valve box by a pipe at one side and passes
along a passage and under a spring suction valve to the syrup pump and is then by
the syrup pump forced back along another passage raising the syrup delivery valve
and passing along a passage where there is a cut off valve (for cutting off the
supply of water and syrup when there is no bottle in position to be filled) and then
along a passage down to the top of the cup rubber and into the bottle to be filled.
The water enters the valve box at the opposite side of the syrup and passes along
a passage and up past a water inlet valve which is operated by a rod on the top of
the valve spindle passing under a cam formed on the stationary cam above referred
to and then the water passes along and into the same passage as the syrup leading
to the cut off valve above referred to. The said cut off valve by which the syrup
and water are prevented from flowing to the cup rubber in the valve box when
there is no bottle in the bottle holder consists of a valve the spindle of which is
continued downwardly and carried by a bracket on the upper part of the plunger
or slide on which the bottle stands and which is so arranged that when there is a
bottle in the bottle holder the said plunger or slide is by the bottle prevented from
rising the valve far enough to close the passage leading to the cup rubber but when

page_text: there is no bottle in the bottle holder the plunger or slide with the cut off valve
then rise far enough to close the outlet leading to the cup rubber and thus
prevent any waste of the syrup or water. In order to prevent any damage to
the syrup pump when the cut off valve is closed I provide a spring bye pass
valve past which the syrup is forced back into the syrup pipe. The snift valve
which I provide in the said valve box for allowing the escape of gas from the
bottle as it is being filled is a spring valve somewhat similar to the water inlet
valve and is similarly operated by a rod from a cam on the underside of the
stationary cam plate a small pipe or passage being provided from this valve to
the space immediately above the cup rubber in which the neck of the bottle fits
so that at the proper times as hereinafter described when the machine is revolving
the snift-valve will be opened so as to allow the gas to escape from the bottle.
In order to regulate the lift of the water and snift valves above referred to and
therefore the amount of water which passes into the bottle I provide between
the top of the water inlet valve spindle and the bottom of the cam rod by which
it is operated a wedge shaped piece fixed by a spring tongue to a slide which
by means of a screw can be moved to and fro so as to make a greater or smaller
space between the top of the valve spindle and the rod which operates the same
and thus increase or diminish the opening of the valve. I provide a similar
contrivance for regulating the opening of the snift valve. The pipe leading the
water to the water inlet in the valve box passes up a pipe in the pillar of the
machine and then through a revolving joint and along another pipe to the valve
box and the syrup is arranged to go along a pipe on to the top of the pillar
and through a swinging joint and along another pipe to the syrup inlet in the
valve box somewhat similar to the arrangement described in the Specification of
my prior Patent No. 3899 of A.D. 1889.
The machine above described operates as follows:-The machine having been
set in motion the framework and parts carried thereby revolving round the central
pillar the operator stands in front of the machine and when the bottle holder comes
opposite to him a bottle is placed neck upwards in the bottle holder and as the
framework revolves the slide or plunger at the bottom of the bottle holder in
passing over the cam forces the neck of the bottle into the cup rubber on the
valve box and is held in that position by the ratchet slide engaging with the teeth
on the bottle holder plunger or slide as above described. At the same time that
the bottle is placed on the bottle holder a cork is placed in the fixed socket
underneath the cork plunger. As the bottle holder and bottle pass on round the
centre pillar the syrup pump plunger comes in contact with the cam on the
underside of the stationary cam plate at the top of the machine and the syrup is
forced into the bottle. The aerated water inlet valve and the snift valve are next
operated by their cams the bottle being partly filled with aerated water and the air
being then snifted out by the snift valve. Then as the bottle passes on it is filled
up with aerated water and again the snift valve is opened just before the cork is
driven into the bottle by the cam forcing down the cork plunger on to the cork and
driving the cork into the bottle. During the filling of the bottle as above
described and before the syrup valve is opened the cork plunger descends far
enough to force the cork down to the bottom of the socket and make an air tight
joint just above the cup rubber and prevent any escape of syrup or water through
the socket containing the cork.
I apply parts of my invention to machinery for filling bottles with beer stout or
other fermented liquids and for corking the same similarly as above described with
reference to machinery for filling aerated water bottles except that I dispense with
the syrup pump and its valves above described.
Dated this 19th day of Octob1800.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Filling and Corking Bottles.
I, EDWARD SAMUEL CHAVASSE, of Ombersley, near Droitwich, Worcester-
shire, 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 ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention consists in constructing and arranging machinery for filling. and
corking bottles as hereinafter described. My invention is applicable more
particularly to the said machinery when used for filling bottles with aerated liquids
and for corking the same but certain parts of my said invention can be applied to
the said machinery for filling bottles with beer stout or other fermented liquids
and for corking the same.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of a bottle filling and corking machine
constructed according to this invention; Fig. 2 is a back elevation of the same;
Fig. 3 is a plan and Fig. 3* is a front elevation of the top part or stationary
cam plate of the said machine shewing the various cams ;
Fig. 4 shews the corking cam as opened out;
Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the bottle holder slide or plunger and accessories
on an enlarged scale;
Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of the valve box; Fig. 7 is a plan of the same;
Fig. 8 is a cross sectional elevation of the valve box on line X X of Fig. 7 ;
Fig. 9 is a cross sectional elevation of the valve box on line Y Y of Fig. 7 and
Fig. 10 is a cross sectional elevation of the valve box on line Z Z of Fig. 7 ;
Fig. 11 shews a portion of the machine on an enlarged scale;
Fig. 12 is an elevation and Fig. 13 is a plan of the base of the said machine.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the
drawing.
In constructing a machine for filling bottles with aerated liquids and corking
the same proceed as follows:-I provide a central pillar A carried by the base a¹
of the machine and about this pillar A revolves a framework consisting of a disc
like bottom plate B connected by upright stretchers C₁ C² to a stay plate D near
the top of the pillar A. The bottom plate B and the stay plate D are, as shewn
in Fig. 1, bored to fit and revolve upon the pillar A and the bottom plate B is
made with a bevel wheel b on its underside with which gears a bevel pinion e
fixed on the driving shaft E which revolves in bearings e²e fixed on the base a¹
this shaft E being provided with driving pulleys ee or other means for receiving
rotary motion from any convenient source so as to cause the disc like bottom
plate B stretchers C¹ C³ and stay plate D and the parts supported by them as
hereinafter described to revolve slowly round the pillar A. This framework
carries two sets of bottle holding and corking appliances with the corresponding
syrup pump valve box and snifting appliances for each set which I will now
describe and as each of the bottle holding and corking appliances with its
corresponding syrup pump valve boxes and snifting appliances is the same the
description of one set will be sufficient. It is to be understood that the machine
can be similarly constructed with only one set of bottle holding and corking
appliances and corresponding syrup pump valve boxes and snifting appliances or
with three or more of the same.
The bottle holder is constructed as follows:-The bottle F stands upon the top
of a plunger or slide which is suitably guided for vertical movement by fitting in
the vertical cylinder G or other vertical guide fixed on and standing up from the

page_text: bottom plate B of the revolving frame. This slide or plunger is made in two
separate principal parts the lower part gl projecting downwardly through the
revolving bottom plate B a coiled wire spring ³ in compression or other spring
being provided between this lower part and the upper part of the slide or
plunger. The upper part 9 of the slide or plunger is by preference made tubular
open at the top with a top piece g' fitting easily therein the bottle F resting upon
an indiarubber pad g fixed to this top piece 9 and within the upper part 9³ there
is a small coiled spring 9ª arranged to push the top part g and bottle F upwardly
to close the shut off valve hereinafter described when the upper part g³ of the slide
is held stationary. As the said framework revolves as hereinafter described the
lower part of the bottle holder slide or plunger, in passing over a cam e (which
is fixed to the base a¹ of the machine) see Figs. 12 and 13, is raised and acting
through the spring 9 causes the upper part 93 94 of the bottle holder slide or
plunger and the bottle F to rise upwardly thus pressing the top of the bottle F
against a coned or other indiarubber washer or collar ¹ provided at the bottom of
the fixed socket 2 which I call the corking socket adapted to contain the cork f¹ and
guide it into the bottle F as hereinafter described. The object of the spring g² in
the bottle holder slide or plunger is to allow for variation in the lengths of the
bottles. In order to maintain the bottle F pressed up against the corking
socket 'h' as above described whilst the bottle is being filled and corked the upper
part of the bottle holder slide or plunger is made with a series of ratchet
teeth y' (see Figs. 1 and 5) one below the other which are inclined above and flat
underneath and adapted to engage with these teeth is a sliding spring ratchet or
bolt 9 by preference arranged in a guide 9' forming a part of the cylinder or
guide G. When the slide or plunger 9' has been raised by the spring g² in the
bottle holder slide or plunger as far as the bottle F will allow the ratchet slide 98.
is by the small coiled spring g caused to engage with the teeth g' of the slide or
plunger and maintain the slide or plunger in that position against the pressure of
driving in the cork as hereinafter described. When the bottle F has been filled
and corked as hereinafter described the ratchet 9 is released from the teeth g' so
as to free the slide or plunger g³ and allow of the bottle being removed; this
releasing of the ratchet 9 being accomplished by means of the upright sliding
bar g carried by the bottom plate B and also guided by fitting in a bearing 9" in
the upper part of the guide G. The top of this upright sliding bar is made
inclined see Figs. 1 and 5 and adapted to engage in a corresponding inclined recess
in the spring ratchet bolt g" so that when the framework revolves as hereinafter
described this upright sliding bar 910 is, by means of rising up the inclined' cam g¹³
provided on the base a', (see Figs. 12 and 13) caused to force the spring ratchet g
backwardly so as to be free of the teeth g' of the slide 9 and allow of the latter
to fall down to release the bottle F.
I will now describe the means by which the cork is carried and guided and
driven into the bottle Fat the proper time during the working of the machine.
As before stated the fixed socket above described which is immediately above
the top of the bottle F is open at the top and bottom, the bottom of the socket /*
being of a size for the cork f¹ to fit tightly therein (so as to prevent the escape of
liquid or gas whilst the bottle is being filled as hereinafter described) and the top
of the socket / is made large enough to admit the cork fl freely. Free to be
moved to and fro in a vertical line into the corking socket and out of it is the
corking plunger I preferably made of metal and the lower end being of somewhere
about the same diameter as the cork. This cork plunger I is carried by a sliding
bracket which is suitably guided for vertical movement by the slides ce³ formed
on the stretcher C¹ of the revolving framework or otherwise arranged this
stretcher C¹ also carrying the fixed socket h² above referred to.
The necessary
movements of the cork plunger I are obtained by the form of the downwardly
projecting flange j₁ of a stationary cam plate J fixed to the centre pillar A of the
machine above and surrounding the top stay plate D of the revolving framework.
The downwardly projecting flange j' of the cam plate J has a rib j³ running round

page_text: and forming the cam which engages between the two rollers fixed on the sliding
bracket one roller above the rib and the other roller below the same so that as
the central framework and the parts carried thereby revolve, this cam shaped ribj
will give the proper up and down movement to the sliding bracket and cork
plunger I carried thereby. Or instead of the downwardly projecting flangą j
having a rib to engage with the sliding bracket there may be a groove running
round the flange j and forming the cam in which groove the roller on the sliding
bracket would then engage.
The fixed socket A above referred to which carries and guides the cork by
preference forms part of the valve box K containing the syrup suction valve ¹
and delivery valve and water valve m' and snift valve n' hereinafter described
and to this valve box K is fixed the syrup pump O which is arranged vertically
the upper part of its plunger o¹ being guided by the said revolving stay plate Ď
and being acted upon by the cam o' on the underside of the cam plate J above
referred to so that when the machine is in motion the pump plunger o¹ in passing
over the cam o³ has the proper up and down motion imparted to it at the right
times the upward movement of the pump plunger being by preference obtained by
the spiral spring o³ surrounding the plunger o¹ and the variations in the lift of the
plunger being obtained by removable discs of or wedges of various thicknesses
which are placed between the collar of on the pump plunger o' and the stationary
bracket or slide c* thus regulating the lift of the pump plunger o¹.
I arrange the valve box K and valves which regulate the supply of syrup and
water to the bottle and permit of the escape of gas from the bottle as it is being filled
as follows and as will be more clearly understood by an examination of Figs. 6, 7, 8
and 9: The syrup enters the valve box by a pipe oº (see Figs. 1, 2 and 7) at one side
thereof and passes along a passage o' and under a spring suction valve and along the
passage of to the syrup pump O and is then by the syrup pump O forced back along the
same passage o' and another passage o raising the syrup delivery valve and passing
along a passage o" where there is the cut off valve o (for cutting off the supply of
water and syrup when there is no bottle in position to be filled) and then along the
passage o¹³ down to the top of the cup rubber ¹ and into the bottle F to be filled.
The water enters the valve box K by the pipe m' at the opposite side to the syrup
pipe of and passes along the passage m³ and up past the water inlet valve m' which
is operated by the rod m (see Fig. 2) on the top of the valve spindle m³ this
rod 'm passing under the cam m formed on the stationary cam plate J above
referred to and then the water passes along the passage m' and into the same
passage as the syrup leading to the cut off valve o¹ above referred to. The
cut off valve o by which the syrup and water are prevented from flowing to the
cup rubber in the valve box K when there is no bottle in the bottle holder
consists of a valve o" the spindle o" of which is continued downwardly to rest
on to the top of the set screw o which is screwed into the upper part of the
plunger or slide 9 on which the bottle F stands. This set screw o" can be so
adjusted that when there is a bottle in the bottle holder (as shewn on the left hand
side in Fig. 1) the set screw o's of the plunger or slide y is by the length of the
bottle prevented from raising the valve spindle o¹ and valve o far enough to
close the passage o leading to the cup rubber / but when there is no bottle in
the bottle holder the plunger or slide 9 with its set screw o¹s and the cut off
valve o" then rise far enough to close the outlet o's leading to the cup rubber /¹
and thus prevent any waste of the syrup or water. The downward movement of
the shut off valve spindle o" is obtained by the small coiled wire spring o¹ thereon
acting between the collar o" on the spindle o" and the gland 08. In order to
prevent any damage to the syrup pump when the cut off valve o" is closed
1 provide a spring bye pass valve past which the syrup is forced and through
the passage p² back into the syrup pipe o. The snift valve n' which 1 provide in
the valve box K for allowing the escape of gas from the bottle F as it is being
filled is a spring valve somewhat similar to the water inlet valve m³ (see Fig. 9)
and is similarly operated by a rod n² from the cam m³ on the underside of the

page_text: stationary cam plate J a small pipe or passagen (see Figs. 6, 7 and 8) being
provided from this valve n' to the space n immediately above the cup rubber h¹ in
which the neck of the bottle F fits so that at the proper time as hereinafter
described when the machine is revolving the snifting valve n will be opened so as to
allow the gas to escape from the bottle, along the passage n' past the snift valve n¹
and away through the pipe n°. In order to regulate the lift of the water valve m³
and snift valve n¹ above referred to and therefore the amount of water which passes
into the bottle FI provide between the top of the water inlet valve spindle m³ and
the bottom of the cam rod m by which it is operated a wedge shaped distance
piece q (see Figs. 2 and 11 which latter is an elevation partly in section looking
from the inside of the machine) fixed by a spring tongue q² to a slide q³ which by
means of a screw 9' can be moved to and fro so as to make a greater or smaller
space between the top of the valve spindle m' and the rod m³ which operates the
same and thus increase or diminish the opening of the valve. I provide (as shewn
by Figs. 2 and 11) a similar contrivance for regulating the opening of the snift
valve n'. The water supply to the valve box K passes up a pipe m" in the pillar A
of the machine and then through the revolving joint me and along another pipe m³
to the valve box K and the syrup supply is arranged to go along a pipe o on to
the top of the pillar A and through a swinging joint o and along another pipe o
to the syrup inlet in the valve box somewhat similar to the arrangement described
in the Specification of my prior Patent No. 3899 of A.D. 1889.
The machine above described operates as follows:-The machine having been set.
in motion in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 13 the framework B C¹
C D and parts carried thereby revolving round the central pillar A, the operator
stands in front of the machine and that is at the right hand of Fig. 1 at the point
marked W in Fig. 13 and when the bottle holder comes opposite to him a bottle F
is placed neck upwards in the bottle holder and as the framework revolves the
slide or plunger g' at the bottom of the bottle holder 9 y in passing over the
cam e forces the neck of the bottle into the cup rubber on the valve box K and
is held in that position by the ratchet slide 9 engaging with the teeth on the bottle
holder plunger or slide as above described. At the same time that the bottle is
placed on the bottle holder a cork fl is placed in the fixed socket / underneath the
cork plunger 1. As the revolving frame with the bottle holder and bottle pass on
round the centre pillar A the syrup pump plunger o¹ comes in contact with the
cain o on the underside of the stationary cam plate J at the top of the machine and
the syrup is forced into the bottle. The aerated water inlet valve m¹ and the snift
valve n¹ are next respectively operated by the cam m so that the bottle F will be
partly filled with aerated water and the air will be snifted out by the snift valve n'.
Then as the bottle passes on it is filled up with aerated water and again the
snift valve n is opened just before the cork is driven into the bottle by the
lower part of the cam forcing down the cork plunger I on to the cork and
driving the cork finto the bottle F. During the filling of the bottle Fas above
described and before the syrup valve is opened the cork plunger I is by the
inclined part of the corking cam j caused to descend far enough to force the
cork down to the bottom of the socket as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 and make an
air tight joint just above the cup rubber and prevent any escape of syrup or
water through the socket h³ containing the cork. After the bottle has been
corked as aforesaid the plunger or slide g¹ is raised again by passing over the
cam (see Figs. 12 and 13) thus easing the pressure of the ratchet teeth g¹ from
the ratchet slide 9 and then the slide o can easily be pushed up by passing over
the cam g so as to push back the slide 9 and allow the slide g³y to fall for the
bottle to be removed and replaced by an empty bottle.
1 construct machinery for filling bottles with beer stout or other fermented
liquids and for corking the same similarly as above described with reference to
machinery for filling aerated water bottles, but I dispense with the syrup pump O
and all the valves above described except the snift valve n' and a valve such as m¹
to control the supply of the beer stout or other fermented liquid to the bottles.

page_text: The accompanying drawings illustrate what I consider to be the best way of
carrying my said invention into practice but it is to be understood that my invention
is not limited to the precise details shewn as it will be evident that these may be
modified somewhat without departing from the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A machine for filling aerated water bottles and corking the same, provided
with a framework adapted to revolve round a vertical pillar, said framework
carrying one or more spring bottle holders each adapted to press against the bottom
of a bottle and hold the top of the same against a socket containing the cork and
to release the pressure on the bottle when filled, said framework having also one or
more corking plungers adapted to force the cork from the socket into the bottle
and to retire, and also a syrup pump or syrup pumps each provided with a valve
box and valves adapted to control the supply of syrup and aerated water through
the said socket to the bottle and the escape of air or gas therefrom, the said moving
parts which are carried by the revolving framework being operated, by passing
over stationary cams, in the manner and for the purposes substantially as berein-
before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. A machine for filling bottles with beer stout or other fermented liquids and
corking the same, provided with a framework adapted to revolve round a vertical
pillar, said framework carrying one or more spring bottle holders each adapted to
press against the bottom of a bottle and hold the top of the same against a socket
containing the cork and to release the pressure on the bottle when filled, said
framework having also one or more corking plungers adapted to force the cork
from the socket into the bottle and to retire, and also a valve box and valves
adapted to control the supply of liquid through the said socket to the bottle and
the escape of air therefrom, the said moving parts which are carried by the
revolving framework being operated by passing over stationary cams, in the manner
and for the purposes, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
3. In a bottle filling and corking machine and in combination with the corking
plunger and the socket through which the liquid and the cork pass into the bottle,
the employment of means substantially as set forth and shewn for pressing up the
bottle against said socket and maintaining the bottle pressed up during the filling
and corking operations and for releasing the bottle from the socket when corked.
4. In a bottle filling and corking machine and in combination with the bottle
holder slide which presses the bottle against the socket through which the liquid
and cork pass into the bottle, the employment in the passage through which the
liquid flows into the bottle of a valve which is closed by the rising of the sliding
bottle holder when there is no bottle thereon so as to prevent the waste of liquid
as herein before set forth.
5. In a bottle filling and corking machine and in combination with the valve
which regulates the supply of liquid thereto, the employment of an adjustable
spring wedge such as between the top of the valve spindle and the slide by
which said valve spindle is operated the spring wedge being provided with screw
adjustment as set forth so as to regulate the lift of the valve and the supply of
liquid to the bottle substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Fig. 11
of the accompanying drawings.
6. In a bottle filling and corking machine and in combination with the valve
which regulates the escape of air and gas from the bottle as it is being filled, the
employment of an adjustable spring wedge such as q' q' between the top of the
valve spindle and the slide by which said valve spindle is operated the said spring
wedge being provided with screw adjustinent as set forth so as to regulate the lift
of the valve and the escape of air and gas from the bottle substantially as herein-
before described with reference to Fig. 11 of the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 7. The improved machine for filling and corking bottles constructed arranged
and operating substantially as bereinbefore described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of July 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.