IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BOTTLING LIQUIDS to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I THOMAS HUGHES of 49 James Street Lower Marsh Lambeth in the County
of Surrey Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BOTTLING LIQUIDS to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for bottling liquids and
consists of a trough in the bottom of which is fixed as many tubes as it
intended
to fill bottles at one time. The upper end of each tube forms a valve seating and
projects into the trough about an eighth of an inch. The valves for these seatings
are advantageously what are known as ball valves.
Between the row of valves and the side of the trough a flat strip of metal is
fixed at an angle of about 45 degrees with suitable guides so that when the balls
are pushed off their respective seatings they travel up the inclined plane between
the guides and when released fall back by their own gravity into their seatings
and close the outlets.
Near the top of the trough and extending its whole length a rod is carried which
is held at one end by a bracket the other end passing through a stuffing box and
fitted with a lever for turning it. On this rod are attached a series of arms
corresponding in number to the tubes used and so fixed and of sufficient length
that when the rod is partly turned they push the balls simultaneously off their
several seatings up the inclined plane and hold them in that position any required
time thus opening each of the outlets. To close them the rod is moved in the
reverse direction when the balls fall back and the tubes are closed.
The trough is provided with a cover fitted with a cock to regulate the amount
of liquid to be admitted and the said cover is screwed or bolted down to prevent
any escape.
The trough is supported on two legs or standards between the lower part of
which a table is arranged a rising or falling motion being imparted thereto by
means of cams actuated by a lever connected by a rod to the lever which actuates
the valves.
The bottles to be filled are placed in a tray which is placed on the table and
being raised the required distance the valves are opened the lower end of each tube
projecting into each bottle when filled the lever is moved in a contrary direction
the table lowered and the valves closed.

page_text: I do not confine myself to the use of the ball valves but may use the ordinary
conical valve.
In that case the inclined plane is dispensed with and the extremities of the arms
on the rod used for pushing the balls form a conical valve and by the same move-
ment of the rod rise and fall on and off their seatings or the valves may be only
attached to the arms but in any case the movement will be the same and also
the table.

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De performed to be particularly, described and ascertained 10 and by the
following statement:―
This Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for bottling liquids and in
order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into practice
I will proceed to describe the drawings hereto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an end and Figure 2 is a side elevation with parts broken away to
show the interior arrangement.
The apparatus consists of a trough a in the bottom of which is fixed as many
tubes b as it is intended to fill bottles at one time. The upper end of each tube b
forms a valve seating and projects into the trough a about an eighth of an
inch. The valves c for these seatings are advantageously what are known as
ball valves.
Between the row of valves c and the side of the trough a a flat strip of metal d
is fixed at an angle of about 45 degrees with suitable guides d¹ so that when the
balls c are pushed off their respective seatings they travel up the inclined plane d
between the guides d' and when released fall back by their own gravity into their
seatings and close the outlets.
Near the top of the trough and extending its whole length a rod e is carried
which is held at one end by a bracket e¹ the other end passing through a stuffing
box and fitted with a lever e³ for turning it. On this rod e are attached a series of
arms e corresponding in number to the tubes used and so fixed and of sufficient
length that when the rod e is partly turned they push the valve balls simultaneously
off their several seatings up the inclined plane d and hold them in that position
any required time thus opening each of the outlets. To close them the rod e is
moved in the reverse direction when the balls fall back and the tubes are closed.
The trough a is provided with a cover a fitted with a cock on the inlet supply
pipe a to regulate the amount of liquid to be admitted and the said cover is
screwed or bolted down to prevent any escape.
The trough a is supported on two legs or standards aª between the lower part of
which a table f is arranged a rising or falling motion being imparted thereto by
means of cams or arms g on the axis g' actuated by a lever g' which may be
connected by a rod to the lever e³ which actuates the valves.
The bottles to be filled are placed in a tray which is placed on the table ƒ and
being raised the required distance the valves c are opened the lower end of each
tube b projecting into each bottle when filled the lever e² is moved in a contrary
direction the table flowered and the valves closed.
I do not confine myself to the use of the ball valves but may use the ordinary
conical valve.

page_text: In that case the inclined plane is dispensed with and the extremities of the arms
on the rod e used for pushing the balls from a conical valve and by the same
movement of the rod rise and fall on and off their seatings or the valves may be
only attached to the arms but in any case the movement will be the same and also
the table.
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 I
make no claim to any of the mechanical parts separately which are well known
and in common use but what I claim is
The improved arrangement and combination of parts forming apparatus for
bottling liquids such apparatus being arranged to act substantially in the manner
hereinbefore described and represented in the drawings hereto annexed.
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