IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-- STRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR FILLING AND SYRUPING ARTIFICIAL, MINERAL AND AERATED. BEVERAGES
Year: 1884

page_text: ГЛОYINIONAL
DREVIFICATION.
We, JOHN HENRY GALLOWAY and JAMES WILLIAM GALLOWAY, both of
100 Bark Street, Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Aërated Water Engineers,
do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON--
STRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR FILLING AND SYRUPING ARTIFICIAL, MINERAL
AND AERATED. BEVERAGES," to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to improvements in machines well-known as Filling
Machines," with or without syrup pump, used for bottling aërated beverages, such
as, Soda-Water, Lemonade, Gingerbeer, and so forth, and consists principally in
mounting, and arranging the inlet valves for Aërated Water and Syrup in close
proximity to the mouth of the bottle, thus reducing waste to a minimum; and
especially as applied to the turn-over or turn-round filling machines in which the
bottle revolves with the centre of the bottle as the centre of revolution or
nearly so.
We accomplish this by placing on the end of the revolving arm carrying the
chamber in which the bottle neck fits when being filled, a suitable chamber or
chambers in which are placed the inlet valves for admitting aörated water and
syrup, the aerated water and syrup being supplied through separate passages in
the revolving arm or otherwise to the said inlet valves, whereby they are placed
close to the neck of the bottle, thus reducing the distance between the inlet
valves and the bottle neck, and consequently the loss from waste to a minimum,
which is a novelty long desired.
If made with a syrup pump, it is placed in a suitable position on the machine
and can be worked in any convenient manner.
The inlet valve for Aërated Water is provided with a projection or spindle passing
through a gland or otherwise, and provided with a suitable lever, the latter being
actuated automatically by the revolving arm bringing or working it against a
movable or adjustable stud, when the operation of filling is being performed, or, if
desired it can be worked by hand.
The advantages of this invention are that a more perfect and economical filling
and syruping machine is obtained, together with the method of placing the inlet
valve or valves on the end of the revolving arm in turn-over or turn-round
machines, for the purpose of minimizing the loss, which is a very essential feature.
Dated this ninth dev of Fehnna 1984

page_text: CUTE LEIE
DEPUIFICATIVA,
"
We, JOHN HENRY GALLOWAY, and JAMES WILLIAM GALLOWAY, both of
-100 Bark Street, Bolton in the County of Lancaster, Aërated Water Engineers,"
do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR FILLING AND SYRUPING ARTIFICIAL, MINERAL,
AND AERATED BEVERAGES," 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 machines well-known as Filling
Machines," with or without syrup pump, used for bottling Aörated beverages, such
as, Soda-Water, Lemonade, Ginger-beer, and so forth, and consists principally in
mounting and arranging the inlet valves for Aërated Water and syrup in close
proximity to the mouth of the bottle, thus reducing waste to a minimum ; and
especially as applied to the 'turn-over or turn round filling machines in which the
*bottle revolves with the centre of the bottle as the centre of revolution or nearly
'so. For this purpose, we arrange the inlet valves for Aërated Water and syrup as
we will describe referring to the accompanying drawings. Fig. I is a side elevation
of so much of a "Filling Machine" as is necessary to illustrate our present
invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation through the centre of the valve chamber
in which the bottle neck sits when being filled; Fig. 3 is a plan, and .Fig. 4 a
sectional, plan of Fig. 2 through line A. B.
On the end of the revolving arm C in Fig. 1 is fixed the valve box D in which
the bottle neck sits when being filled. This valve box is provided with the inlet
valve E for admitting Aerated Water, and the back pressure valve F for admitting
syrup as it is supplied from the pump G or other equivalents. The Aërated Water
is supplied to the arm C from the pumps or cylinders usually employed for the
purpose, through the openings H to the back side of the valve E, which is operated
by the spindle I coming in contact with the movable or adjustable stud J while
revolving, which forces the valve E off its seat and allows the Aërated Water to
pass the valve, when it flows through the passage or thoroughfare K to the
opening L; the latter being covered by the mouth of the bottle. It is obvious
that the valves Ẹ and S may be operated in other ways according to circumstances,
for instance, by providing the spindles I and T with suitable ends, and mounting
levers in suitable or convenient positions to pull the valves open or otherwise; the
levers being operated by coming in contact with the adjustable stops J, or other
equivalents. As the arm C revolves the syrup pump forces the syrup through
suitable pipes (not shown) coupled to the valve box D at M, which, with the
pressure from the pump opens. the back pressure valve F, when the syrup passes
through the passage N to the opening L before mentioned, and thence into the
bottle W in Fig. 1. To ensure the closing of the said valves immediately they are
liberated from the adjustable stops or the pressure, they are provided with the
spiral springs O, the ends of which operate in and against the stops or caps P.
It will be seen that by placing the said valves in close proximity to the mouth
of the bottle that considerable saving will be effected by the prevention of waste,
and which to make the same perfect must be provided with a sniff valve to
discharge air from the bottle as Aërated Water and syrup are introduced, which is
accomplished by placing in the mouth receiving the bottle neck the circular pap X
provided with the hole or thoroughfare R to the sniff valve S immediately under
This valve is provided with the spindle T passing through to the back of the
valve box D, and is operated, when revolving the arm C, against the adjustable
studs J, thus opening and allowing the air to escape by the opening Z.
it.

page_text: Fig. 5 is a part sectional elevation through the centre of the valve box D; Fig. 6
is a transverse section through the line C¹ D', and Fig. 7 is also a transverse
section through the line E¹ F¹.
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:-
Mounting or placing the Aörated Water and syrup valves in the valve box D on
the end of the revolving arm C in close proximity to the neck of the bottle when
filling, in turn-over or turn-round filling machines, substantially as and for the
purposes herein set forth.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent for the Applicants.