Improved Syphon Filling Machine.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Syphon Filling Machine.
THOMAS HENRY HAYES Foreman Mineral Water Manufacturer 44 Downing
Street Manchester. I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention is an improved machine for filling syphons automatically, with
aerated and other liquids. The working parts being supported in a suitable frame
consist of a shaft in a horizontal position on which are fixed cams, a sliding plate or
table, and a filling tap, the shaft being worked by toothed gearing from a shaft to
which power is transmitted by any motive power.
In describing the working, the sliding table is supported on rollers, the required
height above the shaft, and contains two or more slides the requisite distances
apart, suitably made for one syphon to rest in each slide. The plate is moved
forward by a cam to the full extent, the cam then raises the slide containing syphon
the required height to the filling tap, the cam is shaped in such a manner as to
raise a lever which opens the handle of syphon during the filling, the said lever
having a spring of suitable strength to close when the handle is opened to the full
extent. When the syphon is filled, the cam allows the slide to fall and the plate is
moved backward and places the other slide in position of filling, one revolution of
shaft working both slides, thus filling two or more syphons. The tap contains an
inlet and outlet valve open to the filling nozzle. The valves being opened by
levers actuated from bars fixed on cam, each syphon rest has a half circular guard,
and a guard is fixed in position where the syphon is filled. When the slide
containing syphon is raised, the syphon is completely guarded during filling.
Dated this 14th do of March 1800
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Syphon Filling Machine.
I, THOMAS HENRY HAYES, Foreman Mineral Water Manufacturer, 44 Downing
Street, Manchester, 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 :—
"
My invention refers to a new or improved machine for filling syphons in what
may be called an automatic manner with aërated and other liquids.
The machine is mounted on a suitable framework in which revolves a main shaft
having various cams which serve to operate the several valves and the like and a
movable or sliding plate or table in such manner that while a syphon or syphons
is or are being filled in the machine one or more full ones is or are removed and an
empty one or more than one put in its place or their places by the attendant.
And in order that my invention may be more easily understood I will describe
one construction of the same for filling one syphon at a time with reference to the
accompanying drawings of which:

page_text: two sets of cams or adjustable tappets H and I. The cains are made so as to be
adjustable on the flanges.g' 9' of the drum G. The shaft F is further provided
with cams K, L, M and N. The cam N has a groove on its rear face in which
runs a roller n mounted on a stud at right angles to the plunger rod of the syrup
pump n', the discharge pipe n' of which leads to the filling nozzle O.
The groove in the cam N is so fashioned as to cause the pump to deliver syrup
twice during one revolution of the shaft F and this part of the machine can be
thrown out of gear when not required or the stroke of the pump varied by well
known devices. The cams or tappets I on the flange act on the roller i of the
lever which is secured to a spindle shown in dotted lines, Figure 2, and this
spindle has at its other end secured thereto another lever which actuates a filling
valve. This filling valve is so connected to the nozzle O that it regulates the
amount of soda water or other liquid passing through same. The cams or tappets H
on the flange g' of the drum Gact on the roller of the lever g which is secured
to a sleeve mounted in a bearing formed in an arm standard 9. This sleeve g
has mounted in it the aforesaid spindle and forms the pivot on which work the
levers and for actuating the filling valve, or the spindle and sleeve g* may
be mounted on different centres. At the front end of the sleeve g' is fixed the
lever g which actuates the snifting valve 9. The cam K acts on the rollers k k¹
mounted on arms k k fixed to the bottom of the sliding plate or table which
slides in between rollers * mounted on the bed A of the machine. The cam L acts
on one or other of rollers which are mounted in plungers . Although I have
only shown two plungers it is evident that more may be used if desired. These
plungers are made in two parts and provided with springs to prevent breakage of
the syphons owing to differences of length and are at their upper ends made at an
angle and with a recess so as to take the head of a syphon when the latter is put
into the machine in an inverted position. There is further in each case a fork l
which surrounds the spouts of the syphon S and holds it directly under the filling
nozzle O. The syphon is by preference held in an elastic manner in a slide or
cradle also mounted on the plungers by means of springs and suitable means
are provided for adjusting the position of such cradles by studs and lock nuts as
shown or otherwise. When a syphon has been placed in a cradle and the
plunger carrying same is by means of cam L raised to its highest position, it (the
syphon) is firmly yet elastically held in a central position so that the spouts comes
fair with the filling by reason of the aforesaid elastically mounted
cradle and another cradle Parranged in much the same manner on the fixed arma
of the frame A. The cam M actuates a plunger m by means of a roller m¹ which
plunger in its upward stroke moves a lever m² pivotted at in such manner as to
raise the lever of the syphon S in order to allow of the latter being filled. The
cradle with its supporting framing may conveniently be pivotted at and
provided with a set screw 10 or other means for allowing of adjustment of the
angle of the cradle 1 and its framing in order to render the machine suitable for
syphons of which the angles of the spouts vary.
The machine works in the following manner :-
The slides or cradles being the requisite distance apart it follows that if one be
under the filling nozzle O the other will be clear of it and in its lowest position, now
a syphon is placed in a slide or cradle and the plate or table is moved forward
by the cam K to the full extent, the cam L then raises the cradle the required
height to the filling tap or nozzle O and the cam M raises the lever m² which opens
the handles of the syphon during the filling, the said lever having as shown a
spring m of suitable strength to compensate for small differences in the shape or
length of the handles. Meanwhile however the cams or tappets I and H on the
cam drum G have opened and closed the filling valve and snifting valve g', the
opening and closing being adjusted by the position of the tappets in such a way as
most efficiently to fill the syphon without waste. In the event of syrup being used
this is fed to the syphon by the action of the cam N operating the pump n' before
the filling and snifting take place. Each syphon has a half circular guard in front

page_text: fixed on the cradle and also preferably behind directly or indirectly on the part a
of the framing so that when the filling is going on the syphon is as near as may be
completely guarded.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
First. A continuous action syphon filling machine consisting of a fixed framework
having a movable or sliding table thereon so as to allow of filled bottles being
removed and empty bottles inserted while another bottle or other bottles is or are
being filled.
Second. A. continuous action syphon filling machine consisting of a fixed frame-
work A having a sliding table thereon actuated by a cam K on shaft F and
having two slides or cradles actuated by a cam L for raising and lowering the
syphons to and from a filling nozzle O and a cam M for operating the handle of
the syphon and cams or adjustable tappets I and H on a drum G for operating the
filling and snifting valves and g' and provided with or not provided with a syrup
pump n actuated by a cam N substantially as described and shown.
Third. The construction of continuous action syphon filling machine as shown on
the drawings.
Dated this 15th day of December 1892.