Containing Ærated Waters and other Liquids.
Year: 1886

page_text: Containing Ærated Waters and other Liquids.
I, GILBERT RAE of 157 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, in the County of Midlothian,
and Baldridge Works, Dunfermline, in the County of Fife, North Britain, Erated
Water Manufacturer, 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 which relates to improvements in machines for filling and corking
bottles containing ærated waters or other liquids has for its object so to construct
such machines that without requiring special adjustment for each size of bottle, the
said machines may be employed for filling and corking bottles of various sizes,
thereby rendering unnecessary the process of previously sorting and sizing the
bottles, which process for machines as hitherto constructed has been found indis-
pensable, and my said Invention has also for its object to lessen the risk of breakage
when the bottles are being filled.
In order that my said Invention may be properly understood and readily carried
into effect I will now proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1, is a front elevation of part of a machine constructed according to
my present Invention.
Figure 2, is a side elevation of the same.
Figure 3, is a vertical section of a detached portion of the same drawn to an
enlarged scale.
The shaft 1 is supported at its lower end in and upon the footstep bearing 2,
while at other parts of its length the said shaft is supported in a vertical position
by the bearings 3, all of which bearings are secured to, or formed in part with the
framing 4.-The shaft 1, is caused to rotate by means of the worm wheel 5, with
which gears the tangent screw 6.-This tangent screw 6, is rigidly secured to the
horizontal shaft 7, which is supported in the bearings 8, and driven by any
ordinary well-known-means. To the vertical shaft 1, is secured the cam 9, the
groove of which engages with the bowl 10, which is mounted on a pin or short
shaft secured into the back of the block 11,-Into the front part of the block 11, is
secured the plunger 12, by means of which the corks are forced into the mouths of

page_text: the bottles, for which purpose the block 11, is capable of sliding vertically up and
down in guides formed in the framing 4, as shewn more particularly at Figure 1,
of the annexed drawings, the said vertical motion being derived from the action of
the cam 9, upon the bowl 10,-To the shaft 1, there is also secured the cam 13, by
the rotation of which the bowl or anti-friction roller 14, is caused to move vertically
up and down. This roller 14, is mounted and free to rotate upon a stud or short
shaft secured into the block 15, which as shewn more particularly at Figure 1, of
the annexed drawings is supported in guides wherein it is also free to slide vertically.
At its back, the block 15, is coupled by the pin 16, to the upper end of the link 17,
the lower end of which is connected by means of the pin 18, to the treadle or foot
lever 19,―This lever 19 is pivoted by the pin 20, to the machine framing 4, as shewn
at Figure 2, and at its rear end the said lever is provided with the counterweight 21,
so as to tend always to raise the said lever 19, at its front or forward end, and
thereby to press the roller 14, upwards against the cam 13,-The counterweight 21,
shewn upon the annexed drawings, is supported in a vertical or approximately
vertical position by the rod 22, the lower end of which is connected by the pin 23,
to the lever 19, its upper end being guided and free to slide in a bracket or the
equivalent thereof. The rear end of the lever 19, is bent downwards as shewn at
Figure 2, so as to limit the motion thereof. At or near its forward end the lever 19,
is connected by the pin 24, with the lower ends of the links 25, the upper ends of
which are connected to the rod 26, by means of the pin 27,-The rod 26, is guided
and free to slide vertically in the brackets 28, the upper of which is so formed as to.
clear the beforementioned block 15, and enable it to be moved upwards and down-
wards through it. The upper end of the rod 26, is screwed and tits into the boss
or table 29, which may be secured in any desired position thereon, by means of the
lock nut 30.
The arrangement of valves which I have represented upon the annexed drawings
(more particularly at Figure 3 thereof) and by which I effect the filling of the
bottles is operated by the tangent screw 32, which is secured upon the before-
mentioned shaft 7,-This tangent screw 32, gears with the worm wheel 33, mounted
on the shaft 34, which is supported in the framing 4, or in a bracket secured to, or
formed in part with the said framing 4,-At its back or innerside the worm
wheel 33, is provided with the cam 35, of such construction as to operate the anti-
friction roller 36, horizontally, and the anti-friction roller 37, in a vertical or
approximately vertical direction. The anti-friction roller 36, as shewn at figure 3,
is carried in one end of the rod 38, on the opposite end of which is mounted the
valve 39, which, when opened by being forced off its seat, by the cam 35, provides
for the escape of atmospheric air through the outlet and pipe 40,-The anti-friction
roller 37, is carried on one end of the lever 41, which is pivoted by the pin 42, to
the bracket 43, Figure 3, or to any other fixed part of the machine. At its opposite
end, the lever 41, is pivoted to the rod 44, the lower end of which if fitted with
the valve 45, The supply inlet 46, at figure 3, is represented in dotted lines, and
at Figure 1, the said inlet is shewn as connected with the pipe 47, by which the
ærated water is conducted to the underside of the valve 45, which when pressed
down from its seat 48, leaves the said ærated water free to pass by way of the
outlet 49, to the bottle 31, Figures 1 and 2.
I desire here to explain that the cam 34 is made so as to operate the valves 39
and 45, each three times to the filling of every bottle, this I have found to greatly
lessen the risk of breakage during the time the bottles are being filled, but
I desire it to be understood that the said valves may be arranged to open and
close, two, four or other number of times.
In operating the herein before described mechanism the attendant selects a bottle
and a cork to suit it, and places the said cork in position below the plunger 12, by
which it is then forced downwards into the filling tube 50, Figure 1, simultaneously
with the last mentioned operation the cam 13, depresses the table 29, thus enabling
the attendant to place the bottle 31, in position thereon.-By the further rotation
of the cam 13, the table 29, is allowed to rise in answer to the downward pressure

page_text: of the weight 21, and the bottle 31, is thus kept up to the filling tube 50, until it
is filled, and corked by means of the plunger 12.
Should it be desired, at a time when the machine is in motion, to remove a
bottle from the machine this may be effected by depressing the lever 19, at its
outer end.
I desire it to be understood that the herein before described mechanism may be
used in conjunction with apparatus for automatically taking in the empty bottles
and delivering them after they have been filled and corked, and that the said
mechanism may be used in conjunction with a syrup pump or any other attach-
ment or combination of attachments.
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―
First. The improvements in machines for filling and corking bottles, consisting
of the general arrangement and combination of parts, substantially as and operating
in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth with reference to the
annexed drawings or the mechanical equivalents of all or any of such parts.
Second. The improvements in machines for filling and corking bottles con-
sisting of the cam 13, the lever 19, the boss or table 29, which is adjustable upon
the rod 26, and their directly connected parts, all substantially as and operating in
the manner and for the purposes herein before set forth, with reference to the
annexed drawings or the mechanical equivalents of all or any of such parts.
Third. The improvements in machines for filling and corking bottles consisting
of the valves 39, and 45, which are arranged to open and close two, three, or other
number of times, during the filling of each bottle, all substantially as and operating
in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth with reference more
particularly to figure 3, of the annexed drawings.
2011
L. 1000
D. DRYSDALE AUSTIN,
Applicants' Agent,
101, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.