IMPROVED POWER BOTTLING MACHINE, FOR FILLING AND CORKING AERATED AND OTHER LIQUIDS
Year: 1885

page_text: THOMAS HENRY HAYES 71 Cranworth St. C on M Manchester Foreman do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVED POWER BOTTLING
MACHINE, FOR FILLING AND CORKING AERATED AND OTHER LIQUIDS to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved method of automatically filling and corking
bottles, which requires no air valves, the bottles being eased, or allowed to fall
slightly from the tap, to let out any atmospheric air; and an arrangement which
considerably reduces the breakage of bottles.
The motions necessary for working the different parts, are obtained by two cams
fixed on two shafts; the shafts being revolved by wheeled gearing, the shafts are
supported on pedestals, which are fixed in sides of frame, the entire frame consists
of a front and two sides.
The bottom cam actuates one lever which holds the bottle up to the filling nozzle,
the said cam being so notched as to relieve the bottle and let out any atmospheric.
air, a short lever opening a valve which admits liquid into the bottle.
The top cam raises one lever which presses the cork sufficiently into the cone, till
the bottle is filled, and then drives it in the hottle.
Provision being made for bottles of various lengths, by a double slide with
spring, when the pressure is put on the bottle, the spring acts on a clip which
keeps it in position till the bottle is filled and corked, thus taking the extra
pressure off the bottle, a lever releasing the clip when the bottle is filled and
corked a disc with a lip being fixed to shaft working a lever to throw the bottle
from under the tap into a trough.
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page_text: Improved Power Bottling Machine.
I, THOMAS HENRY HAYES of 71 Cranworth Street, Chorlton on Medlock,
Manchester, Foreman, 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 relates to an improved method of automatically filling and corking
bottles which requires no air valves, the bottles being eased or allowed to fall
slightly from the tap, to let out any atmospheric air; an arrangement which
considerably reduces the breakage of bottles.
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The motions necessary for working the different parts are by preference obtained
by cams fixed on shafts, the shafts being revolved by wheeled gearing. The shafts
are supported on pedestals which are fixed in sides of frame.
consists of a front part and two side parts.
The entire frame
The bottom cam actuates a lever which holds the bottle up to the filling nozzle
the said cau being so notched as to relieve the bottle, and let out any atmospheric
air. A short lever opens a valve which admits liquid into the bottle. The top cam
raises another lever which presses the cork sufficiently into the cone till the bottle
is filled, and then drives it into the bottle provision being made for bottles of
various lengths by a double slide with spring. When the pressure is put on the
bottle the spring acts on a clip which keeps it in position till the bottle is filled and
corked thus taking the extra pressure off the bottle, a lever releasing the clip when
the bottle is filled and corked, a disc with a lip being fixed to a shaft working a
lever to throw the bottle from under the tap into a trough.
In the accompanying drawings I have shown a machine constructed according to
this invention Figure 1 being a side elevation partly in section, Figure 2 a front
elevation and Figure 3 a plan.
The first motion shaft A has fast and loose pulley B B¹ and receives motion by
endless strap. Tooth pinion C and tooth wheel C¹ transmit the motion to the
shaft D. The tooth wheel C₁ also gears with a tooth wheel C² fixed on the upper
shaft E and with a tooth wheel O fixed on the lower shaft F. The shafts ADE
and F are supported in plummer blocks or bearings on the side frames G and G¹.
On the upper shaft E is fixed a cam H, on the bottom shaft is fixed a cam I,
and on the middle shaft D is fixed a cam K. The cam H has the function of
pressing the cork sufficiently into the cone in the nozzle Litill the bottle is filled
and then driving the cork into the bottle. The shaft of this cam also serves to
work the liquid inlet valve. The cam I serves to hold the bottle up to the filling
nozzle L and is so notched, as shown at i, i for slightly and momentarily lowering
it so as to relieve the bottle and let out any atmospheric air. The cam K which is
shown in the form of a disc with a lip serves to throw the bottle from under the
tap into a trough.
Provision is made for bottles of various
guide M and provided with a spring N.
lengths by a slide M working in a double
When the liquid or gas pressure is put

page_text: on the bottle the spring N acts on a clip O made in two parts which pivot on the
"centre" O¹ and clasp the flange P¹ on the bottle rest P. The two halves of the
clip O are forced apart by two bowls or rollers Q each on one prong or leg Q¹ of a
fork terminating in a rod Q which is guided in the bracket 2 fixed on the
framing of the machine; this rod Q is thrust forward, to the right in Figure 1, by
the cam I and brought back by the spring N which latter when the bottle is placed
on the rest P and depressed will bring the clip O into the closed position shown in
Figure 1, and keep it therein till the bottle is filled and corked, thus taking the
extra pressure off the bottle, the cam I and rod Q¹ with bowls Q releasing or .
opening the clip O when the bottle is filled and corked.
Having thus described the general features of the machine I will now describe
more particularly the construction and action of same.
A bettle having been placed on the rest P and the latter depressed (in Figures 1
and 2 it is shown in the raised position) and a cork having been put into the cone
in the nozzle L, the cork will gradually be brought down till the bottle is filled and
at last driven home by the action of the cam H on one end of the double armed
lever R which is provided with a roller R¹ rolling on the outer rim of the cam, and
a roller R rolling against the inside of a rim on each side of the cam. The other,
right hand, end of the lever R passes through a slot in the sliding head S which is
guided in guides S¹. The right end of this lever R thus serves to actuate the
upper end of the plunger rod S² which is screwed for the sake of adjustment in a
bracket on the sliding head S. The lower end of the plunger S² enters the
nozzle L and acts against the cork. To the side of the nozzle L is connected the
usual inlet T for the liquid; this inlet T has an inlet valve the spindle T¹ of which
is actuated periodically and at the right moments by two teeth on a sector U
which teeth successively depress the roller T¹ and thus open the valve; the spindle
of this sector receives rotary motion by bevil wheels U U from the cam shaft. E.
While the inlet valve is thus operated and the bottle is being filled with the
liquid the air is let out or the so-called snifting action takes place twice, and this
is effected by the two notches in the cam I, which notches are filled with India
rubber which will be compressed momentarily by the liquid pressure thus lowering
the stand P and bottle slightly so that the air in the bottle can escape between the
side of the neck of the bottle and the cone in the nozzle L.
The cam H having then driven the cork home, the cam I acts on one end of the
double armed lever V the other right hand end of which passes through the slide M
lowers the rest P and releases the clip O, so that the bottle is free to be pushed off
onto a trough by the cam K and lever K¹. A fresh bottle may then be put on and
the same operation repeated. The means for pushing off the bottle are also
applicable to the Macdonnel bottling machine.
The cams may operate the working parts of the machine directly or by the
intervention of other mechanical connections than those here shown.
The mode of effecting the snifting inay also be applied to Alacdonnel's, Riley's and
other automatic bottling machines.
Having now particularly described and, ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is =
First. In bottling machines effecting the suifting or relieving the air in the
bottle without the use of special air or snifting valves by allowing the bottle to
drop slightly and automatically from the nozzle substantially as described.
Second. In a bottling machine actuating the bottle rest by a cam, which is pro-
vided with one or more notches containing yielding material for momentarily
allowing the bottle rest to drop slightly for the purpose of effecting the snifting,
substantially as set forth.
..
Third. In a bottling machine the combination of a cam for actuating the bottle
rest and having yielding parts for allowing the bottle rest to drop slightly
and momentarily and thus effecting the snifting, a clip worked automatically for

page_text: holding and releasing the bottle rest as required, a cone nozzle with cork plunger.
and means for actuating the same, a liquid inlet valve and means for actuating
the same and means for pushing the filled corked bottle off the bottle rest the
operations and their sequel being substantially as set forth.
Fourth. The construction of bottling machine as described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.