Improvements in Turnover Bottling Machines.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1889-Accepted, 7th Sept.,
1889
PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Turnover Bottling Machines.
We, WILLIAM BRUCE and THOMAS ASHMORE, of 85, Westmoreland Place,
Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Our improvements consist in simplifying the construction of a turnover bottle
filling machine as used for filling internally stopperei bottles with aërated or gaseous
beverages.
We construct as a stand or base a column preferably of cast iron of a suitable
pattern and height, the top surface of which is planed and slotted to receive the
brass work and syrup pump hereinafter described.
Upon the base or stand is fixed a suitable gun metal body attached, preferably by
screws, to its flange (which is about 6 inches diameter), aml at the rear side of said
flange is an extension flange on which we build up the syrup pump. This syrup
pump differs from the usual type in the following details.
Its base is fitted with a suction valve in such a manner as to admit the valve
working inside the barrel of pump, this enables the action of the valve to be seen
through the glass barrel of the pump at each stroke of the plunger. The pump las
no second valve. The glass or metal barrel of the pump is bolted down to the
flange by pillars which secure the upper parts to the flanged base. The piston rod is
fitted with a cupped leather plunger which expands as required inside the barrel of the
pump, and the upper extremity of the rod is connected to a crank arm, which is held
and turned by a slotted hub, in such manner that the length of stroke can be
regulated by moving the crank arm to or from the centre of said bub. By this
means the amount of syrup injected by each revolution of the machine and consequent
stroke of the pump, can be controlled. The connections are so arranged that the
syrup is injected during the first part of a revolution, while during the remainder the
pump is filling.
The gun metal body hereinbefore referred to is pierced through from front to back,
and the hole so formed, serves as a bearing for the central spindle of the machine.
To the rear end of said spindle is attached the slotted hub above mentioned, while the
front end carries the armed bracket hereinafter described.
In the gun metal body and around the front end of the spindle is formed an
annular recess, the inner end of which is turned up perfectly true, and ported with
three passages, one for the inlet of the syrup, one for the inlet of the aurated
water, and one, the swift port, for the egress of the atmospheric air from the bottle,
also a slotted concentric groove extending from the syrup passage nearly to the
aërated water port. This recessed disc face takes the place of three valvos ordinarily
used, and sometimes we fit a washer of leather or other similar substance or material
punched and grooved to fit the disc face as a seating for the corresponding disc on
the bottle holding bracket hereinafter described. A passage traverses from the syrup
pump to the disc face of the body, and a pipe leads from the passage of the swift port
away from the machine and so serves to prevent splashing. Another pipe serves to
feed the aërated water to its port. This pipe may, if desired, be fitted with a check
valve which is opened by a suitable projection on the revolving portion of the machine
when its port is in action, but otherwise kept closed automatically, this prevents
waste and needles pressure on the back of the leather seating. The revolving armed
bracket that holds the bottle is fitted similarly to others of a known type in regard
to the spiral spring action for holding the bottle, etcetera. There is a coned seating
for the mouth of the bottle and a suitable wire guard, but in other respects it differs,
having neither valves nor swift pipe. Near the centre of the armed bracket there is

page_text: a truly turned boss, the end of which fits against the leather seating in the recess of
the body before described, and is secured in place by a nut or its equivalent on the
end of the spindle. The face of this boss is pierced with two ports at about right
angles to. each other but at a different radius from the centre of the disc. These two
ports are connected, with, two, passages traversing from the mouth of the cone, one
passage is for the inlet of the syrup and carbonated water, and the other for the
egress of the atmospheric air. The coned piece where the bottle mouth fits, has
'preferably a stuffing box for inserting a drip pipe with a very small orifice, into
which we fit a piece of wire turned up at one end, this is not absolutely essential.
To work the syrup pump, we sometimes make the crank or slotted bub to key on
to the end of the spindle so that when revolved, say from left to right, it actuates the
plunger of pump, but when revolved the reverse way it has no effect on the plunger.
This action of the crank we secure in two ways; either by a spring bolt embedded
in the extremity of spindle shaft, which takes into a slot in the crank when revolved
one way, but embeds itself into the spindle and allows the spindle to revolve around
the reverse way without affecting the plunger of the pump; or by bolting a separate
slotted hub to a plain-disc cast on the extremity of the spindle shaft with two or
more bolts.
These bolts carry the hub around when the spindle revolves one way,
but when reversed travel in slots about a third revolution without affecting the
plunger of the syrup pump. These movements admit the stopper adjusting itself
when it gravitates the wrong way without wasting the syrup.
In operation the bottle is placed in the usual way between the arms of the revolving
bracket, which revolves preferably from left to right. During the first part of the
revolution the syrup is injected into the bottle. As the bracket and its disc are
turned the syrup port is closed and the aërated water and swift ports are opened. A
further movement serves to close all the ports, and allow the stopper to fall into place.
The bottle may now be removed.
The parts mentioned as being made of gun metal, leather, etcetera, may be of other
suitable material or substitute.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Turnover Bottling Machines.
We, WILLIAM BRUCE and THOMAS ASHMORE of 85, Westmoreland Place,"
Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, 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:-
Our improvements consist in simplifying the construction of a turnover bottle
filling machine as used for filling internally stoppered bottles with aërated or gaseous
beverages.
In the drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a machine constructed in accord-
ance with our invention.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the face of the recess hereinafter described.
Figure 3 is a similar view of the end face of the boss on the bottle carrying
frame.
Figures 4 and 5 are details hereinafter explained.
Referring first to Figures 1, 2 and 3 :-
We construct as a stand or base, a column, preferably of cast iron, of a suitable
pattern and height, the top surface of which is planed and slotted to receive the brass
work and syrup pump hereinafter described.
Upon the base or stand is fixed a suitable gun metal body A, attached, preferably
by screws, to its flange (which is about 6 inches diameter), and at the rear side of

page_text: said flange is an extension flange A¹, on which we build up the syrup pump. This
syrup pump differs from the usual type in the following details :-
Its base B is fitted with a suction valve in such a manner as to admit the valve
working inside the barrel B' of pump.
This suction valve consists of a tubular portion C provided with external threads cc
and a facetted boss or nut. One of the threaded portions c is screwed into the base
of the pump, and the other c¹ is for attachment to the syrup supply pipe. The hollow
spindle is provided with several lateral openings 2, which, when the spindle C¹
drops in its seat, are covered by the tube C, but when the spindle is raised by suction
above, by reason of the piston of the pump being raised, are uncovered and allow the
syrup to flow into the barrel B', the syrup being again expressed on the descent of
the said piston. This construction enables the action of the valve to be seen through
the glass harrel of the pump at each stroke of the plunger. The pump has no second
valve: The glass or metal barrel B' of the pump is bolted down to the flange by
pillars b, which secure the upper parts to the flanged base A¹. The piston rod is fitted
with a cupped leather plunger a, dotted lines, which expands as required inside the
barrel of the pump, and the upper extremity of the rod is connected to a crank arm d,
which is held and turned by a slotted hub ď¹ in such manner that the length of stroke
can be regulated by moving the crank arm to or from the centre of said hub. By this
means the amount of syrup injected by each revolution of the machine and consequent
stroke of the pump can be controlled. The connections are so arranged that the
syrup is injected during the first part of a revolution, while, during the remainder, the
pump is filling.
The gun metal body A, hereinbefore referred to, is pierced through from front to
back, and the hole so formed serves as a bearing for the central spindle D of the
machine. To the rear end of said spindle is attached the slotted hub d above
mentioned, while the front end carries the armed bracket E, hereinafter described.
In the gun metal body A and around the front end of the spindle D is formed an
annular recess F, the inner end of which is turned up perfectly true, and ported with
three passages, one, f, for the inlet of the syrup, one, f, for the inlet of the aërated
water, and one, f2, for the egress of the atmospheric air from the bottle, also a slotted
concentric groove f³ extending from the syrup passage f nearly to the aërated water
port. This recessed disc face takes the place of three valves ordinarily used, and
sometimes we fit a washer of leather or other similar substance or material punched
and grooved to fit the disc face, as a seating for the corresponding disc G on the
bottle holding bracket hereinafter described. A passage f traverses from the syrup
pump to the disc face of the body, and a pipe f' leads from the passage of the shift
port away from the machine, and so serves to prevent splashing. Another pipe f
serves to feed the aërated water to its portf¹. This pipe f is fitted with a check
valve K, as shown. It consists of a body K, preferably of gun metal, which is
provided internally with two tubular chambers K¹ and K. The upper one K2 is in
constant communication with the supply of aërated water, while the other K¹
communicates with the port f', in the recess F or washer. A passage k connects
the two chambers K₁ and K, and is normally closed by means of the spring valve L,
the head of which rests on its seat l' at one end of the said passage k.
The valve spindle projects from the body L at one end and there terminates in an
oblique portion 2, while the other end is free to slide in a suitable recess m in the
retaining nut M. A spiral spring m¹ tends to keep the valve head on its seat 11,
the end of the spindle being thereby normally projected from the body K. Suitable
packing m² is provided. On the armed bracket F being turned, a lug N thereon,
which is provided with a rounded or inclined end, presses in the valve spindle by
reason of engaging the oblique end 12 thereof, and so allows the aërated water to
flow.
This action is synchronous with the coincidence of ports 1 and 9. The spiral
spring m returns the valve to its seat when the lug N has passed. By the use of
an automatic valve in the aërated water supply pipe, the pressure upon the discs F G
or washer is only active for a fraction of a revolution, instead of for the whole, as
.

page_text: heretofore. This materially reduces waste, and also allows of a less tight packing and,
consequently, less friction in turning.
The revolving armed bracket E that holds the bottle, is fitted similarly to others of
a known type in regard to the spiral spring action for holding the bottle, etcetera.
There is a coned seating e for the mouth of the bottle, and a suitable wire guard'e¹,
but in other respects it differs, having neither valves nor shift pipe. Near the centre
of the armed bracket there is a truly turned boss G, the end of which fits against
the leather seating in the recess F of the body before described, and is secured in
place by a nut or its equivalent on the end of the spindle. The face of this boss is
pierced with two ports g g', at about right angles to each other, but at a different
radius from the centre of the disc. These two ports are connected with two
passages og traversing from the mouth of the cone e, one passage and port g2 g are
for the inlet of the syrup and carbonated water, and the other g³ for the egress of
the atmospheric air. The coned piece e, where the bottle mouth fits, has preferably
a stuffing box for inserting a drip pipe with a very small orifice, into which we fit
a piece of wire turned up at one end, this is not absolutely essential and is not
shown.
Referring now to Figures 4 and 5:—
To work the syrup pump, we sometimes make the crank or slotted hub to key on
to the end of the spindle, so that when revolved, say from left to right, as indicated
by the arrows, it actuates the plunger of pump, but when revolved the reverse way,
it has no effect on the plunger. This action of the crank we secure in two ways,
either by a spring bolt i embedded in the extremity of spindle shaft D which takes
into a slot in the cranked hub d' when revolved one way, but embeds itself into the
spindle D, and allows the spindle to revolve around the reverse way without affecting
the plunger of the pump; or, as shown in Figure 5, by bolting a separate slotted
hub J to a plain disc cast on the extremity of the spindle shaft D with two or more
holts j. These bolts carry the hub J around when the spindle D revolves one way,
but when reversed, travel in slots j about a third revolution without effecting the
plunger of the syrup pump. These movements admit of the stopper adjusting itself
when it gravitates the wrong way without wasting the syrup.
In operation, the bottle is placed in the usual way, between the arms of the
revolving bracket E, which revolves, preferably, from left to right. During the first
part of the revolution from the position shown in the figures, the syrup is injected
into the bottle, by reason of the plunger a of the pump being depressed, while at the
same time the ingress port g in the disc G registers with the port f' and groove f³ in
the recess For washer f. On continuing the movement of the machine the syrup
pump piston a begins to ascend again and refill the barrel B', while at the same time
the port g coincides with the aërated water ingress port f¹; also at this moment the
snift opening g' on disc G registers with snift opening f, in the recess F, and so
the water is injected and the air allowed to escape. A further slight revolution closes
all the ports, and the bottle may now be removed, its stopper having gravitated to
the bottom of the neck to be held there by the internal pressure when released from
the bracket E. If the stopper should fail to seat itself at the first trial, a sufficient
motion may be given to remedy this without wasting the syrup, as above described.
The parts mentioned as being made of gun metal, leather, etcetera, may be of other
suitable material or substitute.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. In a turnover bottling machine having a pump for supplying the syrup or
flavouring matter, (the said pump comprising a transparent cylinder or body with
suitable foed and discharge openings) the combination of a reciprocating valveless
plunger, and a suction valve such as described, located in or near the bottom of the
said cylinder in such manner that the movements of the valve are visible from
outside, substantially as described.

page_text: 2. In a turnover bottling machine, the combination of a stationary body A,
traversed by passages for the fluids to be injected into the bottle, a recess F in the
said body provided with a perforated and slotted face, the said perforations or slots
forming the terminations of the said passages, a revolvable bracketted arm E adapted
to hold the bottle to be filled, a disc face or boss G attached to the said revolving
portion E and provided with two ports g g and passages g g in connection therewith
for the entrance and exit of fluids to and from the bottle, and means for revolving
the said portion E, whereby its ports may be caused to coincide with the perforations
or slots in the stationary recess, in proper relative sequence, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
3. In a turnover bottling machine, the employment of a device such as shown in
Figures 4 or 5, whereby the revolution of the bottle-carrying bracket in one
direction actuates the syrup pump, while its partial or total revolution in the opposite
direction is inoperative, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
4. The improved turnover bottling machine taken as a whole, substantially as
described and shown.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicants.