Improvements relating to Apparatus for Sterilizing Milk or other Liquids.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Apparatus for Sterilizing Milk or other
Liquids.
I, ARTHUR SAXDY BARIIAM, Managing Director of The Dairy Supply Company,
Limited, of 28, Museum Street, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for closing the bottles whilst they are in
the sterilizing vessel so that air 18 prevented from entering them.
The bottles are placed in the vessel with the stoppers in position but without
being secured by the wire strap, on the top of each bottle is placed a cap passing
over the stopper and round the upper part of the neck. This cap 18 provided
at one side with a longitudinal rod free to slide in guides and carrying a lug
projecting through a slot into the cap. This cap is placed upon the bottles
When
with the rod raised and the lug resting upon the lever of the wire strap
desired to close the bottles pressure 18 applied in any convenient manner to the
top of the sliding rod which thus presses down the lever until the stopper is
fastened The above described closing apparatus may be made singly, or two
or more may be attached together for convenience of handling, or they may be
arranged in circles or lengths to fit any apparatus. Such caps having a closed
top which becomes filled with steam prevent the access of an after the sterilizing
chamber is opened and before the bottles are closed if the apparatus 18 80 arranged
as to render this necessary.
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Improvements relating to Apparatus for Sterilizing Milk or other
Liquids.
I, ARTHUR SAXBY BARHAM, Managing Director of The Dairy Supply Company
Limited, of 28, Museum Street, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
This invention relates to apparatus for closing the bottles whilst they are in
the sterilizing vessel so that air is prevented from entering them.
The bottles are placed in the vessel with the stoppers in position but without
being secured by the wire strap, on the top of each bottle is placed a cap passing
This cap 18 piovided
over the stopper and round the upper part of the neck

page_text: at one side with a longitudinal rod free to slide in guides and carrying a lug
projecting through a slot into the cap. This cap is placed upon the bottles
with we iod. raised and the lug resting upon the level of the wire strap. When
deaned to close the bottles pressure is applied in any convenient manner to the
top of the sliding rod which thus presses down the lever until the stopper 18
fastened. The above described closing apparatus may be made singly, or two
or more may be attached together for convenience of handling, or they may be
arranged in circles or lengths to fit any apparatus. Such caps having a closed
top which becomes filled with steam prevents the access of air after the sterilizing
chamber is opened and before the bottles are closed if the apparatus is so arranged
as to lender this necessary.
Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings show vertical sections of a cap in
place on a bottle with the 1od up and down respectively and Figure 3 18 a
horizontal section of the cap on the line 33 Figure 1
a 18 the cap, b the rod sliding in a guideway c and having a lug d acting
on the level of the wire strap f 18 a raised portion of the cover of the cap
to fit over the stopper gg are projections inside the cap which rest against
the wire stiap and guide the cap into place when it is put on the bottle. h is
a wire attached to the cap and serving as a guide and handle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same 18 to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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A cap provided with a sliding rod for closing the stoppers of bottles substantially
as described