Improvements in Machines for Wiring Aerated Water and similar Bottles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 14th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 14th Apr., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Wiring Aerated Water and similar
Bottles.
We, ROBERT MARTIN CHAMBERS and CHARLES EDWARD CHAMBERS, both of
Cuba Street, Belfast, in the County of Antrim, Ireland, Engineers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to bottle wiring machines such as those of the type
referred to in the Specification of a pending application for Letters l'atent
No. 6389 of 1899 made by us, and has for its object to provide an improved
construction of the bottle lifting mechanism and the mechanism associated there-
with. In the specification of the pending application referred to we specify
(inter alia) an arrangement for lifting the bottle to the position in which it is
wired, in which a rack and pawls are employed in combination with a friction
arrangement operating in such a manner that when the bottle lifting bracket
is raised by the mechanism operating it the table is lifted with it through a
portion of its movement by such frictional arrangement which brings the table
against the bottom of the bottle when the bottle is placed in the delivery jaws.
The table then slips till the lifting bracket has reached a certain definite point
in its upward travel where the pawls fall in and engage with the rack and fix the
table in the lifting bracket so that it rises with the lifting bracket as one piece
and lifts the bottle to the position in which it is wired.
The present invention consists in mechanism for accomplishing the same pur-
pose by hydraulic means and in such a manner as hereinafter described.
In carrying the invention into effect we mount the table upon a ram which is
provided to have a working fit within a cylinder, being packed in the usual way.
The cylinder is secured to or formed integral with the lifting bracket and has
its bore preferably central with the centre line of the bottle when being wired.
The ram to which the table is attached has a motion within this cylinder and
sufficient friction is given to it either by packing in the cylinder or by any other
suitable means to ensure that it shall rise with the lifting bracket when no extra
weight is applied upon the table. When, however, the table touches the bottle
the extra weight will depress it downwards in the cylinder. To the lifting bracket
is connected a small cistern containing oil, water or any other suitable liquid.
In the pipe connection between the cistern and the cylinder a valve is provided
which may be actuated through suitable levers from a cam plate mounted in the
frame of the machine. The table as it descends with the lifting bracket engages
with a catch which draws the ram from the cylinder and as the valve in this
position is open the cylinder is filled with the liquid from the tank.
When the bottle is placed in the delivery jaws in such a manner as that
described in the specification to the application previously referred to and the
machine is started the capsule lifter that is employed first comes down upon the
cork of the bottle, then the lifting bracket rises and carries with it the table by
reason of the friction of the ram till the table touches the bottom of the bottle

page_text: when the weight of the bottle together with the pressure of the capsule lifter
prevents the table from rising further and forces down the ram, driving the
liquid from the cylinder to the cistern till the point is reached at which it is
required to raise the table positively with the lifting bracket.
At this point
the valve is closed by its operating cam plate acting through suitable levers,
thus preventing further flow of the liquid from the cylinder to the cistern and the
ram being prevented by the liquid within the cylinder from descending further
rises with the table and lifting bracket lifting the bottle with it to the exact
position at which it is wired. When the lifting bracket again descends the
table engages with catches on the frame of the machine drawing the ram up-
wards in the cylinder and filling it with liquid from the cistern. In this case
we preferably attach the bottle gripping jaws to the lifting bracket, opening
them with a lever which is operated by a cam plate on the frame of the machine
instead of attaching them to a separate bracket.
The invention is not limited to any particular means for ensuring friction
between the ram and the cylinder or lifting bracket.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents.
Improvements in Machines for Wiring Aerated Water and similar
Bottles.
We, ROBERT MARTIN CHAMBERS and CHARLES EDWARD CHAMBERS, both of
Cuba Street, Belfast, in the County of Antrim, Ireland, Engineers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to bottle wiring machines such as those of the type
referred to in the Specification of a pending application for Letters Patent
No. 6389 of 1899, and has for its object to provide an improved construction of
the bottle lifting gear and the mechanism associated therewith. In the specifica-
tion referred to there is described among other things an arrangement for lifting
the bottle to the position in which it is wired, in which a rack and pawls are
employed in combination with a friction arrangement operating in such a manner
that, when the bottle lifting bracket is raised by the mechanism operating it.
the table is lifted with it through a portion of its movement by such frictional
arrangement which brings the table against the bottom of the bottle when the
bottle is placed in the delivery jaws. The table then slips until the lifting
bracket has reached a certain definite point in its upward travel where the pawls
fall in and engage with the rack and fix the table in the lifting bracket so that
it rises with the lifting bracket as one piece and lifts the bottle to the position
in which it is wired.
The present invention consists in mechanism for accomplishing the same
purpose by hydraulic means and in such a manner as hereinafter described.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:-
Figure 1 is a front sectional elevation of the mechanism, part of the machine
to which it is applied being also shown.

page_text: Figures 2 & 3 are respectively front elevation and side sectional elevation ;
Figures 4 & 5 are sectional plans on the lines 1, 2, and 3, 4, of Figure 3
respectively, whilst,
Figure 6 is a detail plan on the line 5, 6, Figure 1.
In carrying the invention into effect the table a or support for the bottle is
mounted upon the rod b of a piston e suitably packed as with a leather and
working within a cylinder d. The cylinder d communicates at its lower end by a
valve e with a surrounding jacket or reservoir f secured to or cast in one with the
lifting bracket g which is reciprocated vertically as required similarly to that
described in the specification before referred to.
The cylinder d and chamber f contain oil or other suitable liquid and when the
valve e is open the piston c is free to slide up or down, the liquid accordingly
flowing in or out of the cylinder, but when the valve is closed, the piston is
prevented from moving downwardly relatively to the lifting bracket but moves
as one piece therewith when the said bracket is operated.
The valve e is opened towards the end of the downward stroke of the lifting
bracket by a cam plate h (fixed to the machine frame) through levers i, j, both
pinned to a shaft and which are returned by springs to their normal positions
and allow the valve to shut as the lifting bracket is raised and the roller on the
end of the lever i leaves the cam plate h.
The top end of the cylinder d is perforated or slotted as at m to allow any air
to escape which may collect below the piston, the latter passing above the slots
at the termination of each downward stroke of the bracket g.
To serve as a packing for the piston rod, a gland n is provided. The friction
of this gland is also arranged to prevent the piston rod falling relatively to the
lifting bracket when the valve é is open except when considerable pressure is
applied to the table a. The invention however is not limited to this particular
method of obtaining the necessary friction.
The piston rod is withdrawn after each lifting operation by a crutch o which
arrests the holder a as it descends with the lifting bracket. The crutch is loosely
supported in grooves p in the frame of the machine and it is arranged at such a
height that the piston rod is withdrawn a sufficient distance to suit the shortest
of the bottles to be wired.
The bottle is temporarily held by jaws 9 supported on
attached to the frame of the machine as indicated and as in the machine described
a separate bracket
in the specification before referred to. The jaws being opened, as required to
let the bottle pass upwardly, by a lever operated by a cam plate on the frame of
the machine. The operation of the mechanism is as follows:-
A bottle is placed in the jaws q in a similar manner to that described in the
before mentioned specification and the machine
rises and carries with it the table a by reason of the friction of the gland n upon
started. The lifting bracket g
the rod b until the table touches the bottom of the bottle when the weight of the
bottle together with the pressure of the capsule lifter (as mentioned in the specifi-
cation before referred to) prevents the table from rising further. The lifting
bracket continuing to rise, the piston slides within the cylinder d driving the
liquid therefrom to the cistern f until the point is reached at which it is required
to raise the table positively with the lifting bracket. At this point the valve e
is closed by the cam plate h acting through the levers i and, thus preventing
further flow of the liquid from the cylinder to the cistern, and the piston, being
prevented by the liquid within the cylinder from descending further therein,
rises with the table a and lifting bracket g, lifting the bottle with it to the
exact position at which it is wired. When the bracket g descends, the table a
lescends with it until it engages the crutch when the piston rod on further
lescent of the bracket is withdrawn from the cylinder which fills with liquid
from the cistern of the valve e being opened by the cam plate h acting on the
ever i towards the end of the downward stroke of the bracket g.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. In a bottle wiring machine, the combination with the bottle lifting bracket
of a bottle holder or support carried upon the end of a piston rod, or plunger
travelling in a cylinder containing oil or other liquid, said cylinder communicating
with a reservoir by passages controlled by a valve operated as required by a
lever or levers engaging with a cam plate attached to the machine frame .sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In a bottle wiring machine, the means substantially as described for pro-
viding an automatic adjustment between the bottle support and bottle lifting
bracket whereby the support is prevented by friction from descending relatively
to the bracket on the forepart of the upward stroke of the lifting bracket and
is positively prevented from descending towards the end of the stroke.
3. In a bottle wiring machine, causing the bottle support to move intermit-
tently with the bottle lifting bracket by attaching the said support to a piston
or plunger working with requisite friction in a cylinder which has an automatic
valve and by means of a crutch adapted to limit the descent of the bottle support,
substantially as herein before described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
MARKS & CLERK.
18. Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents.