A New or Improved Method of Arranging Aërated Water and Beer Bottling Factories and in Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1887

page_text: A New or Improved Method of Arranging Aërated Water and Beer
Bottling Factories and in Apparatus therefor.
I, JAMES MCEWEN of 11 Rushton Street, Hulme, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, Aërated Water Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to a new or improved method of arranging aërated water
and beer bottling factories and in apparatus therefor and consists in providing means
for enabling empty bottles to be transferred mechanically from the bottle warehouse
to the washing, rinsing, and filling machinery, and on to the store-room or warehouse
thereby saving time, labor, and expense. From the bottle warehouse or store the
bottles are transferred into the ordinary boxes which are placed on inclined shoots,
extending to the washing and rinsing machines, on which the bottle boxes slide. The
attendant at each washing and rinsing machine lifts a box at a time onto a table and
places the bottles in the washing machine, during which the empty box is transferred
to a table near the rinsing machine at the other end of the washing machine, from
whence the bottles are again placed into the boxes and placed on another inclined
shoot to pass it on to the filling machines, where the box is lifted onto a table to allow
of the shoot being free for the passage of other boxes to other filling machines. After
the whole of the bottles have been filled they are lifted onto a labelling table, from
whence the attendant puts the box into another inclined shoot which carries them on
to the store-room, warehouse, or loading shed.
The inclined shoots are made of any suitable material; the sides being provided
with inclined or other slots, or their equivalents, in which are mounted rollers provided
with centres.
The boxes are carried the entire length of the shoots on these rollers, which are
provided to reduce friction to a minimum.
The novelty of this invention is that boxes of empty bottles can be placed in the
shoots in the bottle warehouse and transferred to the various machines and on to the
warehouse, store-room, or loading shed without carrying them other than when lifting
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them onto and from the tables near the machines to which they are intended to
the successive operation of washing, rinsing, filling, and labelling.
Dated the 5th January 1887.
EDMUND CHADWICK, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
92, St. George's Road, Bolton,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of Arranging Aërated Water and Beer
Bottling Factories and in Apparatus therefor.
I, JAMES MCEWEN of 11. Rushton Street, Hulme, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Aërated Water Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
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 a new or improved method of arranging aerated water
and beer bottling factories and in apparatus therefor and consists in providing means
for enabling empty bottles to be transferred mechanically from the bottle warehouse to
the washing, rinsing, and filling machinery, and on to the store-room or warehouse,
thereby saving time, labor, and expense. From the bottle warehouse or store the
bottles are transferred into the ordinary boxes which are placed on inclined shoots,
extending to the washing and rinsing machines, on which the bottle boxes slide. The
attendant at each washing and rinsing machine lifts a box at a time onto a table and
places the bottles in the washing machine, during which the empty box is transferred
to a table near the rinsing machine at the other end of the washing machine, from
whence the bottles are again placed into the boxes and placed on another inclined
shoot to pass it on to the filling machines, where the box is lifted onto a table to allow
of the shoot being free for the passage of other boxes to other filling machines. After
the whole of the bottles have been filled they are lifted onto a labelling table, from
whence the attendant puts the box into another inclined shoot which carries them on
to the store-room, warehouse, or loading shed.
The inclined shoots are made of any suitable material; the sides being provided
with inclined or other slots, or their equivalents, in which are mounted rollers provided
with centres. The boxes are carried the entire length of the shoots on these rollers,
which are provided to reduce friction to a minimum.
The novelty of this invention is that boxes of empty bottles can be placed in the
shoots in the bottle warehouse and transferred to the various machines and on to the
warehouse, store-room, or loading shed without carrying them other than when
lifting them onto and from the tables near the machines to which they are intended
to go in the successive operation of washing, rinsing, filling, and labelling.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
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Fig. 1 is a plan of an Aerated Water and Beer Bottling Factory with my improve-
iments applied Fig. 2 is an elevation of shoots-Fig. 3 is a part side elevation of
shoots showing the position of the rollers and their bearings, and Fig. 4 is a transverse
sectional elevation through line Y. Z in Fig. 3.

page_text: labelling tables; K. K soda water machines; L the store-room, warehouse, or loading
shed; S the wash-house, and T the filling room.
From the warehouse or store A the empty bottles are transferred into the ordinary
bottle boxes which are placed on the inclined shoots M on which they slide to the
tables B in the wash-house S. The attendant at oach washing machine C lifts a box
of empty bottles at a time from the shoot M onto the table B, and places the empty
bottles in the washing machine C, during which the empty box is transferred to the
table E at the end of the rinsing machine D. The bottles are removed from the
washing machine C to the rinser D, from whence they are again placed in the box
on the table E, which is then placed on the inclined shoot N to pass it on to the filling
When the box of washed bottles reaches the tables Git is lifted thereon by
the attendant to allow of the shoot N being free for the passage of other boxes of
washed bottles to other tables and filling machines. When a box of washed bottles
has been transferred from the shoot N to the table G the bottles are filled with aerated
water or other liquids in the filling machines H, after which they are again placed
in the box and lifted onto the labelling table I, from whence the attendant places the
box of filled and labelled bottles on the inclined shoot O which carries them on to the
store-room, warehouse, or loading shed L.
room T.
The inclined shoots M, N, and O are made of any suitable material, such as, wood
and iron; the sides P being provided with the inclined slots Q in which are mounted
the rollers R with the centres V. In the case of constructing the shoots of wood the
metallic bearings or inclined slots are secured as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The
metallic hearings or inclined slots Q are so disposed as to allow of the rollers R being
easily removed or replaced at will, at the same time preventing the rollers R. lifting
by the travelling action of the boxes thereon. The boxes of bottles are carried the
entire length of the inclined shoots on the rollers R, and so disposed as to allow of a
passage between each.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I claim is :-
1. For transferring boxes of bottles in Aerated Water and Beer Bottling Factories
the use and employment of the inclined shoots M, N, and O, constructed and arranged
to carry them mechanically from the bottle warehouse to the washing, rinsing, and
filling machinery and on to the warehouse, store-room, or loading shed without carrying
them, other than when lifting them onto and from the tables near the machines to
which they are intended to go in the successive operation of washing, rinsing, filling,
and labelling, substantially as described and shown on the drawings.
2. In shoots employed for carrying boxes of bottles in Acrated Water and Beer
Bottling Factories the use of the rollers R and inclined slots or bearings Q,
substantially as described and shown on the drawings in Figs. 3 and 4.
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EDMUND CHADWICK, C.E., Fel. Inst. P.A.,
92, St. George's Road, Bolton,
Agent for Applicant.