Improvements in Machines for Syruping and Filling Bottles with Artificial, Mineral, and Aerated Liquids.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1894-Accepted, 18th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Syruping and Filling Bottles with
Artificial, Mineral, and Aerated Liquids.
We, ALFRED HANESWORTH of 62 Higher Bridge Street, Aerated Water
Engineer, and GEORGE BOWEN of 20 Lilly Street, Mechanic, both of Bolton in
the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in machines for syruping and filling
bottles with artificial, mineral, and aerated liquids and is designed to supply syrup
and aerated water only when a bottle is in position to receive them in their
successive order, thereby reducing waste to a minimum, and consists of a revolving
disc or arms to hold or carry three or more bottles. In suitable bearings we
mount a shaft on the outer or front end of which is located three or more nozzles
and the requisite number of snift valves. On this shaft is mounted the before-
mentioned disc or arms for carrying three or more bottles at once. This shaft is
fitted with three or more curved arms which is operated by a spring or yielding
cam on a shaft driven by spur or other gearing, and is so formed that the same
is operated intermittently, so as to stop or pause during the operation of filling
aerated water.
The disc or arms are provided with spring bottle holders and grippers with
stops or projections to operate and open the aerated water valve when a bottle
is in position. To prevent "back-lash or uneven motion of the disc or arms
the shaft is fitted with a cam against which operates a spring brake attached to the
spur or other gearing driving the same. The aerated water valve is fixed to
the side of the machine and is stationary, and can only be operated or opened by the
rotating action of the disc or armis when a bottle is in position to be filled
The syrup pump rod is fitted with a sliding foot actuated by a lever; the latter
being so disposed as to slide the foot out of the path of the cam on the centre
shaft when operated upon by the sliding spindle attached to the bottle holder
when without a bottle; and when a bottle is in position the said spindle will pass
by the said lever and allow the syrup pump to be operated by the cam provided
for the purpose on the centre or main shaft. The syrup pump rod is provided
with a screw to adjust or regulate the stroke of same to give the amount of syrup
required each stroke. The machine is supported on suitable framework and may
be driven by power or manual labor.
Dated this 17th October 1893.
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Syruping and Filling Bottles with
Artificial, Mineral, and Aerated Liquids.
We, ALFRED HANESWORTH of 62 Higher Bridge Street, Bolton in the County
of Lancaster, Aerated Water Engineer, and GEORGE BOWEN of 20 Lilly Street,
Bolton aforesaid, Mechanic, 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, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements in machines for syruping and filling bottles with

page_text: artificial, mineral and aerated liquids or in other words in machines for supplying
one or two liquids to bottles having internal stoppers and that in such an automatic
manner as to supply one of such liquids (as the flavouring or syruping part) in
any desired quantity after which the bottle is filled by the other liquid or the
syruping process might be entirely omitted and the bottle be filled by the one
liquid alone and these said improvements prevent the supply or discharge of either
or both of said liquids at all or any times other than when a bottle is in position
for receiving same thus the liability to lose or waste such liquids is considerably
reduced, while the functions of the machines are performed with less danger of
accident to the operative than is the case with machines of this class at
present in use.
In order that our said invention may be more clearly understood we have
hereunto appended sheets of drawings illustrative thereof to which by figures and
letters, reference is made in the following description.
Figs. 1 and 2 are front and side elevations respectively of our improved
machine.
Fig. 3 is a view of the rear end of said machine.
Fig. 4 is sectional front view on line A B of Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view on line C D of said Fig. 2.
Fig. 6 is a side elevation as seen in the direction indicated by the arrow a which
is opposite to the view shown by Fig. 2.
Fig. 7 is a drawing in detail of parts hereinafter described.
To attain the object of our invention we make use of the rotary arms b b 611
radiating from a common axial shaft 4 carried by the bearings 8, and rotated
intermittently, or these armis might be displaced by a disc carrying the desired
fittings as hereinafter described but for lightness we preferably use the former
and so alone show these in the drawings.
On each of these arms 1611 is mounted a holder c which is forced by the
spring (when not otherwise held) against the bottom of the bottle d thus pressing
the orifice at the other end of said bottle against the orifices of the openings
leading in the one case through the axial shaft 4 to the supply pipes 5 and 6, a
check valve e being placed in this opening, and in the other case through an
opening in the hub 6 in which a snifting valve f is mounted.
Fixed to this holder c is an arm or rod g which reaches down behind its
respective arm 6 6 or 611 into contact with the incline piece h formed upon or
attached to the framework 8 in order that as each of said arms is made to assume
its first position (its first, second and third postions being respectively indicated, by
the Figures 1, 2 and 3, in Fig. 1) the rod g is brought into contact with the
incline which causes it to rise, overcoming the spring c¹ and freeing the bottle d
from the pressure of its holder c at the time when this said bottle d is in its
inverted and highest position. The formation of this incline h being further
arranged so that on the said rotary arms continuing their motion bringing the
arm from its first to its second position, the rod g is allowed to descend or move
towards the shaft 4 so that the spring is again allowed to press the holder c
against the bottle as before, provided a bottle is placed or mounted thereon,
however if there is no bottle thus placed in position it continues its descent with
the results hereinafter described.
Now when the bottle is in its first position as above described it may be taken
in hand by the attendant or operative and another empty one put in its place, and
at such said position the spindle of the snifting valve f is in contact with the
incline piece thus opening this port at this time for the escape of any small
amount of liquid there may be under pressure between the bottle d and the nozzle
against which it is pressed, while the spindle e of the valve el is clear of said
incline so that at this time its port is closed. As the arms 66' 6" are further
rotated this upper one b is carried along to its second position so that the spindle fl
is taken clear of the incline while the spindle e' is brought into contact with it
for its port to be opened, at which time one or other of the noses k¹ k¹¹ or kill of the

page_text: cam k is operating the position of the syrup pump m to force the contents of said
pump through the pipe 5 and opening in the spindle 4 into the bottled on the
completion of which operation, which is effected during the rotating of the arm b
from its first to its second position, this spindle e' will also have moved clear of the
incline and the arm b will have reached its second position, while the arm 6"
will have moved from its third and reached its first position and arm 6' will have
moved from the second to the third position.
When the arm 6 is moved from its second to its third position on reaching this
latter the spindles e¹ and f¹ of the valves e and will both be in contact with the
incline n and the projection g¹ on the rod a will be in contact with the spring g'
so both the supply port leading from the pipe 6 and the ports of the valves e and f
are open, the valve e and the port in the pipe 6 to allow the aerated liquid (which
as is well known is always under pressure) to enter the bottle d while the valve f
allows the displaced air to escape in the manner well known. On the bottle d
being thus filled as desired the arm carrying same is then brought into its first
position so that an empty bottle may be substituted for this full one.
Provided that the operative fails to place an empty bottle in position after
displacing the full one, and that the arms continue their motion, in this case the
spring would be allowed to force the holder c closer or nearer to the shaft 4 than
it does when its movements are arrested by a bottle being in position, consequently
the lower end of the rod g will also descend and will then be brought into
contact with the arm pl of the lever p causing this latter to withdraw or slide the
foot which is attached to or mounted to slide upon parts carried by the piston
rod of the pump m, out of the path of motion of the cam k so that although the
port at this time is open through the valve e yet the pump m will remain
inoperative and no liquid will be supplied.
Further, on this arm without bottle reaching its third position, by the
projection g¹ formed on the rod g still being in its position nearest the shaft 4,
it will not come into contact with the spring incline g² thus failing to cause this
latter to yield and so to operate the spindle gs of the valves (by which the
passage through the supply pipe 6 is opened) consequently although the spindles e
and still come into contact with the incline n, there is no liquid supplied through
their valves at this time.
As the return movement of the foot r is effected by the springs it will be seen
that by merely detaching this springs or otherwise rendering same inoperative,
on the said foot r being once displaced, the machine will continue in motion and
efficient operation as regards the filling of the bottles through the pipe 6, without
supplying anything through the pipe 5 since the pump m will be rendered
inoperative.
Again by arranging the piston rod r' so that it may be lengthened or shortened
by the screwing or unscrewing of the nut ², since the vertical motion alone of said
rod is performed by the operations of the cam k, its return movement being
effected by the springs t, it will be seen that the motions of the piston of the
pump m will be increased or diminished so that a greater or less quantity of liquid
may be arranged to be supplied by the said pump m to the bottles being filled.
To effect the intermittent motion of the rotary arms & 6' 6" when the machine
is driven by steam or other motor power so that at the time a full bottle has to be
displaced by an empty one these arms are perfectly stationary, which is most
desirable for the safety of the operative, a three armed cam or wiper u is fixed
upon the shaft 4 while another cam piece v mounted upon the shaft 9 is caused to
rotate in connection with it, and to prevent the former from leaving the latter
by reason of any momentum it may have received by it, a supplementary cam w
mounted on the same shaft 4 is arranged to come into contact with the spring
brake piece attached to the spur driving wheel y in which manner any excessive
motion is retarded, while backlash or rebound in the opposite direction is prevented
by one or other of the ratchet teeth www coming into contact with this spring
brake piece which acts as a ratchet in this direction. A further safeguard
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page_text: against the over-running of this shaft being provided by another spring brake
piece z mounted upon the cam being made to operate in contact with the
cam u.
When the machine is being manually operated to prevent it from being turned
in the wrong direction we cover the incline surface of the piece h with a spring ¹
which, on the rod y having passed over it, rises so that should this latter be moved
backward it would come into contact with the end of this spring and be held
thereby. And as this spring may be readily displaced by a new one, compensation
for any wear of this incline h can readily be made.
Although we have hereinbefore described and shown only three arms b b¹ b¹¹ it
will readily be understood that the number of these arms may be increased by
increasing or otherwise arranging the cam surfaces and other operating parts to work
in proper unison therewith, however we think that the number shown is the most
appropriate.
The framework 8 of the machine is arranged to meet the several requirements,
and for the sake of clearness the front guard and supporting leg which we purpose
using in all cases has been omitted from the drawing.
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. The combination in a bottle filling machine of three intermittently rotating
arms and parts in connection therewith for supplying two separate liquids to the
bottles carried thereby together with means for preventing any loss of the liquids
during these processes provided one or other of the bottles is not in position
substantially as and for the purposes specified.
2. The combination in a bottle filling machine of three or more intermittently
rotating arms and parts in connection therewith for supplying one or two liquids
to the bottles carried thereby together with means for preventing any loss of the
liquids during these processes provided one or other of the bottles is not in position
substantially as and for the purposes specified.
3. The combination in a bottle filling machine of a cylinder and piston, having
means for regulating the stroke of said piston so that a greater or less quantity of
liquid may be supplied through or by said cylinder and piston to the bottles being
filled by said machine substantially as herein specified.
4. The combination in a bottle filling machine of cain mechanism with spring
retarding devices for operating said machines intermittently and securing their
steady action substantially as and for the purpose specified.
5. The arrangement and combination of parts in the production of bottle filling
machines substantially as herein specified.
Dated this 18th day of July 1894.
ALFRED HANESWORTH,
GEORGE BOWEN,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.