Improved Apparatus for Aërating Liquids and Bottling same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 14th Aug. 1890-Accepted, 4th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Aërating Liquids and Bottling same.
1 ROBERT JAMES EKE of 54 Radnor Street Bath Street in the City of London
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an apparatus for the manufacture of aërated
liquids and for bottling same as manufactured or otherwise.
According to this invention I employ a closed vessel of sufficient strength to with-
stand the gas pressure required which I call the container within this vessel I fix a
two chamber pump of suitable construction so that after the gas is admitted at the
required pressure the same shall work in equilibrium one chamber being used for liquid
and the other for gas. These chambers communicate by means of suitable valves
pipes and connections with the source of supply. At the lower end of the container
within a suitable distance of the bottom thereof I fix a perforated plate or its equivalent
through which the outlet pipes from the gas and liquid chambers pass.
In order that the machine may be continuous in its action according to this
invention I arrange in connection with the outlet valve suitable connections so that by
the action of filling the bottle the aforesaid pump forces into the container automati-
cally as much liquid as is taken out in charging the bottle.
Dated this Twelfth day of November 1889.
BROWNE & Co.,
9 & 10, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Aërating Liquids and Bottling same.
1 ROBERT JAMES EKE of 54 Radnor Street, Bath Street in the City of London,
Engineer 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 has for its object an apparatus for the manufacture of aerated liquids
and for bottling same as manufactured or otherwise.
According to this invention I employ a closed vessel of sufficient strength to with-
stand the gas pressure required which I call the container within the vessel I fix a
two chamber pump so constructed that after the gas is admitted at the required
pressure the same shall work in equilibriuns one chamber being used for liquid and the
other for gas. These chambers communicate by means of suitable valves pipes and
connections with the source of supply.
At the lower end of the container within a suitable distance of the bottom thereof
I fix the perforated plate or its equivalent through which the outlet pipes from the gas
and liquid chambers pass.
In order that the machine may be continuous in its action 1 arrange in connection
with the outlet valve suitable connections so that by the action of stoppering the bottle
the aforesaid pump forces into the container automatically as much liquid as is taken
out in charging the bottle.
In the accompanying drawing a is the container which is partly filled with the
aerated liquid, b. is the pump consisting of two chambers c and d. with a diaphragm e.
between then, the upper chamber is provided with suction and delivery ports f. g., the
upper chamber c. being for water and the lower one d. for gas, the two pistons j. k.
being attached to one piston rod b. which is attached to the frame m. carrying the
friction rollers n. o. the excentric p. attached to the shaft 7. rotates between the rollers
n. o. and actuates the punîp.

page_text: The shaft q. is driven by means of the spur wheels r. s. from the bottling apparatus
so that as each bottle is filled and stoppered the excentric p. is rotated and the pump
draws into the container as much liquid as is required to fill one bottle thus keeping
the liquid in the container at one constant level.
The gas chamber d. is filled with gas which enters it through the holes t. t. and on
the ascent of the piston j. this gas is forced down the pipe u. to the bottom of the
container thence through the perforated plate or its equivalent v. where it is split up into
⚫numerous streams which as they ascend through the liquid are partly absorbed thereby,
thus aerating the liquid. The pipe to. is fitted with a non return or back pressure
valve on the pipe communicating with the liquid supply.
The gas which may be stored in a gas holder or cylinder is admitted through the
.pipex. to the required maximum pressure the supply being then cut off by a suitable
cock or valve y. till the pressure has fallon below the minimum when more gas is
admitted. The aerated liquid rises up the pipe z. through the hollow trunnion A.
pipe B. and cock C. controlled by the handle D. into the bottle, E. F. is the snifting
valve also opened by means of the handle D.
When the bottle is full the bottling apparatus is rotated till the neck of the bottle is
downwards when the stopper falls into position and is kept tight by the pressure in the
bottle in the ordinary way.
This rotation of the bottling apparatus forces down the pistons j. k. expelling the
water contained in the upper chamber C. of the pump and forcing the gas contained
in the lower chamber through the pipe u. and on completing the revolution of the
bottling apparatus the pump draws in a fresh supply of water and gus. The bottling
apparatus is provided with a movable bottom plate G. capable of being raised or
lowered by means of the hand wheel and screw H so as to enable one apparatus to fill
different size bottles, I. is the handle for rotating the bottling apparatus K. is a bracket
for supporting the shafts and bottling apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In an apparatus for aerating liquids and for bottling the same the use of a double
chambered pump as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
II. The improved combined apparatus for aerating and bottling liquids consisting of
the double chambered pump in the closed vessel in combination with the bottling
· apparatus substantially as set forth and operating in the manner hereinhefore described.
Dated this 14th day of August 1890.