IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR 'SYRUPING' AËRATED BEVERAGES, WHICH APPARATUS IS ALSO APPLICABLEQUOR
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James McEwen and Simeon Spencer, both of Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
'SYRUPING' AËRATED BEVERAGES, WHICH APPARATUS IS ALSO APPLICABLE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James McEwen and Simeon
Spencer at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd December
1880.
JAMES MCEWEN and SIMEON SPENCER, both of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster. "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR SYRUPING' AERATED BEVERAGES, WHICH
APPARATUS IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR AERATING BEER AND OTHER LIQUORS."
This Invention relates to that part of the machine used for bottling aerated
beverages (such, for instance, as lemonade, gingerade, and so forth), called the
"syruping pump," and the Invention consists principally in so mounting the
cylinder of such pump that it is capable of oscillating and in actuating the piston
by means of an excentric. The excentric is provided with a slot and is mounted
on a sleeve placed loose on the shaft. The excentric can be placed more or less out
of the centre by sliding the slot on the sleeve, and then fixed by a nut so as to
give more or less throw to the piston in order to regulate the amount of syrup to
be supplied. The sleeve is provided with a lug or projection, and the shaft is
fitted with a projecting catch, the same being so arranged that when the shaft is
turned forwards in filling a bottle the catch coming against the lug moves the
excentric with it, and consequently works the pump, but on rocking the shaft in
the reverse direction it can make about a quarter of a turn before it acts upon the
excentric, so that in filling bottles with internal stoppers the bottle can be rocked
slightly so as to bring the stopper into position without working the syrup
pump.
For nerating beer or other liquors the position of the excentric is simply
reversed so as to force the air in after the liquid has been admitted.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said James McEwen and Simeon Spencer in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 20th June 1881.
JAMES M°EWEN and SIMEON SPENCER, both of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster. "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR SYRUPING AERATED BEVERAGES, WHICH
APPARATUS IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR AERATING BEER AND OTHER LIQUORS."
"
This Invention relates to that part of the machine used for bottling aerated
beverages (such, for instance, as lemonade, gingerade, and so forth), called the
syruping pump," and the Invention consists principally in so mounting, the
cylinder of such pump that it is capable of oscillating and in actuating the piston
by means of an excentric.
Such being the nature and object of our said Invention we will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect; and in order that the same may be clearly understood
we have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have
marked the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in
the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 in the annexed Drawing is a vertical section of the "syruping pump" of
a bottling machine for aerated beverages made according to my Invention, and
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the excentric.
a, a, is part of the iron stand, and b, b, is the revolving shaft of the filling
machine; c, c, is the oscillating cylinder of the pump working on the fixed pivot d
on one side, and on the hollow trunnion e, e, on the other side; f, f, is the pump
rod and excentric strap, the latter embracing the excentric g, g.
The excentric g, g, is provided with a slot h enlarged at H, and is mounted on
a sleeve i, i, placed loose on the shafts b, b. The sleeve i, i, is provided with an
oblong block. I on one end that fits into the enlarged part H of the slot h. The
excentric g, g, can be placed more or less out of the centre by sliding the slot H on
the block I, and then fixed by a nut k, k, so as to give more or less throw to the
piston in order to regulate the ainbunt of syrup to be supplied.
The block I is provided with a lug or projection 6, 1, and the shaft b, b, is fitted
with a projecting catch m, m, the same being so arranged that when the shaft b, b,
is turned forwards in filling a bottle, the catch m, m, coming against the lug 1, 1,
moves the excentric.g, g, with it and consequently works the pump, but on rocking
the shaft b, b, in the reverse direction it can make about a quarter of a turn before
it acts upon the excentric g, g, so that in filling bottles with internal stoppers the
bottle can be rocked slightly so as to bring the stopper into position without
working the syrup pump.
For aerating beer or other liquors the position of the excentric is simply reversed
so as to force the air in after the liquid has been admitted.
n, n, is a nut for keeping the loose sleeve i, i, up against the catch m, m; o is
the cam or excentric for opening the water valve; p is the outlet syrup valve
the inlet syrup valve; r, r, is an oscillating joint made with a leather or
other suitable washer and a split gland.
and
Having now described the nature and object of our said Invention, together
with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, we wish it to be understood that we claim as our Invention,-
First. Mounting the cylinder of "syruping pumps" so that they are capable of
oscillating and actuating the piston of the same by means of an excentric.
Secondly. We claim the arrangement shown and described for adjusting the
length of stroke of such excentric, and

page_text: Thirdly. We claim the means shewn and described for allowing bottles having
internal stoppers to be rocked slightly so as to bring the stopper into position
without working the syrup pump.
In witness whereof, I, the said James McEwen (on behalf of myself and the
said Simeon Spencer), have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eighteenth
day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
eighty one.
JAMES MCEWEN. (L.S.)