IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS EMPLOYED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF AERATED WATERS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Moses Morris, of Swinton, in the County of Lancaster,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS
EMPLOYED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF AERATED WATERS."
Sealed the 14th November 1879, and dated the 20th May 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Moses Morris at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th May 1879.
MOSES MORRIS, of Swinton, in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS EMPLOYED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF AERATED
WATERS."
The first part of this Invention relates to the apparatus for supplying syrups to
the bottles in the manufacture of lemonades or other flavored aerated water, the
object being to regulate the quantity of the syrup supplied, and to inject it into the
bottle at the moment required, that is, just before the aerated water is admitted.
This apparatus or syrup injector" is constructed as follows:-
A pipe leading from the syrup reservoir is connected by a valve to an injector
which consists of a cup on a stand, closed at the top by a presser and a diaphragm
of india rubber attached thereto of such a size as not to stretch in working.
The outer edge of this diaphragm is held down on the edges of the cup by a
screwed ring.
The presser or piston which is attached to the central part of the diaphragm is
worked by means of a rod having a pin at its other extremity engaging in a cam
so formed as to depress the piston and inject the syrup during one quarter revolution
of the handle, and then to "dwell" for a quarter of a revolution while the aerated
water is being admitted; next, to raise the piston and admit the syrup into the
injector during a third quarter, and to "dwell" again during the last quarter.
It is evident that the higher the piston and diaphragm rise the more syrup the
injector can contain and discharge, and to regulate the stroke of the said piston I
alter the position of the cam on its dead plate by means of a screw or in any other
convenient manner. When it is not desired to inject the syrup into the bottles (as
for example when making soda water) the cam which is loose on its shaft is thrown
out of work by disengaging a spring catch or the boss of the cam from a tooth or
projection on a fixed collar on the shaft, which projection is so formed that the
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catch does not work the cam when the hand lever is moved backwards.
arrangement applies to the apparatus for supplying self closing stoppered bottles,
but when injecting the syrup into "corked" bottles the cam is made to depress the
piston rod during a quarter of a revolution of the hand lever, and "dwell" during
the remaining three quarters, and it is evident that when the hand lever is reversed
to cork the bottle the piston will be raised again.
The second part of this Invention consists of an automatic apparatus for regulating
the production of the carbonic acid gas used in aerating the water, whereas hitherto
the acid or vitriol has been admitted to the alkali in the gas generator by hand
whenever the gas holder did not contain enough gas,
Connected to the chain and weight of the gas holder is a frame which moves in
suitable vertical slides, and fixed to this frame is another frame constructed with
one or more "swells or inclines on one side against which a pulley at the end of a
horizontal slide is held by means of a weight or otherwise.
At the end of this
slide is an adjustable loop catching on a projection on a lever which turns a tap
from the acid cistern.
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As the gas holder rises with the volume of the gas generated the frame with the
swells" on the side falls, and the horizontal slide is forced outwards by the said
"swells," and thus the tap is gradually closed, so that the more gas the holder
contains the less acid is admitted to the alkali in the gas generator.
When the acid admitted has exhausted the alkali, and consequently ceases to form
gas the operator is warned by a bell attached to an arm which is caught by a
projection on the frame with the inclined side as the latter is moved upwards by
the descent of the gas holder.
The above arrangement of the slides and levers may evidently be modified in
several ways; the slides inay also be dispensed with and a pivotted lever used, one
end of which works the tap and the other is connected to the chain of the gas
holder, or even to the holder itself.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Moses Morris in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th November
1879.
MOSES MORRIS, of Swinton, in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS EMPLOYED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF AERATED WATERS."
The first part of this Invention relates to the apparatus for supplying syrups to
the bottles in the manufacture of lemonade or other flavored aerated waters, the
object being to regulate the quantity of the syrup supplied, and to inject it into the
bottle at the moment required, that is, just before the aerated water is admitted.
The second part of the Invention consists of an apparatus for regulating the
production of the carbonic acid gas used for aerating the water.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention, I 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 I
have annexed hereunto two Sheets of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have marked
the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in the
following explanation thereof.
The first part of my Invention is illustrated by Sheet 1 of the Drawings, in which
Fig. 1 represents an elevation of this part of the apparatus; and Fig. 2 a section of
the syrup injector drawn to a larger scale.
A pipe a, a, leading from the syrup reservoir b, b, is connected by a valve to the .
injector which consists (see Fig. 2) of a cup c, c, on a stand closed at the top by a
presser d, d, and a diaphragin of india rubber or other suitable material e, e, fixed
thereto and of such a size as not to stretch in the working. The outer edge of this
diaphragm e, c, is held down on the edges of the cup by a cap ff, which is held
tightly to the said cup by a screwed ring g, g.
The presser or piston d, d, is worked by means of a rod having a pin at the
other extremity engaging in the slot of a lever m, m, the forked end of which
embraces a cain n, n, so formed as to depress the piston d, d, and inject the syrup
during one quarter of a revolution of the hand lever, and then to "dwell" for a
quarter of a revolution whilst the aerated water is being admitted to raise the
piston and admit the syrup into the injector during a third quarter, and to dwell
during the last quarter. The form of this cam n, n, is shown at Fig. 3, which is
drawn to a larger scale.
It is evident that the higher the piston d and diaphragm e rises the more syrup
the injector can contain and discharge; and to regulate the stroke of the said piston
I alter the position of the fulcrum o of the lever m, m, by means of a screw, or in
any convenient manner.
When it is not desired to inject syrup into the bottles (as for example when
making soda water) the cam n, n, which is loose on its shaft is thrown out of work
by disengaging a spring catch p on the side of the cam from a tooth or projection
on a fixed collar on the shaft, which projection is so formed that the catch does not
work the cam when the hand lever is moved backwards.
I may here remark that if preferred a "face" cam with a groove of the required
form may be substituted for the cam n, n, shown on the Drawing.
The above applies only to stoppered bottles of the self-closing class, but when
injecting syrup into corked bottles the cam is made as shown at Fig. 4 so as to
depress the piston rod during a quarter of a revolution, and dwell during the
remaining three quarters, and when the hand lever is reversed to cork the bottle
the piston is caused to rise again by means of a pin fixed on the side of the cam.
In order to prevent the cam n, n, from falling over when the spring catch p, p,
is released there is a brake-strap 9, 9, (see also face view, Fig. 5) which passes
round the boss of the cam and exerts sufficient pressure or friction thereon to
prevent it from falling over by its own weight.

page_text: The second part of my Invention is illustrated on Sheet 2 of the Drawings, in
which Fig. 6 represents a general elevation of the gas generator and gas holder with
my improved apparatus attached; and Fig. 7 a front view of the bell arrangement
. hereinafter described. r, r, is the acid vessel; 8, s, the generator; and t, t, the
purifier; u, u, is the gas holder.
Hitherto the acid or vitriol has been admitted to the alkali in the gas generator
by hand whenever the gas holder did not contain enough gas; I propose to effect
this object by automatic means in the following manner :-
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Connected to the chain v, v, of the gas holder u, u, is a bar w, w, which moves
in a suitable vertical slide x, x, and is provided with an inclined plane at against
which a pulley at the end of a horizontal rod y, y, is held by means of a weighted
lever z, z, or otherwise.
The other end of this horizontal rod (the length of which is adjustable) is con-
nected by a short arm to a vertical rod 1, 1, near the top of which is another short
arm 2, 2, provided with a loop catching on the lever of the tap 3, 3, of the acid
· vessel 7, 7.
As the gas holder u, u, rises with the volume of the gas generated, the bar w, w,
falls, and its inclined plane *** forces the horizontal rod y, y, outwards, and thus
the acid tap 3, 3, is gradually closed so that the more gas the holder contains the
less acid is admitted to the alkali in the gas generator s, s.
When the acid admitted has exhausted the alkali, and consequently ceases to
form gas, the operator is warned by a bell 4, 4, attached to an arm 5, 5, (see Fig. 7)
which is caught by a projection 6 on the bar w, w; the latter is moved upwards by
the descent of the gas holder u, u.
Having now described the nature and objects of my said Invention, together
with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, I would remark in conclusion that I do not wish to confine myself
to the exact details of arrangement as above described and represented on the
Drawings annexed, so long as the principal features of my Invention are retained,
but I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention,-
First. The construction and arrangement of the syrup injector, substantially as
described with reference to Sheet 1 of the annexed Drawings; and,
Secondly. I claim the use of automatic apparatus, substantially as described with
reference to Sheet 2 of the said Drawings, whereby the rising and falling of the gas
holder is caused to act upon the acid tap so as to diminish or increase the amount of
acid admitted into the gas generator, and to give an audible signal to the attendant
when the supply of gas has become nearly exhausted.
In witness whereof, I, the said Moses Morris, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.