IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BOTTLING AERATED WATERS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Thomas Hayes of Shernall Street, Walthamstow
in the County of Essex Mineral Water Manufacturer for an invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BOTTLING AERATED WATERS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Thomas Hayes at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th March 1882.
JAMES THOMAS HAYES of Shernall Street Walthamstow in the County of
Essex Mineral Water Manufacturer IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BOTTLING
AERATED WATERS
The object of my invention is to improve and simplify machines for bottling
aerated waters. With this object I construct a framing of suitable material and of
convenient size and shape. On one part of this framing I mount a machine for
bottles with patent stoppers. This consists of a frame with a cup sliding in a slot
which cup is brought into position by a screw worked by a handle on the top.
On the upper part of the frame is the bottling cup the pipe leading to which
oscillates in a suitable bearing in the framing of the machine. This bearing is so
formed as to act as a stuffing box to which the pipe from the pump is led and the
pipe from the cup surrounds and oscillates round this pipe from the pump or vice
versa. The passage of the water through this stuffing box and the pipes therein
is governed either by a spring valve or a valve with a lever handle. I can also
place on the same framing a machine for bottling syphons and an ordinary rack
bottling machine with a foot lever. All these are supplied from the one pump
which is also mounted on the framing. I also place on this framing a large
cylinder. The end of the pipe leading from the pump to the interior of this
cylinder is fitted with a rose finely perforated for the better aeration of the water
and the better mixing of the gas and water in the cylinder. I can also if I should
so desire place the first mentioned bottling machine on a separate frame and use
it without the combination of machines herein described.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Thomas Hayes in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th September 1882.
JAMES THOMAS HAYES of Shernall Street, Walthamstow in the County of Essex
Mineral Water Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN
AËRATED WATERS
"
APPARATUS FOR BOTTLING
The object of my invention is to improve and simplify machines for bottling
aerated waters. My improved apparatus is constructed for filling bottles with
patent stoppers, and is provided with a cup brought into position by a screw to
compress the neck of the bottle against the rubber contained in the bottling cup.
The said screw is worked by a handle at its upper extremity. The waterway
leading to the said bottling cup oscillates in a suitable bearing in the framing of
the machine. The waterway oscillating in this bearing is connected with the duct
leading from the cylinder of the machine by means of a stuffing box, and the
waterway from the bottling cup surrounds and oscillates around the duct leading
from the cylinder, or vice versa. The passage of the water through the stuffing
box and the waterway therein is governed either by a spring valve operated by a
foot lever, or by a valve with a lever handle. My improved apparatus may be
combined on the same framing, with a machine for bottling syphons, and an
ordinary rack bottling machine with a foot lever. All these can be supplied from
the one cylinder which is also mounted on the framing. The end of the pipe
leading from the pump to the interior of this cylinder is fitted with a rose finely
perforated for the better aeration of the water, and the better mixing of the gas
and water in the cylinder. My improved apparatus may also be fixed on a separate
pillar or frame and used without the combination of machines previously described.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved apparatus
Figure 2 is a transverse section of the head and bottling cup on the line A B
figure 1.
In the drawing my improved apparatus is shown mounted upon a pillar, for
separate use. a is the bottling cup provided with cavity b for the reception of
the bottle c. When the said bottle is inserted in the said cavity it is held firmly
in position by means of the cup d which receives the lower end of the bottle.
The said cup d may travel in a slotted frame or upon one or more guide-rods or
in any other suitable manner. The said cup d is raised or lowered by means of
the screw e operated by the handle f. The connection of the bottle c with the
bottling cup.a is rendered airtight by means of the indiarubber washer g. The
bottling cup a is provided with a snifting valve h (figure 2) for the escape of air
and water. This valve is operated by the knob i and spring ; and is provided
with the stuffing box k in which a cupped leather or packing may be used and
vent or exit l.
Communication between the bottling cup a and the duct m leading from the
cylinder of the apparatus is obtained by means of the waterway n which extends
through the head o and cylinder p oscillating in the bearing p¹ the connection
with the duct m being made by means of the stuffing box 4.
The communication between the duct m and waterway n is opened or closed by
means of the valve r. The said valve is operated by the rod s which extends to
the bottom of the pillar and is worked by a foot lever. The upper extremity of
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page_text: the said rod & is bifurcated or forked. Each fork passes through the plate t and
through the head r₁ of the valve r and is secured by a screw nut 11. Each of the
said forks also carries a spiral spring u, the upper extremities of the said springs
impinging against the plate t and their lower ends have their seats on shoulders u¹
formed on the forks. When the foot lever is depressed the forked rod s raises the
valve r and opens communication between the duct m and waterway n. On the
foot-lever being released the valve is closed by the springs u. The upper end of
the valve-box is provided with a stuffing box, in which a cupped leather or packing
may be used.
The flow of water from the cylinder is regulated by the tap w provided with the
passage w¹ to the duct m, and the passage w leading to the waste pipe x. By
means of this tap the communication between the cylinder and the duct m can be
opened or closed, or, when necessary, the flow of water can be directed into the
waste pipe x.
Having thus fully described my said invention and shown how the same may
be carried into practice I claim
d
First, the screw e for raising and lowering the cup & substantially as described.
Second The oscillating cylinder p and stuffing box q connecting the waterway n
with the duct m substantially as shown and described.
Third, The snifting valve h substantially as shown and described.
Fourth, The bifurcated or forked rod 8 and springs u for operating the valve r.
Fifth The waste water tap w substantially as described.
Sixth The construction and general arrangement of the apparatus as described
and illustrated by the drawing, for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof I the said James Thomas Hayes have hereunto set my
hand and seal this eighth day of September in the year of Our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
JAMES THOMAS HAYES. (L.S.)