Improvements in Machines for Filling and Closing Internally Stoppered Bottles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 6th July, 1893-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Filling and Closing Internally
Stoppered Bottles.
We, EDWARD SAMUEL CHAVASSE, of Ombersley, near Worcester, in the
County of Worcester, Engineer, and WILLIAM WEBB SMITH, of 410, Eccles
New Road, Salford, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in what are known
as turn-over machines in which the various operations of turning over the internally
stoppered bottles and filling the same with. syrup and aerated or other gaseous
liquid. and ejecting the atmospheric air from the bottles and closing the same when
filled are performed automatically.
In the kind of turn over machine to which this invention relates the bottle
holder revolves intermittently in a vertical plane about a horizontal spindle or
trunnion working in a chambered journal through which the syrup and aerated
water to the bottle and the atmospheric air from the bottle are allowed to pass
at certain intervals or at the same time as may be required. The bottle holder and
its trunnion make part of a revolution and then remain stationary while the bottle
is filling and then make another part revolution and then remain stationary for
another short period while the filled bottle is being removed and replaced by an
empty one.
The first part of our invention consists of the following improved arrangement of
mechanism for imparting the necessary intermittent movement to the said spindle
or trunnion and the bottle holder.
Upon the said trunnion we fix a spur wheel which for distinction we will call A.
This wheel gears, with another spur wheel (preferably arranged below) which we
will call B and which is twice the diameter of the wheel A. The wheel B is
about twice as wide on the face as is the wheel A. Around one half of the
face of the wheel B the teeth are intact and around the other half thereof which
gears with the wheel A the teeth are wanting at spaces corresponding with the
times during which the trunnion and bottle holder are required to remain stationary.
A third and smaller spur wheel which we will call C arranged on a revolving shaft
gears with that portion of the face of the wheel B where the teeth are intact so
that so long as the spur wheel C revolves the wheel B revolves continuously and by
the teeth in the wheel B being partly wanting as above described the required
intermittent motion of the wheel A and bottle holder fixed thereto is obtained.
This arrangement of the wheels A B and C gearing together one of which has
teeth wanting at intervals for obtaining the required intermittent movement of the
bottle holder as above described, is an improvement on somewhat similar mechanism
described in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 3899 of A.D. 1889 granted to
one of us namely to the said Edward Samuel Chavasse.
There is or may be a clutch actuated by a spring or otherwise arranged so as to
engage with and lock the wheel A at the times when the teeth on the wheel B are
not in gear therewith and thus ensure the teeth coming properly into gear; this
clutch is operated by cams or projections on the wheel B.
The said shaft on which is the wheel C is or may be operated from a con-
tinuously revolving pulley on this shaft by means of a clutch actuated by foot lever
mechanism by preference so arranged that when the foot lever is depressed by the
operator the clutch is thrown into gear and the machine is set in motion and when
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page_text: the operator's foot is removed a spring or counterweight or other mechanism draws
the clutch out of gear and the machine comes to rest.
Over the said wheels A B and C we provide a guard on the outer surface of
which we may form a cam for raising the arm to permit the insertion of a bottle
and for allowing the arm to close upon and hold the bottle during its revolution.
This moving arm is by preference arranged to slide on the bottle holder and is
closed upon the bottle by a spring and provided with a roller which moves over the
face of the aforesaid cam on the wheel guard.
We arrange the syrup pump conveniently above the said horizontal spindle or
trunnion on which latter is a cam which operates a lever to which the pump
plunger is connected. As the bottle holder revolves the said cam always lifts the
pump plunger to the same height but the downward movement of the lever and
pump plunger are regulated as required by means of an adjustable bracket or
sector through or against which the said lever works. The down stroke of the
lever arm and pump plunger is caused by a spring or balance weight attached to
the lever.
A small pet cock is or may be provided in the syrup pipe so that when it is
required to change from one kind of syrup to another the syrup remaining in the
pipes and other connections may by using the said pump lever as a hand pump be
effectually removed without running the machine.
Dated this 30th day of September 1892.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Filling and Closing Internally
Stoppered Bottles.
We, EDWARD SAMUEL CHAVASSE, of Ombersley, near Worcester, in the
County of Worcester, Engineer, and WILLIAM WEBB SMITH, of 410, Eccles
New Road, Salford, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, 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 consists of the herein-described improvements in what are known
as turn-over machines in which the various operations of turning over the internally
stoppered bottles and filling the same with syrup and acrated or other gaseous
liquid and ejecting the atmospheric air from the bottles and closing the same when
filled are performed automatically.
In the kind of turn-over machine to which this invention relates the bottle holder
revolves intermittently in a vertical plane about a horizontal spindle or trunnion
working in a chambered journal through which the syrup and aerated water to the
bottle and the atmospheric air from the bottle are allowed to pass at certain
intervals or at the same time as may be required. The bottle holder and its
trunnion make part of a revolution and then remain stationary while the bottle
is filling and then make another part revolution and then remain stationary for
another short period while the filled bottle is being removed and replaced by an
empty one.
We will describe this invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a general view of an internally stoppered bottle filling and closing
machine embodying our improvements;
Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation and Fig. 3 is a sectional front elevation of
the upper part of the said machine on an enlarged scale;
Fig. 4 is a sectional front elevation Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation Fig. 6 is

page_text: a sectional plan on line X X of Fig. 4, and Fig. 7 is a back elevation of the
chambered journal part of the said machine through which the syrup and aerated
water pass to the bottle and the atmospheric air passes from the bottle at certain
intervals in the working of the machine;
Fig. 8 is a front elevation partly in section of the moving arm part of the
bottle holder;
Fig. 9 is a sectional side elevation, Fig. 10 is a plan, and Fig. 11 is a sectional
plan of the same,
Figs. 12 and 13 illustrate the action of the clutch by which the movement of the
machine is controlled;
Fig. 14 is a front elevation, Fig. 15 is a plan and Fig. 16 is a side elevation of
the driving gear of the said machine separately on an enlarged scale.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
The first part of our said invention consists of the following improved arrange-
ment of mechanism for imparting the necessary intermittent movement to the said
spindle or trunnion D and the bottle holder E. Upon the trunnion D we fix a
spur wheel A (see Figs. 2, 3, 14, 15 and 16). This wheel A gears with another
spur wheel B which is about twice the diameter of the wheel A. The wheel B
is about twice as wide on the face as is the wheel A. and the wheel B turns
loosely upon the stud F fixed to the machine frame G. Around one half (when
viewed edgeways) of the face of the wheel B the teeth are intact and around the
other half thereof which gears with the wheel A the teeth are wanting at spaces b¹ b
(see Fig. 14) corresponding with the times during which the trunnion B and bottle
holder E are required to remain stationary. The third and smaller spur wheel C
fixed on the revolving shaft c¹ gears with that portion of the face of the wheel B
where the teeth are intact so that so long as the spur wheel C revolves the
wheel B will revolve continuously and by the teeth in the wheel B being partly
wanting at the spaces 61 6 as above described the required intermittent motion of
the wheel A and bottle holder E fixed thereto is obtained. That is to say when
the bottle holder E is in its vertical position shewn by Figs. 1 and 2 the
wheels A and B are in the positions relatively to each other shewn in Figs. 14
and 15 and the wheel B revolves in the direction indicated by the arrow. The
series of teeth 6 of the wheel B first come into contact with the teeth a¹ of the
wheel A and turn the wheel and the arm D and bottle holder E in the direction
indicated by the arrow in Figs. 3 and 14 until it arrives at the position where the
passage el at the back of the central boss of the bottle holder E corresponds with
the aerated water inlet (see Fig. 4) in the face of the chambered journal I;
the passage in moving past the slotted end of the passage h¹ leading
from the syrup pump having taken in the supply of syrup to the bottle. As the
teeth have now passed the teeth a' of the wheel A the wheel A with the trunnion D
and bottle holder E remain stationary while the aerated water flows into the
bottle the bottle holder being maintained in this position by means of the spring
clutch J (see Fig. 2) the fore-end of which engages in a hole a in the wheel A.
This clutch is kept pressed forward by a coiled spring j' and it slides in a bearing
in the machine frame G and in another bearing in the chambered journal I and
it has a downwardly projecting pin 3 which just before the teeth of the wheel B
come into gear with the teeth of the wheel A is acted upon by one of the
projections 6 on the wheel B and forced backwardly so as to release the wheel A
and after the projection or 66 has passed the pin the clutch J is by its spring j¹
shot forward again against the face of the wheel A so as to be ready to spring into
and engage
with one of the holes a or a' of the wheel A and lock the wheel A in
that position. When the space where the teeth are wanting in the wheel B has
passed the wheel A the bottle has taken in its supply of aerated water and the
teeth then come into gear with the series of teeth a² of the wheel A (the clutch J
having first been pressed back by the projection 66 as above described; and the

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wheel A with the bottle holder E and arm D then complete their revolution and
arrive at the original position shewn in Fig. 2 when as hereinafter described the
filled bottle is free to be removed. The above described arrangement of the
wheels A B and C gearing together one of which has teeth wanting at intervals
for obtaining the required intermittent movement of the bottle holder as above
described is an improvement on somewhat similar mechanism described in the
Specification of Letters Patent No. 3899 of A.D. 1889 granted to one of us namely
to the said Edward Samuel Chavasse.
The arrangement of the ports and passages in the bottle holder arm E and in
the chambered journal 1 form no part of this invention as they are or may be
similar to corresponding ports and passages described in Chavasse's Patent No. 3899
of A.D. 1889 above referred to.
This
The second part of this invention consists of the following improved arrange-
ment of clutch mechanism for setting the machine in motion and for stopping
the same at the will of the operator. We provide
a continuously revolving
pulley K mounted loosely on the shaft c¹ the boss of this pulley having cast
or fixed to it one or more ordinary clutch teeth k¹. Fixed on the shaft c' we
provide a clutch L (see Figs. 2, 3, 12 and 13) which has a bolt / fitted to
slide in it about parallel with the shaft c this bolt being so placed that
when its end which is nearer to the pulley K projects outwardly as shewn in
Fig. 13 it will engage with the clutch tooth ¹ of the pulley K. Normally the
bolt is kept in this position by the spring m. The other end 12 of the bolt 11
is made with a head (see Figs. 3, 13 and 12) which head forms a stop to
prevent the bolt 1 shooting out too far and also serves to engage with the
lever N to automatically withdraw the bolt as hereinafter described.
lever N turns upon a fulcrum n¹ fixed to the frame G and at its other end n²
is connected by the connecting link to a treadle lever 0 (see Fig. 1) which
turns upon a fulcrum o' and at its end o³ is shaped to be pressed by the
operator's foot. When it is required to start the machine the operator presses
the lever which raises the end n of the lever N and depresses the other
end (see Figs. 12 and 13) withdrawing it from underneath the head of
the bolt and allowing the bolt to be shot forward by its spring so as to
engage with the tooth of the wheel K so that the shaft c' now revolves with
the pulley and the machine is set in motion. To stop the machine the operator
removes his foot from the lever which by a counterweight o³ is then caused
to rise bringing the end of the lever N against the ring p formed on the
clutch L as shewn in Fig. 3 so that when the bolt arrives at the end n³ of
the lever N the head 12 rides upon the inclined end n³ thus withdrawing the bolt
from the clutch tooth and stopping the machine with the bottle holder vertical
ready for the insertion of a bottle as shewn in Fig. 2.
Another part of this invention has reference to the guard for protecting the
geared wheels A B and C and to the cam ¹ for raising the arm to permit of the
insertion of a bottle and for allowing the arm to close upon and hold the bottle
during its revolution. According to this third part of this invention we form the
said wheel guard Q (see Figs. 1 and 2) of the shape shewn so as to cover the
wheels A B and C and we form the cam g' in a piece with the wheel guard Q
thereby simplifying the construction of these parts the said wheel guard being fixed
in place by a screw securing the wheel guard to the stud F on which the wheel B
turns. It will be seen that the cam part q rises at the centre so that as the bottle
holder E turns round, the roller R of the sliding arm E¹ in riding over the cam q¹
will be lifted as shewn in Fig. 2 to allow of the removal of the filled bottle from
the bottle holder and the insertion of an empty bottle therein. Figs. 8, 9 10 and 11
shew the construction of the sliding bottle holder arm E¹ on an enlarged scale but
it is to be understood that the construction of this bottle holder arm forms no part
of this invention.
The fourth part of this invention consists of the hereindescribed improved

page_text: means for operating the syrup pump by which the throw of the pump can be readily
regulated as required and when it is required to change from one kind of syrup to
another the pump can while the machine remains stationary be worked by band to
pump out the syrup remaining in the pipes and other connections. In carrying out
this said fourth part of our invention we arrange the syrup pump S above the
horizontal spindle or trunnion D as in some other bottle filling machines and on the
spindle or trunnion D we provide a cam T (see Fig. 3) of the shape shewn which
operates the lever U above the cam T which lever is connected to the pump
plunger and turns upon a fulcrum pin u¹ fixed to the frame G of the machine.
As the bottle holder E and its trunnion D revolve the cam T always lifts the
lever U and pump plungers' to the same height but the downward movement of
the lever U and pump plunger s' are regulated as required by means of the bracket
or sector V through which the lever U works this bracket or sector having its
lower part made in the form of a screw ol which can be raised and on which the
lever U rests when in its lowest position. The down stroke of the lever arm U and
pump plungers is caused by the balance weight W (see Fig. 2) or by a spring
acting upon the cord w' fixed to the lever U and contained within the standard G
of the machine. The small pet cock Y (see Fig. 1) is or may be provided in the
syrup pipe leading from the pump S to the syrup inlet on the chambered journal I
so that when it is required to change from one kind of syrup to another this pet
cock Y can be opened and the syrup pump S worked by using the lever U as a
hand lever thus effectually pumping the syrup out of the pipes and other
connections through the pet cock Y without running the machine.
The parts of the machine which we have not described form no part of this
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a machine of the kind herein referred to for filling and closing internally
stoppered bottles and in combination with the turn over bottle holder thereof, the
employment of the wheels A B and C constructed and arranged substantially as
hereinbefore described and shewn so as to impart the necessary intermittent
movement to the bottle holder.
2. In a machine of the kind herein referred to for filling and closing internally
stoppered bottles and in combination with the turn over bottle holder thereof
and the wheels A B and C for imparting the necessary intermittent movement to
the bottle holder, the locking clutch J constructed and operated substantially as
described so as to lock the wheel A and the bottle holder when not revolving and
release the same at the proper times and ensure the wheels A and B properly
gearing together substantially as hereinbefore set forth and shewn.
3. In a machine of the kind herein referred to for filling and closing internally
stoppered bottles, the employment of the hereindescribed improved arrangement of
clutch mechanism for starting and stopping the said machine such clutch mechanism
being constructed arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. In a machine of the kind herein referred to for filling and closing internally
stoppered bottles and in combination with the bottle holder arm and the
gearing A B and C for driving the same, the employment of the combined wheel
guard P and cam g' for actuating the sliding arm E of the bottle holder substan-
tially as hereinbefore described and shewn.
5. In a machine of the kind herein referred to for filling and closing internally
stoppered bottles and in combination with the syrup pump and the revolving
spindle or trunnion D of the bottle holder, the employment of the means herein-
before described for transmitting motion from the cam on the spindle or trunnion D
to the syrup pump plunger and for regulating the stroke of the same arranged to

page_text: enable the syrup pump to be worked by hand when required substantially as
herein before set forth and shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 5th day of July 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.