Improvements in Machinery for Filling Aerated Liquids into Bottles and for Syruping the same.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Filling Aerated Liquids into
Bottles and for Syruping the same.
We, GEORGE BOWEN of 20 Lily Street, Mechanic, and THOMAS MINSHALL of
17 Ruth Street, Pattern Maker, both of Bolton in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in machinery for filling aerated liquids
into stoppered bottles and for syruping the same, and consists in providing a
machine that can be operated by hand or power at will, and wherein the rotating
or revolving of the bottle when being filled and syruped is dispensed with.
This invention consists in an improved construction and arrangements of
apparatus mounted on a suitable stand or frame. In the framework of the
machine is mounted a hollow shaft or its equivalent fitted with an arm carrying
the nozzle and other means for holding the bottle. The nozzle is constructed to
receive the mouth of the bottle, and is provided with a snift valve or otherwise.
The nozzle is also fitted with a bush provided with a slot, and arranged or placed
in conjunction with the outlet passage so as to cause or give a whirl to the liquid
when entering the bottle, and cause the liquid to travel up the side of the bottle to
enable the air to escape down the centre, which is necessary for the purpose of
stoppering. The hollow shaft or its equivalent is fitted with an inlet valve, with
means for operating the same from the said shaft. The syrup pump can be fitted
in any convenient position and operated by cam and levers or their equivalents,
with means for adjusting or regulating the quantity of syrup. When a bottle is
placed in the aforesaid nozzle it is arrested by a bearer or presser operated by a
lever and spring. When a bottle is in position and filled the carrying arm is
simply moved a small portion of a circle to operate the syrup pump, and as the
same assumes its highest position the lever for operating the bearer or presser
comes in contact with a device that releases the same and allows the full bottle to
be removed and an empty one replaced with little or no exertion on the part of the
operator.
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In adapting this machine to be driven by power the driving shaft is fitted with
cam which operates in conjunction with a compound cam or saddle connected to a
toothed sector driving a spur pinion on the hollow shaft, and by which the
rotary driving motion produces a reciprocating one to the bottle holder and its
adjuncts.
Dated the 16th March 1801
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Filling Aerated Liquids into
Bottles and for Syruping the same.
We, GEORGE BOWEN of 20 Lily Street, Mechanic, and THOMAS MINSHALL of
17 Ruth Street, Pattern Maker, both of Bolton in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of our said 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 relates to improvements in machinery for filling aerated liquids
into stoppered bottles and for syruping the same, and consists in providing a

page_text: machine that can be operated by hand or power at will, and wherein the rotating or
revolving of the bottle when being filled and syruped is dispensed with.
This invention consists in an improved construction and arrangements of
apparatus mounted on a suitable stand or frame. In the framework of the
machine is mounted a hollow shaft or its equivalent fitted with an arm carrying the
nozzle and other means for holding the bottle. The nozzle is constructed to
receive the mouth of the bottle, and is provided with a snift valve or otherwise.
The nozzle is also fitted with a bush provided with a slot, and arranged or placed
in conjunction with the outlet passage so as to cause or give a whirl to the liquid
when entering the bottle, and cause the liquid to travel up the side of the bottle to
enable the air to escape down the centre, which is necessary for the purpose of
stoppering. The hollow shaft or its equivalent is fitted with an inlet valve, with
means for operating the same from the said shaft. The syrup pump can be fitted
in any convenient position and operated by cam and levers or their equivalents,
with means for adjusting or regulating the quantity of syrup. When a bottle is
placed in the aforesaid nozzle it is arrested by a bearer or presser operated by a
lever and spring. When a bottle is in position and filled the carrying arm is
simply moved a small portion of a circle to operate the syrup pump, and as the
same assumes its highest position the lever for operating the bearer or presser
comes in contact with a device that releases the same and allows the full bottle to
be removed and an empty one replaced with little or no exertion on the part of the
operator.
In adapting this machine to be driven by power the driving shaft is fitted with a
cam which operates in conjunction with a compound cam or saddle connected to a
toothed sector driving a spur pinion on the hollow shaft, and by which the
rotary driving motion produces a reciprocating one to the bottle holder and its
adjuncts.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of our improved hand machine for filling aerated
liquids into bottles and for syruping the same.
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1 showing cams in position for operating aerated water
valve and syrup pump when a bottle is in position for filling.
Fig. 3 is a plan showing position of cams to prevent the aerated water valve and
syrup pump being operated when the machine is without a bottle.
Fig. 4 is a part elevation of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a part front view of filling machine showing the amount of travel of
bottle carrier necessary to fill and syrup a bottle.
Fig. 6 is a sectional side elevation of our improved machine showing the method
of operating syrup pump.
Fig. 7 is an enlarged section of nozzle to receive bottle mouth.
Fig. 8 is a plan through line A' B' in Fig 7.
Fig. 9 is a sectional side elevation of our improved machine for filling liquids
into bottles converted into a power machine, and
Fig. 10 is a front view of cam or shaft working in conjunction with a compound
cam or saddle connected to a toothed sector driving a spur pinion by which the
rotary motion of the driving shaft produces a reciprocating one to the bottle
carrying arm and its adjuncts.
In all the figures the same letters are employed to indicate corresponding
parts.
A is the stand; B the frame; Ċ hollow shaft; D bottle carrying arm; E inlet
valve for aerated liquids; F syrup pump; G driving shaft, and H and I are
driving and loose pulleys respectively.
In the frame B is mounted the hollow shaft C, fitted with the stuffing-box J to
connect it to the valve-box E. The front end of the hollow shaft C is provided
with the flange K to allow of the bottle carrying arm D being secured thereto by
the bolts or set screws L. The arm D is fitted with the nozzle M and the spring

page_text: bearer or presser N for holding the bottle O in position to be filled as in Figs. 1
and 5. The nozzle M is fitted with the snift valve P held against the valve sent
by the spring Q. The nozzle M is also fitted with the bush R provided with the
angular slot S, the latter being arranged or placed in conjunction with the aerated
water outlet passage T to give a whirl to the liquid when entering the bottle O,
and cause the said liquid to travel up the side of the bottle to enable the air to
escape down the centre and through the passage in the plug U to the snift valve P,
which is necessary for the purpose of stoppering. The bearer or presser N is
provided with the screw V threaded into the boss W on the end of the lever X
pivoted to the arm D by the centre Y. The screw V is provided to compensate
for varying lengths of bottles. To the lever X is attached the arm Z which
operates in connection with the swivelling device or forked lever to release the
bearer or presser N from the action of the spring e, by which a full bottle can be
removed and an empty one replaced with little or no exertion on the part of the
operator. The spring c attached to the end of the lever X is connected at its
upper end to the arm d extending from the carrying arm D. The forked lever is
mounted on the pillar f secured to the frame B. To the hollow shaft C is attached
the inlet valve-box E by means of the stuffing-box J. The inlet valve E is
operated by the double lever g pivoted to the frame B by the centre ; the other
end of the double lever g being actuated by the cam j on the hollow shaft C. The
syrup pump F is carried from the frame B as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 6. The
piston rod k of the syrup pump F is connected to the double lever by the link m
and pins n.
The movements of the piston of the syrup pump F is effected by the
cam o' operating in its reciprocating action on the end of the double lever and the
arm p. The latter is secured to the double lever by the bolt g in the slot r, by
which it is adjustable for regulating the stroke of the pump F and the quantity of
syrup to be delivered each upward stroke. Syrup is conveyed from the syrup
pump by means of the pipe t to the valve-box E provided with the back-pressure
valve r.
The aerated water is supplied to the inlet valve E by means of the
pipe to leading from the pumps or cylinders usually employed for the purpose.
We will now describe the mode of operating our hand filling machine.
The bottle carrying arm D is placed in a vertical position as shown in Fig. 1,
which action raises the bearer or presser N by the arm Z coming in contact with
the forked lever b, after which an empty bottle O may be placed with its mouth in
the nozzle M. The operator then rotates the carrying arm and bottle in the
direction indicated by the arrow to the position shown in Fig. 5, during which
syrup is pumped into the bottle O by the cam o' operating on the double lever l.
When the position shown in Fig. 5 has been attained the snift valve p is open by
its spindle coming in contact with the adjustable stop a', and the cam; will have
lifted its end of the double lever g and operated or opened the aerated water
valve E, from whence the aerated liquid forces its way into the bottle. After the
bottle is full, or nearly so, and the stopper has sealed the same, the carrying arm D
is rotated backwards to its original position, and the bottle is released by the
arm D or arm Z operating the forked lever b. The latter is actuated in one
direction by the arm Z when the arm D is rotated to fill a bottle, and in the
opposite direction by the arm D itself when rotated back to its original position.
When the carrying arm and the bottle are being rotated backwards the cam o¹
operates on the arm p and re-sets and charges the syrup pump. To prevent
aerated water and syrup being wasted when there is no bottle in the machine the
cams ; and o¹ are slid out of action with the levers g and by the forked lever bas
shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In this case the cams; and o' are secured together and
have a groove between them in which is mounted the clip d', to which is attached
the rod connected to the forked lever b. To allow of the movements of the
latter lever the rod is provided with the slotted end h', in which operates the
pin secured to the forked lever b. When there is no bottle in the machine
the bearer or presser N assumes the position shown in Fig. 9, and the arm Z
operates the forked lever and places the cams j and o¹ out of action with the

page_text: levers and as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, by which action the loss or waste of
acrated water and syrup will be prevented whether the machine is operated by
hand or power.
If desired the cams j and may be cast with or secured to the
hollow shaft C, in which case the connection between them and the forked lever b
will be dispensed with.
In adapting this machine to be driven by power the hollow shaft C is provided
with the spur pinion gearing into the toothed sector. The latter is mounted
on the centre m' secured to the frame B by the nut n'. The lower part of the
sector is constructed as a compound cam pt as shown in Fig. 10, and is operated
by the cam on the shaft s', the latter rotating in the direction indicated by the
arrow. As the cam rotates the compound camp is operated so as to reciprocate
and impart a similar motion to the pinion k¹, by which the arm D will be operated
backwards and forwards from a vertical position to the position shown in Fig. 5.
The shaft sis mounted in the bearings in the frame B, and is fitted with the
spur wheel gearing into the spur wheel to on the driving shaft G. The latter is
held in the bearings y', and is fitted with the fast pulley H and loose pulley I to
allow of the same being driven by a belt. If desired the driving shaft G may be
fitted with friction or other gearing that will allow of the same being stopped and
started at will.
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. The general arrangements, constructions, and combinations of parts composing
our improved hand and power machines for filling and syruping aerated waters
into stoppered bottles, as herein before described and as illustrated in the annexed
drawings.
2. In machines for filling and syruping aerated waters into stoppered bottles
the use of the lever and arm p in combination with the reciprocating cam o¹ for
the purpose specified, substantially as described.
3. In machines for filling and syruping aerated waters into stoppered bottles
the use of the swivelling device or forked lever b in combination with the bottle
carrying arm D and its adjuncts for the purposes specified, substantially as
described.
4. In combination with the bottle nozzle employed in machines for filling and
syruping aerated waters into stoppered bottles the use of the angular slotted
bush R for the purpose specified, substantially as described.
5. In a power machine for filling and syruping aerated waters into stoppered
bottles the use of the compound cam p' carrying the sector in combination
with the rotating cam for the purpose of imparting a reciprocating motion to
the bottle carrying arm D, substantially as described.
Dated the 10th December 1891.
EDMUND CHADWICK, C.P.A.,
Agent.