Improvements in Apparatus for Bottling Liquids.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1890-Accepted, 23rd Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Bottling Liquids.
FREDERIC GEORGE RILEY of 23 South Lambeth Road in the County of Surrey,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to Improvements on a former Invention for which I have
obtained Letters Patent No. 14797-1888 and mainly refers to the construction of
bottling machines operated by hand, although the main principle can be applied to
machines operated by power of a type described in my Patents No. 9446-1884 and
8147, 1885 and consists in placing the bottle and also the bottling machine at such
an angle out of the perpendicular as will whilst enabling the bottle to fill yet prevent
the liquid entering the bottle, with the force it would if perpendicular and also to
provide a more effective means of catching the drippings. And I can apply this to
bottles closed with corks or screw or other external stoppers-When I construct a
machine for filling corked bottles I place the main standard carrying the bottling
device, cork driver and bottle compressor at an angle, and mount on same a cam
plate constructed according to my Patent No. 524-1881 operating the various
devices-This cam plate I provide with two or more sets of devices so that a portion
of its revolution will give a completed operation and I provide suitable handles on the
periphery of same.
The cork orifice has a sloping mouth piece and forms an automatic cork feeder as
the cork plunger being raised by suitable springs instead of cams, opens the cone or
compressor and allows a cork to fall in position, the valves for exhausting the air,
admitting the liquid and releasing any excess of pressure before the cork is driven
being operated by the rotation of the cam plate. The action of bottling is as follows-
A bottle and cork are inserted, the cam plate is revolved a portion of its stroke,
partially driving the cork, opening the air exhaust valve and drawing the air out of
the bottle, the cam plate is then given a further partial revolution closing the exhaust
valve and opening the liquid inlet valve, and driving the cork-Whilst one bottle is
being filled a cork for the next bottle is introduced into the cork orifice, and the cams
operating the cork plunger being cut away, after the first cork is driven the springs
raise the cork plunger and the next cork drops into cone below plunger, the bottle
gripper is depressed, first bottle falls out and another is introduced.
In constructing a machine for filling bottles closed with screw stoppers, the
machine is substantially as shown in Figs. 6 & 7 Sheet 4 of my Specification
No. 14797-1888 except that the machine is placed out of the perpendicular, this
machine which is mainly intended for stoppers with a projection similar to those
described in my Patent No. 8198-1885 may also be used for stoppers with a flat
top, but as these stoppers as a rule exceed the diameter of the bottle mouth piece I
have the rubber jointing ring made an inverted cone and provide a lever to give a
suitable partial revolution to compress the rubber round the neck of the bottle-The
stopper gripper may either act as described in my former Invention by the rising of
the bottle with the stopper inserted against the twisting device closing the jaws and
gripping the stopper or what I prefer when the stoppers are varying in sizes and
shapes is to construct the twister with an aperture through the centre and provide at
bottom a cup shaped rubber for introducing the stopper, and carrying the twister to
the top of inachine into a suitable stuffing box and providing it with a valve and
connecting same to vacuum chamber, so that the introduction of the stopper and
raising the twister by the compression of the bottle will connect the twister with
the vacuum chamber, thus securely retaining the stopper for the purpose of removing
from the bottle and replacing it in same when filled. The releasing of the bottle

page_text: allowing the twisting device to be lowered by the action of the spring actuating same
will close the connection to the vacuum cbainber and open it to the outer air.
Dated this 19th day of October 1889.
FREDERIC GEORGE RILEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Bottling Liquids.
FREDERIC GEORGE RILEY of 258, South Lambeth Road in the County of Surrey
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what inanuer the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My Invention relates to Improvements on a former Invention for which I have
obtained Letters Patent No. 14797-1888 and mainly refers to the construction of
bottling machines operated by hand although the main principle can be applied to
machines operated by power of a type described in my Patents No. 9446-84 and
8447-85 and consists in placing the bottle and also the bottling machine at such an
angle out of the perpendicular as will whilst enabling the bottle to fill yet prevent the
liquid entering the bottle with the force it would if perpendicular and also to provide
a more effective means of catching the drippings and I can apply this to bottles closed
with corks or screws or other external stoppers and in order that the said Invention
may be perfectly understood I shall now more particularly describe same and refer
to the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1. Sheet 1 shows an elevation of a complete
machine constructed according to my Invention for filling and corking bottles and
consists of a bed plate A to which are bolted the two shafts a and a which form the
standard and at the same time act as guide rods for the moving slides, C for operating
the cork driver c and D) the bottle raising block with the adjustable bottle seat d;
secured to these near the centre is the main bottling device B containing the regulating
valves, the cork cone and bottle mouthpiece, and on a stud b secured to same Fig. 3.
is mounted the camplate E which is operated by the handles e giving motion to the
cork slide C by the cains e¹ and to the filling valve F, air exhaust valve fand the
pressure reducing valve f¹ by the small cams and 6-These cams being provided
in duplicate, one half revolution of the cam plate E will give a complete operation.
The bottle block D is operated by the cam quadrant H pivotted in the frame A ath
and held in place by a tortional spring secured to the back of frame (not shewn) and
holds the sliding block D continually raised until it is depressed by the hand lever h¹
to insert a bottle. The automatic cork feeder is shewn in section in Fig. 2 and consists
of a mouthpiece with an inclined platform and a cork c¹ being inserted when the cork
plunger is down, the raising of plunger allows the cork to fall into the cone in exact
position for driving into next bottle.
The machine is operated as follows:-The cam plate being in its normal or first
position as shewn in Fig. 1-a bottle is inserted by lowering the bottle block D. by
means of the handle this handle is then released and a cork is placed in cork feeder,
the camplate is given a quarter of a revolution by means of the handle e and the cork
is driven partly through the cone by the cams el operating the corking block C and
the vacuum valve f is also opened, the camplate is then given a further partial
revolution and this valve is closed and the liquid inlet valve F is opened; when the
bottle is full the camplate is given a further partial revolution closing the inlet valve,
opening the pressure reducing valve in its passage and driving the cork into the
bottle; the springs G G then raise the corking block and allow another cork to enter
the cone and the camplate resumes its first position. The filled bottle is then removed
and an empty one inserted. To prevent the loss of vacuum by air leaking in through
pressure reducing valve f¹ I provide a retaining valve b¹.
In constructing machines for filling bottles closed with screw stoppers the apparatus
is substantially as shewn in Figs. 6 & 7-Sheet 4 of my Specification No. 14797-88--

page_text: except that the machine is placed out of the perpendicular as shewn in Fig. 4. Sheet 2
of the present Invention; this machine which is mainly intended for stoppers closed
with a projection similar to those described in my Patent No. 8198-85 may also be
used for stoppers with a flat top, but as these stoppers as a rule have tops which
exceed the diameter of the bottle mouthpiece I have the rubber jointing ring J made
an inverted cone as shewn in section in Figs. 5. 6. 7. Sheet 2 and I provide a lever K
attached in such a manner to the nut L (which is screwed on to the mouthpiece of
the bottling device B) that it can be detached and shifted to take a further stroke if
desired; the nut L has a washer which remains stationary when the nut is revolved
and screws against the jointing ring J compresses same and reduces the size of the
opening till it grips the neck of the bottle as shewn in Figs. 6-7-and makes the
joint.
The stopper gripper may act as previously described in my former Invention, by
the raising of the bottle with the stopper inserted against the twisting device, closing
the jaws and gripping the stopper, or when the stoppers vary in size and shape I
construct the inmachine so that a vacuum is employed to grip the stopper and to do this
I provide in the twister M-an aperture m through the centre and finishing at the
port m' and at the bottom to receive the stopper N I provide an india rubber cup O
and insert in the stuffing box P-a chambered ring p communicating by means of the
passager with the connection R attached to vacuum chamber.
The action is as follows:-The lever h¹ being depressed a bottle with stopper in it is
inserted and forced against the twister M into the cup O Fig. 5. till the twister is
raised to position shewn in Fig. 6; this brings the port m into connection with the
vacuum chamber and grips the stopper, the lever K is then given a partial revolution
till the jointing ring J is compressed enough to grip the bottle, the lever S is then
operated and the stopper is withdrawn from the bottle; the vacuum, filling, and
pressure reducing valves being operated as described in my Specification No. 14797-88
and the bottle is filled. In order to prevent the chance of liquid passing through
the vacuum passage if the lever is raised without a stopper being in the twister to
close the passage the port m¹ passes beyond the chambered ring when the liquid
inlet valve is opened. When the bottle is filled the lever S being reversed brings
the vacuum again on the stopper and grips same to rescrew into bottle as Fig. 6;
the nut L being then unscrewed allows the jointing ring to expand and the bottle
being lowered, the twister M descends and allows air to enter the passage m
destroying the vacuum over the stopper and releasing same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In filling bottles with frothy liquids the construction of a machine in which
the bottles are filled at an angle out of the perpendicular and the arrangement of
the bottling device at an angle so that frothing is prevented and waste and drippings
are preserved in the manner herein described and shewn in Figs. 1 and 4.
2. The construction of a machine for filling and corking bottles in which a
camplate is employed operated by hand in a manner herein described and .shewn
in Figs. 1-2. 3.
3. In filling bottles closed with screw stoppers the employment of a vacuum to
grip the stoppers as herein described and shewn in Figs. 5. 6. 7. Sheet 2.
4. In filling bottles closed with screw stoppers when the diameter of the stopper
exceeds that of the mouth of the bottle the employment of a compressible jointing
ing in the manner herein described and shewn in Figs. 5-6. 7.
Dated this Nineteenth day of July 1890.