Improvements in Measuring, Filling, and Stoppering or Corking Machines.
Year: 1885

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Measuring, Filling, and Stoppering or Corking
Machines.
TIMOTHY LYDON Engineer FRANCIS LYDON Blacksmith and LAWRENCE LYDON
Blacksmith all of Whitehall, Galway, in the County of Galway, Ireland, do
hereby declare the nature of our said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MEASURING,
FILLING AND STOPPERING OR CORKING MACHINES, to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its object to diminish the labor and time required in
working corking machines, to cork or Stopper bottles, to prevent bottles being
broken in the act of filling, to measure exactly the quantity of liquid to be bottled
and also to feed bottles to corking nozzle and discharge same when filled.
In our invention the above operations are effected by means of a slotted slide
(worked by a cranked shaft or any other suitable device) which actuates a number
of rods and levers, said rods and levers giving motion to cork plunger, bottle
elevator, measuring pumps, vacueum communication valve (having communication
with air pump said air pump being actuated by crank or any other part of prime
mover) and intermittent circular motion to bottle feeding and discharging device..
The above rods being connected to slotted slide by means of rollers and gudgeons.
The whole supported by an upright frame.
To prevent the breakage of bottles we employ an air pump or ejector to create
a vacueum or partial vacueum in bottle immediately before filling.
The part of our invention applied to the measuring of the liquids to be bottled
is a pump with ordinary valves (or may be a vessel made to contain a specified
quantity of liquid, governed by cocks) peculiarly controlled said peculiarity
consisting of a cross bar spring having its extremities resting on valve spindles
and having a regulating screw between the said valve spindles to increase or
diminish pressure on valves, the object of said bar spring when dealing with liquid
under pressure (such as aerated waters) is to prevent the liquid on the suction side
of pump measurer from forcing its way into pump and through pump into air
pump or any part of air pump connections also to prevent the vacueum formed on
discharge side of measuring pump from having communication with said pump
until a vacueum is caused in bottle and communication stopped between air pump
and bottle and opened between liquid measurer and bottle. The said bar spring so
controls the valves as to admit the ingress and egress of liquid by the action of the
plunger of said measuring pump. The said bar spring may be substituted by two

page_text: spiral springs. When bottling liquids not under pressure there is but one spiral
spring required on discharge valve. When using syrup pump in our invention for
syruping aerated waters there is a spiral spring placed on discharge valve so as to
prevent communication between syrup pump and air pump connections until such
time as bottle is ready for the reception of the syrup.
The bottle is charged with a specified quantity of syrup by the action of syrup
pump plunger. .
That part of our invention relating to the bottle feeding and discharging device
consists of an upright shaft, (working in foot step and bracket) having a hub or
centre with four or more arms, said arms terminating in cylinders, said cylinders
having flanged plungers faced with leather (or any other suitable material). To
each fixed arm is attached a movable arm having a bottle holder on one end and
having the other or inside end cranked. There is also a spring attached to each
fixed arm for forcing cranked portion of movable arm against stopper.
A fixed cam may be, used instead of springs. The above flanged plungers are
brought into position by their own weight or may be assisted by springs. The
said bottle feeding and discharging device is actuated by a tappet bar receiving
motion from main slide the said motion being transmitted by pall and ratchet.
The discharge of bottles from above device is caused when springs are employed
by a fixed catch (bolted on to frame) coming in contact with movable arms, and by
the irregularity of cam track when a cam is employed.
The arrangement of the filling and corking nozzle is such as to allow it to have
communication with air pump and measuring pumps.
The bottle elevator consists of a slide cylinder, plunger, cross bar and two spiral
springs. The said springs are employed to prevent undue pressure being put on
bottles through said bottles being of various lengths:
The cork plunger is of the ordinary type and receives motion from the main slide
by means of a rod and lever.
In order that our invention may be more easily understood we append an
explanatory sheet of drawings to be referred to.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of said invention.
Fig. 2. is a back elevation of said invention.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the top of the feeding and discharging device.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, A is an upright frame to which is attached most of
the working parts of our invention. B (Figs. 1 and 2) is a slotted slide in which
are the slots 1, 2, 3 and 4. The said slotted slide B receives motion from crank
shaft Z by means of connecting rod B' said crank shaft Z being actuated by steam
power or any other suitable motive power, said slotted slide B actuating a number
of rods and levers by means of the said slots 1-2-3 and 4.
Slot 1 actuates rod C which works lever D said lever D working slide E and
cork plunger E¹.
Slot 2 actuates rod F said rod F working bottle elevator G.
Slot 3 actuates tappet rod H which works syrup pump J and also gives motion
to rod K said rod K working lever L said lever L actuating plunger M of liquid
measurer or measuring pump K¹.
The action of said plunger M acting on bar spring M¹ so as to control the valves
as to admit the ingress or egress of liquid. The said bar spring M¹ may be
substituted by two spiral springs..
Slot 4 actuates rod N which works valve O said valve O regulating communica-
tion between liquid and corking nozzle P and vacueum chamber Q or air pump R.
The air pump R may be any of the well known type of air pumps and is actuated
by the crank shaft Z.
Fig. 3 (plan of top of feeding and delivering device) illustrates a bottle Y in the
act of being filled, also position of bottle holder S₁ after discharging bottle into
shoot or other receptacle and also two bottle rests Y¹ ready for the reception of
bottles. The delivery of bottles into shoot being accomplished by the moving
arm 5 coming in contact with catch 6 said catch 6 being attached to frame A

page_text: (Fig. 1) or the same operation may be performed by the end 8 of the movable
arm 5 being cranked and to work into a fixed cam placed underneath the said
feeding and delivering device.
S. S are fixed arms baving bottle rests Y! at end, and the springs T₁ for pressing
movable arms 5 against stoppers.
The above feeding and delivering device receives intermittent circular motion
from tappet T (Fig. 1) said tappet T giving motion to rod U which works pall V
said pall giving motion to ratchet wheel on shaft W which causes bottle
holder S¹ (Fig. 1) to come over elevator G said" elevator G actuating bottle
rest X (Fig. 1).
With this machine the attendant has only to supply bottles to the bottle feeding
and delivering device and also to supply the corking nozzle with corks, all the rest
of the work being automatically performed by the machine. The speed at which
this machine may be worked being only limited by the person's dexterity who is
attending it.
TIMOTHY LYDON.
FRANCIS LYDON.
LAWRENCE LYDON.

page_text: Improvements in Measuring, Filling, and Stoppering or Corking
Machines.
TIMOTHY LYDON Engineer, FRANCIS LYDON Blacksmith and LAWRENCE LYDON
Blacksmith all of Whitehall, Galway in the County of Galway Ireland, do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEASURING FILLING
AND STOPPERING. OR CORKING MACHINES" and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say -
Our invention has for its object to 'diminish the labor and time required in
working corking machines to cork or stopper bottles, to prevent bottles being
broken in the act of filling, to measure exactly the quantity of liquid to be bottled
and also to feed bottles to corking nozzle and discharge same when filled.
In our invention the above operations are effected by means of a slotted slide
(worked by a cranked shaft or any other suitable device) which actuates a number
of rods and levers, said rods and levers giving motion to cork plunger, bottle
elevator, measuring pumps, vacueum communication valve having communication
with air pump said air pump being actuated by crank or any other part of prime
mover, and intermittent circular motion to bottle feeding and discharging device.
The above rods being connected to slotted slide by means of rollers and gudgeons.
To prevent the breakage of bottles we employ an air pump or ejector to create a
vacueum or partial vacueum in bottle immediately before filling.
That part of our invention applied to the measuring of the liquids to be bottled
is a pump having ordinary valves (or may be a vessel, made to contain a specified
quantity of liquid, governed by cocks) peculiarly controlled, said peculiarity
consisting of a cross bar spring having its extremities resting on the valve spindles
and having a regulating screw between the said valve spindles, to increase or
diminish pressure on valves; the object of said bar spring when dealing with
liquid under pressure (such as aerated waters) is to prevent the liquid on the
suction side of pump measurer from forcing its way into pump and through pump
into air pump or any part of air pump connections, also to prevent the vacueum
formed on discharge side of measuring pump from having communication with
said pump until a vacueum is caused in bottle and communication stopped
between air pump and bottle and opened between liquid measurer and bottle.
The said bar spring so controls the valves as to admit the ingress or egress of
liquid by the action of the plunger of said measuring pump. The said bar spring
may be substituted by two spiral springs. When bottling liquids not under
pressure there is but one spiral spring required on discharge valve. When using
syrup pump in our invention for syruping aerated waters there is a spiral spring
placed on discharge valve so as to prevent communication between syrup pump
and air pump connections until such time as bottle is ready for the reception of the
syrup.
The bottle being charged by the action of syrup pump plunger with a specified
quantity of syrup,

page_text: That part of our invention relating to the bottle feeding and discharging device
consists of an upright shaft working in a foot-step and bracket and having above
the bracket a hub or centre with four or more fixed arms, said arms terminating in
cylinders, said cylinders having flanged plungers faced with leather (or any other
suitable material) to each fixed arm is attached a movable arm having a bottle
holder on outside end and having the other or inside end cranked. There is also
a spring attached to each fixed arm for forcing cranked portion of movable arm
against stopper. A fixed cam may be used instead of springs.
The above flanged
plungers are brought into position by their own weight or may be assisted by
springs. The said bottle feeding and discharging device is actuated by a tappet
bar which receives motion from main slide the said motion being transmitted
by a pall and ratchet. The discharge of bottles from above device is caused, when
springs are employed by a fixed catch (bolted on to frame) coming in contact with
movable arms and by the irregularity of cam track when a cam is employed.
The arrangement of the filling and corking nozzle is such as to allow it to have
communication with air pump and measuring pumps.
The bottle elevator consists of a slide cylinder, plunger, cross bar and two spiral
springs.
The said springs are employed to prevent undue pressure being put on bottles,
through said bottles being of various lengths.
The cork plunger is of the ordinary type and receives motion from the main
slide by means of a rod and a lever.
In order that our invention and the manner of performing the same may be
more easily understood we append a sheet of explanatory drawings to be herein-
after referred to and representing a bottle corking filling and measuring machine
and also a feeding and discharging device as made with our improvements..
Fig. 1. is a side elevation of our invention.
Fig. 2. is a back elevation of same.
Fig. 3. is a plan of the top portion of the feeding and discharging device.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view of bottle elevator.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2. A. A. is an upright frame to which is attached most
of the working parts of our invention. B. B. (Figs. 1 and 2.) is a slotted slide in
which are the slots 1. 2. 3 and 4.
The said slotted slide B receives motion from crank shaft Z by means of con-
necting rod B¹ said crank shaft Z being actuated by steam power or any other
suitable motive power; said slotted slide actuating a number of rods and levers by
means of the said slots 1. 2. 3 and 4.
Slot 1. actuates rod C which works lever D said lever D working slide E and
cork plunger E¹.
Slot 2 actuates rod F. said rod F working bottle elevator G.
Slot 3 actuates tappet rod H which works syrup pump J and also gives motion
to rod K said rod K working lever L said lever L actuating plunger M of liquid
measurer or measuring pump K¹.
The action of said plunger M acting on bar spring M¹ so as to control the
valves N¹ as to admit the ingress or egress of liquid.
The said bar spring M¹ may be substituted by two spiral springs.
Slot 4 actuates rod N which works valve O said valve O regulating communi-
cation between liquid and corking nozzle P and vacueum chamber Q or air pump R.
The air pump R may be any of the well known type of air pumps and is actuated
by the crank shaft Z.
Fig. 3. (plan of top of feeding and delivering device) illustrates a bott'e Y.
(Fig. 1) in the act of being filled, also position of bottle holder S¹ (Fig. 3) after
discharging bottle into shoot or other receptacle and also two bottle rests Y¹ Y
(Fig. 3) ready for the reception of bottles. The delivery of bottles into shoot being
accomplished by the movable arm 5 (Fig. 3) coming in contact with catch 6
(Figs. 1 and 3) said catch 6 being attached to frame A. (Fig. 1) or the same
operation may be performed by the end 8 of the movable arm 5 being cranked

page_text: and to work into a fixed cam placed underneath the said feeding and delivering
device.
S. S. (Fig. 3) are fixed arms having bottle rests Y¹ at end and springs T¹ for
pressing movable arms 5 against stoppers. The above feeding and delivering device
receives intermittent circular motion from tappet T. (Fig. 1) said tappet T giving
motion to rod U which works pall V said pall giving motion to ratchet wheel on
shaft W which causes bottle holder S¹ to come over elevator G. said elevator G
actuating bottle rests Y¹.
Referring to Fig. 4. G is a plunger which works in cylinder O¹. P¹ P¹ are two
spiral springs which prevents bottles being broken on account of unequal lengths
Qis a cross bar of the said bottle elevator.
With this machine the attendant has only to supply bottles to the bottle feeding
and delivering device and to supply the corking nozzle with corks, all the rest of
the work being automatically performed by the machine. The speed at which this
machine may be worked being only limited by the persons quickness who is
attending it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. The combination of the slotted slide with the different other parts of the
machine substantially as herein before described.
2. The improved construction of the bottle feeding and delivering device as
hereinbefore described.
3. The improved construction of the valves on the measuring pumps as herein-
before described.
4. The creation of vacucum in bottle by means of an air pump or ejector as
herein before described.
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