Apparatus for Bottling Liquids without Exposing them to Contamination by Germs.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 18th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 24th Nov.. 1894
TRO VIDIONAL DIMITTUATION.
Apparatus for Bottling Liquids without Exposing them to
Contamination by Germs.
I, EMILE GALANTE, of 16 Rue Drouot, Paris, France, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for filling bottles with sterilised water or
other liquid, and corking the filled bottles without exposing their contents to any
contamination by germs, microbes or the like. The upper part of the apparatus.
is a hermetically sealed air chamber, charged with sterilised air or other gas.
preferably at a pressure a little above that of the atmosphere so that no air can
leak in. Into this chamber from each side projects a gauntlet made of caoutchouc
or other air tight material into which the operator inserts his hand from outside,
so that he can operate inside without the admission of any air. At each end there.
is a tank open at the one side to the air chamber, at the other side to the external
air. This tank contains sterilised water or other liquid which is kept at such a
level that the end wall of the air chamber projects down into the liquid, the
interior of the chamber being thus sealed against access of air from the exterior.
In the tank there is a circular tray attached to a rod which extends up through.
the end wall of the air chamber.
The apparatus is worked in the following manner.
The operator raises the tray in the tank and places on it a bottle previously
sterilised or charged with sterilised liquid, he lowers the tray and turning it half
round raises it, thus lifting the bottle into the air chamber. Then manipulating it
by his gauntlet he empties it of the liquid so that it becomes charged with the
sterilised air or gas of the chamber. He then, from a tap opening into the air
chamber, charges the bottle with the sterilised water or liquid which it is intended
to contain, corks it, and passes it out through the tank by means of the tray. An
operator can work at each end, and the apparatus may be extended in width to
admit of a number of operators.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1894.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Bottling Liquids without Exposing them to
Contamination by Germs.
I, EMILE GALANTE, of 16 Rue Drouot, Paris, France, Manufacturer, 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 relates to apparatus for filling bottles with sterilised water or
other liquid, and corking the filled bottles without exposing their contents to any
contamination by germs, microbes or the like. Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings are respectively a longitudinal and a transverse section and Fig. 3 is a
plan of apparatus according to this invention arranged for two operators, one at
each end. The upper part of the apparatus A is a bermetically sealed air chamber,
charged with sterilised air or other gas preferably at a pressure a little above that
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page_text: of the atmosphere, so that no air can leak in. Into this chamber from each side
through a hole B projects a gauntlet C made of caoutchouc or other air-tight
material into which the operator inserts his hand from outside, so that he can
operate inside A without the admission of any air. At each end there
a tank
open at its one side D and F to the air chamber, at the other side G and H to the
external air. This tank contains sterilised water or other liquid which is kept at
such a level that the end wall of the air chamber A projects down into the liquid,
the interior of the chamber being thus sealed against access of air from the exterior.
In the one tank or it might be in each there is a circular tray I attached to a
rod which extends up through the end wall of the air chamber A. A perforated
tube L furnished with a cock or valve is provided in a well with a siphon discharge
pipe. Glasses V allow the operator to see into the chamber A.
The apparatus is worked in the following manner.
The operator raises the tray I in the tank and passing through G a bottle
previously sterilised or charged with sterilised liquid, places it on the tray; he
lowers the tray and turning it half round raises it, thus lifting the bottle through D
into the air chamber. Then, manipulating it by his gauntlet, he empties it of the
liquid so that it becomes charged with the sterilised air or gas of the chamber.
He then (after rinsing it if necessary by sterilised water or liquid admitted by L)
from a tap N opening into the air chamber, charges the bottle with the sterilised
water or liquid which it is intended to contain, corks it, and passes it out through
the tank by means of the tray I. An operator can work at each end, and the
apparatus may be extended in width to admit of a number of operators.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what 1
claim is :-
Apparatus for bottling liquids without exposing them to contamination,
constructed and operated, substantially as described.
Dated this 18th day of October 1894.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.