A New or Improved Machine for Charging Aerated Water Bottles, or Bottles for Containing other Waters or Liquids with Syrup or other Seasoning or Sweetening Property.
Year: 1899

page_text: A New or Improved Machine for Charging Aerated Water Bottles,
or Bottles for Containing other Waters or Liquids with Syrup or
other Seasoning or Sweetening Property.
I, JOHN BRYDEN, of 25, Portugal Street, in the County of the City of Glasgow,
North Britain, Confectioner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved machine for charging aerated water
bottles, or bottles for containing other waters or liquids with syrup or other season-
ing or sweetening property, and has for its object to enable a case of say two dozen,
or more or less bottles to be simultaneously charged, thereby saving labour and
time.
In carrying out my invention, I provide a suitable framework on the top of
which there is a series of fillers, the tubes of which pass through holes or openings
in the top and dip into movable blocks carried in a frame underneath. Fixed
to the top of the frame and above each of the blocks there is a coiled or other
suitable spring, the function of which will be hereinafter described. Under this
frame there is a movable table on which the case of bottles to be charged is
placed and this table is raised or lowered by means of a crank operated by a lever.
At the top of the framework and on each side thereof there is a tank in which
the syrup or other seasoning is held. Cups for taking up the required quantity
of the syrup lie in the tanks, and connected to each of these cups there is a tube
fixed to a movable crossbar.
In charging the bottles with the syrup or other seasoning, the case is first placed
on table, which is raised by means of the lever. In rising the necks of the
bottles slip into these blocks through which the tubes of the fillers pass, and these
blocks being movable any or different sizes of bottles may be used, and the higher
the blocks rise the greater the compression of the spring and thus the further the
filler tube enters the neck of bottle. The filled cups are then tilted over when
the tubes or pipes connected to these dip into the mouths of the fillers, into which
the syrup flows, and from thence into the bottles. The fillers are then returned
to their normal position, to be ready for the next case.
Dated this 15th day of December 1899
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Applicant's Patent Agents.

page_text: A New or Improved Machine for Charging Aerated Water Bottles
or Bottles for Containing other Waters or Liquids with Syrup or
other Seasoning or Sweetening Property.
I, JOHN BRYDEN, of 25, Portugal Street, in the County of the City of Glasgow,
North Britain, Confectioner, 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:-
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This invention relates to a new or improved machine for charging aerated water
bottles, or bottles for containing other waters or liquids with syrup or other flavour-
ing or sweetening property, and has for its object to enable a case of say two dozen
or more or less bottles to be simultaneously charged, thereby saving labour and
time.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect I have hereunto appended one sheet of drawings, of which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine embodying my invention.
Figure 2 is a vertical cross section taken on the lines a, b, Figure 1, and
Figure 3 is a part plan of a tank or vessel for holding the syrup shewing the
normal position of the cups and lifters in the syrup, all hereafter more fully
described.
In carrying out my invention, I provide a suitable framework A on the top of
which, constituting the table B, there is a series of fillers or funnels C, consisting,
as shewn in Figure 1, of twenty-four, the tubes D of which pass through holes or
openings in the top of the table and dip into movable blocks E carried in the
frame underneath. Mounted on the top of the frame F and above each of the
aforesaid blocks E there is a coiled or other suitable spring G, the function of
which will be hereafter described. Under this frame F there is a table H, which
is capable of being raised and lowered and on which the case of bottles I to be
charged is placed, and this table is raised or lowered by means of a crank or
short link J connected to a vertical sliding bar K carried in suitable guides L
mounted on the top and bottom of the framework and connected to the table H
by the angular rods K¹, and operated by a lever L¹ whose fulcrum is at I. At
the top of the framework and on each side thereof there is a tank M in which the
syrup or other flavouring is held. Cups or lifters N for taking up the required
quantity of the syrup lie in the tanks M. It is here explained that there is a
cup N for each filler or funnel C, and connected to each of these cups N there
is a tube O fixed to a movable crossbar P, which is operated by a handle Q. The
cups or lifters N, as will be seen in Figure 3, are preferably formed with a cover
or dome in which a hole is made for the inflow of the syrup, and are of such a
size as to conveniently take up the necessary quantity of syrup intended for each
bottle.
In charging the bottles with the syrup or other flavouring, the case I is placed
on table, which is raised by means of lever L. In rising the necks R¹ of the
bottles R slip into these blocks whose undersides, as seen in Figure 2, are of bell-
mouth formation, through which the tubes of the fillers pass, and these blocks E,
being movable by the springs G aforesaid, any or different sizes of bottles may be
used, and the higher the blocks E rise the greater the compression of the spring G,
and thus the further the filler tube D enters the neck of bottle. The filled cups
or lifters N are then tilted over when the tubes or pipes connected to these dip
into the mouths of the fillers, into which the syrup flows, and from thence into
the bottles. The left hand side of Figure 2 shows the last mentioned operation.

page_text: The fillers are then returned to their normal position, to be ready for the next case.
This position is illustrated on the right-hand side of the drawing in Figure 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is: 11
1. In bottling aerated waters and other liquids, the machine by which a whole
case of bottles or other pre-arranged plurality of bottles, may be charged with a
uniform or given quantity of syrup or other flavouring at one operation, sub-
stantially in the manner described and shown on the accompanying drawings.
2. The moveable block by which any size of bottles can be charged with the
syrup or other flavouring, substantially as described and shown on the accompany-
ing drawings.
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3. The general arrangement and combination of parts operating substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and shown on the accompanying
drawings.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Applicant's Patent Agents.