Improvements in or connected with Machines for Bottling Aerated Waters or other Liquors.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd June, 1891
Complete Specification Left. 2nd Mar., 1892-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Machines for Bottling Aerated
Waters or other Liquors.
I, ERNEST LODGE NEWSOME, of East Warbrick Street, Blackpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Mineral Water Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to machines which are used for bottling or filling aerated
waters or other liquors into bottles and is designed with the object of supplying a
measured quantity of the liquor according to the size of the bottle to be filled.
Hitherto in the filling of such bottles it has been left to the operator to stop the
How of liquor which at times results in an overflow and loss and in some cases of
bottles not being sufficiently filled.
To the cylinder or condenser of the machine I attach or connect a small glass
cylinder or receiver open both to the top and bottom of the main cylinder. This
small cylinder of glass or other material may be of any convenient size, that is it
may be of exact size to measure the contents for a four cunce bottle or it may be
of a larger size and provided with a piston or plunger so that the internal capacity
may be adjusted to measure any required quantity. Where a piston or plunger is
employed the space below is connected with both the top and bottom of the main
cylinder. The position of the piston is preferably adjusted by a screw the glass
being graduated to indicate the required measurements. When copper or other
material is used for the measuring cylinder a graduated water gauge may be used
for the purpose. To the pipe leading from the bottom of the main cylinder to the
hottom of the measuring cylinder or to a pipe leading from the bottom of the
measuring cylinder is attached a branch or delivery pipe fitted with a double valve.
This valve is formed with two seats so that when one is closed the other will be
open. It is preferably made with a vertical spindle the lower valve controlling
the delivery pipe from the main cylinder or condenser and the other valve the
elivery pipe from the measuring cylinder a small spring is attached to hold the
latter valve normally closed.
The appliance may be attached to any ordinary bottling machine the several
parts are connected together in a neat framework of metal or other material.
In operation the glass cylinder is regulated either by its size or by the position
of the piston or plunger to receive the required quantity of liquor which flows
thereinto from the main cylinder under the same pressure. When the measuring
cylinder is full the outlet valve is moved from its seat by the operator by a lever
or otherwise the other valve being at the same time closed. The measured
quantity then flows from the measuring cylinder into the bottle and no greater
quantity can flow as the other valve is closed and in the case of stone or dark.
bottles the operator can see when the cylinder is empty and the bottle consequently
full..
Dated this and do of 1001
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents..

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Machines for Bottling Aerated.
Waters or other Liquors.
I, ERNEST LODGE NEWSOME; of East Warbrick Street, Blackpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Mineral Water 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 machines which are used for bottling or filling
aerated waters or other liquors into bottles and is designed with the object of
supplying a measured quantity of the liquor according to the size of the bottle
to be filled.
Hitherto in the filling of such bottles it has been left to the operator to stop the
flow of liquor at his discretion which at times, results in an overflow and loss, and
in some cases of bottles not being sufficiently filled.
It consists essentially in the application to a bottle filling machine of a measure
connected with the cylinder or condenser to hold the exact quantity or supply of"
liquor for each bottle and in the construction of such measure with a cylinder to
contain the liquor and a double acting delivery valve by which the flow of the
liquor is controlled.
'
It will be fully described with reference to the annexed drawings.
Fig. 1. front elevation of bottling rack with my improvements applied thereto.
Fig. 2. side elevation of same.
Fig. 3. sectional elevation enlarged of the measuring apparatus.
"The bottling machine may be of any ordinary construction, such as a cork rack
or turnover, that shown in the drawings being a form that is in common use.
"To the frame A of the machine I attach in any convenient position a measuring
cylinder or chamber B which may be made of glass, copper or other suitable
material. The measuring cylinder B is connected by pipes or tubes C and D to
the main cylinder or condenser (not shown in the drawings) the top of the
measuring cylinder by the pipe with the top of the main cylinder and the
bottom of the measuring cylinder by the pipe D with the liquor in the bottom of
the main cylinder whereby an equal pressure is maintained in both.
The measuring cylinder B may be of any convenient size, that is it may be of
exact size to hold and measure the quantity of liquor which will fill say a four
ounce bottle or a bottle of any required capacity. Or it may be as shown in
Fig. 3 of the drawings fitted with a piston or plunger E the position of 'which can
be adjusted by a screw e so that the internal capacity of the measuring cylinder
may be altered to measure any required quantity of liquor according to the size.
of bottles being filled. In this case I graduate the outside surface of the glass or
affix a scale thereto to indicate the required measurements or capacity of the
cylinder. Where the measuring cylinder is made of copper or other opaque
material a graduated glass gauge may be used for indicating the capacity to which
the piston is set.
At the bottom of the measuring cylinder B is placed a delivery pipe F which
conveys the liquor from the cylinder to the bottle. The delivery pipe F is pre-
ferably arranged as shown as a branch from the pipe D which connects the bottom
of the main cylinder with the measuring cylinder. At the junction of the pipes D
and F is placed a double valve G formed with two seatings 9 g' so that when one
is closed the other is open. The valve G is provided with a vertical spindle H
and is preferably arranged with the upper valve controlling the delivery to the
bottles and the lower one the flow from the main cylinder. A small spiral spring h
holds the valve normally up to its seat. The valve spindle H is depressed by the
handle or lever I which works the syrup pump J or it may be depressed by a
separate lever or handle.

page_text: The several parts of the measure are contained in a metal case or framework K
the cylinder B being held in position by a screw ring band the screw e of the
piston E by a cup or cross bar L secured to the uprights or standards M by the
screw m.
The appliance may be attached to any ordinary form of bottling machine.
In operation the measuring cylinder B is regulated either by its size or by the
position of the piston or plunger E to receive the required quantity of liquor
which flows thereinto from the main cylinder under the same pressure through the
pipe D. When the measuring cylinder is full the outlet valve G is moved from
its seat by the operator by a lever I or otherwise the other valve being at the same
time closed. The measured quantity then flows or is forced by the pressure above
it from the measuring cylinder B into the bottle and no greater quantity can flow
as the other valve is closed.
The operator can thus only allow the desired quantity of the liquor at each
operation and he can see when the cylinder B is empty which will be a great con-
venience and facilitate the work when filling stone or dark bottles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to he performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a machine for bottling acrated waters of an appliance
connected with the main cylinder or condenser whereby the exact quantity of the
liquor required can be measured at each operation substantially as described.
2. A measuring apparatus for bottle filling machines having a cylinder or chamber
to contain the liquor connecting pipes which connect it with the supply cylinder
and a double acting delivery valve by which the flow of the liquor is controlled
substantially as described.
3. A measuring apparatus for applying to bottle filling machines with the several
parts constructed and arranged substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 1st day of March 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.