AN APPARATUS FOR HOLDING " SYPHONS FOR AËRATED WATER WHILE CLEANING THE SYPHON HEAD
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
We, HENRY JACOB MELSOM of 9 Salem Road, Moscow Road, Bayswater in the
County of Middlesex Mineral Water Manufacturer and HENRY WILLIAM DOWELL
Work's Manager in the employ of Messieurs Hayward Tyler & Co of 84 Whitecross
Street Saint Lukes in the County of Middlesex Engineers do hereby declare the
nature of said invention for "AN APPARATUS FOR HOLDING " SYPHONS FOR
AËRATED WATER WHILE CLEANING THE SYPHON HEAD" to be as follows:-
"
When the so called "syphons" for containing aërated water are returned empty
to the aërated water factory for the purpose of having them recharged there the
head or fitting on the neck of the syphon has to be cleaned before the syphon is
sent out. Our invention consists in an apparatus for holding the syphon while the
head is being cleaned. The apparatus consists of a column, standard or frame
witli foot, flange or lugs for fixing it and with a seat for the workman using the
apparatus. On the top of the column standard or frame wo provide a clamp or
pair of tongs by preference of hard wood for holding the syphon bottle. This
clamp is in two halves hinged together. The upper half is by a rod connected
to a treadle at the lower part of the column standard or frame having a counter-
weight or spring which tends to raise the treadle and open the clamp.
workman scating himself on the aforesaid seat inserts the syphon bottle in the
clamp and then depresses the treadle whereby the bottle is held firmly. He has
thus both hands free for cleaning the syphon head. The top of the column is
adapted to receive different size clamps according to the size of the syphon bottles.
We prefer to attach the bottom half of the clamp by bolts to a flange on the
column. By this apparatus the cleaning is greatly facilitated and accelerated.
The usual vice for facilitating the unscrewing and refixing the syphon head may.
conveniently be fixed on the top of the clamp.
The

page_text: DIMUIFICATION,
T
We HENRY JACOB MELSOM of 9 Salem Road Moscow Road Bayswater in the
County of Middlesex Mineral Water Manufacturer and HENRY WILLIAM DOWELL
Works Manager in the employ of Messieurs Hayward Tyler &.Co of 84 Whitecross
Street Saint Lukes in the county of Middlesex Engineers do hereby declare the
nature of said invention for "AN APPARATUS FOR HOLDING "SYPHONS" FOR:
AERATED WATER WHILE CLEANING THE SYPHON HEAD and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
"
When the so-called "syphons" for containing aërated water are returned empty.
to the aerated water factory for the purpose of having them recharged there, the
head or fitting on the neck of the syphon has to be cleaned before the syphon is
sent out. Our invention consists in an apparatus for holding the syphon while the
head is being cleaned.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a part side view, Figure 2 a part
plan and Figure 3 an end view of such an apparatus. Figure 4 is a part side view
showing the addition of the usual vice for facilitating the unscrewing and refixing
of the syphon head. Figure 5 shows a detached plan of treadle F Figure 6 is a
perspective view of a slightly modified form of apparatus.
The apparatus consists of a column A or standard or frame with foot, flange or
lugs for fixing it and with a seat B for the workman or work woman using the
apparatus. On the top of the column standard or frame we provide a clamp C C¹
or pair of tongs by preference of hard wood for holding the syphon bottle. This
clamp is in two halves hinged together for instance by a hinge D as shown. The
upper half C is by a rod E connected to a treadle F at the lower part of the
column A or standard or frame the treadle having a counterweight G or spring
which tends to raise the treadle F and open the clamp CC. The workman seating
himself on the aforesaid seat inserts the syphon bottle in the clamp C. C and then
depresses the treadle F whereby the bottle, is held firmly. He has thus both hands
free for cleaning the syphon bead. The top of the column is adapted to receive
different size clamps according to the size of the syphon bottles: the change being
however most conveniently effected by simply removing the wedge pieces N from
the upper half clamp C¹ and inserting other wedge pieces to suit any size bottle.
We prefer to attach the bottom half of the clamp by bolts H to a flange on the
column as here shown. By this apparatus the cleaning is greatly facilitated and
accelerated. The usual vice for facilitating the unscrewing and refixing the syphon
head may conveniently be fixed on the top of the clamp as shown at K Figure 4.
In Figure 6 is shown another arrangement of seat B which in this case is simply
dropped into a socket cast on the column this arrangement admitting a female
operator to work the apparatus,

page_text: 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
The syphon holder substantially as herein described consisting mainly of a
column standard or frame to the top of which is bolted the half of a clamp for
holding the syphon the other half being hinged thereto and connected with a
counterbalanced treadle the foot pressure on which serves to clamp the syphon
while the counterbalance tends to release it.