Improvements in Bottling Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 11th Feb., 1995-Accepted. 16th Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottling Machines.
We, CHARLES WILLIAM CLAYTON of 33 Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham,
in the County of Middlesex, and ROBERT JAMES WHITE of Cunard Street,
Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, Mineral Water Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
Bottling machines constructed according to this invention are applicable to the
filling of bottles with aërated beer and other liquids, the stoppers employed being
corks. An important feature is that the bottle is filled and corked in one position,
the filling tube for this purpose passing through the cork plunger and its end
serving as part of the plunger when driving in the cork. A suitable form of machine
is as follows:
The rest upon which the bottle is to be placed is fixed to a sliding block which
is guided up and down upon the frame being connected to the treadle which when
depressed raises the rest and bottle. The cork plunger is fixed to a sliding block
which is guided up and down upon the frame and worked by handle and pinion and
rack gear. Through the plunger passes the filling tube, the lower end of which
terminates in a disc let into and flush with the bottom of the plunger. Holes are
provided for liquid outlet at this place. The filling tube is continued up to the
filling head which by flexible tubing is connected to the aërated liquid supply and
is fixed to a block which is guided up and down upon the frame and is normally
held in its highest position against an adjustable stop by a weighted lever and a
rod or by a spring and can be brought down by a handle as required for filling.
The socket or mouthpiece containing in the lower end the "core" for making
joint against the bottle neck is formed with a lateral chamber into which the cork
is inserted and a pusher frame or slide is provided for bringing the cork from the
said chamber into the interior of the socket fair with the bottle neck when the
cork is to be driven in. The pusher frame is operated by lever gear and
handle.
The bottle having been brought into position and filled from the filling tube the
cork inserted in the pushing frame is by the motion of the latter carried into the
mouthpiece just over the bottle neck and the plunger is then made to drive it
home.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottling Machines.
We, CHARLES WILLIAM CLAYTON of 33 Wandsworth Bridge Road Fulham
in the County of Middlesex and ROBERT JAMES WHITE of Cunard Street
Camberwell in the County of Surrey Mineral Water Manufacturers 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:-
Bottling machines constructed according to this invention are applicable to the

page_text: filling of bottles with aërated beer and other liquids, the stoppers employed being
corks. An important feature is that the bottle is filled and corked in one position,
the filling tube for this purpose passing through the cork plunger and its end serving
as part of the plunger when driving in the cork.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a part sectional side view and
Figure 2 a side view of a suitable form of machine thus constructed.
The rest A upon which the bottle is placed is fixed to a sliding block A¹ which
is guided up and down upon the frame D being by a rod C connected to the
treadle B which when depressed raises the rest and bottle. The cork plunger or
sleeve I is fixed to a sliding block S which is guided up and down upon the
frame D and worked by a handle Q on the spindle Q of the pinion Q' which gears
into the tooth rack S' on the block S. Through the plunger I passes the filling
tube E, the lower end of which terminates in a disc Ex let into and flush with the
bottom of the plunger. Holes E are provided in the tube E for liquid outlet at
this place. The filling tube E is continued up to the filling head E' which by
flexible tubing is connected to the aërated liquid supply and is fixed to a block E°
which is guided up and down upon the frame D and is normally held in its highest
position against an adjustable stop or screw F by a weighted lever H and a rod G,
or by a spring, and can be brought down by a handle H³ on the fulcrum pin H' of
the lever H as required for filling.
The plunger I passes into the socket L through a stuffing box.
The socket or mouthpiece L containing in the lower end the "cone M for
making joint against the bottle neck is formed with a lateral chamber by which the
cork is introduced and a pusher frame or slide N is provided having a liquid
tight piston like plug N' with vertical half round end recess N³ for receiving the
cork when the plug is in the out position and bringing the cork with it into the in
position shewn wherein the cork is fair and central with the bottle neck and with
the plunger I and disc E* whereby the cork is driven in. The pusher frame N is
operated by the bell crank lever O the rod O¹ the lever O2 and handle O³.
The bottle having been brought into position and filled from the filling tube E
the cork inserted in the recess N2 in the plug N' of the pushing frame N the
latter being in the out position the cork is inserted, and with the next following
in-motion of the frame N carried into the mouthpiece L just over the bottle neck,
as shewn in Figure 1, and the plunger 1 Ex is then made to drive it home by
operating the handle Q*.
Figure 3 is a part sectional side view and Figure 4 a side view of the middle
portion of a modified form of bottling machine. Figure 5 is a plan section. The
parts actuated are the same as in Figures 1 and 2 viz. the rest A connected to
a treadle, the cork plunger I fixed to the sliding block S, the filling tube E with
bottom disc Ex and filling head E' and sliding block E, and the pusher frame N
with plug N' which works in and out of the mouthpiece L with cone M the means
for actuating the block E° are also the same. But the parts for actuating the pusher
frame N and the cork plunger I with block S are different. These parts are in
fact actuated by one and the same handle Q on the spindle Q upon which latter
is fixed a slot cam O shewn in full lines in the up position and in dotted lines in
the down position; by a roller O' on the pusher frame N working in the cam slot
the latter imparts the required motion to the frame N. To the slot cam is jointed
a short link Q which is jointed to a slotted tumbler lever S1; the latter is fixed
adjustably to the block S, which thus receives up and down motion.
The
lever Q is fitted with a dog or catch Q which by a spring is pushed into a
retaining notch Q³ in the position shewn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
All:
1. In combination with the socket or mouthpiece L and the plunger I the inner
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page_text: of same when driving in the cork and with outlet holes E' for the liquid,
substantially as set forth.
2. In a machine for bottling with corks a socket L with cone for making liquid
tight joint with the bottle neck, an upper stuffing box for sliding therethrough
the plunger I, an inner filling tube E with end disc E* and holes E' and an opening
for the liquid tight entry of a plug N¹ which receives the cork, in combination with
means substantially as described for bringing the bottle neck into and out of the
66 cone,"
," for raising and lowering the filling tube, for raising and lowering the plunger
and for entering and withdrawing the plug N.
3. The combination of parts forming the cork bottling machine described with
reference to Figures 1 and 2.
4. The combination of parts forming the cork bottling machine described with
reference to Figures 3, 4 and 5.
Dated the 11th day of February 1895.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.