A Screen Attachment for Bottling or Bottle Corking Machines.
Year: 1885

page_text: A Screen Attachment for Bottling or Bottle Corking Machines.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention (a communication to me
from abroad by Frank Seely, of 323 West 15th Street in the City, County and
State of New York, United States of America Manufacturer) and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This Invention consists of the combination with a bottling or bottle corking
machine of a screen for protecting the attendant from fragments of glass in caso a
bottle bursts which is a common occurrenco especially in bottling aerated liquors.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
both the figures.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper part of a bottle corking machine
showing the invention applied thereto the screen being tipped down and a bottle
in place ready to be corked and Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.
A represents the screen which may be of sheet or cast metal. It is attached to
the rod B which is journaled in the cleats e, e attached to the table T of the
machine to hold the screen A in front of the uprights C, C, of the bottling machine
between which the bottle D to be corked is placed. Upon the rod B is placed the
spring E which acts to normally hold the screen A thrown back to the position
shown in full lines in the drawings. To the outer end of the rod B is secured the
crank B which is elevated as shown in the drawings when the screen is thrown
back.
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To this crank BI is attached by a slotted connecting piece f³ the bifurcated
upright frame F the members ff of which respectively reach up through the
guide plates G, G¹ attached respectively to the vertically reciprocating frames H, H¹,
of the bottle corking machine. The frame H¹ carries the cork holder and quill h¹
and is adapted to be depressed by foot or other power in the ordinary way for
lowering the cork to the neck of the bottle D while the frame H carries the
plunger h for forcing the cork from guide h' into the neck of the bottle when the
frame is depressed in the ordinary manner by foot or other power. The downward
movement of the frame H³ causes plate G¹ to strike button a¹, on rod f¹ and force
the frame F downwards which will turn shaft B and raise screen A to vertical
position as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. While the frame H¹ and screen A
are so held the frame H will be lowered to insert the cork into the neck of the

page_text: bottle and this will cause plate G to strike button a on arm f which will act to
hold frame F depressed and screen A elevated until the cork is fully inserte
whether frame H be held down in the meantime or not. The cork being inserted,
franes H, H will be permitted to resume their original position which will permit
spring E to tip the screen A back to its original horizontal position to permit the
corked lottle to be removed and another bottle put in its place ready to be
corked.
I place upon the arms f, f¹ the coiled springs b, b' which act between the lower
buttons c, c', made fast upon the arms ff and the above mentioned buttons a, a',
which are loose upon arms f. f¹, so the springs b, b', act as cushions and prevent jar 1
and unnecessary rocking of the machine and they take up the difference in height
of bottles which are to be filled on the machine. The springs b, b', are each of
stronger tension than the spring E so that there will be no failure of the action of
the screen.
In case there are two attendants to the bottling machine I shall employ two 1
screens A one upon each side of the bottle as shown in full and dotted lines in
Figure and in this case I shall form the upright frame F with two slotted
connecting pieces f2 for simultaneously operating the two screens as will be
understood from the dotted lines in Figure 2.
Constructed in the manner described it will be seen that the attendant to the
bottling machine will be fully protected against flying fragments of glass in case
the bottle being corked bursts and the screen is automatic in action so that it
requires no extra attention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The combination with a bottle corking machine of a screen A attached to
the table in front of the frames H H' and arranged to be raised and lowered
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The screen A attached to the rod B in combination with devices for raising
and lowering the screen with the movement of the frames H, H', substantially as
described.
3. The screen A attached to the red B having crank B¹ and spring E applied
thereto in combination with the divided frame F and suitable arms attached to the
corking frames substantially as described.
4. The pivoted screen hung to swing vertically in combination with the con-
nected rod supported pivotally in bearings and having a fixed arm and the upright
divided or bifurcated frame with its lower end pivoted to said arm and its
bifurcated portion actuated by plates connected to the corking contrivance
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
5. The screen A attached to rod B provided with arm B' and spring E in
combination with the divided frame F springs b, b¹, placed on the members of the
frame, buttons a, a¹, and c, c', and the plates G G' attached to the frames H H₁ for
operating the screen substantially as described.