Year: 1897

page_text: I, EMIL FRANC, of 107, Charing Cross Road, in the County of London, Foreman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for charging bottles with beer or other liquid,
and corking the charged bottles.
For this purpose I place a number of empty bottles in a row upon a tray under
a corresponding number of pipes which lead from a cistern above. Each pipe has
a vertical branch having within it a sliding tube, all these tubes connected to a -
crosshead above, which can be lowered by a lever, and is raised by a counterweight
on the lever. Within each sliding tube there is an inner air tube open at the
bottom, and at the top it opens into the upper part of the sliding tube. The tops
of all the sliding tubes are connected to a cross tube which communicates by al
flexible tube with the top of the cistern, which is closed. Each sliding tube has
lateral holes so arranged that when it is pulled down by the lever, its lower end
being then in the bottle, which is closed by a spring caoutchouc socket brought
down by the tube upon its mouth, the lateral holes make communication at the top.
with the cistern pipe, and open at the bottom into the bottle. Liquid then flows
from the cistern into all the bottles, the air passing up the central air tubes to the
cistern, and when the liquid rises in the bottles so as to seal the ends of the air
tubes, the passage of liquid to the bottles ceases. The tubes being now raised,
closing the lateral holes, the tray with the bottles is moved under a series of plungers
which are also worked by a counterweighted lever. The plungers are all attached
to a crosshead which is connected to the lever by two side links. By another link
to the lever is connected a rack gearing with a pinion on a cross spindle on which
there are fixed cams, one for each bottle. Corks being placed in sockets arranged
over the bottles, the lever is pulled down; this causes the cams to revolve, and
they advance pressers into the sockets so as to compress the corks, which are then
pushed into the bottles by the descent of the plungers.
When the plungers ascend, the charged and corked bottles can be removed,
another row of empty bottles being placed on the tray to be charged and corked
in like manner.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Bottling and Corking.
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I, EMIL FRANC, of 107, Charing Cross Road, in the County of London, Foreman,
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:
My invention relates, to apparatus for charging bottles with beer or other liquid,
and corking the charged bottles, as I shall describe referring to the accompanying
drawings.
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Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 is a plan partly in section, of apparatus
according to my invention.
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Fig. 3.is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 shewing the filling devices
and Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 shewing the corking
devices.
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Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical sections to an enlarged scale of the filling pipes in their
two positions.
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Figs 7 and 8 are vertical sections to an enlarged scale of the cork compressors
in their: two position.
I place a number of empty bottles B in a row upon a tray under a corresponding
number of pipes.P which lead from a cistern C above.
Each pipe has a vertical branch having within it a sliding tube T; all these tubes
are connected to a crosshead H above, which can be lowered by a lever L' and is
raised by a counterweight 11 on the lever.
Within each sliding tube there is an inner air tube A open'at the bottom, and at
the top it opens into the upper part of the sliding tube T. The tops of all the sliding
tubes T are connected to a cross tube T which communicates by a flexible tube Ta
with the top of the cistern C which is closed. Each sliding tube T has lateral holes
so arranged that when it is pulled down by the lever 'L' its lower end being then in
the bottle (Fig. 6) which is closed by a spring caoutchouc socket 6 brought down by
the tube Tupon its mouth, the lateral holes make communication at the top with the
cistern pipe T and open at the bottom into the bottle B: Liquid then flows from
the cistern C into all the bottles, the air passing up the central air tubes A
to the cistern, and when the liquid rises in the bottles so as to seal the ends of the
hir tubes A, the passage of liquid to the bottles' ceases. "The tubes T being now
faised, closing the lateral holes, the tray with the bottles B is moved under a series
of plungers D which are also worked by a lever L having a counterweight 13.
The plungers D are all attached to a crosshead H₁ which is connected to the
lever L2 by two side links 13
By another link to the lever is connected a rack R gearing with a pinion on a
cross spindle on which there are fixed cams Q one for each bottle. Corks being
placed in sockets S arranged over the bottles the lever L³ is pulled down; this
causes the cams Q to revolve, and they advance pressers s into the sockets so as to
compress the corks which are then pushed into the bottles by the descent of the
plungers D.
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The pressers are retracted by springs s¹.
When the plungers ascend, the charged and corked bottles can be removed,
another row of empty bottles being placed on the tray to be charged and corked

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Apparatus for charging and corking bottles constructed and operating, sub-
stantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. In apparatus for charging bottles, the combination of the supply pipes, the
sliding tubes and the stationary air tubes arranged and operating substantially,
as described.
3. In apparatus for corking bottles the combination of the rack pinion cam and
compressor with lever operating the corking plungers.
This 16th dose of March 1898
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.