IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA- RATUS OR MACHINERY FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR OTHER VESSELS WITH BLACKING OR OTHER FLUID.
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Weston Clayton, of High Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA-
RATUS OR MACHINERY FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR OTHER VESSELS WITH
BLACKING OR OTHER FLUID.".
Sealed the 7th October 1873, and dated the 15th May 1878.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Weston Clayton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 15th May 1873.
I, JAMES WESTON CLAYTON, of High Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR MACHINERY FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR OTHER
VESSELS WITH BLACKING OR OTHER FLUID," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to fill two or more bottles or other
vessels with blacking or other fluid in a simultaneous and expeditious
manner. For this purpose the vessel or tank containing the fluid is so
arranged that it can be lifted off and above the platform or floor on
which it rests to such a height that the bottles to be filled can be placed
under the orifices for the outlet of the fluid. This is conveniently done

page_text: by means of a chain attached to each side of the tank, its other end
being fastened to a fixed standard or other point of attachment on the
platform or floor, and each chain passing over a hoisting drum or barrel,
the shaft for the said drums passing under the tank, and so arranged by
means of wheel gearing or other well known mechanical appliances as
to be turned round, thus winding or unwinding the chains. Pawls
should be applied to the winding gear in the usual manner, or a break
if preferred.
The orifices for the outlet of the fluid are fitted with shut-off cocks or
valves, or they may have double sets of cocks with a chamber between
of the exact contents of the bottle to be filled. The chamber may be
formed by the ordinary tubing to which the cocks are fitted. Means
must be provided for letting in air when drawing off by means of the
double cock system.
The platform on which the whole apparatus rests may be furnished
with travelling wheels to facilitate its being moved about in the factory,
and, if required, run on and off a hoisting platform or platforms for
raising or lowering the apparatus from one filling room or stage to
another.
For blacking and certain other fluids a stirring apparatus is applied to
the tank in order to prevent the settling of any sediment or heavy parts
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Weston Clayton in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 15th November 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
WESTON CLAYTON, of High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of May, in the year of our 3
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-sixth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said James Weston Clayton, Her special licence that

page_text: I, the said James Weston Clayton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said James Weston Clayton, my execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS OR MACHINERY FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR OTHER VESSELS WITH BLACKING
OR OTHER FLUID," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
James Weston Clayton, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Weston Clayton, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, that is to
.say:―
The object of this Invention is to fill two or more bottles or other
vessels with blacking or other fluid in a simultaneous and expeditious
manner.
And in order that this my Invention may be more readily understood
I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying Drawings which illustrate the modes in which I prefer to carry
it into effect.
Fig. 1 is an end elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan of an apparatus con-
structed according to my Invention.
A is the vessel or tank containing the blacking or other fluid. For
certain liquids, such as blacking, it may be fitted with a strainer or
sieve B on the top, which sieve has a perforated or wire gauze bottom,
as shewn. C, C, are pipes leading from orifices at or near the bottom of
the tank, here two pairs, each running into one pipe C¹ terminating into
a four-way piece E, to which are attached three flexible pipes D fitted
with cocks F; thus three bottles may be filled simultaneously at each

page_text: side of the tank A. Any other number or arrangement of orifices,
pipes, and cocks may be applied to suit various localities or require.
ments. The pipes are here supported by tie bolts G from standards H
on the tank A.
In order to facilitate the moving about of the tank in the factory as
required, it is fitted with four wheels I, I, which may run on rails or be
equivalently guided on a raised platform J which runs along the filling
room or rooms, as required.
f
For blacking and certain other fluids a stirring apparatus is applied
to the tank in order to prevent the settling of any sediment or heavy
parts contained in the fluid. Such a stirring apparatus is illustrated by
Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the latter being a vertical section through the tank A
in order to shew the said stirring apparatus and also the form of the
bottom of the tank which I prefer to make concave, as shewn.
The stirrer consists of two or more arms K, one of them by preference
made deeper or broader than the other or others. The spindle L has a
tooth wheel M, into which gears the tooth wheel N which is turned
backwards and forwards by means of the handle O.
Fig. 4 illustrates another mode of carrying my Invention into effect.
The tank A is here placed on framing P on a platform J which is fur- 1
nished with travelling wheels I to facilitate its being moved about in the
factory, and, if required, run on and off a hoisting platform or platforms
for raising or lowering the apparatus from one filling room, storey, or
stage to another.
The orifices for the outlet of the fluid are fitted with shut-off cocks F, 1
or valves, as shewn.
Instead of the raised platform, as described with reference to Fig. 1,
or the tank placed in a very raised position, as described with reference
to Fig. 4, it may in many localities and circumstances be more con-
venient to arrange the tank A so that it can be lifted off and above the
platform or floor on which it rests to such a height that the bottles to
be filled can be placed under the orifices for the outlet of the fluid. A
lifting apparatus will then be necessary. This may consist of a chain
attached to each side of the tank, its other end being fastened to a fixed
standard or other point of attachment on the platform or floor, and each a
chain passing over a hoisting drum or barrel, the shaft for the said drums
passing under the tank, and so arranged by means of wheel gearing or

page_text: other well known mechanical appliances as to be turned round, thus
winding or unwinding the chains, and thereby raising or lowering the
tank. Pawls should be applied to the winding gear in the usual manner,
or a break, if preferred.
The orifices for the outlet of the fluid are fitted with shut-off cocks
or valves, and if required with pipes and flexible hose, as described.
In order to prevent spilling, and to ensure a definite quantity to be
discharged each time a cock is opened, I sometimes make use of a
double set of cocks with a chamber between of the exact contents of the
bottle to be filled. The chamber may be formed by the ordinary tubing
to which the cocks are fitted. Means must be provided for letting in
air when drawing off by means of this double cock system.
And having thus fully described and ascertained the nature of this
Invention, I declare that I claim,―
Firstly. A tank travelling on a raised platform, and provided with
"orifices" and "cocks," or pipes and cocks, and with stirring apparatus
or not, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Secondly. A raised portable tank with "orifices" and "cocks," or pipes
and cocks, and with stirring apparatus or not, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
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Thirdly. A tank, portable or not, and capable of being raised by means
any suitable lifting gear, the said tank being provided with " orifices,"
"cocks," or pipes and cocks, and stirring apparatus, or not, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
And, fourthly. The application of double cocks or valves for the pur-
pose of measuring off the exact quantities in combination with a tank,
substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Weston Clayton, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of November
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three
JAMES WESTON CLAYTON. (L.S.)