Year: 1885

page_text: I, HENRY WALTER STEVENS of the Globe Mineral Water Works Colchester in
the County of Essex Mineral Water Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
In the Provisional Specification lodged by H. Codd dated 17 November 1885
No. 14069 is described a bottle closed with an internal ball stopper and so formed
that the ball could be made to rest a short distance and centrally below the mouth
of the bottle whilst the bottle was being filled in order that when the bottle was
suddenly taken away from the nozzle of the filling machine and the mouth of the
bottle so suddenly relieved from pressure the rush of gas upwards from the liquid
in the bottle might carry the ball up to the mouth and so instantly close it. This
invention has more especially for its object to provide apparatus by means of
which bottles of the above description may be very readily filled.
The bottles are made so that if when empty then are inverted so as to make the
ball lie in the mouth and are then turned upwards in one particular direction the
ball stopper must of necessity lodge centrally and at a short distance below
the mouth.
The bottles may when inverted or partially inverted be placed into a holder
carried at the circumference of a wheel which turns on a vertical axis and be
carried round in this holder into an uninverted position and the ball be so caused
to pass to and be retained in a position centrally below the mouth. The wheel
and holder can then be moved up towards the nozzle of the filling apparatus and
the head of the bottle carried in the holder be so forced up into the nozzle of
this apparatus and the bottle thereby caused to be filled with aerated liquid.
Afterwards when the bottle has been filled the wheel may suddenly be moved
away from the nozzle-the ball will then be carried up to and made to close the
mouth of the bottle as above explained.
A series of clips or holders for holding the bottles may be ranged around the
periphery of the wheel and the axis of the wheel may be carried by a slide which
can be raised by the action of a hand lever or treadle. When the slide is raised

page_text: the head of the bottle in the holder which is uppermost will be forced up into the
mouth of the nozzle of the filling machine and aerated liquid will thereby be
caused to be supplied into the bottle.
A step by step rotating movement may be given to the wheel so that after the
bottle in one holder has been filled the wheel may be made to turn one step to
bring the next bottle into position for being filled and so on continuously. In this
way the bottles can by hand be filled into the holders on one side of the wheel and
after they have been filled they can be discharged on the opposite side of the
wheel either by their bottoms being brought against a fixed cam or in other
convenient way.
In place of employing a rotating wheel to carry the bottles into position to be
filled a single holder only which can be raised by the action of a lever handle or
treadle might be used. In this case the ball stopper in each bottle would have to
be lodged in position centrally below the mouth before placing the bottle into the
holder and the workman would turn the bottle by hand in the way required to
effect this before placing the bottle into the holder. To facilitate the placing of
the bottle into and the taking it out of the holder the holder may when drawn
downwards away from the nozzle tend to incline outwards away from a vertical
line below the filling nozzle the filling nozzle will therefore not impede the
placing of the bottle into or the taking it from the holder.

page_text: I HENRY WALTER STEVENS of the Globe Mineral Water Works Colchester in
the County of Essex Mineral Water Manufacturer 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 :-
In the Specification to a Patent Application lodged by H. Codd dated
17th November 1885 No. 14069 is described a bottle closed with an internal
ball stopper and so formed that the ball can be made to rest a short distance and
centrally below the mouth of the bottle whilst the bottle is being filled in order
that when the bottle is suddenly taken away from the nozzle of the filling machine
and the mouth of the bottle so suddenly relieved from pressure the rush of gas
upwards from the liquid in the bottle carries the ball up to the mouth and so
instantly closes it.
The bottles are made so that if when empty they are inverted so as to make the
ball lie in the mouth and they are then turned upwards in one particular direction
the ball stopper of necessity lodges centrally and at a short distance below the
mouth.
This Invention has more especially for its object to provide apparatus by means
of which bottles of the above description may be very readily filled.
The bottles when inverted or partially inverted are placed into a holder carried
at the circumference of a wheel which turns on a vertical axis. The bottles are
carried round in this holder into an uninverted position and the ball is so caused
to pass to and be retained in a position centrally below the mouth. The wheel
and holder is then moved up towards the nozzle of the filling apparatus and the
head of the bottle carried in the holder is so forced up into the nozzle of this
apparatus and the bottle thereby caused to be filled with aerated liquid. After-
wards when the bottle has been filled the wheel is caused suddenly to be moved
away from the nozzle the ball is then carried up to and made to close the mouth
of the bottle as above explained.
A series of clips or holders for holding the bottles may be ranged around the
periphery of the wheel. The axis of the wheel is carried by a slide which can be
raised by the action of a hand lever or treadle-When the slide is raised the head
of the bottle in the holder which is uppermost will be forced up into the mouth of
the filling nozzle and a-rated liquid is then caused to be supplied into the bottle.
A step by step rotating movement is given to the wheel so that after the bottle
in one holder has been filled the wheel is made to turn one step to bring the next
bottle into position for being filled and so on continuously. The bottles are by
hand filled into the holders on one side of the wheel and after they have been filled
they can be discharged on the opposite side.

page_text: away from a vertical line below the filling nozzle. The filling nozzle will then not
impede the placing of the bottle into or the taking it from the holder.
În order that my said invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a filling or bottling apparatus constructed in
accordance with my invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation partly in section of the same.
Figures 3 and 4 are transverse sections on the line 1, 1, and 2, 2, in Figure 2
respectively.
Figure 5 is a front view and Figure 6 is a side view illustrating the modification,
in which a single bottle holder connected by a joint with a rising and falling slide
is employed.
In Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 A A is the frame of the machine consisting of a standard
with a suitable foot or support-in the standard there is a guide alot or opening and
into this a slide B is fitted. The slide carries the stud axis C upon which the
wheel D is mounted so as to be able to turn freely. The wheel D carries upon its
periphery a series of spring clips E, E, suitably arranged to receive between them
the bottles to be filled and to retain the bottles in place. F is a lever having its
fulcrum at F upon the standard A. Movement is imparted to the lever about its
fulcrum either by hand or by a crank or other mechanical means. The lever F is
connected by a link G with the slide B so that by means of the lever F the slide
and the wheel D which it carries receives a rising and falling movement. When
the wheel ascends the uppermost bottle in the clips is brought up so that its mouth
enters the nozzle or bell H which is made as is usual in machines for bottling
aerated waters. The usual bottling valve is also provided to admit the liquid to
the bottle and also an air escape valve K by which the air which the bottle
contains is allowed to pass out. Thus the bottle is filled whilst its mouth is held
up to the bottling nozzle. Then when the bottle is full and the slide B with the
wheel D descends the effervescence of the liquid in the bottle operates automatically
to bring up the ball stopper to its seat.
The bottles to be filled are put into the clips by hand on one side of the wheel
and after filling they are, in like manner, removed on the other side of the wheel.
Rotary motion is imparted to the wheel D automatically; as the wheel descends,
carrying the bottle last filled away from the bottling nozzle, the wheel is turned
round so far that when it next rises another bottle (the next in order) will be
brought up to the bottling nozzle. This rotary movement is imparted to the
wheel D by means of a claw L jointed to the lever F and suitably formed to
engage with teeth D* on the side of the wheel D. When the wheel is raised and
a bottle is filling the claw L is in its lowest position and by means of a spring in
connection with it it is caused to engage with one of the teeth D* ; then when the
wheel descends the claw ascends and as it still retains hold of the tooth, the wheel
is caused to turn about the stud axis C on which it is mounted.
Sometimes, as already mentioned, I make machines having but a single bottle
holder in place of a series of such holders carried upon the periphery of a wheel,
in this case I joint the bottle holder to the slide B at its upper end. A bottle
holder so arranged is shown by the Figures 5 and 6. The slide, as in the former
case, is guided by the standard as it moves up and down, but the bottle holder can

page_text: be drawn forward away from the standard by turning about the joint X at its
lower end.
In the use of this machine the workman draws the holder forward to a convenient
position and places in it the bottle to be filled; he then thrusts the holder back
until it enters the groove in the standard and is stopped in such a position that
the mouth of the bottle is vertically beneath the bottling nozzle. The slide when
it rises brings the mouth of the bottle into the bottling nozzle, as in the
arrangement previously described, and in like manner the bottle is filled.
the slide descends the effervescence of its contents at once carries the stopper up to
its seat, and all the workman has to do is to again draw the bottle holder forward
and remove the bottle and replace it by another to be charged.
When
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. An apparatus for filling bottles with aerated liquids consisting of a wheel
with a series of clips or bottle holders on its periphery, such wheel being carried
by a slide to which movement is imparted carrying it towards and from a filling
nozzle substantially as described.
2. Apparatus for filling bottles with aerated liquids and consisting of a slide
receiving movement to and from a bottling nozzle and having jointed to it a bottle
holder which can be drawn forward from beneath the nozzle for bottles to be
placed in and removed from it and can be replaced beneath the nozzle in order
that the bottle it contains may be filled as herein described.
3. Apparatus for filling bottles with aerated liquids substantially as described
and illustrated by the annexed drawings.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.