An Improved Machine for Syruping and Filling with Aerated Waters Internal Stoppered Bottles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 7th Jan., 1892-Accepted, 20th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Syruping and Filling with Aerated
Waters Internal Stoppered Bottles.
I THOMAS FERGUSON of 8 Oban Street, Hawksburn in the Colony of
Victoria, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
:-
This machine is constructed with two bottle filling jaws or heads arranged back
to back on one spindle and consequently rotating in the same plane so that the
machine is continuously carrying two bottles standing reversewise in its heads.
Each head has a spring buffer for bottom of bottle and a filling device to fit its
mouth and also a vent or suitable valve. The spindle carrying the bottle heads
lies horizontal it being supported in bearings in brackets carried by a pillar or
stand the spindle having a pinion on it that is driven by a broken spur wheel on an
overhead shaft working in bearings in the aforesaid brackets the broken gear being
arranged to allow a pause for removing from one of the heads the filled bottle and
placing an empty one in its place and also for allowing the bottle in other head to
be filled with aerated water, such upper spindle may either have pullies on it for
being driven by belting or it may be furnished with a handle for manual power.
A syrup pump is attached to top of bracket behind the bottle heads such pump
drawing its supply through the spindle carrying the bottle holding heads from a
branch connected with the syrup cistern whilst the requisite quantity for injection
into the bottle is again returned through such spindle thus I am enabled to dispense
with valves attached to the pump. The up stroke of pump is operated by a
lever acted on by a cam on spindle whilst its down stroke is operated by a coiled
spring on its rod. Another cam and lever is also provided to lift the spring buffer
in the bottle holding head to allow the filled bottle to be taken out and replaced
by another during the pause in motion. The bottle spindle is held at rest by a spring
pawl operated by a cam on the upper spindle.
The branch piece at front of machine to which the syrup pipe is attached also
has a branch on it for the aerated water supply and both liquids find ingress to the
bottle through ducts or ways formed in the spindle of bottle head a peculiar
arrangement of cut off being provided between the fixed branch piece and the
revolving end of spindle while the back end of spindle also revolves in a socket
piece the branch from which leads to the syrup pump. This machine is for syruping
and filling with aerated water bottles having internal stoppers such as those known
"Codds or "Lamonts" the bottles being placed mouth downwards in the
heads and during their revolution the syrup is injected and aerated water allowed
to flow in, the air from bottles escaping through the vents in heads, the supply of
each liquid being cut off at a determined period and each bottle when full returns
to its starting position when it is removed from machine and replaced by an
empty one.
as
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Dated this 20th day of October 1891.
THOMAS FERGUSON,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.

page_text: CODIE LEIN DI MUITICATION.
An Improved Machine for Syruping and Filling with Aerated
Waters Internal Stoppered Bottles.
I, THOMAS FERGUSON of 8 Oban Street, Hawksburn in the Colony of
Victoria, Engineer, 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 :-
This machine is constructed with two bottle holders arranged back to back on
one spindle and consequently rotating in the same plane so that the machine when
in motion carries two bottles standing reversewise between the jaws of holders.
Each bottle holder has a spring buffer or jaw to press against bottom of bottle and
so hold its mouth in an india rubber cone in opposite jaw of holder whilst the
bottle is filling also each filling jaw has a vent or air escape valve. The main
spindle carrying the two bottle holders lies horizontal being supported in bearings
upon brackets carried by a pillar or stand, said spindle has a combined spur-cam
wheel on it that is driven by a half spur-cam wheel on a shaft above it that is'
supported in bearings in the aforesaid brackets; said gear is designed to allow a
pause in the revolution of bottle holder for removing the filled bottle and replacing
it with an empty one, for the bottle in other head to be filled with acrated waters
and, for the pump to take in its charge of syrup. The upper spindle is driven by
spur gear from a shaft at the back of machine and which may either have pullies
on it for being driven by belting or be furnished with a handle for manual power.
The syrup pump is secured upon a bracket behind the bottle holders such pump
drawing its supply through a hole formed at and along the centre of main spindle
from a branch piece connected with a syrup cistern, the requisite quantity of syrup
for injection into the bottle being again returned by the pump through the spindle.
There are no valves attached to the pump. The up stroke of pump is operated by
a lever worked by a cam on main spindle whilst its down stroke is brought about
by a coiled spring on its rod. Another cam and lever is provided to lift the spring
buffers of bottle holders to allow the filled bottle to be taken out and be replaced
by an empty one during the pause in motion. The bottle holder spindle is held at
rest by a pawl engaging a notched disc the pawl being operated by a cam on upper
spindle.
The branch piece at front of machine to which the syrup and the aerated water
supply pipes are attached has suitable passages in it to lead both said liquids into
the bottles through ducts or ways formed in the spindle of bottle holder a peculiar
arrangement of cut off or valve being produced by the faces of said fixed brauch
piece and the end of said spindle. The back end of main spindle revolves in a
socket piece, a branch from which leads to the syrup pump. This machine is for
injecting syrup to and filling with aerated water bottles having internal stoppers
such as those known as "Codds" and "Lamonts" the bottles being placed mouth
downwards in the holders and during their revolution the syrup is injected and
nerated water allowed to flow in, the air from bottles escaping through suitable
vents. The supply of each liquid is cut off at a determined period and each bottle
when it returns to its starting position is full and in readiness to be removed from
machine and be replaced by an empty one.
My invention will be best understood by describing it with reference to the
accompanying sheets of drawings wherein the same letters of reference indicate the
corresponding parts throughout.
Fig. is a front view, Fig. 2 a side view and Fig. 3 a plan of a machine
constructed according to my invention.
Fig. 4 is a view partly in section of the bottle holder.
Fig. 5 a side view of same also partly in section and
Fig 60 sectional view on lineña
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page_text: Fig. 7 is a view shewing the spur-cam gears for giving an intermittent motion to
main spindle that carries bottle holder.
Fig. 8 is a face view of the stationary branch piece or supply box.
Fig. 9 is a section at line b b in Fig. 8.
Fig. 10 is a section at line d d Fig. 8.
Fig. 11 is a section through centre of combined bearing and branch piece at back
end of main or bottle holder spindle.
Fig. 12 is a sectional view shewing syrup pump and its operating gears and
Fig. 13 a view of the pawl and disc locking gear.
A is a pillar upon the cap flange of which are bolted brackets B and B¹ while
upon a vertical flange at side of pillar is bolted another bracket B2. B' is a head
piece and bearing seated upon and bolted to bracket B. C is the main spindle to
which the bottle holders C. C' are secured said spindle at its back end being
journalled in a branch piece D while at its front end outside of bottle holders it
takes a bearing in the head piece B³. E is the stationary valve box having
branches E and E2 for connection to the aerated water supply and syrup supply
pipes respectively. F is a disc keyed on spindle C and provided with notches Fi to
receive the pawl F2 that is operated by cam F' secured upon upper shaft G the
latter running in bearings carried by brackets B and B. Spindle G has a spur
wheel G keyed on it that gears with pinion G keyed on driving shaft H which is
supported in bearings H' also carried by brackets B and B. Hare belt pullies
on shaft H and H³ a crank handle so that the machine may be driven either by
belting or by manual power. I is a spur-cam wheel keyed on main shaft C and
11 spur-cam wheel on upper shaft G and arranged to gear with aforesaid wheel I.
Jis the syrup pump seated as shewn on a bracket formed upon standard B, J' is
the pump piston, J its rod and J³ the coiled spring upon rod J the lower end of
latter bearing on a lever J centred at J' upon frame B and such lever is furnished
with a small friction wheel J that is acted on by the two wing cam J' secured on
main spindle C. JB is a pipe leading from top of syrup pump to branch piece D
that supports end of hollow spindle C. J' is an air escape valve at top of pump.
To provide means for regulating the stroke of syrup pump a set screw J10 is
screwed into a snug projecting from frame B under lever J and thus by said screw
the lever can be lifted to regulate the stroke of pump or to lift it clear of the cam
when it is not desired to work the pump.
To
The stationary valve box E fits neatly over the end of spindle C a leather face e
(Figs. 9 & 10) being arranged between them and made fast to the face of valve box
while the outer end of the valve box is supported on the pivot at the end of
adjusting screw B* an india rubber buffer E being arranged under the pivot plate
so that an elastic pressure is imparted to the leather face before referred to.
retain the valve box E stationary that is to say to prevent its revolving a finger E'
projects from and passes into a recess formed on the cap of bearing B³. The
passage or way through the syrup branch E' passes out through the leather face
at e and during the pause in the motion of the bottle holders, one or other of the
holes c, c, that converge towards one another and then run through the whole
length of shaft Cat its centre, is immediately opposite said hole e¹ and at this time
the coiled spring J³ gives the down stroke to the piston of pump and so the charge
of syrup is taken in through said passages also during said pause one of the holes c'e
that lead from the end or face of spindle C and through one arm of each holder to
its filling cone is opposite the passage way leading through the leather at e' from
the aerated water supply branch E' and thus the supply of aerated water leads into
the bottle. The filling of the bottle with aerated water commences shortly before
and terminates shortly after said pause, such being regulated by the length of the
slot formed through the leather face about the hole e'. The supply of
retained in the hole c in spindle C and in the pump J until such time as said
by the rotation of the spindle reaches the segmental recess e, when the pump piston
taking its up stroke forces the syrup thereinto and from it through under passage e
syrule
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page_text: into the outer segmental slot e*, which being opposite one of the holes c¹, allows the
syrup to flow thereinto and through bottle holder into the bottle K.
To allow air to escape from the bottle whilst it is being filled with aerated water
a vent C2 is provided at the centre of filling cone and leading to a valve C³ (Fig. 5)
that is opened automatically by the valve spindle passing over the path B³ secured
to frame B and such valve is again opened just before the filled bottle is removed
by the valve spindle passing over the button B, the purpose of the latter being to
relieve the pressure of liquid in passage of holder prior to the operator removing
the bottle. C is a conical india rubber washer to fit mouth of bottle K. C' is a
buffer to press on bottom of bottle, its spindle c being pressed down by a coiled
spring To lift spring buffer C to allow the filled bottle to be removed a
collar C is provided on the outer end of its spindle and such collar passes into the
loop C formed at the end of lever C which is centred at C, said lever being lifted
by cam C at the time that the collar C is within the loop and thus the buffer is
lifted so as to remove its pressure from the bottle and allow of its being removed.
C is a guide for lever C. C" a guard secured to bottle holder and C¹³ a guide
for bottle. C is a collar formed upon shaft C said collar wearing against outer
edge of bearing B³. B' are tie rods between brackets B and B¹.
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To impart an intermittent motion to main spindle C the spur-cam gear I, 1' is
employed, the part I¹ upon upper shaft G to which continuous motion is imparted
has a cam face formed on it that contacts with the arm i on cam wheel I so that
when the upper spur cam has completed about half a revolution its gap i passes
over the arm i of spur-cam I and so leaves the main spindle standing until such
time as the upper spur-cam returns again to the position shewn in Fig. 7 when
another half revolution is given to main spindle C.
The mode of operation of the machine is as follows, presuming it to be in motion
and the supply of syrup and aerated water open to the branches E' and E' then
when the bottle holder stops or is at the position shewn in Fig. 1 the bottle at
back is being filled with aerated water and the syrup is being drawn in by pump
through spindle, and the bottle at front of machine being full, the spring buffer of
holder is raised by its cam lever to allow said bottle to be taken out and replaced
by an empty one, then the lock pawl F is lifted and the top spur cam comes into
gear with the lower one to impart half a revolution to the bottle holders and during
such time immediately the hole c in end of spindle C passes on to hole e³ in branch
piece and hole on to hole e the syrup is being forced or injected by the pump
into the bottle and again when the end face of spindle has travelled to a position so
that the hole c¹ is brought opposite the slot the aerated water passes to the
bottle during such time the vent valve Cs is travelling on race B to allow the
air from bottle to escape. The upper spur cam now rotates out of gear with
the lower spur cam and the pawl F falls into the gap in disc F so as to retain the
holder with its bottles in an upright position whilst the front filled bottle is being
removed, and being replaced by an empty one and also whilst the syrup is being
drawn into the spindle and the aerated water fed to the back bottle and during the
time that the bottle holder is at a standstill the vent C³ is kept open by the
button B*.
I wish it understood that a one bottle machine can be constructed on the principle
of this invention by having one bottle holder upon a spindle with only one of both
the passages c and c' in said spindle C and by arranging the pump to take in and
cject one charge during each revolution of the bottle holder, I however prefer a
machine having two bottle holders as herein set forth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. Two bottle holders (such as C') secured upon and combined with a spindle
(such as C) in such a manner that they stand back to back with the bottles

page_text: reversewise and so that said bottle holders in their revolution follow each other in
the same plane, such holders being constructed with a spring buffer, a filling cone,
a vent, and ducts or ways to lead the liquids through their supporting spindle and
through them to the bottles substantially as herein described and in the manner
illustrated in my drawings.
2. A spindle such as C having a hole or syrup way (such as c) that passes through
its whole length from a two-way branch at its front end or face and with holes such
as leading to the bottle holders in combination with a stationary valve and
branch piece having passages or ways such as e¹, e, e, e³, for the supply of syrup
and a passage or way such as e³ for the supply of aerated water to the bottles
substantially as described and in the manner illustrated in my drawings.
3. A spindle such as C having a hole c through its whole length in combination
with a syrup pump (such as J) said pump having no valves and arranged to draw
its charge of syrup through the hole in spindle from the source of supply and
return it from such hole in the spindle through a duct or way to the bottle carried
in a holder upon said spindle substantially as herein described and explained and
as illustrated in my drawings.
4. A stationary branch piece and valve face (such as E) having syrup supply
branch E' and aerated water supply branch E' attached to it and with the ports or
passages e, e, e, and e, for the syrup and passage for the aerated water and
furnished with a leather face e in combination with the passage ways c, c and c',
at the end of a spindle to which an intermittent motion is impatted and the set
screw B acting on an elastic buffer E as and for the purposes described and as
illustrated in my drawings.
5. The syrup pump J, J connected by pipe J8, with stuffing box bearing D, at
back end of hollow spindle C, and without any valves between box D and pump J
in combination with the mechanism consisting of the parts marked J', J³, J^,`J³,
J', J', and C that work said pump so that it receives and expels two charges of
syrup through spindle C during each revolution of said spindle as herein described
and as illustrated in Fig. 12 of my drawings.
6. The gears consisting of the cam-spur wheel I' secured upon shaft G, and cam
spur wheel I secured upon main spindle C and designed to impart an intermittent
motion to latter spindle as herein described and explained and as illustrated in Fig. 7
of my drawings.
7. The cam F³, pawl F³, and notched disc F in combination with shaft G, and
hollow shaft C, and designed to, retain the latter stationary during the pause in
motion of the gears as herein described and explained and as illustrated in my
drawings.
8. A machine having one bottle holder such as C¹ furnished with a spring buffer,
filling cone and vent in combination with a spindle having one hole or passage way
such as c passing from its end and then through its centre and one passage way
such as leading from its end to the bottle holder substantially as herein
set forth.
9. The general combination and arrangement of parts constituting my improved
machine for injecting syrup to and filling with aerated water internally stoppered
bottles as herein described and explained and as illustrated in my drawings.
Dated this 30th day of November 1891.
THOMAS FERGUSON.