A New Method of Charging the Syphon at present used in Filling Bottles with Porter or other Liquors.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1892—Accepted, 2nd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Method of Charging the Syphon at present used in Filling
Bottles with Porter or other Liquors.
MICHAEL CLEARY Plumber 24 Upper Gardiner Street Dublin do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is in place of sucking the syphon in present use, to replace said
syphon in a swan neck cock, or a valve cock, (or a stuffing box cock with a valve
behind in the tank connected with the syphon) so that when you want to charge
the syphon you simply turn down the syphon and it charges or fills itself avoiding
the nasty process of sucking same with the mouth at present in use, there
are several more ways, I can do it, but these I consider best, but what I claim is
the method to charge the syphon without the nasty process of sucking by the
mouth.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Method of Charging the Syphon at present used in Filling
Bottles with Porter or other Liquors.
I MICHAEL CLEARY of 24 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, Plumber, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
form ed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of my invention is to devise a new method of charging the syphons
used in filling bottles with porter or other liquors.
In carrying out my said invention, I propose to fix outside the trough or cistern
in place of the apparatus now in use inside the trough or cistern a means with either
cocks or valves whereby the syphons will charge themselves by either turning the
syphons down, or raising the valves up.
The accompanying drawings illustrate the nature of my invention.
Figure 1. represents the bottling syphon at present in use, whereby the pipes
or syphon A, are brought over the top of the trough or cistern, and are made
staunch on the inside of the trough, and to be charged have to be sucked at the
end, B.
To do away with the nasty process of sucking, Figure 2. represents my new
invention, it will be seen that a swan neck ground plug, or screwed valve cock A
with a stuffing-box, which is placed at the bottom of the trough or cistern on the
outside will allow the swan-neck syphon B to be turned down so that it will charge
itself, C. represents a spring or weight, to bring the syphon back.
Figure 3. represents a swan neck syphon valve, A placed at the bottom on the
outside of the trough that when the syphon B. is raised, up, it charges itself.
This consists of two flanges at A. and cones connected together by screws and india
rubber washer.
Figure 4. is the same as Figure 3. but in place of a cone flange at the bottom is
made staunch with the ordinary stuffing-box at the top A, valve at bottom is B.
guide rod at top is C.
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Figure 5 represents a plunger syphon placed inside of the trough or cistern, and
consists of a rim or ring B. and a plug A to fit same tightly, and connected with the
syphon pipe C. so that when you turn down the syphon the action of the plug A
going into the rim B. sends the liquor up into the syphon C. and charges it.
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page_text: Figure 6 represents a common swan neck swivel, placed at the bottom of the
trough with a valve behind in the trough connected with the top of the swan neck
syphon B. so that when you turn down the syphon it raises the valve and charges
itself.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, what I would have under-
stood is that I do not confine myself to the exact details herein described as the
object in view may be effected by altering the arrangements herein described without
departing from the principle involved, but what I claim is,
A new method of charging the syphons at present used in filling bottles with
porter or other liquors, by means of cocks, valves, or plungers, in the manner sub-
stantially as herein described.
MICHAEL CLEARY,
24, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.