with Aerated or craseous Liquids.
Year: 1885

page_text: with Aerated or craseous Liquids.
I JOHN JAMES VARLEY, of Phoenix Villas, Merton, in the County of Surrey,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY FOR FILLING OR CHARGING BOTTLES WITH AERATED OR GASEOUS
LIQUIDS to be as follows:-
"
.
This invention relates to a simple and efficient apparatus for filling or charging
bottles with aërated or gaseous liquids, when such bottles are closed by means of
valve stoppers.
In carrying out my invention I employ a frame work or standard suitably
constructed and provided with the usual syrup pump, inlet valve and escape valve
but I so arrange the parts that the spindles for operating the pump and valves are
worked or moved from the back of the machine by an arrangement of levers, cams
and tappets operated from a shaft at the back of the frame work and caused to
revolve by means of gear driven in any suitable manner.
Fitted to the pump is
a suitably lined cup shaped to receive either the mouth of the bottle or the head
of the stopper of the bottle; below this cup is arranged a spring rest for the
bottom of the bottle such rest being operated from the said shaft at the back of
the machine. .
The operation of filling a valve stoppered bottle by my improved machine is as
follows:-
The machine is set in motion and the attendant stands in front thereof, an empty
bottle fitted with a valve stopper is then placed upright with its bottom standing
on the spring rest and the mouth of the bottle is held in line with the above
named cup this operation should be performed promptly and before the rest is lifted
by its spring. The upward movement of the rest fixes and holds the bottle firmly
up against the india-rubber or other lining of the cup so as to prevent any escape
of water or gas. By the next movement of the machine the piston of the pump
will be operated so as to supply the bottle with a given portion of syrup the

page_text: water inlet valve is then opened and the bottle is filled up to a point when-air
must be released from the bottle; this operation is performed by means of a lever
acting upon the air escape valve. The cup of the machine is fitted with a tube at
the back of which is a spring; the object of this tube is to keep the valve of the
stopper open while the air is allowed to escape from the bottle which action
releasing the air will allow of the bottle being now filled up to or within a short
distance of the top, the rest upon which the bottle stands is now lowered and
the bottle taken out and replaced by another empty bottle or the bottle may
be knocked out by a tappet, cam or other movement obtained from the before
mentioned shaft.

page_text: with Aĕrated or Gaseous Liquids.
I JOHN JAMES VARLEY, of Phoenix Villas, Merton, in the county of Surrey,
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 invention relates to a simple and efficient apparatus for filling or charging
bottles with aerated or gaseous liquids, when such bottles are closed by means of
screw stoppers having valves and generally known as Barrett's stoppers.
In carrying out my invention I employ a frame work or standard suitably
constructed and provided with the usual syrup pump, inlet or filling valve and
escape or snift valve but I so arrange the parts that the spindles for operating
the pump and valves are worked or moved from the back of the machine by an
arrangement of levers, cams and tappets operated from a shaft at the back of the
frame work and caused to revolve by means of gear driven in any suitable manner.
Fitted to the pump is a suitably lined cup, shaped to receive either the mouth of
the bottle or the bead of the stopper of the bottle. The cup of the machine is
fitted with a tube at the back of which is a 'spring for the purpose hereinafter
described, below the cup is arranged a spring rest for the bottom of the bottle such
rest being operated from the said shaft at the back of the machine.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1, represents
an elevation of the right hand side of a machine constructed according to my
invention for filling or charging bottles with aërated or gaseous liquids; figure 2 is
a back elevation of the machine; figure 3, is an elevation of the left-hand side of
the same; figure 4 is a detached sectional front view of the cup for receiving the
mouth of the bottle; figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 are views shewing the various cams for
operating the machine. Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts..
a, represents the framework or standard of the machine; b, is the syrup pump,
c the inlet or filling valve and d, the escape or suift valve; e, is the spindle for
operating the syrup pump b; f, is the spindle of the filling valve c, and g, the spindle
of the escape or snift valve d, all of which are of ordinary construction; h, is the
lever pivotted at i, for moving the spindle e, of the syrup-pump b, and j, is the cam
working in a slot a², in the lever h, for operating the same; k, is the lever and
,, the cam for operating the spindle f, of the filling valve c, and m, is the tappet,
and n, the lever for operating the spindle g, of the air escape or snift valve d;
o, is the shaft carrying the said cams at the back of the frame-work a, and p, p, are
the bearings for the same; q, represents a toothed wheel on the shaft o, gearing
into a pinion 1, on a shaft 8, driven by means of a driving pulley t for operating
the machine; u, is the cup lined with india rubber v, or other suitable material
and shaped to receive either the mouth of the bottle or the head of the stopper
of the bottle;, is the tube in the cup u, made with an axial bore w, and with
lateral openings x, x, whereby when the snift valve d, is opened the gas is allowed
to escape through the valve stopper to the outside of the machine; y, is the
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page_text: spring bearing upon a collars, on the tube v, for keeping the tube against the valve
of the stopper of the bottle; a¹, is the rest for the bottom of the bottle and b¹, is
the spring for pressing the same upwards; c', is the cam on the shaft o, and ď, the
lever for raising and lowering the said rest.
The operation of filling a valve stoppered bottle by my improved machine is as
follows:
The machine is set in motion by operating the driving pulley t, from any suitable
source of power and the attendant stands in front thereof; an empty bottle fitted
with a valve stopper is then placed upright with its bottom standing on the
spring rest a¹, and the mouth of the bottle is held in a line with the cup u, this
operation should be performed promptly before the rest a¹, is lifted by its spring b¹,
and whilst its lever d¹, is being acted upon by the cam c¹, that is to say when the
parts of the machine are in the position shewn in the drawing; when the cam
cam c¹, has passed the lever d', the upward movement of the rest a¹, will fix and
hold the bottle firmly up against the india-rubber or other lining v, of the cup u,
so as to prevent any escape of water or gas therefrom. By the continued movement
of the machine the cam j, will force the upper end of the lever h, outwards and
the piston of the pump will be thereby operated so as to supply the bottle with
a given portion of syrup; the part 7, of the cam 1,, will then come against the
lever k, which will thereby be caused to open the water inlet or filling valve c,
during a certain time which is limited by the length of the part 1, of the cam and
the bottle will be filled up to a given point when air must be released from the
bottle; this operation is performed as the machine continues its movement and
whilst the lever k, of the filling valve is in the depression between the parts l,
and , of the cam by means of the lever n, which will then be actuated by the
tappet m, so as to open for a moment the air escape or snift valve d; the tube v¹,
keeping the valve of the stopper open while the air is allowed to escape from
the bottle which action releasing the air will allow of the bottle being now filled
up to or within a short distance of the top, the part 1, of the cam of the filling
valve lever k, now operating the latter so as to again open the filling valve c, for
this purpose; the rest a¹, upon which the bottle stands is now lowered into the
position shewn in the drawing and the bottle taken out and réplaced by another'
empty bottle and so on or the bottle may be knocked out by a tappet,. cam or
other movement obtained from the shaft o. Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 shew the relative
positions of the various cams on the shaft o, and of their levers when the rest a¹,
is depressed ready to receive a bottle.
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;
The combination of parts forming the improved machine for filling or charging
bottles with aërated or gaseous liquids substantially as hereinbefore described and
represented in the accompanying drawing.