Improvements in Apparatus for Syruping Bottles, and for Filling same with Still and Fermented Liquors.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1893
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Apparatus for Syruping Bottles, and for Filling
same with Still and Fermented Liquors.
I, JAMES MCEWEN of Ruthven House, Marple in the County of Chester,
Engineer, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for syruping bottles for
aerated water beverages and has for its object that of providing an efficient and
economical machine for performing the operation by hand before they are passed
to the bottling machine to be filled with aerated water; also for filling bottles
with still and fermented liquors. The principal feature of this invention is that
it allow of empty bottles being charged with syrup or liquor from a pump without
removing them from the bottle boxes.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved syruping and filling machine worked
by power.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation, Fig. 3 a plan, Fig. 4 an enlarged sectional view of
nozzle and valve for minimising drip or waste of syrup or liquor.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged side view of adjustable cam or crank to allow of various
strokes being imparted to the pump according to the amount of syrup or liquor
required each stroke.
Fig. 6 is a front view of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a side elevation of my improved syruping and filling machine worked
by foot-gear, and
Fig. 8 is a front view of same.
In all the figures the same letters are employed to indicate corresponding
parts.
A is a stand or pillar supporting the arm B carrying the double valve-box C
and the syrup or liquor pump D. The valve-box C is provided with suction and
delivery valves in the ordinary manner. The suction valve is supplied with syrup
or liquor from any convenient source by means of the pipe E. To the outlet from
the delivery side of the valve-box C is attached the india-rubber or other suitable
flexible tube fitted at its outer end with the nozzle k containing the valve 1;
the latter being held against its seat by the spiral spring m when the pump is
drawing or stopped, thus preventing or reducing drip or waste of syrup or liquor
to the least possible degree. If desired the nozzle k may be employed without
the valve . The upper end of the nozzle k is secured by wire or other means to
the end of the india-rubber or other flexible tube h. The outlet end of the nozzle k
is reduced in diameter to allow of its insertion into the neck or mouth of bottles.
The upper end of the reduced outlet end of the nozzle k is fitted with the leather
or other pliable washer n to prevent damaging bottles when supplying syrup or
liquor. The pump piston is attached to the piston rod F; the latter being coupled
to the rod G mounted in the guide H secured to the stand or pillar A. To the
other end of the rod G is coupled the connecting rod I by means of the pin or
centre J. The connecting rod I is attached to the crank pin K on the adjustable
slide L in the crank M. The slide L is provided with the screwed stems N and
nuts O, to allow of the same being varied in stroke according to the amount of
syrup or liquor to be delivered each stroke of the piston in the pump D.
The slide L may be indexed, as at P, so that the stroke of pump may be set
at a glance according to the number of ounces required each stroke. The index
may be graduated or marked to denote each quarter or half ounce or other

page_text: proportions of syrup or liquor as desired. The crank M is attached to the shaft Q
mounted in the bearings R in the stand or pillar A. On the shaft Q is mounted
the spur wheel S gearing with the spur pinion T on the shaft or centre U in the
bearing V on the stand or pillar A. The shaft or centre U is stationary, being
held in position by the nut W. On the boss of the spur pinion T is fixed the
pulley by which it is driven by means of a strap from any suitable gearing.
On the stationary shaft or centre Ŭ is mounted the loose pulley Y to receive the
driving strap when it is desired to stop the machine. The driving strap is removed
from the driving pulley X to the loose pulley Y, and vice-versa, by means of the
strap fork Z.
The latter is secured to the sliding bar a mounted in the bearings b
on the fixing c attached to the stand or pillar A. The sliding bar a is coupled
to the arm or projection d on the foot-lever f; the latter being pivoted at g to the
base of the stand or pillar A.
This machine operates as follows:-On the stand o is placed the bottle box p
containing empty bottles to be charged with syrup or liquor. The attendant
takes hold of the nozzle with the hand and places the outlet end of same in the
neck or mouth of a bottle, then places one foot on the lever; the latter action
slides the driving strap from the loose pulley Y to the driving pulley X which
sets the machine in motion and causes the pump to force syrup or liquor through
the india-rubber or other flexible tube h and the nozzle k into the bottle the nozzle
is in contact with. If desired the india-rubber or other flexible tube may be
employed without the nozzle k, in which case the end of the said tube is inserted
in the neck or mouth of the bottle. As soon as syrup or liquor is charged into
the bottle and while the pump is drawing a fresh supply of syrup or liquor the
attendant removes the nozzle k, or the end of the tube h, and places it in the next
bottle and so on until a whole box of bottles have been supplied. Immediately a
box of bottles have been supplied with syrup or liquor the machine is stopped by
releasing the foot-lever f; the strap fork being operated by the weight t on the
opposite end of the lever f.
In constructing my improved syruping and filling machine to be worked by foot-
gear the rod G is coupled to the foot-lever by the links v and pins i. To the
base of the stand or pillar A is secured the jaw j, to which is pivoted the foot-
lever by the pin or centre q.
This machine is operated by the attendant's foot each time the end of the tube h
or the nozzle is placed in a bottle neck or mouth to be charged with syrup or
liquor. The return stroke of the pump piston and rod G is effected by the
weighted ends of the foot-lever f when the latter is released from the operator's
foot.
Having thus stated the nature of my invention and described the mode of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to
the precise details or configuration of the parts I have shown and described as
the same may be varied or modified without departing from the principle of my
said invention, and that the same may be applied to any make of or existing
syruping or filling machines. I would also have it understood that I am aware
that bottles have been charged with syrup or liquor without removing them from
their carrying boxes by means of a funnel or tun-dish inserted in the neck of the
bottle the syrup or liquor being supplied from a hand vessel.
I declare that what I claim is :-
1. Syruping bottles for aerated water beverages and filling bottles with still and
fermented liquors mechanically without removing them from their carrying boxes,
substantially as described.
2. In combination with a pump for charging bottles with syrup or liquor the
use of an india-rubber or other flexible tube for conveying syrup or liquor from
the pump to bottles in a carrying box, substantially as described.
3. In combination with an india-rubber or flexible tube attached to the outlet or

page_text: re-setting spring, for the purpose of preventing or minimising drip or waste of
syrup or liquor to a minimum, substantially as described.
4. In combination with an india-rubber or flexible tube attached to the outlet
or delivery of a syrup or liquor pump the use of a nozzle without a valve and
re-setting spring, substantially as described.
5. The general arrangements, constructions, and combinations of parts composing
the improved apparatus for syruping bottles for aerated water beverages and for
filling bottles with still and fermented liquors in their carrying boxes, as herein-
before described and as illustrated in the annexed drawings.
Dated December 2nd 1892.
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,
Agent.