Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Bottles or other Vessels with Liquids.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 7th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 9th Dec., 1887
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Bottles or other Vessels with
Liquids.
I STUART BUNTING Merchant & Agent 22 Temple Lane Dublin, Ireland do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
After detailing, which I now do in a general way the method at present, usually
employed in Bottling beer, wine spirits and other liquids. This is by the aid of the
well known Bottling or filling machine provided with cistern and rocking feeding
tubes or Syphons also rack and pinion or other device for raising cistern to the
required height rack for holding bottles float and other arrangements as commonly
used and known as the Syphon Bottling or filling machine and which I adopt, but,
the novelty of my invention consists in providing against the common objectionable
necessity of sucking the syphons when commencing the operation of bottling or filling
other vessels.
To this end I adopt the following means.
A direct communication is established between the vessel containing the liquid to
be bottled or filled into other vessels and the bottles or vessels to be filled by means
of tubes and a tap or taps or tap having two or more ways connected to the supply
vessel but preferably to the Bottling apparatus so that this communication will be
opened or closed by raising or lowering the rack of apparatus hinged for this
purpose and which acts as a rest for the bottles and having a connection to a lever
handle on tap so that when of necessity the rack is slightly raised to accomodate
the bottles on being held up to the syphons and the short arms of syphons abutting
or resting against a tube in cistern provided with accomodating holes for any number
of syphons and pads round same making close joints and connections to supply pipe,
the movement as already described opens the tap when a direct passage is established
between the supplying vessel and the bottles or vessels to be filled and the liquid will
flow from the former to the latter aided by the pressure from the supply vessel arising
from this vessel being always placed on a higher level than the Bottling or filling
machine thus charging the syphons almost instantaneously and without suction when
the rack is lowered and by same movement the Bottles and syphons change their
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page_text: position and the tap diverts the liquor from running into the syphons direct to
running into the cistern of apparatus which has been previously filled and from thence
supplying the syphons in the ordinary way as commonly provided and as long as the
supply is continued to the cistern of apparatus.
I may use any device or arrangement of tap or taps to divert the liquor from
supplying the cistern of apparatus to supplying the syphons direct from a Cask or
other vessel aided by the pressure from the said Cask or other vessel in being always
placed on a higher level than the syphons in the Bottling or filling machine thus
charging the syphons almost instantaneously without suction when the liquor is again
diverted to the cistern of apparatus for the feeding purposes as already described.
In filling vessels such as barrels or Casks from this apparatus, rubber or other
syphons may be used whole or in part as required so that the flexibility of such
syphons obviates the necessity of elevating the barrels or casks and accomodate
themselves for the purpose of getting into and out of the barrels or Casks as
required.
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1301
1907

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Bottles or other Vessels with
Liquids.
I STUART BUNTING late of 22 Temple Lane Dublin and now of 183 Great Brunswick
Street Dublin Ireland, Merchant and Agent, 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 :-
According to the present practice, the operation of bottling beer, wine, spirits or
other liquids is usually accomplished by the well known bottling, or filling machine,
consisting of a cistern, and rocking feeding tubes or syphons; also rack and pinion,
or other device for raising cistern to the required height, rack for holding bottles,
float and other arrangements as commonly used and known as the "Syphon bottling
machine," and which machine I adopt in carrying out my hereinafter described
Invention, but the novelty which I propose and which I desire to secure by Letters
Patent consists in improvements in such bottling machines, whereby the objectional
necessity of sucking the syphons when commencing the operation of bottling is
obviated.
To this end I propose to establish a direct communication between the vessel
containing the liquid to be bottled, and the bottles to be filled, by means of tubes and
a tap, or taps, or tap having two or more ways, the latter connected to the supply
vessel, but preferably to the bottling machine, so that the communication can be
opened, or closed by operating such tap, or taps, or several way tap in the manner
hereinafter described and which will be readily understood on reference to the
accompanying Drawings. Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan; Fig. 3 an end
view and Fig. 4 a detail view hereinafter described, all illustrating the application
and operation of my invention in connection with an ordinary bottling machine.
Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in each of the several views.
Underneath the ordinary cistern is arranged a horizontal tube a, a, open at one,
or both ends as may be desired.
This tube communicates by a branch b, with the ordinary supply valve of the
cistern, and is provided with four or more taps c, which penetrate the cistern and on
which collars d, are screwed having rings of india rubber or leather placed on their
top edge or surface, against which the ends of the short arms of the syphons impinge
thus forming an air tight joint.
Each tap may be operated direct by the left hand, while the right is engaged in
holding a bottle on the external arm of the syphon, or by means of a lever handle
rising to the upper edge of the cistern which may be acted on by the thumb of the
right hand.
A frame work tray f, is shown (Fig. 3) for holding the bottles while being filled.
Now the action of my Invention may be briefly described as follows:-
Having connected either one, or both ends of the tube a, a, by means of india

page_text: rubber tubing, or otherwise to the supply vessel, the liquid will immediately flow into
the said tube, and rise into the cistern filling same in the ordinary way. The cistern
being full, bottles are now applied to the external arms of the syphons, and instead of
having recourse to the nefarious practice of sucking the air from the syphons to start
the operation of filling, the operator simply opens the taps c, when immediately the
liquid will rise through the collars d, into the syphons and flow freely through same
as long as the taps are left open. The flow through the syphons being once established
the taps are now closed when the direct communication between the syphons and the
supply vessel is broken, and the process of filling is carried on in the ordinary manner
from the cistern-the flow of liquid being now diverted from the taps c, through the
branch, to the cistern.
Instead of using individual taps e, for each syphon, a several way tap as shown in
Fig. 4, may be used underneath the cistern which may be operated by the hand or by
curved racks attached to the bottle tray acting on the pinions e, e, so that by raising
the tray the curved racks would turn the plug in the tap and closing the supply to the
cistern would open the supply to the syphons, and by lowering the tray the reverse
action would take place i.e., the direct communication with the syphons would be
closed and that to the cistern opened.
It is obvious that I may without departing from the principle of my Invention use
any device or arrangement of tap, or taps, for the purpose of diverting the flow of
liquid from the syphons to the cistern, and vice versa, it being understood that the
necessary flow is maintained by gravitation, the supply vessel being placed at a higher
level than the bottling apparatus.
In filling vessels such as barrels or casks from my improved apparatus india rubber
or other suitable tubing may be used so that the flexibility of such tubing would
obviate the necessity of elevating the barrels or casks and would accommodate itself
to freely entering such barrels or casks as required.
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
First. In apparatus for bottling or feeding liquids or liquours of any kind from a
supply vessel into bottles or other vessels, the method whereby a direct communication
is established between such supply vessel and the bottles or vessels to be filled, and
whereby the practice of sucking the syphons to start the operation of bottling or
filling is obviated, substantially in the manner as herein described.
Second. In apparatus for bottling liquids or liquours of any kind the method
whereby the flow of such liquids or liquours is diverted from the direct entrance to
the syphons to the cistern and vice versa substantially in the manner herein specified
and set forth.
Dated this th law of Novamhan 1887