IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FILLING AND SYRUPING AËRATED BEVERAGES
Year: 1885

page_text: I JAMES MOEWEN of Blake Street Brass Works, Stretford Road, Manchester
in the County of Lancaster Aërated Water Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FILLING AND
SYRUPING AËRATED BEVERAGES," to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements upon the subject matter of Letters
Patent granted to me bearing date the 10th day of February 1885, No 1822,' and
consists in means for providing an efficient snift valve for the purpose of allowing
the escape of air from bottles during the process of filling and reducing waste to
a minimum.
The head on the revolving arm is constructed similar to that named in my
former patent with the recessed facing and movable cap, the latter being formed
with an opening to admit the pap or spindle named therein. It is to this pap or
spindle that my improvements are applied, which I accomplish by dispensing with
the loose stationary india-rubber or other pliable disc and fix on the end of the
said pap or spindle a facing of leather or other analogous substance which operates
on the seat formed in the head by the movement of the lever to which the said
pap or spindle is attached. A groove is formed in the pap or spindle within the
capacity of the screw cap or cover, in which is disposed a 'disc of india-rubber or
of other pliable materials which operate against the inside of the screw cap or
cover when the valve is open, and thus prevents, or nearly so, the escape of waste
through the opening in the cap or cover for admitting the pap or spindle forming
the snift valve,
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Improvements in Apparatus for Filling and Syruping Aërated
Beverages.
I JAMES MCEWEN of Blake Street Brass Works, Stretford Road, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Aërated Water Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FILLING AND SYRUPING
AERATED BEVERAGES," 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 upon the subject matter of Letters
Patent granted to me bearing date the 10th day of February 1885, N° 1822, and
consists in means for providing an efficient snift valve for the purpose of
allowing the escape of air from bottles during the process of filling and reducing
waste to a minimum.
The head on the revolving arm is constructed similar to that named in my
former patent with the recessed facing and movable cap, the latter being formed
with an opening to admit the pap or spindle named therein. It is to this pap
or spindle that my improvements are applied, which I accomplish by dispensing
with the loose stationary india-rubber or other pliable disc and fix on the end of
the said pap or spindle a facing of leather or other analogous substance which
operates on the seat formed in the head by the movement of the lever to which
the said pap or spindle is attached. A groove is formed in the pap or spindle
within the capacity of the screw cap or cover, in which is disposed a disc of india-
rubber or of other pliable material which operates against the inside of the screw
cap or cover when the valve is open, and thus prevents, or nearly so, the escape
of waste through the opening in the cap or cover for admitting the pap or spindle
forming the snift valve.
In order that my Invention may be fully understood I will refer to the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a front elevation, partly in section, of
so much of my patent turnover or turnround filling machine and registered design
as is necessary to illustrate my present Invention with my improvements applied
thereto for the purpose of providing an efficient snift valve-Fig. 2 is an enlarged
sectional elevation of snift valve when open-Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of Fig.
shewing outlet for air, and Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation shewing snift valve
closed.
In all these figures the same letters and numerals are used to indicate
corresponding parts.
The head 1 on the end of the revolving arm X is constructed similar to that
shewn in the drawings annexed to my former patent named herein, having the
recessed facing 4 and movable screw cap or cover 6, the latter being provided with
the opening 10 to admit the pap or spindle 7 on the end of the pivoted lever 8.
To the end of the pap or spindle 7 is attached the valve facing 5 of leather or
other analogous substance, which operates on the valve seat 4 by the movement
of the lever 8 to which the pap or spindle 7 is attached. To minimise the escape

page_text: of nerated water through the opening 10 in the screw cap or cover 6 the pap or
spindle 7 is provided with the groove 13 in which is inserted the disc 15 composed
of india-rubber or other pliable material. The disc 15 is secured between the
edge of the snift valve chamber and the inside of the screw cap or cover 6, by
which a tight joint, or nearly so, is provided to prevent or minimise the escape of
aërated water.
When bottles are being filled it is necessary the air be removed, which is
performed by the end of the pivoted lever 8 coming in contact with the stop 11,
which releases the pap or spindle 7 and valve 5 from the facing 4 and allows the
air in the passage 2 to escape through the hole 12 in the cavity round the facing 4.
When the pivoted lever 8 is released from the stops 11 and 14 the spring or buffer
in the box 9 forces the facing or valve 5 against the seat 4 as in Fig. 4.
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 :-
1. In a turnover or turnround filling machine for bottling aërated beverages,
the combination with a pap or spindle mounted on a pivoted lever, the leather or
other analogous facing 5 forming the snift valve, substantially as described.
2. In a turnover or turnround filling machine for bottling aërated beverages,
the combination with a pap or spindle having a leather or other analogous facing
forming a snift valve mounted on a pivoted lever, the groove 13 and pliable
disc 15, substantially as described.