IMPROVE- to be as MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SYRUPING AND BOTTLING AERATED WATERS follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: We, JOHN LYON and THOMAS CRITCHLEY both of 1A Lord Nelson Street
Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Aerated water manufacturer, and Engineer
respectively do hereby declare the nature of our said invention for "IMPROVE-
to be as
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SYRUPING AND BOTTLING AERATED WATERS
follows:-
"
In the ordinary apparatus for filling soda water bottles in the inverted position
a hollow air rod rises with the rack up through the bottle, and a spring nipple in
the end of the air rod striking the bottom of the bottle opens a valve at the
bottom of the air rod. The impact of the nipple against the bottle frequently
breaks the latter, and one object of our invention is to avoid these accidents.
Again when a bottle bursts the attendant is apt to be struck by the pieces flying
through the space left unguarded by wire for the purpose of placing the bottle in
position Our invention guards with wire network the entire circumference of the
bottle. Thirdly the invention is also designed to enable the syrup to be measured
and added by the same stroke of the foot that adjusts the bottle cramp.
Our apparatus is constructed and carried out in the following manner. Instead
of the valve being opened by its nipple coming in contact with the bottle it is
opened by a rim near the bottom of the valve spindle rod coming in contact with
a solid abutment on the frame through a hole in which abutment the valve spindle
preferably passes, and in order to avoid having to regulate this to a hair's breadth
the air rod and valve spindle are made telescopic. The lower spindle forming
at its end the valve, and the upper the valve seat or vice versa both being situated
in the telescopic chamber and kept together (when not forcibly pressed apart) by
means of a spring. By this arrangement when the rim strikes the abutment the
lower part stops, but the upper part is still carried up by the pinion and rack
apparatus in defiance of the spring, thus opening the air valves and allowing the
air to escape from the bottle through the combined telescopic air rod and valve.
2nd. On the rack of the air rod, we affix a wire guard to cover the space left for
inserting bottles, consequently as the air rod rises the guard rises too covering with
the wire guard the space left vacant previously.
3rd. On the treadle of the clamping apparatus we place a horizontally projecting
piece held in position by a catch, which piece presses down a second treadle.
A stationary tappet knocks up the catch however before the second treadle reaches
the lowest point, thereby at once releasing the second treadle which flies back by
reason of its counterweight, this second treadle actuates the syrup measures filling
the one in action at the same time that the bottle is being clamped. The syrup
measures are a series of vessels of given measure to hold the quantity of syrup
required for the various sizes of bottles, one holding, say enough for an ordinary

page_text: sized bottle another the amount requisite for a split There can be two or any
number of these syrup measures, each connected by a branch at top with the aerated
water pipe, and by means of a second valve with the syrup reservoir pipe and by a
third spring valve with the bottling orifice:
A vertical stem from the secondary treadle rises to near the bases of these syrup
measures where it ends in an arm or cross head, immediately below the projecting
ends of the spindles of the spring valves which close the pipes leading to the syrup
reservoir. When therefore the treadle is depressed its stem rises raising the arm
and the valve immediately above it. The arm or cross head can be arranged if
desired to actuate two syrup measures at a time; as it would be rather difficult to
exactly regulate the length of the spring spindle and rise of secondary treadle
stem, we make the stem rise higher than necessary and form the arm with a spring
nipple to come in contact with the spindle. Consequently the spindle is raised to
its utmost tether and then the valve compressed. This also allows a fraction more
time for filling. The arm is made to swivel and be set at any angle, so as to be
swivelled under any desired syrup measure. On opening the valve in this manner,
if the cock beyond be open, the measure instantly fills with syrup, but the third
spring valve mentioned above prevents the syrup from going to the bottling orifice.
In the mean time the stem rises higher, still further compressing the spring till the
catch being struck the treadle is relieved and springing back allows the valve to
close. The aerated water cock or valve is now turned, the aerated water rushes
through into the syrup, opens the third spring valve, the spring of which is too
weak to hold it back, and so it drives the syrup with it to the bottling orifice filling
-the bottle in the usual manner. When the aerated water is turned off the expansion
of the gas in the syrup measure drives out the remaining liquid.
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WM P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and
323, High Holborn, London,
Patent Agents for the Applicants.
We, JOHN LYON and THOMAS CRITCHLEY, IA Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool,
Aerated water manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention and 35
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In the ordinary apparatus for filling soda water bottles in the inverted position,
a hollow air rod rises with the rack up through the bottle, and a spring nipple in
the end of the air rod striking the bottom of the bottle, opens a valve at the 40

page_text: bottom of the air rod. The impact of the nipple against the bottle frequently
breaks the latter, and one object of our invention is to avoid these accidents.
Again when a bottle bursts, the attendant is apt to be struck by the pieces flying
through the space left unguarded by wire, for the purpose of placing the bottle in
position. Our invention guards with wire network the entire circumference of the
bottle. Thirdly the invention is also designed to enable the syrup to be measured
and added by the same stroke of the foot that adjusts the bottle cramp.
The drawings set forth our improved machine :
In these, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Figure 2 front elevation. Figure 3 side
elevation showing certain parts only. Figures 4 to 7 details on larger scale. As
many of the parts of the machine, shown in the drawings are old and well known;
we will merely describe our improvements mentioning only the other parts
incidentally, where it is necessary in order to properly describe our invention,
referring first to Figure 4 which is a detail view of the hollow valve spindle for
allowing the air to escape from the bottle. Our improvements consist: 1st. Instead
of the valve A being opened by its nipple B coming in contact with the bottle, it
is opened by a rim C near the bottom of the valve spindle rod D coming in contact
with a solid abutment E on the frame through a hole, in which abutment the valve
spindle preferably passes, and in order to avoid having to regulate this to a hair's
breadth the air rod and valve spindle are made telescopic. The lower spindle D
forming at its end the valve A and the upper rod, the valve seat F or vice versa,
both being situated in the telescopic chamber and kept together (when not forcibly
pressed apart) by means of a spring G. By this arrangement when the rim C
strikes the abutment E the lower part D stops, but the upper part f is still carried
up by the pinion and rack apparatus H in defiance of the spring, thus opening the
air valves and allowing the air to escape from the bottle through the combined
telescopic air rod and valve.
2nd. On the rack I working the air rod B we affix a wire guard J, (Figures 1
and 2) to cover the space left for inserting bottles, consequently as the air rod
rises the guard rises too, covering with the wire guard the space left vacant
previously.
3rd. On the treadle K of the clamping apparatus L we place a horizontally
projecting piece M held in position by a catch m, which piece presses down a second
treadle N. A stationary tappet n knocks up the catch m, however before the
second treadle reaches the lowest point, thereby at once releasing the second
treadle N which flies back by reason of its counterweight. This second treadle N
by means of its rod N₁ actuates the syrup measures filling the one in action at the
same time, that the bottle is being clamped. The syrup measures P P shown in
large scale in Figures 6 and 7, are a series of vessels of given measure to hold the
quantity of syrup required for the various sizes of bottles, one holding say enough
for an ordinary sized bottle, another the amount requisite for a split. There can
be two as shown or any number of these syrup measures, each connected by a
branch at top, and cock q with the aerated water pipe O, and by means of a
second valve R, with the syrup reservoir pipe r and by a third spring valve S with
the bottling orifice T.
A vertical stem from the secondary treadle rises to near the bases of these syrup
measures, where it ends in an arm or cross head u and pin V, immediately below
the projecting ends of the spindles of the spring valves, which close the pipes
leading to the syrup reservoir. When therefore the treadle is depressed, its stem
rises raising the arm and the valve immediately above it. The arm or cross head
As it would
can be arranged if desired to actuate two syrup measures at a time.
be rather difficult to exactly regulate the length of the spring spindle and rise of
secondary treadle stem we make the stem rise higher than necessary, and form the
arm with the spring nipple or pin V to come in contact with the spindle, con-
sequently the spindle is raised to its utmost tether and then the valve compressed.
This also allows a fraction more time for filling. The arm u is made to swivel and
be set at any angle, so as to be swivelled under any desired syrup measure. _ On

page_text: opening the valve in this manner, if the cock beyond be open, the measure instantly
fills with syrup, but the spring valve S prevents the syrup from going to the
bottling orifice T. In the mean time the stem rises higher, still further compressing
the spring, till the catch m below being struck the treadle N is relieved, and
springing back allows the valve to close. The aerated water cock or valve O' is
now turned, the aerated water rushes through into the syrup, opens the third spring
valve, the spring of which is too weak to hold it back, and so it drives the syrup
with it to the bottling orifice, filling the bottle in the usual manner. It is prevented
from penetrating to the syrup reservoir by the back pressure valve W as it might
otherwise do, if the other valves were to stick. When the aerated water is turned
off, the expansion of the gas in the syrup measure drives out the remaining liquid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1st. The manufacture and use of the air rod and valve apparatus substantially
as and for the purposes described in which the valve is made to open when the rod
reaches a given height independently of any part or connection of it striking the
bottom of the bottle.
2nd. The treadle apparatus for working the syrup measure by means of the
main treadle and for automatically releasing the same, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
3rd. The arrangement in an aerated water syruping and bottling machine of a
a series of syrup measures of varying sizes, any one or more of which can be put
in communication with the source of supply, and be worked from the treadles,
while the others are excluded, substantially as and for the purposes described.
4th. The manufacture and use of the improved syruping and bottling machine,
substantially as described.