Year: 1886

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FREDERICK WHITE, Managing Director of the firm of Grattan & Co Limited
Aerated Water Manufacturers, 68 Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Ireland, 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:
The object of my Invention is to construct a machine for filling bottles with
aerated liquids in such a manner that the liquids, syrups or solutions in their
passage through the machine to the bottles shall be free from metallic contami-
nation, and in order to prevent the absorbtion which takes place when a carbonated
water or acidulated syrup is in contact with metals, I substitute material such as
vulcanite, ebonite or other similar composition in those places where the liquids
have contact.
My Invention relates more particularly to filling bottles known as syphons, and
the construction of a combined machine which shall fill syphons, fill and cork the
ordinary aerated water bottle and provide a stand or gripping device for holding
the latter bottles whilst being wired.
Fig. 1. shews an elevation of a combined machine according to my Invention.
Fig. 2. shews the connecting tube employed when corked bottles are filled.
Fig. 3. is a section through the sliding screen for covering the syphon when
filling.
Fig. 4. is a plan of the bracket which supports the vulcanite valve box and
syrup pump.
Fig. 5 is a section through the vulcanite valve box.
Fig. 6. is a plan of same shewing syrup pump base connected to it.
Fig. 7. is a sectional elevation through syrup pump shewing suction valves and
connections.
Fig. 8. is another elevation of same with valve box in section, shewing delivery
valve, air exit valve and mouth piece for syphons.
Figs. 9 and 10, are sectional and side elevations of the bracket carrying cork
funnel and bottle mouth piece.
In Fig. 5. the valve box A which contains the water inlet valve B and air exit
valve C, is connected to the supply of aerated liquid by the screwed boss a which
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projects through the frame of machine; the whole of this being made of vulcanite
(or other similar material) with the exception of the stuffing glands b and c.
valves are kept on their seats by springs which work in suitable chambers formed
in these glands, one of these is shewn in position in Fig. 8. These valves are
operated by the hand lever D which is fixed to the bracket E by a stud d.. The
valve box A has also, at right angles to the valves two screwed bosses a¹ and a².
The boss a¹ projects through a hole e in the bracket E which serves to take the
thrust of same. The bracket E carries on its upper side the pump base F which
with the valves is made entirely of vulcanite. This is joined to the valve box A
by means of the metal connector G which has a right and left handed thread
formed on to it screwing into similar threads in the bosses a¹ and f¹, securing them
together and at the same time to the bracket E.
The pump barrel Z is made of glass and is secured in its place by the bolts h
passing through the cover E, the base F and the bracket E. The pump plunger I
is of metal, but metallic contact is avoided by securing the bucket leathers in their
place by the vulcanite nut i. The pump base F has a connection f provided
passing through bracket E to receive the vulcanite connector J which contains the
suction valve. The boss a³ on the under side of valve box A is screwed to receive
the metal mouth piece K which serves to secure in its place the silver tube k and
the rubber jointing ring against which the syphon spout is placed whilst filling.
The bracket M in figs. 9 and 10 is bolted to the standard of machine when
I desire to make a corking machine and is bell mouthed at the bottom side to
guide the neck of the bottle against the jointing ring m, the ring m is dropped in
from the top and secured in its place by the metal cork cone N being screwed
down on to the vulcanite chamber piece O, this is provided with a passage for the
liquids to enter the bottle by means of the connecting pipe T. (fig. 2) being attached
to the boss W.
In fig. 1. a syphon bottle is shewn in the position for filling, it is held against
the mouth piece K by the device U being forced up by the treadle L. The device U
also carries the rod p for the screen or guard P which when the bottle is gripped
slides over p.
The operation of filling is watched through the gauze wire p¹, a hole being left p
for light to enter for this purpose. The device U also carries the handle Q for
opening the lever of the syphon; the syrup or solution is forced into the bottle
when required by the pump lever R.
The plunger of the pump I is prolonged beyond the fulcrum point in same
and is attached by means of springs S to a bracket fixed at the top of the machine,
causing the plunger to return to the top of its stroke-Varying quantities of
syrup or solution are obtained either by drilling holes in different positions below
the upper guide of pump rod I and putting a pin in same, or by securing an
adjustable sliding boss on same.
The valve lever D is then operated and the bottle filled.
When I wish to employ the machine for filling and corking bottles I remove the
device U and substitute a similar bottle stand to X and also remove the syphon
mouth piece K, and connect the filling device to the corking bracket M by the
connecting tube T, screwing one end into boss W and the other into boss a² on
valve box A.
A cork being introduced into the funnel N is partially forced into the vulcanite
piece O by means of the lever V, the operation of filling and syruping proceeding
as before.
After the bottle is filled and corked it is passed to an attendant who places
same on syphon bottle stand and forces it against t on connecting tube holding it
there whilst the wire is placed over the cork to secure it in the bottle.
Throughout this description I have referred to the use of vulcanite but it will
be obvious that the arrangement I have described will be applicable to any
description of material of a similar nature suitable for the purpose.

page_text: 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. The employment of vulcanite, ebonite or other similar material in the manner
herein described for the purpose of preventing metallic contamination in a machine
for filling bottles with aerated liquids.
2. The construction of a machine for filling syphons with aerated liquids such
as herein described.
3. The construction of a combined machine for filling syphons or cork bottles
with aerated liquids and the gripping device for holding the corked bottles whilst
being wired in connection with same in the manner hereinbefore described.
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CHARLES R. RILEY,
Agent.