Improvements in Bottling Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 6th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1895
Improvements in Bottling Machines.
I, ANDREW STEWART MCONIE of 67 Canongate in the City of Edinburgh,
Aerated Water Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention which relates to bottling machines for filling aerated water bottles
fitted with what are commonly known as "Codd's Patent Stoppers" has for its
object to adapt such machines for simultaneously filling two bottles instead of only
filling one at a time.
To that end the aerated water supply pipe of the machine is formed with two
branches provided with delivery nozzles of the usual kind and controlled by a
single valve operated by depressing the valve spindle; and two rests are provided
to support the bottles, the said rests being carried on a plate or block centred on a
vertically moving crosshead raised by the pressure of the operator's foot on a
treadle. The bottle rests being so pivoted yield on either side, the bottles standing
upright and being each held tightly up to the cup surrounding the delivery nozzle
from which it is filled notwithstanding variations in the length of the bottles
carried on either rest.
Dated this 10th day of February 1895.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agent,
62 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.
I, ANDREW STEWART MONIE of 67 Canongate, in the City of Edinburgh,
Aerated Water Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention which relates to bottling machines for filling aerated water
bottles fitted with what are commonly known as "Codd's Patent Stoppers" has
for its object to adapt such machines for simultaneously filling two bottles instead
of only filling one at a time.
To that end the aerated water supply pipe A of the machine B is formed with
two branches a provided with delivery nozzles of the usual kind and controlled by
a single valve operated by depressing the valve spindle C by means of a hand
lever D. Two rests E are provided to support the bottles F, the said rests E
being carried on a plate or block G centred at g on a vertically moving crosshead H
The bottle rests E
raised by the pressure of the operator's foot on a treadle I.
being so pivoted yield on either side, the bottles F standing upright and being each
held tightly up to the cup J surrounding the delivery nozzle a from which it is
filled notwithstanding variations in the length of the bottles carried on either
rest.

page_text: Over the machine between the parts J and E a face guard K composed partly
of wire gauze is placed to protect the operator in the case of any of the bottles
breaking, and a partition extends from this guard between the bottles to prevent
injury to the remaining bottle through the breaking of one of them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A bottling machine constructed and arranged substantially as described for
simultaneously filling two bottles.
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WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agent,
62 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.