Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Bottles with Liquids.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Oct., 1893-Accepted, 30th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Bottles with Liquids.
We CHARLES WILLIAM CLAYTON of No. 33 Wandsworth Bridge Road
Fulham in the County of Middlesex and ROBERT JAMES WHITE of Cunard
Street Camberwell in the County of Surrey Mineral Water Manufacturers do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention refers to Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Bottles with
Liquids.
On a suitable stand is mounted a cock having a flexible or jointed pipe which
connects it with the supply of liquid. This cock has a tube which is of such a
length as to reach the bottom of the bottle when the same is in position for filling
and the whole is made capable of sliding motion in suitable bearings on the frame-
work. The tube passes through a fixed cap and cone made so as to enable a tight
joint to be made between it and the mouth of the bottle when the latter is put into
the machine. While the bottle is being filled the air displaced escapes by a passage
through a valve in the cap in which the tube slides. The bottle is held up against
the cap by means of a bottle holder having a lever with a handle mounted on an
arm which is hung on a vertical pivot on the framework and provided with a spring
so as to cause the bottle to be held elastically in position for filling.
In order to fill a bottle, the bottle holder is swung to one side and a bottle is put
under the cap with the tube in the bottle. The lever of the holder is depressed
and the latter is swung under the bottle the pressure on the lever is relaxed and the
bottle is securely held in place. The filling cock is then opened and the requisite
charge of liquid allowed to run in.
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CT1000
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.

page_text: tube D which is of such a length as to reach the bottom of the bottle E when the
same is in position for filling and the whole is made capable of sliding motion in
suitable bearings on the framework A, that is to say, the frame A is provided at
the top with a bearing bracket F through which projects the closed tube or guide
rod b on the cock B and a set screw the end of which takes into a slot in the
rod b, allows of the latter and with it the cock B, and tube D, being held in the
desired position. The tube D is made long enough to be clear of the bottom of
the bottle E but if an exceptionally short bottle happen to be put in, it would if it
were fixed either break the bottom of the bottle or prevent the mouth of the same
making joint in the cap g. We therefore use a spring b¹ on the guide rod b which
allows of the rising of the cock B and tube d.
The bearing bracket G which is fixed to or made in one with the frame A has a
stuffing box down through which projects the tube D and below this bracket has
made in one with it or secured thereto a cap g and cone such as is usual in filling
machines and made so as to enable a tight joint to be made between the machine
and the mouth of the bottle.
Communicating by a passage with the interior of this cap is an ordinary snifting
valve H so that while the bottle E is being filled the air displaced is allowed to
escape.
The bottle E is held up against the cap g by means of a bottle holder I having
a lever K with a handle I mounted on an arm M which is hung on a vertical
pivot N on the framework and provided with an internal helical or other spring O
so as to cause the bottle to be held elastically in position for filling. P is an
adjustable gas bracket.
In order to fill a bottle the bottle holder I is swung to one side clear of the
tube D and a bottle is put under the cap g with the tube D in the bottle. The
lever K L is depressed and the holder I is swung under the bottle, the pressure on
the lever is relaxed and the bottle is securely held in place. The filling cock B is
then opened and the requisite charge of liquid allowed to run in.
Referring to Figures 2 and 3 in which like letters refer to like or similar parts,
the cock B is mounted on a stand A and having a flexible or jointed pipe C which
connects it with the supply of liquid. This cock has a T piece B₁ and therefrom
two tubes D which are of such a length as to reach the bottom of the bottle E
when the same is in position for filling and the whole is made capable of sliding
motion in the same manner as described with reference to Figure 1. It is evident
that if desired this machine may also be made with one tube D for filling one
bottle only at a time. The bottles E are held up against the caps 9 by means of a
double bottle holder I mounted on a arm M which is hung on a horizontal pivot N
on the framework A and provided with a helical spring so as to cause the bottles
to be held elastically in position for filling.
In order to fill the bottles, the bottle holders I are swung down clear of the
tubes D by pressing on the foot lever K L which is connected by a pin i to the
slots in the lugs I of the said bottle holders. We may here remark that we prefer
to use slots I' instead of round holes as the pin i is thus less liable to jam. Two
bottles are put under the caps g with the tubes D in the bottles, the pressure on the
lever K L is released and the bottles are securely held in place. The filling cock B
is then opened and the requisite charge of liquid allowed to run in.
Although we have only shown our invention as applied to a one bottle and a
two bottle filler, it is evident that with slight modifications we may construct
machines for filling more than one or two bottles at a time respectively.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what mauner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. An apparatus for filling bottles with liquids having a frame on which is
mounted the adjustable filling cock B provided with a tube and a spring actuated
bottle holder worked by a lever so that when the holder is swung clear the bottle

page_text: or bottles may be inserted in place and held there when the holder is brought up.
into position and the lever is released substantially as described and shown.
2. The constructions of bottle-fillers as shown on the drawing.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1892
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents..