Aerated Liquids without Pressure.
Year: 1885

page_text: Aerated Liquids without Pressure.
I AUGUST WERNER, of 52 Warren Street, in the City, County and State of New
York, United States of America manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FILLING BOTTLES WITH
HIGHLY AERATED LIQUIDS, WITHOUT PRESSURE to be as follows:-
"
The object of this invention is to facilitate the bottling of highly aerated liquids
and promote convenience in conducting said operation.
The invention consists in the construction and combination of various parts of
the apparatus, as will be hereinafter fully described and then claimed.
To the base of the apparatus at one end are attached the lower ends of two
uprights, which are strengthened in place by inclined braces. The lower ends of
the braces are attached to the middle parts of the side edges of the base and their
upper ends are attached to the upper parts of the outer sides of the uprights.
To the upper ends of the uprights are hinged the upper ends of two bars the
lower ends of which are connected by a cross bar which may be formed in one
piece with the said side bars, or may be formed separate, and attached to them.
The bars are further connected by four more or less cross bars or straps which are
curved to receive the fountain, a cask or other vessel; the straight or bottom cross
bar serving as a foot to keep the said fountain in place.
The fountain is made the same as ordinary fountains for aerated liquids, except
that it has two openings in its upper end, both of which can be provided with
stop cocks.
One of the openings is provided with a stop cock, and the other with a short
rubber tube having a nozzle, of celluloid or other suitable material attached to its
outer end, and which is made of such a length as to reach nearly to the bottom of
the bottles to be filled. The nozzle is made with a groove along one side to allow
the foam to escape as the liquid is passed into the bottles. The lower end of the
nozzle may be beveled to facilitate its insertion into the mouth of the bottles.
To one of the lower curved cross bars of the frame or cradle is attached the end
of a rack bar, which is curved in the arc of a circle and has teeth formed in its
concave side to mesh into the teeth of a pinion wheel, attached to a shaft. The
shaft revolves in bearings attached to the uprights, and to one of its ends is attached
a hand wheel for convenience in turning the pinion wheel.

page_text: The curved rack bar is held in gear with the pinion wheel by a roller against
which the convex side of the said rack bar rests, and which is journaled to supports
attached to the base.
In using the apparatus the fountain is charged with an aerated liquid in the
ordinary manner; and is then placed in a cooling room to cause the liquid to
absorb the greatest possible amount of the gas. The fountain is then placed upon
the cradle and the stop cocks are opened to allow the unabsorbed gas to escape,
and one of the said stop cocks is replaced by the rubber tube and the nozzle.
The hand wheel is then operated to incline the cradle and fountain to such an
angle, that the water line of the contents of the said fountain will be so much
above the opening to which the rubber tube is attached that the aerated liquid will
be forced by its own gravity through the tube and nozzle into a bottle held over
the said nozzle. When the bottle is filled the operator by compressing the rubber
tube with his fingers, stops the outflow of the liquid, while the filled bottle is being
removed, and replaced by an empty bottle. The water line of the contents of the
fountain being kept all the time at the necessary height above the discharge
opening by turning the hand-wheel.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Bottles with Highly
Aörated Liquids without Pressure.
I, AUGUST WERNER, of 52 Warren Street, New York City, in the County and
State of New York, United States of America, 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:-
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings a part of this specification,
in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1, is a side elevation of my improved apparatus, illustrating its use.
Figure 2, is a front elevation of the same.
Figure 3, is, a side elevation of the nozzle.
Figure 4, is a sectional end elevation of the same, taken through the line xx
figure 3.
The object of this invention is to facilitate the bottling of highly aërated liquids,
and promote convenience in conducting said operation.
The invention consists in the construction and combination of various parts of
the apparatus, as will be hereinafter fully described and then claimed..
.A, represents the base of the apparatus, to one end of which are attached the
lower ends of two uprights B. The uprights, B, are strengthened in place by
inclined braces, C, the lower ends of which are attached to the middle parts of
the said edges of the base A, and their upper ends are attached to the upper parts
of the outer sides of the uprights B.
To the upper ends of the uprights, B, are hinged the upper ends of two bars D,
the lower ends of which are connected by a cross-bar, E, which may be formed in
one piece with the said side bars or may be formed separate and attached to them.
The bars D, are further connected by four, more or less cross-bars or straps, F,
which are curved to receive the fountain, G, a cask or other vessel, the straight or
bottom cross-bar, E, serving as a foot to keep the said fountain in place..
The fountain, G, is made the same as ordinary fountains for aërated liquids,
except that it has two openings H, in its upper end both of which can be provided
with stop-cocks, I.
In the drawings one of the openings H, is shown, provided with a stop cock, I,
and the other with a short rubber tube J, having a nozzle K, of celluloid or other
suitable material attached to its outer end, and which is made of such a length as
to reach nearly to the bottoms of the bottles to be filled.
The nozzle, K, is made with a groove, K¹, along one side to allow the foam to
escape as the liquid is forced into the bottles.
The lower end of the nozzle, K, may be beveled to facilitate its insertion into the
mouths of the bottles.
To one of the lower curved cross-bars of the frame or cradle, D, E, F, is attached
the end of a rack bar, L, which is curved in the arc of a circle and has teeth formed
in its concave side to mesh into the teeth of the pinion wheel, M, attached to the
shaft, N.

page_text: The shaft N, revolves in bearings attached to the uprights B, and to one of its
ends is attached a hand wheel, O, for convenience in turning the pinion wheel, M.
The curved rack bar, L, is held in gear with the pinion wheel, M, by the roller P,
against which the convex side of the said rack bar rests, and which is journaled to
supports, Q, attached to the base A.
In using the apparatus the fountain G, is charged with an aërated liquid in the
ordinary manner, and is then placed in a cooling room to cause the liquids to absorb
the greatest possible amount of the gas.
.....
The fountain, G, is then placed upon the cradle, D, E, F, and the stop cocks I,
are opened to allow the unabsorbed gas to escape, and one of the said stop cocks is
replaced by the rubber tube J, and the nozzle, K.
The hand wheel, O, is then operated to incline the cradle D, E, F and fountain G,
to such an angle that the water line of the contents of the said fountain will be so
much above the opening H, to which the rubber tube, J, is attached that the aerated
liquid will be forced by its own gravity through the tube, J, and nozzle K, into a
bottle held over the said nozzle, as indicated in dotted lines in figures 1.
When the bottle is filled the operator, by compressing the rubber tube J with
his fingers, stops the overflow of the liquid while the filled bottle is being removed
and replaced by an empty bottle, the water line of the contents of the fountain
being kept all the time at the necessary' height above the discharge opening, H, by
turning the band wheel O.
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:
1st An apparatus for filling bottles with highly aerated liquids without pressure
constructed, substantially, as herein shown and described, and consisting of the
stationary frame, A, B, C, the cradle, D, E, F, hinged to the said frame and disposed
obliquely and wholly at one side of said frame and the curved rack bar L, connected
to said cradle, near its lower end, and the pinion wheel, M, and hand wheel O, for
adjusting the said cradle as set forth.
2nd The combination with the cradle, D, E, F, hinged to the stationary frame
A, B, C, and provided with an adjusting rack bar, said cradle being disposed
obliquely and wholly to one side of said frame and said rack bar being connected
to said cradle near its lower end, and the pinion wheel and hand wheel, L, M, O of
the fountain G, having two openings, H, in its upper end, one provided with a stop
cock I, and the other provided with a rubber tube, J, having rigid nozzle, K,
substantially as herein shown and described, whereby highly aërated liquids can
be bottled without pressure, as set forth.