IMPROVEMENTS IN FILLING BOTTLES AND VESSELS. AND ALSO IN COVERING, STOPPING, OR SECURING LIQUIDS AND OTHER MATTERS IN BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1845

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MOSES
POOLE, of the Patent Office, London, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Twelfth day of December,in the ninth year of Her reign,did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Moses
Poole, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, Her especial licence, full power, sole
privilege and authority, that I, the said Moses Poole, my exors, admors, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Moses Poole, my exors, admors, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FILLING BOTTLES AND
VESSELS. AND ALSO IN COVERING, STOPPING, OR SECURING LIQUIDS AND OTHER
MATTERS IN BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS," Communicated to me from abroad;
in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said Moses
Poole, shall cause a particular description of the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had,
will more fully aud at large- appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Moses Poole, do hereby declare that the said Invention relates to a
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page_text: machine which I propose to apply for bottling liquids or otherwise filling
bottles and other vessels.
It consists of a trough or tray of sufficient dimensions to contaiu a quantity
of liquid required to fill twenty-four or more bottles or other vessels; those
bottles or other vessels are to be placed in baskets on the extremities of a
beam which has, a reciprocating motion, that is to say, when one end of the
beam is up the bottles one end would be filling whilst those in the basket
at the other end of the beam would either be filled or be replaced by empty
ones to be filled. But by refering to the Drawings hereunto annexed the
nature and action, of the said improvements will be better understood, the
same letters of reference denoting, similar parts in all the Figures.
Sheets No. 1, Figure 1 represents an elevation of a bottling machine, and
Figure 2 a plan, and Figure 3 a longitudinal section thereof for filling twelve
bottles simultaneously. A, A, is a trough; B, B, is a strong frame to support
the trough or tray; A, A, C, C, is a double beam with the axis & moving in
bearings b, fixed; in the uprights D. At the two extremities of the double
beam C, C, are two moveable dovetailed pieces ff, moving on the pins 9, 9,
so constructed as to slide freely in suitable grooves.formed to the underside
of the platforms or shelves E, E, when the double beam C, C, is in motion;
F, F, are two rods.fixed to the platform or shelves E, E, and sliding freely
in brackets G, G, which are fixed to the frame B, B. The use of these
brackets is to keep,the rods. F, F, in a vertical position during the rise and
fall of the platfor:n E, E.
Now, it is obvious that, when that end of the beam,C,C, which is represented
down in Figure 1, begins to rise, the dovetailed pieces.f will slide in the
groove formed in, the under side of the platform E, during which motion
the platform E will maintain an horizontal position owing to the rod F
being at right angles therewith and sliding in the bracket G; a, a, b, b, c, c,
are metal pipes, tubes, or syphons, one end, each of which is placed in the
trough A, A, and the other end curved so as to. hang directly over the
necks of the bottles, a¹, a², 61, 62, c', c², in baskets and H¹.
The Drawing Figure 1 shows the bottles in the basket H in the process of
filling, having one end of the pipes inserted therein whilst those in the basket
H' have been filled and are disengaged from the pipes a, b, c. The ends of
the pipes which are inserted in the trough A are so bevilled as seen at d
and d, Figure, as to be sealed by the piece, of cork or other substance 6. and
e when the supply is required to be stopped. It is necessary that all the pipes
should be open when the basket is, up, and shut when the basket is, down,
which action is obtained by the rods I, I, one end of which passes through

page_text: the beam C, C, at the parts i and ¹, and the other end connected to a small
beam J. and J, working on a fulcrum or block j and fixed in the cross
pieces and . K and K' are two connecting rods, the top ends secured to the
beams J and J, and the other ends to a short arm or lever o and o¹ moving on
hinges pand pl. e and e¹ are pieces of cork or other substance secured to the
levers o and ¹.
m and m¹ are two balls firmly fixed to the rods I and 1' so as
to keep the pipes always sealed when the beam C, C, is down as seen in the
Drawing; but as soon as the beam C, C, rises and comes in contact with the
ball m it lifts it up, and being firmly fixed to the rod 1 communicates motion
thereto, and causes the beam J to act on the rod K and lever o, and opens the
pipes as at and e,,Figure 3. Figure 4 is a detached elevation of the beam
C,.C,.and Figure 5 a plan thereof;
are the holes through which the
lower end of the rods I and I pass. Figure 6 is a side, and Figure 7 a front
view. of the platform E, E, shewing at Figure 7 the form of the dovetailed
pieces ff, with the grooves in which they slide. Figure 8 is a section, and
Figure 9 is a plan of the regulating supply cock through which the liquid is
conveyed into the trough; 1 is a metal cylinder fixed to the pipe ; & is a
circular disc or plate of the exact diameter of the cylinder ; s', s, is a rod
passing through the cylinder, the plate or disc s being secured to that part of
the rod which comes inside the cylinder q; t is a forked.lever, to which is
secured a hollow metal ball to act as a float to shut off the supply when the
liquid has arrived to the height of the dotted line 2, z Figure 3.
and
I would wish it to be understood in respect to this the first part of my
Invention that I do not claim the parts of the apparatus separately, nor do
I confine myself to the details so long as the peculiar character of the
Invention be retained; but what I claim is, first, the mode of combining
apparatus into a machine as herein described.
I will now describe the second part of the Invention, which relates to the
covering, stopping, or securing liquids and other matters in bottles and other
vessels which are as follows, viz:-I secure liquids and other matters in bottles
and other vessels by applying thereto hollow metal cups or covers of stiff
stubborn metal. composed of iron-tinned, iron, brass, or any other suitable
material or materials, the same being constructed in a particular manner.
Sheet No. contains the Drawings of the caps or covers alluded to in their
partly formed as also their complete state. Figure 1 represents a piece of metal
of a star-like shape or form which has been cut out by the ordinary fly press with
theaid of the female die, shewn at Figure 2. Figure 3 represents the same piece
of metal but of a different shape, the change of shape having been obtained by

page_text: operating upon it with the pair of dies or tools, shewn at Figure 4, which are
also intended to be fixed and used in a fly press as is well understood.
The cap or covers in question are completed from the sheet of metal by two
operations, which are simply by first cutting out by the die, as shewn at
Figure 2by the aid of a proper punch; and second process, by giving the
metal the desired shape, as shewn in its complete state in Figure 3, which
is effected by, the tools partly shown in Figure 4.
The cap or cover a, in Figure 4, will be seen in its partly bent state in its
progress through the dic b. The cup or cover may be seen also in the same
die where it and the punch are shown in dotted lines. At the extreme end of
the cap or cover in question there are six teeth. They may be more or less or
differently shaped or constructed so long as the teeth can be bent to the
neck of the bottle or other vessel so as to hold securely thereon, as shewn at
Figure 5, and in section at Figure 6. The metal caps may be embossed or
stamped with any words or devices which may be desired, so as to indicate
what the vessels contain and otherwise to convey information.
Having now described the nature of the second part of the Invention I would
wish it to be understood that I claim the manufacture of hard metal caps or
covers for and their application to bottles and other vessels for stopping or
securing liquids and other matters therein, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Moses Poole, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 11th day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty.six