Improvements in Apparatus for Syruping Aerated Water Beverages
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Syruping Aerated Water
Beverages.
I, JAMES MCEWEN of 11 Rushton Street, Hulme, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Aerated Water Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for syruping aerated water
beverages and has for its object that of providing an efficient and economical
machine for syruping bottles by hand before they are passed to the bottling machine
to be filled with Aerated Water. The essential features of this invention are, first,
that the syrup is supplied through the piston rod of the syrup pump to the bottle,
and second, that the syrup pump is operated to discharge its contents by the bottle
itself when placed between the outlet nipple and the moving bottle support.
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of my improved syruping machine worked by
foot-gear-Fig. 2 is a front elevation of same-Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my
improved syruping machine worked by power, and Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the
power driving apparatus.
A is the base plate supporting the standard B carrying the brackets () and D.
To the upper side of the bracket C is fixed the valve chamber or box E and syrup
inlet F secured together by the nut G. The valve chamber or box E is fitted with
the valve H; the latter being held against its seat by the spring I. To the under-
side of the bracket C is fixed the metallic cage or casing J provided internally with
the glass cylinder K, piston L, and piston rod M. The piston rod M is secured to
the piston L by the nuts N; its lower end being attached to the valve chamber or
box O. On the piston rod M is mounted the tube V screwed on the outside, and
passes through the underside of the cage or casing J to the underside of the
piston L. The screwed tube V is provided for determining the stroke of the
piston L according to the quantity of syrup to be pumped each stroke of the piston.
The tube V after being set to give the necessary stroke of the piston is locked
by the nut W. After the tube V has been screwed on the outside the flat X is
filed thereon and indexed to allow of the same being set to determine the
stroke of the pump according to the amount of syrup required for each bottle.
The piston rod M is provided with the passage P leading from its upper end to
the valve seated on its lower end; the latter being encased by the valve chamber
or box O. The valve Qis placed at the lower end of the piston rod M so as to
be in close proximity to the nipple S, to ensure of little residue of syrup being left
in the latter at each discharge, thereby minimising drip to. the least possible amount.
The valve Q is held against the seat by the spring R. The end of the valve
chamber or box O is fitted with the nipple S and india-rubber ring T, against
which the mouth of the bottle U is pressed when in position to be supplied with
syrup.
The bottles--when intended to be syruped-are placed on the carrier Y fixed on
the plate and boss Z. The latter is placed loosely on the rod A' mounted in the
bracket D, and is operated by the foot-lever B₁ pivoted by the pin D¹ to the
fixing C on the base plate A. The rod A¹ is coupled to the foot lever B¹ by the links E¹
and pins G. To allow for irregularities in the length of bottles the boss Z is
fitted internally with the spring Z¹.
When it is desired to drive this machine by power the foot lever B¹ and connec
tions are dispensed with and substituted by the connecting rod H', crank I', crank
pin J¹, shaft K¹, bearing L, fast pulley M³, and loose pulley N¹.

page_text: This machine operates in the following manner :- -When a bottle has been syruped
and immediately it is removed from the carrier Y the spring V₁ between the tube V
and the valve chamber or box O draws the piston L down, which action causes
syrup to be drawn through the inlet F, valve H, and opening or passage a into the
space above the piston L in the cylinder K. In filling the space above the piston L
the passage P in the piston rod M is also filled, being held therein by the valve Q
and spring R. When a bottle is placed on the carrier Y with the bottle mouth
over the nipple S and the rod A' is operated the bottle moves the piston Land rod M,
which action forces the syrup through the passage P, valve Q, and nipple S into the
bottle, and so on as often as the operation is repeated.
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 :-
1. Operating the piston of a syrup pump to discharge syrup by means of the
bottle to be supplied when placed between the discharge nipple and the moving
bottle carrier.
2. In direct-acting syrup pumps conveying syrup from the cylinder to the bottle
through the piston rod and valve disposed above the discharge nipple, substantially
as described and as shown on the drawings.
3. The use, construction, and arrangement of parts forming my improved direct-
acting pump for syruping bottles when the latter are placed, between the discharge
nipple and the moving bottle carrier, substantially as described and as shown on the
drawings.
Dated the 26th December 1889.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.