Improvements in Machines for Filling and Boxing Aerated Water Bottles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd July, 1886.
Complete Left, 23rd May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 12th July, 1887.
RESERVI
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Filling and Boxing Aerated
Water Bottles.
I DAN RYLANDS, of Hope Glass Works Stairfoot Barnsley, in the County of York,
Glass Bottle Manufacturer and Mineral Water Machinery Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR FILLING AND
BOXING AERATED WATER BOTTLES, to be as follows :-
My present invention relates to Filling Machines which are used for filling bottles
with aerated waters and the special object which. I purpose to attain by this invention
is the filling of bottles in such a position that they can be dropped into partitioned
boxes without the bottles being handled after they have once been put into the
machine. In order to accomplish this I arrange a cylinder or other suitable
mechanical contrivance, which may vary in size so that one, two, three, four, or more
bottles can be placed in suitable recesses in such cylinder and on the cylinder being
revolved part of the way round, these bottles are filled by means of suitably arranged
valves or other filling apparatus connected to the cylinder. After they have been
filled they are dropped into partitioned boxes having any number of partitions to
correspond with the number of partitions in such filling machine. By one arrange-
ment of these cylinders the bottles may be dropped into the boxes neck upwards; by
another arrangement of these cylinders the bottles may be dropped into the boxes neck
downwards. Where necessary, suitable spouting may be arranged for the bottles to
slide down into the boxes, and the spouting would have any requisite number of
partitions. I arrange suitable mechanical means either under or in front of the filling
machine so as to move the partitioned boxes a sufficient distance each time to bring
empty partitions under the machine or under the spouting until the whole of the
partitions are filled. It may be possible to work the small machines by hand but the
larger machines would require power and for this purpose suitable driving pullies will
be attached.

page_text: VUMI DRIE DI VITICALIION.
Improvements in Machines for Filling and Boxing Aerated
Water Bottles.
1 DAN RYLANDS, of Hope Glass Works Stairfoot Barnsley in the County of York,
Glass Bottle Manufacturer and Mineral Water Machinery Engineer 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 relates to filling machines which are used for filling bottles with
aerated waters, and the especial object thereof is to fill the bottles in the ordinary
manner then to drop them into suitable boxes without handling them after they have
been placed in the Machine. To attain this object I construct the machine and attach
thereto the mechanism illustrated at Figs. 1 and 2, Fig. 1 being a side elevation and
Fig. 2 a front elevation, of which the following is a description.
The filling machine A (which has suitable valves and so forth) has a cylinder or
other contrivance B attached thereto, in which three bottles c are placed, but the
cylinder B may be arranged to hold more than three bottles where so preferred.
When the bottles c have been placed in positions in the cylinder B as shown at
Fig. 1, the handle d is pressed round. This causes the cylinder B to turn part way
over or round, during which operation the bottles c are filled simultaneously. By the
time the bottles c are filled the cylinder has obtained the position shown at Fig. 2,
when the holders are withdrawn from the bottoms of the bottles and they fall
bottoms downward down the spouting H and into the box E. Where preferred the
bottles c may be caused to fall necks downward into the box E in which case the
bottles c are placed in the cylinder or mechanical contrivance B with their mouths
under the holders z, that is with their necks at top and their bottoms resting on
suitable discs formed or fitted on the pipe sa suitable valve is arranged in the centre
of each holder z through which the bottles c are charged with aerated water during
the pressing over of the handle d. In this arrangement by the time the cylinder has
obtained the position shown at fig. 2 the mouths of the bottles c are pointing
downwards. The holders z are then drawn clear from the mouths of the bottles c by
means of the handle d, and then the said bottles c fall down the spouting H and into
the box E necks downward as will be well understood.
The cylinder B has suitable partitions g corresponding to the partitions in the
box E. The box E is caused to move longitudinally step by step so that empty
compartments & come immediately under the spouting H in time for the falling of the
filled bottles c down the said spouting H; this is performed automatically by means
of the following mechanical arrangement. A movable table J is supported on suitable
slides K which are fixed to a frame or bed W. The top of the table J is flat where the
box E is placed and it has a raised portion or lip v formed at its end against which
the end of the box E rests. The table J has projections arranged on its underside
each one comes immediately below each compartment x of the box E. The cam m is
arranged to press against the projection I and not to leave it until it has forced the

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table J, with the box E thereon a suitable distance forward. The said cam m is
secured to a shaft which is carried in suitable bearings m³ m³ formed on or attached
to the bed W. To the shaft m is also keyed a pulley n the crank or lever p has a
slot p' and is secured to a shaft p³ which is carried in bearings p³ p² made with or
attached to the bed W. On the shaft p is also keyed or otherwise fixed a wheel n¹.
This wheel n' is geared with the wheel n by means of the chain or strap o.
or lever p connected to the moveable or revolving part of the machine A by the
connecting rod 9. The operation as follows: When the machine A & cylinder B is
in position shown at fig. 2 the cam m is immediately behind a projection l by pressing
the handle d over towards the left and bringing the mechanical contrivance or
cylinder B back to position shown at fig. 1; the connecting rod forces round the
crank P which turns the pulley n¹ this by means of the strap o revolves the pulley n
and turns the cam m over to the left so that it presses against the projection / and
then moves the table J with the box E thereon a step towards the left so that before
the time the machine A has filled another lot of bottles c empty compartments & are
drawn up under the spouting H ready for their reception. When the box E is thus
filled it is taken from the table J and an empty one placed thereon in its stead the
table J is then moved towards the right until the first series of empty compartments
of the box E come under the spouting H, then the operation of filling and boxing the
bottles automatically is performed as before described.
The machine herein illustrated is worked by hand, but where preferred suitable
pulleys can be attached to the machine so that it may be worked by steam or other
power.
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 :—
1. In combination with bottle filling machines the mechanical contrivance B
arranged to receive two, three, or more bottles c to be filled simultaneously with
aerated liquids.
2. In connection with bottle filling machines the arrangement of spouting H for the
purpose of conducting bottles into partitioned boxes.
3. In connection with bottle filling machines the arrangement of moving the box E
step by step so as to bring the vacant compartments x of said box into position for the
bottles c falling therein.
Dated this 21st day of May 1887