Improvement in Bottling Machine.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Bottling Machine.
I, GEORGE FELTMAN, of 612 East 13th Street, New York, County and State
of New York, United States of America, Gentleman, 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 a bottling machine, which is operated by a treadle, and
which is adapted to charge the bottle at one depression of the treadle, first with the
syrup and then with the charged water. The machine may have a second treadle,
which then causes the descent of the plunger, and which forces the cork into the
neck of the bottle.
The invention consists in the various features of improvement more fully pointed
out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is an elevation of my improved bottling machine, showing the slides
raised.
Fig. 2 is a similar view with the slide c, lowered.
Figs. 3 and 4 are detail longitudinal sections of the pump showing the same in
different positions.
The letter a, represents the frame or bench of the machine provided with three
(more or less) upright bars b, connected on top by cross piece 6¹, and serving as
rails for the guidance of a vertically movable slide or cross head c. This slide is
provided with two (more or less) nozzles c¹, one above each of the bottles A, to be
charged. These bottles are placed upon a platform a', supported on spring
cushions a². The nozzles, connect by laterally projecting pipe d, with the
cylinder d, of a pump, and thus it will be seen that such cylinder is vertically
reciprocated together with the slide. The cylinder d, is in turn connected by
pipe d, to a tank or other receptacle containing the charged water. This pipe
is provided with an automatic rotary valve e, operated by an oscillating valve
stem e'.
Within the cylinder d, there is a fixed or immovable piston f, the rod f¹, of
which passes out of the lower end of the cylinder and is connected to a support f³.
From this support there projects an arm f³, provided with an elongated eye f*.
This eye receives a pin e³, projecting laterally from the valve stem e¹. The
cylinder d, is entered into by a pipe y, leading to a suitable syrup holding receptacle.
A spring valve h, adapted to move vertically in a valve chamber h', in the upper
part of the cylinder d, tends to normally disconnect the cylinder d, from the discharge
pipe d', Fig. 3.
C,
The operation of the machine as thus far described is as follows: The slide
is normally raised and in that position the cylinder d, is also raised. The valve e,
is closed and the piston f, is in its lowermost position (dotted lines Fig. 3) so that
the syrup can from its receptacle flow into cylinder d, through pipe g, and fill the
same. The slide c, is now depressed by means of a treadle i, which is connected to
the slide by means of cross armi, and upright rods. This will cause the nozzles c¹,
to descend upon the bottles and will at the same time cause the cylinder d, to
descend upon its piston f. (Full lines Fig. 3.) Thus the syrup accumulated
within the cylinder will be forced upwards to raise valve h, and to flow through
the nozzles c', into the bottles A. After the charge of syrup has thus been con-
veyed from the cylinder into the bottle, the spring-valve h, descends automatically
upon its seat to disconnect the cylinder d from pipe d'. After the cylinder d, has
descended still farther the valve stem e', (by the downward motion of pipe d³, and
the engagement of pine with the elongated eye ƒ) will be placed into such an

page_text: inclined position, that the valve e, will be opened, Fig. 4. The charged water is
now free to flow through pipe d³, valve e, valve chamber h', and pipe d', into the
nozzles c', and thence into bottles A, so as to fill the same. Pressure on the treadle i,
being now released, springs will draw the slide c, up. This will cause the
cylinder d, to be raised until its pipe 9, passes the piston, when the cylinder will
again be sucked full of syrup, ready for the next operation. At the same time
the valve e, will be gradually closed by the gradual upward oscillation of its
arm e¹.
If the machine is to charge and also cork the bottles, a second slide or cross
head j, is arranged above the slide c. This slide is operated against springs, by a
second treadle, secured to the slide by means of cross arm j, and upright rods.
The slide j, is provided with plungers, which when descending, pass through
perforations in slide c, and force suitable stoppers into the bottle necks. The
plungers, are threaded into tapped openings of slide j, so as to be vertically
adjustable.
In use, treadle i, is first depressed to charge the bottles and then the
treadle k, is depressed to cork the same.
It will be noticed that with the construction thus far described the charged
water would continue to flow into the bottles during the descent of the plungers,
inasmuch as the valve e, would not be closed by the time the plungers make their
descent. To overcome this point, the slide j, is provided with spring plungers 1,
bearing upon spring-valves m, secured within seats m³, of pipes d¹. When there-
fore, the slide, descends, the plungers I, will at once close the valves m, Fig. 4,
and prevent further ingress of the charged water. At the rising of the plungers,
the valves m, will automatically open, but by that time the valves e will have been
closed by their arms e', in the manner before described to prevent any discharge
of the water until the next descent.
It will be observed that in my machine one depression of the treadle automatically
charges the bottles successively with two fluids in such a manner that the admission
of one does not in any way interfere with the admission of the other. At the same
time the stopper arrangement not only closes the bottles, but also immediately
checks the further admission of the charge.
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. In a bottling machine, the combination of a charging slide with a charging
cylinder d, and a charging pipe, both connected to and moving with the slide
and with a piston within the cylinder and an automatic valve within the charging
pipe, substantially as specified.
2. The combination of charging slide c, with cylinder d, connected thereto and
having syrup inlet 9, a piston entering the cylinder, an aerated water pipe d, com-
municating with the slide and an automatic valve e, situated within the pipe and
having an oscillating valve stem e', substantially as specified.
3. The combination of slide c, having nozzles c¹, with cylinder d, connected to
the slide, a piston f, entering the cylinder, inlet pipes d', moving with the slide, a
valve e, within the pipe, an oscillating valve stem e', and a lug having an eye or
slot within which the valve stem moves, substantially as specified.
4. The combination of slide c, having nozzles c¹, with a cylinder d, connected to
and moving with the slide, a piston f, entering the cylinder, inlet-pipes 9, d², an
automatically operated valve e, within pipe d³, and a spring valve h, within the
neck of cylinder d, substantially as specified.
5. The combination of a charging slide, with a cylinder d, and charging pipe d³,
both connected to and moving with the slide, a piston within the cylinder, an
automatic valve in the charging pipe and with a stopper slide and a pair of treadles
for operating the slides, substantially as specified.
6. The combination of a charging slide with a cylinder d, and a charging pipe d³,

page_text: an exit pipe d², connecting the same to the slide and containing valve m, a piston
within the cylinder, a valve e, within the pipe d³, and with a stopper slide and a
plunger 1, secured thereto and operating valve m, substantially as specified.
7. The combination in a bottling machine of the following elements: a slide c,
having nozzles c', a pipe d', connected therewith, a vertically movable cylinder d,
connected to pipe d', a plunger, within the cylinder, inlet pipes d, g, an automatic
valve e, within pipe d', a valve h, within cylinder d, and a valve m, within the pipe d³,
substantially as specified.
8. The combination of a charging slide c, having nozzles c¹, with a cylinder d,
connected therewith, a fixed piston within the cylinder and with movable
platform a', and spring cushions a', that support the platform, substantially as
specified.
Dated this 15th day of February 1909
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.