US1126865A - Device for aerating liquids. - Google Patents

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Patented Feb.2, 1915.

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HARRY VAUGI'IAN RUDSTON READ, OFf LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIG-NOR T0 AERATOBS LIMITED, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR AERATING LIQUIDS. I

Specifieation of' Letters Patent.

PatentedFeb. 2, 1915.

T0 all whom it may comem Be it known that I, HARRY VAUGHAN RUDs'roN READ, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing at Craigls Court, Charing Cross, London, SNV., England, have invented certain new and useful l'mprovements in and Relating to Devices for Aerating Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for aerating liquids and particularly to those of the class in which the bottle or like receptacle containing the liquid is provided with a nonreturn Valve or equivalent.

The main object of the present invention isto provide a device of the character ln question which will enable a numberA of bottles to be simultaneously charged with a minimum of skill and trouble.

With this object the invention consists in a casing or frame to contain a pluralityof bottles fitted With non-return valves, a pivotally mounted cover with gas ducts adapted to be positioned in operative relation to the bottles and appropriate mechanism for forcing cover and bottles together to form gastight joints and to hold open the non-return valves during charging.

The invention also consists in a device as set forth in the preceding paragraph in which the cover i's mounted on members which assist in its positioning and are themselves Iutilized by help of suitable mechanism, such as an eccentric, to force the cover into gas-tight relation with the bottles.

The invention finally consists in the improved aerating devices hereinafter described or indicated.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 shows a front elevation of oneform of aerating device according to the present invention looking toward the rockers, Fig. '2 being a corresponding end elevation as seen from the handle endV with the cover in its operative position, and Fig. 3 a similar elevation with the cover thrown back; Fig. 4 shows a vertical section taken on the line A. B C D of Fig. 5; Fig. 5 shows an inverted plan of thetop cover, While Fig. 6 shows an inverted plan of the locating plate, and Fig. 7 a corresponding section on the line E-F of Fig. 6.

In carrying the invention into effect according to the illustrative form shown adapted to charge six bottles, a, a, simultaneously, the casing or frame consists of a base, provided with suitable feet, c, and al body portion which may conveniently be Vmade of perforated sheet metal, d. i Slidably m'ounted in the base member, Z), and it may be in the feet thereof, are a number of plungers, e, each provided with a tray, f, with upturned rim, h, for the reception in a definite position of a bottle. These trays, f, are each pressed upward by a strong spring, z', and in the particular example now.l deslclribed, are arranged in two rows of three eac The bottles or receptacles, a, to be charged are of any suitable type, and according to one known form may be provided with screw stoppers, k, containing a non-return valve. This valve may for example consist of a spindle,- m, arranged axially in the stopper, and pressed upward by a spring, n, acting against a shoulder, 0, the valve closing under the action of pressure within the bottle by means of a rubber ring, r, coacting with an appropriate seat, s, at the lower end of the stopper. Suitable ducts, or passages, t, are provided in the spindle to admit gas When the Valve is open. i

The cover, u, may convenientl. take the form of a casting ribbed as desired to' give it stifi'ness, and carrying in its center. a'plug, o, containing a chamber from which ducts, fw, lead to six points corresponding with the position of the bottles in the casing, these ducts preferably being proportioned as regards cross-Sectional larea to oppose as nearly as may be, equalV resistances to the passage of gas, and thus insure an equal distribution to the different bottles. At each of the six points a block, w, is provided, screwed it may be to the cover, land having on its lower face a rubber ring, z, which is adapted to form a gas-tight joint with a corresponding upstandmg ring, 2, on the bottle stopper. Each block, w, is lkewise perforated by a duct, 3, to complete the passageway from the central Chamber to the different bottles. A separate plug, Al, is provded in the center of the cover with a piercer, 5, or other device` for discharging the charged capsule, 6, held in the usual fly-cap, 7, which can be screwed down by hand for discharging purposes.

To assist in the correct registering of the cover, u, appropriate guides may be pro- 80 vided'ivith'a'series of apertures,f23, having 1,' described fisas* follows :-lVith the'casing in non-return valves are'heldopen. The casvided, Which may take the lform of pins, 8, carried by cross bars, 9, attached to the casing, corresponding holes, 10, being provided in'the cover itself. 'At vthe two ends of the latter and preferably in a c'entralposition,

the cover is pivotally connected with a smallv amount of play to a pair of links, 11, one

at each end, which pass downward outside the'c'asing, and'are provided at their lower ends with the equivalent Yof .an `eccentr1c strap, 12, adapted to engage with corre-` spo'ndng eccentrics,v 13, arranged one at each end of a shaft ort'spin'dle, 14, journaled inthefbase of the casing, and passingV from end to end thereof. For the `operation lof this ispindle, af'suitable handle, v15, may ybe provided at one end, the motion of which is limited ineach direction by stops, 16, formed V on the` stopl piece, 17, attachedto the spindle, 14.V

VHooked members, 19, are provided on the casing to serve'asstopsto the links, 11, in

the operative position of `the cover shown in Fig.-f2,While'stops, 20, serve to limit fthe angular motion of the links When the cover is :thrown`l back as in Fig. 3. In addition, with'the'object of avoiding difliculties due to vslight ldifferences in..thesize of the bottles, 'a locating plate,21, maybe provided attachedto the casing by chains, 22, and procollars, 24, adtapted tofit'neatly over the necks of'thebottles. x .f/Tlieicasing itself is Vprovided on one side With a *pair'of rockers, 25, which may consist of lengths of 'metak'it maybe of T or angle/ section, bent .into theforma of a circular` arc land 'riveted to the body of the casing. z. 1 f

1,;The operation of the form of invention tight joint, the Springs, '17, below-the trays,

f,-fbeinggslightly compressed during this operatio'n.A VAt the -same time the spindles, m. o'f the non-return valves'in the stoppers, lc, whichproject slightly,.are forced downward by the blocks, w, in thecover, so that the i'ng Vandibottles as a whole are then preferably turned overso as to rest .on the rockers, 25, and the capsule, 6,-by means IVof the fiycap, '-7, in Which it rests isdischarged, so

that the issuing gas passes to the common chamber above mentioned, and thence through. the ducts, 10, leading therefrom to the blocks, w, in. the cover and so to'the'interior of the bottles. After rocking the aplparatus to `and fro to insure complete `aeration of the liquid, it is restored toits upright position, the handle, 15,,is operated to lift the cover fromV the bottles, thereby permitting the' non-return valves to close under the laction of their own springs, and the cover is thrown back into the positionfshown in Fig; 3.

Chains, 22, after which the chargedbottles The locating plate, '21,*is 'then r removed and may beff left hanging on its` can be withdrawnfifrom -thez'casinganda new set inserted for chargingas above.

V It will be seen that according to Ithe' presa ent invention, any convenient number of bottles may be snnultaneously :charged ous forms-so long aseach' is providedwith'a non-return Valve or equivalent device such asal Codd stopper. Moreover, the gas-tight joint between the cover'and lfor 'making the bottle stoppers, various suitable'flmecha- 51-' nisms 'may be utilized instead the eccentric described. Finally, the capsulemaybe of any known form adapted `to befdischarged either by piercing a disk or openingavalve.

Having now described my inventiomwhat I claim asfnew'anddeslre'to secu-re'fby Letters' Patent isz- 1. The `combination in an aerating device, of a casingor holder for the receptaclesto be charged; a coverV for saidl coverhaving a number o f ducts for leading the contents of 'a charged container toi-'a number of discharge' points corresponding to the recept'acles together With'm'eans for holder, `:said 5- forci'ng said cover into gas-tight, association with theinlets of said reeptacles. r

2. The combination in anfaerating device, of a casing or holderl for the ireceptacles to be charged; a cover for said casing; means for permittingsaid cover `to swing in relazi f-'z tion to said holder, and means including said yswing-permitting :means foi`` forcing said cover into gas-tight 'association-:With the inlets of said receptacles: 4

3.' The combinationin an of ay casing or holder for the, rec'epta'clesfto be charged; a cover lfor said holder; locat; ing means for accurately ,positioning' said receptaclesin ,saidholder-'and means for p aerating device,

forcing'said cover into gas-tight association with the inlets of said positioned 'receptacles.

' 4. The combination in an aerating device, of a casing or holdervfor the receptacles; to

be charged; a cover for said holder; links on which said cover is mounted and eccentric means .coperating With said links for 'forcing said 'cover into gas-tight association With the'inlets ofy said receptaclespyf z z 35 while the bottles themselves ,may take varifff- 5. The combination in an aerating device, of a casing or holder for the receptacles to be charged; a cover for said holder; links on Which said cover is pivotally mounted and eccentric means for coperating With said links for forcing said cover into gastight association With the inlets of said receptacles.

6. The combination in an aerating device, of a casing or holder for the receptacles to be charged; said receptacles being provided With inlets controlled by non-return closures; a cover for said holder having a plurality of parts to contact With and open said non-return devices together With means for forcing said cover into gas-tight association With the inlets of said receptacles.

7. The combination in an aerating device, of a casing or holder for the receptacles to be charged; spring-pressed supports for said receptacles; a cover having a number of ducts for leading the contents of a charged container to a number of discharge points corresponding to the receptacles, together With means for forcing said cover into gastight association With the inlets of said receptacles.

8. The combination in an aerating device, of a casing or holder for the receptacles to be charged; a cover for said holder; links on which said cover is mounted, one link at each end; a spindle rotatably mounted on Copie: ot this patent may 'be obtained for flve cents each, by addressing the said holder; eccentrics on said spindle cooperating With said links and means for rotating said spindle.

9. The combination in an aerating device, of a casing or holder for the receptacles to be charged, said receptacles being provided With inlets controlled by non-return closures; a cover for said holder, said cover having a number of ducts for leading the contents of a charged container to a number of discharge points corresponding to the receptacles, together With means for forcing said cover into gas-tight association With the inlets of said receptacles.

10. The combination in an aerating device of a casing or holder for the receptacles to be charged; a cover for said holder, said cover having a number of ducts for leading the contents of a charged capsule to a number of discharge points corresponding to the receptacles; means for forcing said cover into gas-tight association With the inlets of said recepta eles, together With means mounted on and inovable in relation to said cover for holding a charged Capsule.

In testimony Whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HARRY VAUGHAN RUDSTON READ.

VVitnesses ALBERT Eimns'r SMITH, GEORGE WAL'roN.

Commission! ot Patentl.

Washington, 2D. G.

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