US118069A - Improvement in machines for bottling gas-charged liquids - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

ESAU D. TAYLOR, OF HORNELLSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGN OR TO FIRM OF JOHN MATTHEWS, OF NEW YORK CITY.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR OTTLING GAS-CHARGED I IQUIDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,069, dated August 15, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ESAU D. TAYLOR, of Hornellsville, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Bottling Gas- Oharg'ed Liquids; and I do hereby declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming' part of this speci fication.

One part of this invention relates to the corking appliances 5 and consists in the novel arrangement of a cork-magazine in relation with the fillinghead of the machine, and with the pipe which supplies the liquid and gas to the said head, and certain novel means of operating a plunger for pushing the corks from the said magazine, under the control of the cock through which the supply of liquid and gas is turned onto the fillinghead, whereby the corks are delivered, as required, between the corking-plunger and the mouth of the bottle ready for the action of said plunger. Another part of the invention relates to a wiring apparatus, whereby a cork-securing wire, permanently attached to the neckof the bottle and arranged to swing' over the mouth thereof, is, after the bottle has been filled and corked, pushed over the cork and made to secure it. This part of the invention consists principally in a cross-head connected with the fillinghead by springs and latches, and so arranged and operated by attachments to the rods of the corking-plun ger head as to be made to throw the cork-securing wire over the cork by the rising of the filling-head after the insertion of the cork into the bottle, and while the cork is still held by the plunger.

Figure l in the drawing is a front view of a bottling-machine with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section at right angles to Fig'. l. Fig. 3 is a front view of one of the latches by which the cross-head for pushing the wire over the cork is in part operated, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan view, on a larger scale than Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, of the bottle-bed and its surrounding plate, and of the principal parts of the wiring apparatus. Fig. 6 is a transverse view of said wiring' apparatus in part. Fig. 7 is a top view of the cork-magazine on a scale corresponding with Fig. 5. Fig. S is a longitudinal vertical section correspondin gwith Fig.

6. Fig. 9 is a longitudinal vertical section, on a larger scale than Fig. 7, of the plunger used to push the corks in the magazine to their places under the corking-plunger, said ligure showing a different construction of spring from that used for the same purpose in Fig. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A is the table supporting the working parts of the machine; B is the iilling-head, and C the corking-head sliding vertically upon stationary upright guide-rods K K, which are secured in the table A. D is the foot-treadle, connected with. the lling-head B by means of a cross-tail, E, and rods F F, which work through the table for operating the said head. G is the hand-lever, connected with the corking-head C by means of a cross-tail, H, and rods I I, which work through the table for operating the eorking-plunger J, which is carried by the head C. All of the abovementioned parts are similar to those of other bottling-machines. L is the corkingmagazine attached to the upper portion of the filling-head, so as to move in concert With it, and arranged in relation to said head and to the pipe b that supplies the liquid and gas to the head, so that the corking-plunger J in its descent iirst passes through top and bottom holes c in the forward portion of the magazine, and the corks in the latter are successively supplied to or over. the llinghead by the action of a plunger, M, in the magazine, under control ofthe cock d, which establishes and cuts off supply of the liquid and gas through the pipe b to the iilling-head. This insures the delivery of the corks, as required, between the corking-plunger and the mouth ofthe bottle ready for the action of said plunger. The magazine L is constructed of alength, depth, and width to hold two, three, or more corks in an erect position, the one in advance of the other, between the butt-end of the magazine and the plunger M, the corks being supplied to the magazine through a hole, c, in the top of the magazine lying in front of the holes c, and forward of the plunger M when drawn back or out. Said plunger M is of a compressible description, or, in other words, has an action independently of the rod f, by which its connection with and operation by the cock d is established. This is effected by means of a spring, g, inserted within the plunger' M, and attached to the rod f, between the latter and the forward lll end of the plunger, so that the latter is free to slide or shoot forwa-rd under the control of the sprin g on the rod f. By this provision the opening of the cock d draws back the plunger M to allow of the introduction of a new cork through the hole e in the magazine, in rear of a cork or corks previously introduced, and the closing of said cock operates on the rod f to compress the spring g, so that after the corking-plunger has retired from the filling-head and corking-magazine the plunger M is shot forward by the spring to push the advance cork in the series past a sl'lring-holding lip h, and into line with the holes c, so as to close the latter, where said cork remains during a succeeding filling operation, and until after the cock d has been closed, after which the corking-plun ger descends and carries said cork home into the bottle, and holds it there till wired. This action is repeated each opening and closing action of the cock d, which may be con nected with the rod fby a crank and link, or otherwise. It is preferred to use a conical spiral spring in the plunger M, as illustrated in Fig. 8, whereby a longer action of the spring is attainable in a given length of plunger than with the straight spiral spring shown in Fig. 7.

In practice I propose to further utilize the corking-magazine L by making it answer as the nut for securing the nozzle of the filling-head to its cross-head by extending the shank of said nozzle through the cross-head and screwing the magaziue onto the upper projecting end of the nozzle.

The wiring of the cork is eected as follows: N represents a bottle in its place on the machine, and 'L' the cork-securing wire, permanently attached to the neck of the bottle, and arranged to swing over the mouth thereof, or rather over the cork after the bottle has been iilled and corked, and while the corking-plunger continues to hold down on the cork, said wire being suitably bent to straddle said plunger. O is a cross-head connected with the filling-head B by means of springs 7s k arranged around the upright guide-rods K K, and so as to bear down on the cross-head O or on sleeves m m thereof made to fit the guiderods. These sleeves rest, when the cross-head O is fully depressed, on shoulders u a of the guiderods. This spring-connection of the filling-head B with the cross-head O allows of an independ' ent action to the fllinghead, and secures an easy or elastic operation for the cross-head O and its attachments, which consist of a sleeve, 0, a lip, p, and a guiding `device or hand,y q, under the control of a spring, 1", said guiding device or hand q being borne by the action of the spring r against suitably curved or inclined guides s s, that serve, in the up-anddown movement of the cross-head O, to direct the lip p over the neck and shoulder of the bottle. Said cross-head O is furthermore connected with the llinghead B by means of latches P P, connected at their upper ends to the filling-head, and made to spring outward to cause shoulders t t on them to engage with or under the cross-head 0, so that in the early portion of the filling-heads ascent the latches carry the cross-head O up in concert with the filling-head, which causes the cross-head to lift and throw the corking-wire over the cork in the bottle, the lip p operating to prevent any rebound of the wire consequent on its striking the corking-plunger J, previously brought and held down on the cork, as in other machines. After the cork has been thus wired the crosshead O, with its lip p, is released from further action or hold on the wire, a-nd the same depressed and moved out of the way for a repetition of the wiring action on a succeeding bottle. This is eected by or during the continued ascent ofthe filling-head while the corking-plunger continues to bear down on the cork, said filling-head, in its continued ascent, causing prot-uberances u a on the latches to strike projections o o on the corking-plunger rods I I, which forces the latches P P inward, thereby disengaging the latter from lift by their shoulders t t on the cross-head O, when the springs lc 7c throw down the crosshead, and the guides s s, in combination with the spring r, direct and turn or swing the lip p of the guiding device or .hand q to conform to the neck and shoulder of the bottle, and to adjust them to their necessary position for a repetition of their action on another bottle, which the depressed and altered position of the cross-head with its attachments makes room for without risk of the wire t', as it lies thrown down or back on the shoulder of the bottlc, catching or interfering with the descent of the filling-head. Toward the completion of the descent of said head the shoulders t t of the latches again engage with the cross-head O, to repeat in due course the throwing of the wire over the cork, as before. In placing the bottle on the machine no special regard need be paid to the arrangement of its corking-wire relatively to the cross-head O so long as said wire, when lying down or over on the shoulder of the bottle, is in the way of being caught by said cross-head in its ascent. The bottle-bed It, upon which the bottle is supported during the filling, corking, and wiring, is carried by a spring, fw, let into a recess, m, in the bed-plate, so that the bottle-bed lies i'lush or thereabout with the table, with capacity for its depression under control of the spring that makes said bed self-adjusting, to enable bottles of slightly-varyin g height to adapt themselves to the lling-head and corking-plunger during the iillin g and corking of the bottles.

S is the bottle-guard or screen, which is made to have a vertical movement through the table or bed-plate of the machine, so that when down it is out of the way to facilitate the introduction and removal of the bottles. Said screen may, if desired, be made of a close cylindrical form, to give more perfect protection against accident by the bursting of the bottles; but the same is here shown as composed of top and bottom plates or ends, the upper one of which is annular to allow of the screens inclosure of the bottle, and said ends being united by vertical wires, which latter work through holes in the bed-plate that thus serves to guide the screen in its vertical movements, and said wires furthermore being made to pass through and steady or guide the bottlebed. The means employed for operating this screen in concert with the filling-head, so that when the latter is lowered the screen is raised, and vice versa, consists of' a jaw-lever, A', pivoted as at a', and controlled by a spring, b', which operates to lower the screen when pressure is re- Inoved from the treadle D, with which latter the jaw-lever A is connected through the cross-tail E by an arm, c', and spring d', that secures an elastic action of the screen in connection with the lling-head.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

l. The arrangement ot' a corking-inagazine relatively to the filling-head and to the pipe, by which the gas and liquid are supplied to the latter, substantially as herein specified.

2. rllhe combination oi the compressible and elastic plunger M, having an independent action, as described, with the corking-magazine L, the valve or cock el that controls the supply of gas and liquid through the pipe I) and the llinghead B, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the filling-head and corking-plunger, of a wiring apparatus, consisting of a cross-head, O, connected with the fillinghead by means of springs and latches, essentially as described.

4. The sleeve o and lip p of the wiring apparatus, in combination with the cross-head O, the springs k 7c, and latches P P, substantially as speciiied.

5. The hand or guiding device q, in combination with the guides s s, the sleeve o, the lip p, the spring r, and the cross-head O, essentially as described.

In testimony whereof 'I have hereunto signed my naine in presence of two witnesses this 17 th day of February, 1871.

ESAU D. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

FRED HAYNES, R. E. RABEAU.

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