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No. 309,922. o Patented Dec. 30, 1884} side of said table.

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RODNEY M. BOVEE, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

BOTTLING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,922, dated December 30, 1884.

Application filed March 21, 1884. (No model.) I

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RODNEY M. BOVEE, a resident of the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottling-lllachines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to improvements in bottling-machines; and it consists in providinga bottle-supporting table adapted to simultaneously slide and revolve upon a vertical supporting-shaft; also, in providing said shaft with an adjustable arm for supporting the bottling-hook and supply-pipe, and in the adjustability of various other parts of the device, as hereinafter more fully explained.

The object of niyinvention is to increase the capacity and facilitate the operation of bottling-machines, and to adapt the same for use with bottles of different lengths.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the upper side of the revolving and sliding table. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the reverse Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a portion of the device, showing the table resting upon the dog 1). -Fig. 5 is aplan view of that part of the device below the table 0.

B is a bed-plate supporting the vertical shaft A, which in turn supports the table (3 adapted to slide vertically and revolve upon said shaft. The table is provided on its upper surface with a plurality of baskets, a, arranged in a circle, as shown in Fig. 2. Each of these baskets is adapted to receive and carry a bottle, E. Shaft A is also provided with adjustable supports, F and H, which together support the vertical shaft G G sliding therein and pivoted at its lower end upon one end of the treadle T fulcrumed upon 9, fixed upon the bed-plate. The shaft G and G is made telescopically adjustable in length, as

shown in Fig. 1, the upper end of the shaft resting upon the lower side of table 0. When the end t of the treadle is depressed the table is caused to slide upward on shaft A, and when the treadle is released the weight of the table and contents will cause it to slide down the shaft again. The shaft A is also provided with the adjustable arm J, supporting at its extended end the supply-pipe K and hook 0. When it is desired to fill the bottle, the bottlesupporting table 0 is raised by the treadle, as described, until the ehd of the bottle is forced tightly into the nozzle surrounding the hook, when the bottle is filled and the stopper inserted in the usual manner by the engagement of hook c and bale b, operated by lever m. After the bottle is thus filled and corked the treadle is released and the table allowed to slide down the shaft, but the support F, fixed upon the shaft just below the table, is provided with the angular dog D, pivoted thereon at a point near its longitudinal center, which engages with the stops or radial arms (I and forces the table to revolve one space, bringing the next basket a or bottle beneath the arm J and the dog into the position shown in'Fig. 4, which prevents the table from sliding any lower as both ends of the dog come in contact with the table. The end j of the dog D is made heavier than the other end, and,when the table 0 is raised to fill the bottles, the end j of the dog falls and the other end travels upward and backward on the table until it has passed the next stop d on the table, with which it engages as the table falls again to force the next bottle along to its position beneath the arm J, from which it ap pears that the table is forced by its own weight to revolve through the space between the stops d at each fall of the table, and that the dog D serves to propel the table as it falls and to limit the extent of its fall, and that the dog is operated by its own gravity to resume its required position to engage with each succeeding stop. W hen it is desired to change from short to long bottles, it is only necessary to loosen the set-screw and raise the arm J upon shaft A, or lower the arm in changing to shorter bottles. The same result may also be accomplished by changing the position of arms F and II upon shaft A and lengthening or shortening the adjustable shaft G G.

\Vhen desired, the pin h may be removed and the treadle transferred to the fulcrum g, as indicated by the dotted lines, the shaft G G turningin its supports, which will enable a single person to operate the devicc-viz., to operate the treadle and change the bottles by substituting empty for filled ones on the back side of the machine. One person is thus enabled to rapidly fill bottles with my improved device by simply operating the treadle and corking-lever m and substituting empty for filled bottles in the baskets a. By causing the table 0 to revolve while it slides down shaft A the bottles are automatically unhooked and released from the hook 0.

By adjusting the arms J, F, and H lower down upon the shaft A. and shortening the shaft G G by means of the set-screws, as be fore described, the machine is adapted easily and quickly for use by a boy or any short per son.

W'hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottle-supporting table adapted to re volve and slide upon a vertical shaft and provided with stops (Z, in combination with said.

shaft, lifting-lever 'I, connecting rod or shaft G, pivoted dog D, adapted to engage with said stops (1, and a superimposed supply-nozzle, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. A horizontally-revolving and Verticallysliding bottle-supporting table, provided with stops d, in combination with a dog, D, pivoted upon a fixed support beneath said table, table-supporting shaft A, superimposed supplynozzle, and mechanism for vertically sliding said table upon said shaft, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. In a bottling-machine, a bed-plate, 13, provided with oppositely-placed treadle-sup ports g g, in combination with treadle T,

'shaft G, table 0, fixed supply-nozzle, and a mechanism for revolving said table, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of March, 188i.

RODNEY M. BOVEE.

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