US980354A - Bottle-filling apparatus. - Google Patents

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N. SPANGENBERGBR. BOTTLE FILLING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 190B.

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N; W. SPANGENBERGBR.

BOTTLE FILLING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 20, 190B Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

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N. W. SEANGENBERGEE. BOTTLE FILLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 19031 Patented Jan. 3, 1 911,

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NQV MWSx MB 1O improvements upon the construction set UNITED stratus PATENT oFFIcu BOTTLE- FILLING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 19 11 Application filed May 20, 1 9GB. Serial No. 433,822.

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Be it knownitha't I, NIC'HULAS IV. Senna anemone, a citizen of the U itedStates. residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Filling Apparatus, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottling apparatus, and more particularly to forth in U. S. Patent- No. 608,158, dated July 26 1898. p

While the invention hereinafter set forth is described in connection with said patented device. it is to be understood that it is not llITlltQl'ltO use with said construction, but

I may be used with other similar devices now The machines to which the present inven: tion appertains are adapted to the bottllng of liquids of either a gaseous or n0n-gaseous nature, either with or without charging each bottle with. syrup or other flavoring or reinforcing liquids in appropriately vvaried and measured quantities.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and etlicient means for maintaining a rapid and uniform flow of the fluids, and to obviate the necessity for frequent snifting, thus rendering the apparatus not only more rapid in operation, but likewise more which the present invention is adapted to be economical, since frequent snifting re sults in loss of both gas and liquid.

In bottling apparatus such as thatto applied, it is customary to locate the main liquid and syrup supply reservoirs on a floor above the bottling room, or otherwise elerated,.froni which. reservoirs supply con-' duits lead direct to the bottling machine. The syrup being a viscous flu d frequently contains entrained bubbles of air which may be carried into the measuring chamber unknown to the operator, and thus reduce the charge of syrup whereby the bottled product will be ununiform. Furthermorein operating the machine rapidly it is necessary that the measuring chamber be rapidly tilled durin the interval between the discharge of the fluid. To provide means whereby the air bubbles maybe permitted i' t o separate from the body of syrup, and to accelerate the flow thereof, and to provide; means whereby the carbonated Water or other fluid may be rapidly a-nd readily-discharged Without the nechamber 0 cessity of, frequent snifting, are among'the objects of the present invention.

:Vith the above primary and other incidental objects in view as will more fullyiappear from the specification, the'inveiition consists of the means, device s, construction and mode of operation, or theireqiiivalen'ts hereinafter described and set forth n claii'ns.

In the drawings the complete bottli chine is not shown, but only suchpai" I are necessary to illustrate the relation of he present invention thereto, the illustrated machine parts being those of the said Patent No. 608,15S,'but it is to be understood that. other bottle filling and sealing'a pparatus may be substituted therefor.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of the bottling machine head with the pres side elevation of the same. Fig. Sis a sectional view of" the Water or other fluid'dispensing-devices. Fig. 4 is asectional'view of the syrup dispensing and measuring devices, the measu Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the measuring chamber in empty condition. Fig.6 is a detail plan and sectional view of the strainer or sieve through which the syrup is passed,

and the gasket therefor. Figs. 7 and 8 illuss trate .a less expensive form of syrupreser voir.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of referencethroughout the several views, v

The head of the bottling machine is ada ted to be vertically reciprocated, and coinprises the cross head 1 carried on the ver ti'cal rods 2; on the cross head 1 issupported ring device being charged."-

a cylindrical" chamber 3 into whiclf the neck of the bottle to be charged with. carbonated water is inserted from below, within which is located the discharge: orifice for thewater, and the bottle" sealing mechanisnn'all as describedin the aforementioned patent. In addition to the chamber 3 there is also carried on the machine head the measuring chamber 4 provided with a .control cock, and with a pendant discharge nozzle The construction is-such that two bot-t ties are synchronously charged, one with syrup andthe other with carbonated water or other fluid, the syrup charged'bottle be ing shifted at eachoperationto receive the charge of water and anenipty bottle prsented to the syrup nozzle 5. In orderthat the product be uniformit isnecessary that each bottle'receive a predetermlned amount of-syrup. The syrup measuring device com- "prises the chamber a, divided into two comtion. Upon opening the measuring chamber 515 to the syrup supply the diaphragm is lifted 1 toa greater or less degree according to the adjustment of the gage screw 9 by which the movementof the plunger 7 is limited. The

' control cock for the syrup supply comprises an integral portion 10 pro ecting downward from: the chamber 4 and adapted to be revolved within the sleeve 11 by the hand lever 12.; Within the portion 10 are two, curved conduits or passages, an upper passage 1.3

communicating with the chamber 4, and a lower passage 14 communicating with the discharge nozzle 5. position as in Fig. 5 the passage 13 registers with the syrup inlet 15, and the measuring chamber is permitted to fill with syrup from the supply source. Upon the portion 10 being revolved through substantially ninety degrees the passage 13 and passage 14: are

brought into registry with a -U shaped passage 16 in the valve block 17, whereby the.

nozzle 5 is brought into communication with the chamber 4 and thecontents thereof discharged.

f to the atmosphere.

. and 20, which are depressed by a cam faced Located in the valve block 17 are an intake duct'or passa e for the liquid to be bottled which leads rom the intake orifice 18 to the filling ,cha'mber in the chamber 3, and a snifting' duct leading from said chamber These ducts are controlled by spring actuated plunger valves 19 lug 2 1 on the measuring chamber 4, when said measuring chamber is rotated by the shown in the drawings is identical with that of said Patent No. 608,158 to which referthe parts and operation.

' orifice {5 corresponds with that designated hand lever 12.

As thus far described the construction ence is had for more detail description of n in said patent, and thewater inlet orifice 18 with 2' of the patent.

The above mechanism forms no part of the present invention except in combination with the constructions hereinafter described.

In thedrawings 22 is-the conduit leading from the general syrup supply which-dis- H charges into a supplemental reservoir ;.com-

prising a cup shaped member 23 attached to the 'orifice 15, and a transparent member 24 between the shoulder 25 and the flanged edge -When occupying one The syrup inlet formed with the shoulder 25 on which the lower flanged edge 26 of the member 24: rests, a strainer or sieve 27 being interposed 26 of the member 24. The edge of the strainer of sieve 27 is inclosed in a rubber gasket 28 substantially U shaped in cross section, as shown in Fig. 6. The parts are secured together by a compression ring 29 screw threaded intothe member 23 and bearing on the flanged edge of the member 23. A valve or cut oif 30'is located in the conduit 22 adjacent to the supplemental reservoir.

The supplemental reservoir thus described is located as close to the measuring chamber-4 as is possible.

The supplemental reservoir permits any entrained bubbles of air which may pass through the conduit 22 with the syrup to rise to the top of the reservoir, while the syrup settles to the bottom thereof, forming a solid body of syrup from which the charge is drawn into the measuring chamber 4:. ."ilhen the conduit 22 was connected direct to the measuring chamber as contemplated in said patent, such entrained air bubbles passed into the measuring chamber, thereby diminishing the charge of syrup, ahdcausing the amount of syrup delivered to various bottles to be irregular.

The member 24: being of glass or other transparent mfaterial, permits the operator to 'observe the syrup supply within the reservo1r, and if an abnormal amount of a11- collects 1t may be .removed by disconnecting the coupling 31,

and allowing the reservoir to fill to the top and again coupling the conduit thereto... Furthermore the operator by observing the reservoir is warned as to the condition of the syrup supply, whether itis flowing freely, and that'sufiicient is ready "for a full I charge. The syrup. which on account of .its viscous nature flows slowly through a long conduit, collects in the reservoir dur-' ing the time that the charge is being ex pelled from the measuring chamber to the bottle, so that upon operation 3 of the control cock the measuring chamber is quickly filled from the solid body of syrupadjacently located which need only pass through a very short conduit, thus enabling the machine to be more rapidly operated than when the operator must wait for the measuring chamber to fill from the conduit 22. The strainer or sieve'27, prevents any thickened mass of material, orfruit seeds or pulp or other foreign matter to enter the measuring chamber, and further assists in restraining and breaking up theentrained'air bubbles, whereby the portion 23 of the reservoir will contain a solid body ofclarified syrup. By disconnecting the union 31 and connecting the reservoir with a .water supply the reser- 215 augrilia The rose-1 Y-Oll' connected to the orifice.

ble. form as shown, and is of a capacity somecleaned. Byseparating the component parts of the reservoir by unscrewing the ring 251, the parts i'naybe more thoroughly cleaned.

5 The annular .U shaped gasket 28 has in practice been found very ellicient.

ln filling the bottle. nth water or other ln llICl when the water su )HV conduit 32. l l leadm fron the eneral source ot'su )l\ 1a is connected direct to the intake orifice lb",

it is found necessary to fl@(illt.!llli open the snifting valve. 20, or as spoken of by ma chine'operators to frequently -give the bot- .tle air which really is permitting the air .15 within the bottle to escape when disphuj'ed bythe water.

It is frequelitly necessary .0 snift the bottle. as often as from four to six times during the filling process. This continual snift- Q0 ing results in a great loss of gas, and of water or other liquid entrained with the gas and air-and carried out, and very materially retards the speed of operation. T o olniate the 1 for frequent snifting an reservoir 33 for water is provided.

1 8,"\ritli'a"s short a passage between the reservoir and the discharge orifice as s possi- The reservoir 33 18 preferably oval 1n tion of the air within the bottle being displaced by the entrance of the water will force its way upward through the ductto the reservoir 33, and another portion of water will pass down to the bottle,"this intermittent. flow of water in one direction and air in the other continuing until the bottleis filled, and the air collected in the reservoir: The passage between the auxiliary reservoir and the bottle being comparatively short, the interval between the intermittent flow of the Water will be very short, and the bottle may be rapidly filled wlth not more than one snlfting operation being necessary. The air from the reservolr can pass in the same manner up the conduit 32 to the source of supply. However on account of the comparative great length of the conduit 32 the flow through same will be slow, but will con tinue irrespective of Whether the valve 19 is open or closed until the reservoir is filled.

Without the use of theauxihary reservoir,

th flow through the conduit can only be had while the valve 19 is open and the bottle filling The conduit 32 being of considerable length a great interval of time will be convoir and measuring chamber is readily sinned by the upward passage ofthe air bubble and the return flow of the fluid, thereby making the filling process very slow. lly the use of the. respective reservoirs the filling operation is greatly accelerated. the bottle is charged with water directly from a body of liquid in the reservoir 3-), the passage between the reservoir and bottle being short the interchange of air and water will be rapid. The movement of air and Water in the conduit 32 will be much slower but to COlllpGllSulG for this the movement in the conduit \villcontinue after the closing of the valve 19, and during the interval bdtween the filling operations. Thus there will be a dillerentialflou' of the fluid, slowlv and suljlstantially continuous from the supply to the reservoir, and rapidly but intermittent; fromlhe reservoir to the bottle.

It is to be understood that the filling operation just described is more or less theoretical, but the advantages of the construction shown and described in connection with both the syrup and Water supply have been fully demonstrated by extensive practical Between the syrup and water dispensing mechanisn'i there is an interdependence,

it. being necessary for the economical opera tion of the machine that the syrup and water charges be delivered in substantially the 9 same time, and it would be of but little advantage to provide means to accelerate one and not the other, as the slow flowing charge would determine the speed of the operation.

It has been found that the manufacture of the member 2a is somewhatexpensive thereforeto further reduce the cost of manufacture a syrup reservoir as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 may be employed. In constructing this form of reservoir the lower portion 23 is shaped as before described, on the inner annular shoulder 25 of which rests a cylindrical glass tube 36 surmounted by a collar 37 having an inner annular flange 38 resting on the tube 37. Rubber or other gaskets 39 are interposed between thetube and shoulder 25 and between the tube and flange '38, as shown in Fig. 8.

The parts are held in adjustment by tie rods 40 engaging ears or lugs all on the *lower member and similar ears or lugs 42 on the collar 37. The interior upper portion of the collar 37 is screw threaded for the reception of a cap or dome portion 43, to which the syrup conduit 22 is connected by a suitable union as before described. Between the cap 43 and flange 38 is interposed the strainer or screen 27 inclosed in a gasket 28 as described and shown-in Fig. 6. It. is ob vious that if desired the strainer 27. might be substituted for the lowermost gasket 39, between the tube 36 and shoulder 25. The operation is exactly as before described. Intcrmediate the reservoir and the measuringchamber is a drainage cock 44 by which the contents of the reservoir may be drawn ofl after the valve 30 has been closed, and also for use in flushing or Washing the reservoir,

Having thus described my invent-ion 1 claim; v

1. Ina bottle filling apparatus, in combination with the syrup supply conduit, a supplemental reservoir comprising a cupshaped member carried by said conduit adjacent the measuring device, an upwardly extending internally threaded flange forminga seaton the upper edge of said cupshaped' member, a transparent bottle-shaped member seated. on said seat, an annulus surrounding said bottle-shaped member and threaded within said flange to secure said bottle shaped member, an inlet removably secured to the mouth of said bottle-shaped member, and avalve disposed in said conduit directly above said mouth.

2. In a bottle filling'ap-paratus, in combination with the syrup supply conduit, a supplemental reservoir comprising a cupshaped member carried by said conduit adjacent the measuring device, an upwardly extending internally threaded flange form: ing seat on the upper edge of said cupshaped member, a transparent bottle-shaped member seated on said seat, a straining device carried between said seat and the lower edge of said transparent member, an annulus surrounding said bottle-shaped member and threaded within. said flange to secure said bottle-shaped member, an inlet removably secured to the mouth of said bottleshaped member, and a valve disposed in said conduit directly above said mouth.

3. In a bottle filling apparatus, in combination with the syrup supply conduit, a supplemental reservoir comprising a cu-p shaped member carried. by said conduit adjacent the measuring device, an upwardly extending internally threaded. flange torming a seat on the upper edge of said cupshaped member, a transparent bottle-shaped member seated on said seat, a straining device carricd between said seat and the lower edge of said transparent member, said straining device comprising a sheet of perforated material oined by an annular gasket U-shape in cross section, an annulus surrounding said bottle-shaped member and threaded within said flange to secure said bottle-shaped member, an inlet removably secured to the mouth of said bottle-shaped member, and a valve disposed in said co11- duit directly above said mouth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto sc my hand this 1st day of May A. D. 1908.

NICHOLAS W. SPANGENBERGER.

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