GB190403119A - Improvements in Bottling Aerated Waters and the like. - Google Patents

Abstract

3119. Schroeder, F. W. Feb. 8. Bottling corks, retaining.-In an apparatus for bottling aerated waters or other liquids, the cork is secured in position by a hood pivoted to the bottle neck. The toothed driving-wheel c<1>, which reciprocates a plunger a, also reciprocates, through a second wheel d, cam e, and links f<1>, g, g<1>, g<2>, a rod h, the end of which is formed with, or fixed to, a rectangular frame i. In the front and rear sides of the latter are formed horizontal slots i<1>, preferably provided with friction rollers, through which slots a forked plate k moves, being guided in its movements by the engagement of a pin l, also preferably provided with friction rollers, with grooves m in a forked part n of the main frame. The bottle is placed on a support p<1>, the spring- controlled rod p of which is capable of sliding in guides o' through a distance regulated by an adjustable screw-threaded rod r<1>. The plunger a then descends to drive a cork into the neck of the bottle, until it reaches the position shown in Fig. 1, when it forces the bottle downwards until it is stopped by the rod r<1>. The pin then moves forwards in the groove m, being directed by spring-cotrolled pawls m<1>, and causes the forked end of the plate k to engage over the cork on either side of the plunger. The latter then rises while the rod h continues its descent, carrying with it the sliding frame o and the bottle support p<1>, the pin l moving in the vertical part of the groove m, until a hood t, pivoted to the neck of the bottle, comes into contact with a hooked arm s, which closes the hood over the cork. Further movement of the driving- wheel then raises both the plunger and rod h ready for the next stroke. The hood t is pivoted to a half hoop u, Fig. 4, the ends of which are bent inwards and spring over the bottle neck into two longitudinal and slightly inclined grooves v, Fig. 5, formed just beneath a thickened part w of the bottle neck, by which means the hood is maintained in its proper position for closing over the cork in the bottling-apparatus.