US292565A - James mcewen and simeon spencee - Google Patents

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, f' (ModeH y 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. vJ. Mlzvvlv & s. SPENCER. APPARATUS PoR BOTTLING AND SIRUPING ABRATBD BBVBRAGES..

Paten-ted Jan, 29,1884,

J. MGEWBN e `spePelvGER. A APPARATUS POR BOTTING AND SIRUPING- AERATED BEVERAGBS. No. 292,565. j Patented Jan. 29, 1884.

(Model.) 2 Sheets-,Sheet 2.

vvITireesEe;` 1 -lNvNTom BY ATTORNEYS.

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u l UNITEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MCEWEN AND SIMEON SPENCER, OF -MANCHESTER, COUNTY OE LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FORBOTTLING AND SIRUPING AERATED BEVERAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patent No. 292,565, dated January 29, 18840l Application filed December 15, 1882. (Model.) Patented inEngland December 23, 1880, No. 5,402.

To all whom t may concern.'

` aerated beverages.

Be itaknown that we, JAMES MCEWEN 'and SIMEON SPENCER, both of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England, have made certain new and useful Improvements' in Apparatus for Bottling and Siruping Aerated Beverages, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference niarkedthereon, in which- Figure l is a vertical section of our improved apparatus for bottling and siruping Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the eccentric. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the aerated-water valve and its cylinder, and the cam or eccentric on the end` of the revolving shaft passing through the eccentric for operating said valve. Fig. 4 is aside elevation of the eccentric, the hollow shaft being in section. Fig.'5 is a similar view with the holding-plate removed, and Fig. 6 is adetail plan view of the eccentric and water-inlet tube.

c is part of the iron stand, and b is the revolving shaft of the filling-machine.

c is the oscillating cylinder of the pump,

working on the fixed pivot d on one side, and on the hollow pivot e on the other side.

j' is the piston-rod, secured at its upper end to. the eccentric strap f, the latterV embracing the eccentric g. The eccentric vg is ,provided-V with a slot, h, enlarged at h', and is mounted on a sleeve, i, placed loosely on the shaft b. The sleevet' is provided with au oblong block or head, l, on one end, that fits into the enlarged part H of the slot h. The eccentric g can be placed more or less out of the center by raising the eccentric g and its slot h on thel block I, and then fixed by a nut, k, so as to give more or less throw to the piston, in order to regulate the throw of the piston and the amount of sirup to be supplied. The block I is provided with a lug or projection, l, and the shaft b is iitted with a projecting catch, m, the same being so arranged that when the shaft b is turned forward in filling a bottle the catch m, coming against the lug Z, moves the eccentric g with it, and consequently oscillates the pump-cylinder c and its piston-rod f but in rocking the shaft b in the reverse direction it` u is a nut for keeping the loose sleeve fi up against the catch m.

0 is the cam or. eccentric on the end of the shaft b, for opening the aerated-water valve C by pressing it backward, aerated Awater passing from its tank or cylinder (not shown in the drawings) through the hollow shaft b, up through the passage S and the 4hollownpper bottle-carrier, B, into the bottle held between the bottle-carriers A B. The shank of the lower bottle-carrier, A, works in acylinder D,- and is surrounded by a spiral spring, E, the tension of which is always exerted to throw the lower bottle-holder upward to grasp the bottle between the upper kand lower holders, AB. v

H is a handle or lever pivoted to the shank of the lower holder, A, whereby the holder can readily be lowered for the insertion of an empty bottle between the holders A B.

G is anair-passage for the escape of air from the bottle into the cylinder I', when the bottle is being lled, and thence into the open air. The upper end of the air-passage Gis provided with a valve, I3, surrounded by a spiral spring, I. The valve I3 is provided with a head, C', inside of which the loop of the lever J passes. The lever J is pivoted to the part K, which carries the bottlecarriers, and the passage for aerated water and sirup and the air-passage from the bottle with its valve. The lever J -is pivoted to the part K, so as to turn4 with it, and the lever J is operated bythe regulating-arm H', secured to the upper part of the bearing of the shaft b, to operate the yalve I3.

p is the outlet sirup-valve, and q the'inlet sirup-valve.

.r is an oscillating joint, made witha leatherI or other suitable washer and a split gland.

In the operation of the machine, it is firmly secured to the iioor,and the aerated water-pipe is attached to the union F and the Sirup-pipe` to the union G. Having placed the bottle in its carriers, and adjusted the eccentric so as not to operate the piston, insert the empty bottle between the bottle-carriers and revolve the bottle-carriers by means of the lever H, when the aerated water will flow into the bottle, the lever 'J striking the arm H', opening the valve I3, to allow the air to escape from the bottle.

To put the sirup-pump in action, adjust the eccentric to operate the piston,revolve the bottlc-carriers by means of the lever H, raising the piston, the Sirup will be forced by suction into the cylinder c, and in the downstroke of the piston the valve NV will be closed by the pressure of the Sirup on it, and the sirup will pass up the tube X, open the valve p, pass through the hollow shaft b, and thence through the passage S into the bottle.

Having thus described our invention,.what we claim as new, a-nd desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination,with a cylinder mounted on pivots near its lower end and provided with a piston, of an adjustable eccentric for oscillating said cylinder and operating said piston, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the shaft I), of the eccentric y, provided with a slot, 71, enlarged at h', the sleeve 1', having head I, and the nut k, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3.' The combination, with the shaft b, provided with the catch m, ofthe eccentric g, provided with a slot, h, enlarged at 7L', sleeve i', provided with head I, having lug Z, and the nut 7c, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the bottle-carriers A B and shaft b, provided with the catch m,

of an adjustable eccentric, g, sleevei, having EWEN and SIMEoN SPENCER, have hereunto set our hands and seals this 8th day of November, A. D. 1882.

JAMES MCEWEN. [1.. S.] SIMEoN SPENCER. [n s] Vitnesses:

EDMD. L. BOND,

Solicitor, ilanchester. EDMUND CHADWICK,

Patent Agent, Bolton.

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