US305525A

US305525A - matthews

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Publication number: US305525A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-09-23
Anticipated expiration: 1901-09-23

Description

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. MATTHEWS, Decd.

. E. and G. MATTHEWS Executors. COMBINED VENT AND SAFETY VALVE FOR BOTTLING MACHINES.

No. 305,525. Patented Sept. 23, 1884.

N ruins. PhmoLhhognpMr. Wnhingtou. n. c.

(No Model.) 3 Slmets-Sit1 eef;- 2.

J. MATTHEWS, Decd. I

E. and G. MATTHEWS Executors. COMBINED VENT AND SAFETY VALVE FOR BOTTLING MACHINES.

No. 305,525; Patented Sept. 23, 1884.

(No Model.) 3 SheetS Sheet 3. J. MATTHEWS, Deed.

E. and G. MATTHEWS Executors.

COMBINED VENT AND $APETY VALVE FOR BUTT-LING MACHINES. No. 305,525.

Patented Sept. 23, 1884.

N. PETERS. Phmwhlhcgmphnr. Washinglou. n. c.

UNTTED STaTns PATENT @rrion.

ELIZABETH MATTHEWS AND GEORGE MATTHEWS, OF N EW' YORK, N. Y., EXEGUTORS OF JOHN MATTHEWS, DECEASED.

I O OMBINED VENT AND SAFETY VALVE FOR BOTTLlNG-MACHINES.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,525, dated September 23, 1884.

Application ma Dccember14, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatJoHN MATTHEws, late of the city of NewYork, in the county and State of New York, during his lifetime did invent an Improved Combined Vent and Safety Valve for Bottling-Machines, of which the following is a complete specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a bottlingmachine containing the invention of the late JOHN MATTHEws. Fig. 2 is a detailed side view, 011 an enlarged scale, of part of the rod for drawing down the cap which holds the bottle in place. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 4, a cross-section on the plane of the line a c, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional side view of the attachment below the table of the bottling-machine. Fig. 6 is an end view of the lower part of the valve-chan1- her, which is shown in Fig. 5, thevalvc-spindle being removed. Fig. 7 is a top view of the lever that connects with the valve-spindle.

Fig. 8 is a top view of the valve proper, that is shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on the plane of the line 70 is, Fig. 5. Fig. 10 is a vertical cross-section of the whole machine. Fig. 11 is a horizontal section taken on the plane of the line 0 75, Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is an enlarged vertical section of the upper part of the vent-tube.

This invention relates to certain improvements on bottling-machines of the kind'indicated in Letters Patent No. 260,765, that were granted to the late John Matthews, July 11, 1882, having for its object to adapt-such abottling-machine to the filling of bottles containing internal gravitating stoppers. Such bottles are best filled in an inverted position,with

their mouths down, provision being made for holding the internal stoppers out of the way during the act of filling. V

The present invention consists in combining, with the mechanism that holds the bottle in an inverted position securely in plaee,a venttube which enters the bottle from below and reaches nearly to its closed upper end, and which serves to carry away the surplus gas or air that may be contained in the bottle, and

permits the liquid to enter the bottle and to fill it to the proper extent.

The invention also consists in new mechanism for moving the vent-tube and the other parts of the bottling apparatus, as hereinafter more fully described.

p In the drawings, the letter A represents the table of the bottling apparatus. a

B is the upper cross-head,which in this case also contains in its central portion ascreen, a,

for pressing on the upper end of the invertedbottle.

The upper cross-hcad,]3,is carried by vertical rods D D, which reach downward through the table A and have their lower ends connected and properly braced by a cross-bar. b. These rods D are'abovethe tableA, guided in hollow posts M M, which are analogous to the hollow post M of Letters Patent No. 260, 7 65.

In the lower part of the table is pivoted a treadle, I, which connects by rods 0 with sleeves e, that embrace the rods D beneath the table. These sleeves c are more clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3,and 4, and are springclasps that embrace the rods D, and can be tightened onto them at varying heights, so that the machine can be adjusted to bring and move the rods D and cross-head 1B downward, by means of the treadle, to a greater or less extent, for the purpose of adapting the machine to the filling of shorter or longer bottles. The bottle E to be filled is, in inverted position, placed into a cup-like screen, f, which is supported on a cushioned slide, F, that rests on springs g and packing-ring h, as shown in Fig. 10. The mouth of the bottle E bears on a cushion, c, which is contained in the lower part of the screen'f, all as shown in Fig. 10, so that when the treadle I is depressed. and the rods D taken hold of and pulled down the screen a will crowd the bottle against the packing-ring i, any excess of pressure which may occur during this movement being taken up by the springs g and cushion it, which render the part F self-adjusting. The central the table A, as ShOWn in Fig. 10, and which,

' tle E.

G is an upright vent-tube, which enters from beneath the bore of the tube j, and reaches high enough to bring its upper end nearly to the bottom of the inverted bottle,

as indicated in Fig. 10. This upper end of the tube G, which tube is more clearly shown in Fig. 12, has a small opening for the purpose of allowing the air to escape from within the bottle E. The lower end of the tube G is secured, as appears more clearly from Fig. 5, to a hollow bracket, H, which has a valve-seat, 10, that is closed by.a valve, 9, whenever a spring, 8, is at liberty to press this valve down upon its seat. The spindle t of the valve (1 is I at its upper part, where it projects beyond the valve-chamber, grasped by the fork of a lever, H which lever is pivoted at a to a post, 1), that projects from the hollow bracket H. The hollow bracket H, by a downwardly-proj ectin g nipple, w, and by a screw, ac, or by equivalent connection, is secured in a metallic frame, J, which, by straps or bars a is suspended from a lever, L, that is pivoted at b to the table A. The lever L is weighted, as shown at c The frame J may, if desired,be,and by preference is, provided with vertical guide-tubes d through which the rods D pass. This ar-. rangement gives the framing J, and bracket H and the tube G, that are connected with said framing, a vertical movement whenever the lever L is swung on its pivot, so as to raise or lower said framing and said parts that are joined thereto. The lever L carries an upright screw, 6 which can be adjusted to project to a greater or less distance from thebody of the lever, and which, when the lever is swung up, strikes the under side of the table A or any fixed projection thereon, thereby limiting the extent of the upward movement of the lever L.

. N is a bracket attached to the under side of the table A, and carrying a screw, j, which is aligned with the lever H so that it will strike said lever, in the manner shown in Fig. 5, whenever the lever L is carried up.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The bottle, containing an internal gravitating stopper, is first placed in inverted position into the screen f,so that the tube G, when afterward raised, will enter the bottle and push the stopper away from the mouth of the .bottle. The treadle I is then depressed, so as to draw down the rods D and cause the screen a to bear upon the bottom of the bottle, as in Fig. 10, crowding the bottle tightly upon its seat z. The cock in the supply-pipe. m can now be opened to allow water, aerated or otherwise, or other liquid, to fiow into the 7 The flowof liquid into the bottle willynow continue, and whatever air or superfluous gas may be contained in the bottle E will escape through the pipe G and hollow'bracket H, and through the open valve -seat p. When the bottle has been properly filled, the lever L is lowered, and will resume its normal position under the influence of its own weight and that of the spring 3, which spring at the-same time closes the valve :11. The treadle is now also let go, so that the guard a will again ascend 0 under the influence of the treadle-spring I, thus releasing the bottle and allowing it to be lifted off. So soon as the tube G islowered by lowering the lever L, it leaves the bottle E,

and allows the gravitating stopper therein contained to drop into the mouth of the bottle and properly close it. If theattendant should leave the lever L up an undue time, so that perchance some of the water or liquid should escape from the bottle through the vent-pipe G, and enter the valve-chamber that surrounds the valve-spindle t, it will, as soon as the valve (1 is closed, be able to escape through apertures that are formed in the valve-disk g, as more clearly indicated in Fig. 8. A stuffing-box, n, I05

surrounds the pipe G where it enters the tube or socket j, and prevents leakage around said pipe G.

-We'claim 1. The combination of the treadle I with no the rods 0, adjustable sleeves e, rods D, and screen a, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the slide F, having supply-passage r and lower supporting-cu'sh- I I 5 ion, with the screen f, supply-pipe m, venttube G, vertically-movable screen a, and means for operating the vent-tube G, substantially as specified.

3. The lever L, combined with the frame J,

hollow bracket H, having valve q, lever H abutment 7, support for the same, and tube G, for operation substantially as specified.

4. The lever L, combined with the screw 6 frame J, hollow bracket H, having valve q,

lever H, abutment f, bracket N, and, ventpipe G, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination of the tableA with the treadle I, rods 0, sleeves e, rods D, screen a,

screen f, slide F, tube G, hollow bracket H," valve q, lever H frame J, and lever L, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown This specification of the invention of the and described. said JOHN MATTHEWS, deceased signed by us IO 6. In a bottling-machine, the vent-pipe G, this 30th day of August, 1883..

combined with mechanism, substantially as ELIZABETH MATTHEWS. 5 described, for lifting it, and mechanism, sub- GEORGE MATTHEWS.

stantially as described, for opening it when Witnesses:

lifted and closing it when lowered, substan- EMILY MATTHEWS,

tially as specified. GEORGE HEALY.