US538290A

US538290A - stahl

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Publication number: US538290A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-04-30
Anticipated expiration: 1912-04-30

Description

BOTTLING MACHINE.

Patented Apr. 80, 1895.'

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EMIL STAHL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLING-MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,290, dated April 30, 1895. Application filed August Z3, 1894. Serial No. 521,082. (No model.)

To LZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL STAHL,-of New York city, New York, have invented an Im- -proved Bottling-Machine, of, which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine for charging bottles with sirup and aerated water, and also for corkin g the bottles.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, of my irnproved bottling machine. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof; Fig. 3, a horizontal section on line 3 3, Fig. l. Figs. 4 and 5 are horizontal sections of the valve b on line et 4, Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the valve on line 6 6, Fig. 5.

The letter d, represents the frame of the ,bottling machine provided with a seat a',

adapted for the reception of the bottle A to be charged.

b, is the filling head or Valve,provided with four ports b', b2, b3, b4, and containinga fixed valve plug c, which is provided with a central bore e', three radial ports c2, c3, c4, and a cut away section c5. The valve b, maybe revolved backward and forward by a handle b5, and is supported upon an annular seat CZ (Fig. 6), screwed upon the lower end of plug c. The plug c, is provided with a downwardly extending threaded tube o9, engaging a cup c6, and containing a packing c7, adapted `to engage the head of the bottle A. At its upper end,vthe plug c, is provided with perforated trunnions o8, hung in the slotted arms e', of a forked lever e, which is pivoted toframe a, at e2. The lever e, is normally held down by a spring d3, and may be raised by a hand lever e4, pivoted to frame a, at e5, and connected to the lever e, by link e6. A rest a6, limits the downward motion oflever e. Through the perforated trunnions o8, pass the xed guide rods f, secured to the laterally extending lugs a2, f frame d, and adapted to guide the plug c, and consequently the valve b, in a vertical direction.

g, is a sirup gage, connected to the sirup tank (not shown in the drawings) by tube g', that contains check valve g2. The gage g, is also connected to the port b, of valve h, by tube g3. luto the top of gage g, projects a vent tube h, connected by iiexible pipe h', to the port h2, of valve b. The tube 71., is Vertispring as.

cally adjustable, so that it may be projected into the gage g, to any desired distance,in order to alter the capacity of -the gage and the quantity of sirup charged into the bottles. To this effect the tube h, passes through a stuiing box h2, secured to the upper end of the gage and within which it may be slid up or down. The end-of tube h, constitutes the seat for a float or ball valve h3.

lhe aerated or charged water is fed from a carbonator (not shown in the drawings). by tube t', to the port b3, of valve b.

j, is the corking plunger which is adapted to enter the central perforation c', of plug c, and which is provided with teeth j', to constitute a rack. This rack is engaged by a toothed segment k, adapted to be oscillated around its pivot k', hyhandle k2.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The lever c, is raised by handle e4,and a bottle A is placed upon a cushion a4, of seat a', after which the handle is released, so that the Valve is pressed upon the bottle neck by The cork Bis then pressed into the bore c', of plug c, (Fig. 6) by a partial descent of the plungerj, but without obstructing the ports in the plug. The Valve h, is next revolved into the position shown in Fig. 5, in which the sirup from gage g, is admitted by tube g3, and ports h4, c4, while the aerated water is admitted from tube i, and ports h3, c3, into the lower end of bore c', and thence into the bottle A. As the bottle is thus illed, the displaced air is ejected from the bottle through bore c', ports c2, b2, and tubes h', 7L, into 'gage g, to bearl upon the sirup and force it through pipe g3, into the bottle, while it will also serve to keep Valve g2, closed. Of course, the iioat h3, will gradually descend with the level of the sirup in the gage to open the vent h. After the bottle has been properly charged, the valve b, is revolved into the position shown in Fig. 4, so as to close the ports b4, b3, and cut o `the supply of sirup and of aerated water. At the saine time, the vent 71, h, is made to communicate by port b2, cut away section c5, and port b', with the atmospheric air. Thus vthe pressure of the sirup in the sirup tank will be free to open check Valve g2, and the Sirup will ow into gage g, until the oat h3, is raised against the Vent h, when the further ingress of sirup will be stopped.

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Thus the gage has been charged with the de sired quantity of sirup, ready to be discharged during the next filling operation. While the gage is lled, as described, the corking plungerj, is pressed down to its full extent, to force the cork B cutof the perforation c,and into the bottle neck. The lever e, is then raised by means of its handle e, to raise valve b, otf the bottle neck, without however raising the plunger. Thus the cork is held in the bottle by the plunger and may be secured by the usual bail A', when the plunger is raised and the operation is completed.

In order to adapt the machine to fill bottles of different sizes, I prefer to use interchangeable seats a', a5, having bottoms sunk to a greater or less depth, to accommodate bottles of different heights.

The principal advantages of my machine are, that it utilizes the displaced air from the bottles to force the sirup into the bottle. Moreover the quantity of sirup to be filled into the bottle is accurately gaged, and may be readily varied.

The machine works rapidly, requires little power and creates no waste.

1. The combination in a bottling machine of a rotary filling head having four ports with a sirup tube,a water tube and a vent tube connected to three of the ports, and with a valve plug having radial ports adapted to register with three of the valve ports, and a cut-away section, adapted to connect two of the valve ports, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a Valve, with a lever e, a pivoted valve plug having perforated trunnions, guide rods engaging the trunnions, a corking plunger engaging the plug, and charging tubes connected to the valve ports, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of a valve, with a lever e, a valve plug pivoted thereto, a corking plunger engaging the plug, and with a vent tube, a Sirup pipe and a Water pipe connected to the valve ports, substantially as specified.

4. The combination in a bottling machine, of a sirup gage with a vertically adjustable vent pipe entering the same, and adapted to be projected to a greater or less extent into the gage, and a float adapted to close the month of the vent pipe,substantially as specitied.

5. In a bottling machine the combination of the following elements: a rotary valve, an inclosed plug, a corking plunger, a water tube, sirup tube and vent tube connected to the valve ports, a sirup gage connected to the Vent tube and sirup tube, and a floatwithin the sirnp gage that is adapted to close against the mouth of the vent tube, substantially as specified.

EMIL STAHL.

Witnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, WILLIAM SCHULZ.