US651727A

US651727A - Bottling-machine.

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Publication number: US651727A
Authority: US
Inventors: Adolph Schneider
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1900-03-15
Filing date: 1900-03-15
Publication date: 1900-06-12
Anticipated expiration: 1917-06-12

Description

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(Application filed Mar. 15, 1900.)

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HADOLPH SCHNEIDER, OF TRINIDAD, COLORADO.

BOTTLING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,727, dated June 12, 1900.

' Application filed March 15, 1900. Serial No. 8,826. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it 11i/wy concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Trinidad, in the county of Las Animas, in the State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottling-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for loot-V tling malt liquors and the object thereof is to provide a machine that will lill such liquor into bottles automatically without producing foam. I accomplish this object by the mechanism described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forminga part hereof, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of my machine applied to a barrel of malt liquor. Fig. 2 is a side view of the liquor-distributing tank. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vert-ical section of the liquordistributing tank.4 Fig. 5 4is a cross-section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4 with the top of the tank removed. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of my pressureregulating valve on line 6 6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of my Siphon-tube and connecting mechanism. Fig. 8 is a side View of my ball cock-Valve for regulating the quantity of liquor admitted into the distributingltank, and Fig. 9 is a cross-section ofthe valve. Fig. 10 is a cross-section on line l0 10 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, A` represents a drum charged with compressed air or other expansible gas, having 'cock AA'lto control the flow of air therefrom, and is, connected by pipe B, preferably a Vflexible piece of hose, with tapping-bung O, driven 'into barrel D, filled with malt liquor, which permits the airl to be discharged upon the top of the liquor. An air compressor or any other suitable mechanism to supply air or gas under pressure may be substituted for drum A, and for barrel I) any other suitable receptacle may be used. On pipe Bis vacuum-Valve E, which regulates the air-pressure through pipe B.

F is a pressure-gage to indicate the pres` sure in pipe B.

G is a pipe which extends through bung O to the bottom of barrel D. y

G is a cock attached at one of its ports to pipe G for closing the connection between the barrel and the distributing-tank when it is height.

necessary to connect a fresh barrel of liquor Y with the machine. To the other port of cock Gis attached pipe H,`preferably a iiexible` Adistributing-tank I. ,Tank I is mounted in iframe .I and is adjustable therein as to height by set-screws K, which screw into guide- `fianges L, affixed to the ends of tank I, and

pass through slotsJ' in the frame and clamp said flanges against frame J. Tank I is preferably constructed in two parts, so that it can be easily cleaned, which are held together by pivoted bolts M, attached tothe body-section I of the tank. These bolts turn up and pass through bifurcated lugs N, affixed to the up-` per portion or cover I of the tank, and when the nuts M are screwed down they engage the lugs and draw the two parts of the tank together. In order that the joint between the parts shall be perfectly tight, I place a rubber gasket O in the joint. At the top of tank I is pressure-regulating valve P (shown in detail in Fig. 6) to regulate the air or gas pressure in tank I. To the top of tank I, preferably at or near valve P, is connected pipe R, having stop-cock S thereon. On pipe R, between cock S and valve P, is pressure-indicator T. Pipe R is connected with pipe B by pipe U, preferably flexible hose. In the bottom of tank I is a ball-cock V, which controls the admission of liquor intotank I through pipe H and is adapt-ed to prevent the liquor in the tank from rising above a predetermined The Siphon-tube W passes through the spherical pivot X, mounted iu bearings in the side of tank I, and affords means for oscillating the Siphon-tube. On the inner end of tube W is a weight a to cause the end of tube Wto carry iiexible rubber cup b into liquor-tight contact with the bottom of tank I to prevent any liquor passing through or out of tube W when the siphonis not in use. Aflixed to the casing of spherical pivot X is bar c, the end ot' which is bifurcated and turned atright angles to the body portion, forming arms c toreceive and hold the neck of bottle lt when it is being filled with liquor. It' preferred, bar c could be attached to tank I. Aiiixed to tube W is chamber d, preferably cylindrical and closed at one end, in

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which is mounted spring e, adapted to force gasket g upon the' mouth of bottle 7L when placed in themachine and make an air-tight joint between the bottle and the tube. Gasket g surrounds tube W and has a sliding movementV thereon and is constructed of vrub- It has a cylindrical opening therein, adapted to tit over the mouth of the bottle, which terminates in` an annular wedge-shaped groove g', the inner part of the gasket, which forms the groove, being adapted to be wedged between the inner side of the mouth of the bottle and the Siphon-tube when pressed downward by spring e and the outer portion to pass over the mouth.- This construction enables the formation of an air-tight joint between the bottle, the gasket, and the siphon-tube when the top of the bottle is not perfectly even or when chipped. Any other form of gasket thatwill make the joint between the tube and bottle may be used instead of the form shown.

By mounting spring E in such manner as to give the proper pressure on the gasketchamber d could be dispensed with.

'L' is a small air-vent tube which preferably enters tube W within tank I and terminates in an opening t a short distance from. the

vin the bottle, which automatically ceases as `soonas it rises high enough to cover opening i'. The inner end of tube projects above the liquor in tank I at all times. On tube t', preferably within tank I and before it enters s I tube W, is `cheek-valve k, which permits the air to flow therethrough into tank I when-the bottle is beingfilled and prevents its flow in the opposite direction.

My machine is operated as follows: A bar- Y rel'of. malt liqu/ai` is connected to the bottlingmachine, as shown in Fig. 1. The air or gas pressureis then regulated to, say, five pounds, asv indicated by gages F and T. Cock S is then closed, and valve P is set at a pressure,

say, of foul'v and one-half pounds, that will permit the tive pounds pressure on thetop of the liquor `in barrel D to force the same into tank I until the flow is automatically cut Off .by ball-cock V, when the machine isready for filling bottles. A bottle is then placed on the end of the Siphon-tube, and gasket g is pushed upy far enough to permit the neck of the bottle to be placed in the arms c', Wherel itis Securely held 'by the retractile force of spring e. The .movement of the tube W,

caused by placing the neck of the bottlel in arms c', causes the inner end thereof Yto detach cup b from the bottom of tank vI and rise yhigh enough so that the liquor is forced through tube Winto theA bottle, where it dis places the air and forces it out through tube i until the liquor rises to the opening t" thereof, whenl the bottle is filled and should be removed. The removal of the bottle* causes the inner end of the Siphon-tube to bring cup b' into contact .with 'the bottom of tank I, Where it is securely held by the weight a, until anotherbottleis placed in position to be filled. The air that is forced out of the bottle is permitted to escape through valve P, so that there is always maintained an even difference of pressure between the tank and the barrel, and the liquor is prevented from foaming by the even steady pressure on the liquor in the l bottle.

I have illustrated in the drawings a machine for holding four bottles at one time; but it is obvious that the machine may be made to hold any desired number of bottles.

' Having described -my invent-ion, V4what I claim isf l. A machine for bottling malt liquors, comprising suitable means to supplv air under pressure, a pipe connecting such air-supply with a tapping-bung; a tapping-bungadaptedY to be driven intoareceptacle for holdingmalt liquor, and to permit air to pass therethrough on the top of the liquor; a pipe extending through said tapping-bung to the bottom of' the receptacle holding the liquor, a cock on the upper end of the pipe extending through said bung, a pipe connecting said cock wit-h -a liqu or-distribu ting tank, a liquor-distribut .ing tank, spherical pivots connected to said tank by the casing tl1ereof siphon-tubes'ex- `tending through said spherical pivots in airtight contact therewith, partly within and partly without said tank, and having a verti-` cal movement; a flexible cup-.packing on the inner end of said Siphon-tubes, a weight on the inner ends of said siphonftubes adapted to hold the packing thereon in contact with the bottom of said tank when there is no 'bottle on the outer end of the tube, a bar tle and the Siphon-tube, and an air-vent tube, 'partly within the Siphon-tube and partly in the distributing-tank, adapted to permit the air in the liquor-space in the bottle to pass into the distributingtank, substantially as described herein. v v l v 2. In a' machine for bottling malt'liquors, combination of a suitable means to supply air under pressure, a pipe connecting such air-supply with a tapping-bung; a tapping- IOO IIO

bung adapted to be driven into a receptacle for holding malt liquor; a pipe extending through said tapping-bung to the bottom of thereceptacle holding the liquor, a cock on the upper end of the pipe extending through said bung, a pipe connecting said cock with a liquor-distributing tank, a liquor-distributing tank, spherical pivots connected to said tank by the casing thereof, Siphon-tubes extending through said spherical pivots in airtight contact therewith, partly within and partly without said tank, and having a vertical movement; a tiexible cup-packing on the inner end of said Siphon-tubes, a weight on the inner ends of said `Siphon-tubes adapted to hold the packing thereon in contact with the bottom of said tank'when there is no bottle on the outer end of the tube, a bar having a bifnrcated end attached to the casing of the spherical pivots, adapted to receive and hold a bottle while being filled; a chamberon the outer end of the Siphon-tube intermediate the spherical pivots and the arms of the botl tlc-holding bar a gasket in said chamber; a

spring in said chamber above said gasket adapted to force the gasket onto the month of the bottle when held in the arms of the bottle-holding bar, and make an air-tight vjoint between the bottle and the Siphon-tube,

the liquor in said barrel; barrel D; pipe G adapted to pass through bung C and into barrel D to the bottom thereof; cock G attached to pipes Gand H; pipe H attached to cock G and distributing-tank I; spherical pivots X in bearings affixed to the casing of said tank; Siphon-tubes, partly within and partly without said tank, passing through said pivots; Weight a and cup b on the inner end of said Siphon-tubes, and chambers d, springs e, gaskets g surrounding said Siphontubes exterior said tank; tubes 't' partly within and partly without. said Siphon-tubes; check-valves c'on tubes t; and bottle-holding bar c having arms c', and distributingtank l.

4. In a machine for bottling malt liquors,

the combination of a distributing-tank, a spherical pivot connected thereto and a bottle-holding arm aiiixed to the casing of said spherical pivot,a Siphon-tube passing through said spherical pivot, an air-vent tube partly within and partly without said Siphon-tube, a check-valve on said vent-tube, a weight and a flexible packing on the inner end of said Siphon-tube, a gasket, adapted to surround and move on said Siphon-tube; a spring on said Siphon-tube adapted to cause the gasket to produce an air-tight joint between the bottle and Siphon-tube, with a bottle and a suitable liquor-supply, and means to apply pressure thereto to force the liquor into the bottle.

In witness thatl claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name, this 8th day of March, 1900, at Los Angeles, California.

Y ADOLPH SCHNEIDER.

Vitnesses: i

G. E. HARPHAM, M. MCGINNIS.