US747052A

US747052A - Bottle-filler.

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Publication number: US747052A
Application number: US13704802A
Authority: US
Inventors: James W Dunfee
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1902-12-29
Filing date: 1902-12-29
Publication date: 1903-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 1920-12-15

Description

PATENTED 'DEG.- 15, 1903.

J. W. DUNPBB.

BOTTLE FILLER. APPLICATION PIVLED DBO. 29, 1902.

NO MODEL.

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Patented December 15, 1903.

JAMES W. DUNFEE, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

BOTTLE-FILLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,052, dated December 15, 1903.

Application filed December 29, 1902. Serial No. 137,048. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, JAMES W. DUNFEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Bottle- Filler, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle-fillers, and has for its objects to produce a device of this character which will be comparatively simple of construction, inexpensive to manufacture compared with its durability and efficiency in operation, and one which may be readily adjusted to accommodate bottles of varying sizes and in which the bottle will be moved bodily'upward to clamp the same in the device.

The invention comprises the details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional elevation cen trally through the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the device as a whole, comprising a member 2, adapted to be clamped to a faucet, and'a bottle-sustaining frame 3. i The member 2 comprises a metallic shell having an upper chamber 4 and a lower chamber 5. The upper chamber in practice is seated over the end of the faucet and is provided with a suitable resilient packing-gasket 6, preferablyof rubber, seated in its internal lower end and provided with a central opening 7, which communicates with the opening in the bottle-filling tube 8. The tube 8 is provided at its upper end with a flange 9, adapted to rest upon a flange 10, formed around the internal wall of the casing at the lower end of the upper chamber ein position to be clamped between the said flange 10 and the packing-gasket 6 when the latter is forced downward by the operation of clamping the device to the fancet. It is to be understood, however, that the upper end of the filling-tube may be secured in any other suitable manner.

The member 2 is provided at its upper end with suitable ears 11, to which is pivotally attached a bail 12, which passes over the upper face of the faucet and is provided with a screw-threaded rod 13, engaged with a finger 15, projecting from the faucet and operated by a set-nut 16 to draw the member upward tightly against the end of the faucet, as will be readily understood.

The lower chamber 5 of the member 2 is internally threaded to receive a rubber packing-gasket 17, which projects slightly below the end of the chamber for the purpose to be presently explained. Formed upon the exterior of the chamber at diametrically opposite points are lugs 18, to which are attached in any suitable manner, but preferably detachably, the side bars 19 of the bottle-sustaining frame 3,which constitutes the other member of the device as a whole. These side bars, which extend downward from the member 2, diverge for a short distance from their upper ends, and thence continue in parallel relation to the sides of the bottle when in place therein and are provided at their lower ends in their outer transverse edges with a series of notches 20. The lower ends of the bars 19 are connected by a base member 21, comprising two metal straps situated one on each side of the side bars, these straps being connected at their ends by transverse bolts or thelik'e. These connecting-bolts in practice engage with the notches 20 in the side bars to hold the base member in place and also admit of its ready adjustment longitudinally of the side bars for accommodating bottles of varying lengths. The metal strapsforming the base member are curved outward at their centers and have pivoted between them an eccentric-lever 22, provided with a curved head 23 and an operating-handle 24. In practice this lever is turned to the positionill ustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 before inserting the bottle into the frame, and when the bottle is in place is moved to the position illustrated in full lines, with the curved head in engagement with the bottom of the bottle, thus forcing the bottle bodily upward and clamping its mouth tightly against the rubber gasket 17. This action also causes the gasket, owing to its projecting slightly beyond the chamber 5, to swell around the mouth of the bottle, insuring a a tight joint.

25 indicates a strap lying transversely across the frame between its ends and connected to the side bars 19 in any suitable manner, but preferably by bending theends of the strap around the bars. This strap is semicircular in horizontal section to conform V to the shape of the bottle when seated thereon and is adapted in practice to sustain the bottle in the frame. In this connection it is to be noted that the bottle-sustaining frame as a whole inclines downwardly. and outwardly from the member 2 in a diagonal position, thus admitting the ready seating of the bottles therein, it being in practice simply necessary to drop the bottles into the frame and move the lever 22 in position to clamp the bottoms of the same, the bottles being sustained previous to the operation of the lever by means of the strap 25.

Formed in the side of the chamber 5 is'a valve-seat 26, having a needle-val ve 27 seated therein, this valve being for the purpose of controlling the escape of air from the bottle during the filling operation.

28 is a small tube, preferably of metal,which extends through the gasket 17 to a point slightly beyond its lower end and through which the air travels in its passage from the bottle to the escape-valve. It is to be understood that instead of employing this tube 27 I may conduct the air through a small channel formed directly through the gasket.

In operation the member 2 is seated over the end of the faucet and the tightening-nut 16 operated to draw the parts tightly together, which action causes the rubber gasket 6 to securely clamp the-end of the filling-tube between the same and the flange 10. The base member 21 is then adjusted to accord with the length of bottles to be filled. The fillingtube is then inserted into the mouth of the bottle and the bottle is dropped in place in the sustaining-frame and the lever 22 operated to force the same bodily upward and clamp its mouth tightly against the gasket 17, as above described. The liquid flows through the tube 8 and is delivered into the bottle near its bottom, the air in the meantime escaping through the tube 28 and its controlling-valve, which latter regulates the speed of escape of the air, and consequently the rapidity with which the bottle will be filled.

It will be seen from the foregoing thatI produce a device in which bottles may be rapidly filled with carbonated liquids and that the liquid in passing from the cask to the bottle will lose none of its gaseous qualities, owing to the improved manner in which the parts are clamped together. It will be further seen that in my device the bottles may be quickly Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is-- 1. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided with suitable packing and adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means for securing the same, said member being independent of the faucet, a bottle-sustaining frame carried by the member, and means carried by the frame and acting upon the bottle from beneath for moving the same bodily upward relative to the frame to clamp it to the packing in the member. A 2. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided with suitable packing and adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means for securing the same, said member being independent of the faucet, a bottle-sustaining frame carried by the member and comprising a plurality of side bars adapted to receive the bottle between them and a base member connecting the side bars beneath the bottle, and means carried by the frame and operable for moving the bottle bodily upward relative to the frame to clamp it to the packing in the first-named member.

3. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided with suitable packing and adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means for securing the same, a bottle -sustaining frame carried by the member and comprising a plurality of side bars adapted to receive the bottle between them and a cam member carried by the frame and adapted to move the bottle bodily upward relative to said frame to clamp it against the packing in the firstnamed member.

4. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided with suitable packing and adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means for securing the same, a bottle-sustaining frame carried by the member and comprising a plurality of side bars adapted to receive the bottle between them and a base member connecting the side bars, and means carried by the base member for moving the bottle bodily upward relative to the frame to clamp it against the packing in the first-named member.

'5. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided with suitable packing and adapted to be secured to a-faucet, of means for securing the same, a bottle-sustaining frame carried by the member and comprising a plurality of side bars adapted to receive the bottle between them and a base member connecting the side bars, and a cam member carried by the base member and adapted to move the bottle bodily upward relative to the frame to clamp it against the packing in the firstnamed member.

6. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member provided with suitable packing and adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means for securing the same, a bottle-sustaining frame carried by the member and comprising a plurality of side bars having notches formed therein and a base member connecting the side bars and provided with means for engaging the notches to permit its adjustment for bottles of varying lengths, and means carried by the base member for moving the bottle bodily upward relative to the frame to clamp it against the packing in the first-named member.

' 7. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means for securing the same, said member having an upper and a lower chamber formed therein, the upper chamber being provided with suitable packing to form an air-tight joint with the faucet, and the lower chamber with suitable packing to form an air-tight joint with the mouth of a bottle, a bottle-sustaining frame carried by said member and means carried by the frame for moving a bottle bodily upward relative to the frame to clamp its mouth against the packing in the lower chamber.

8. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means for securing the same, said member having an upper and a lower chamber formed therein, the upper chamber being provided with suitable packing to form an air-tight joint with the faucet, and the lower chamber with suitable packing to form an air-tight joint with the mouth of a bottle, a bottle-sustaining frame carried by said member and comprising a plurality of side bars adapted to receive the bottle between them and a base member connecting the side bars, and means carried by the base member for moving the bottle bodily upward to clamp its mouth against the packing in the lower chamber.

9. In a bottle-filler, the combination with a member adapted to be secured to a faucet, of means for securing the same, said member having an upper and a lower chamber formed therein, the upper chamber being provided with suitable packing to form an air-tight joint with the faucet, and the lower chamber with suitable packing to form an air-tight joint with the mouth of the bottle, a bottlesust-aining frame carried by said member and comprising a plurality of side bars adapted to receive the bottle between them and a base member connecting the side bars, and a cam member carried by the base member for moving the bottle bodily upward to clamp its mouth against the packing in the lower chamber.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES W. DUNFEE.

Witnesses:

H. C. DE KAN, Turns W. Now.