US932268A

US932268A - Filling device.

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Publication number: US932268A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward N Gaudron
Original assignee: JOHN W C VAN DER HARST
Current assignee: JOHN W C VAN DER HARST
Priority date: 1908-04-18
Filing date: 1908-04-18
Publication date: 1909-08-24
Anticipated expiration: 1926-08-24

Description

E. N. GAUDRON.

FILLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APB.1,19os.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909'.

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I "enrTnn sTATEs PATENT oinrro` EDWARD N. G'AUDRON, 0F HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TG JOHN W. C. VAN DER HARST, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

FILLING Specification of Application filed April 18,

lBergen and Stateof New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Filling' Device, ol' which the following is a l'uli, clear, and exact description.

'lhe object ol' the invention is to provide a new and improved iillin` device, more especially designed lor 'lilling bottles and other" receptacles with liquids contained in kegs, barrels, vats, tanks and other storage vessels, and arranged; to automatically stop the filling' operation at the time the bottle is iilled, to'prevent the return ilow of the liquid into the storagevesscl and thus avoid disturbance of any sediment.

The invention consists el' novel l'eatures and parts and combinations oi' the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and-then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment ol' the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming;l a part o1' this specification, in which similar characters ol' reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a. side elevation ol' the improvement as applied, the `storage vessel being shown in section; Fig. 2 is tin-enlarged sectional side elevation ol' the terminal ol' the discharge leg,r ol the siphon, the valve being open; Fig. l is a reduced sectional side elevation ol' the same showing' the valve closed, and Fig. Il is an enlargedV sectional elevation of the suction valve.

The lilling,` device is provided with a siphon A, having its short or suction leg B extending into the barrel, tank or other storage vessel C containing liquid, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The discharge or long leg D ol' the Siphon A. has its terminal inthe l'orm oll a pipe D cxtending into the bottle or other receptacle E, to be illed with the liquid containedin the storage vessel C. The discharge leg D is" provided with a suitable valve suctionbulb F, for starting the siphon by pumping the air out ol' the same. The pipe D is provided near its upper end with a collar G adapted to rest on the mouth ol the receptacle E, so as to support the pipe D', and to bring the lower end thereof the desired distance down into the noch dl' the receptacle E, the collar G being held vadjustable up or down on the DEVICE.

Letters Patent. Patented A110'. 24, 1909. 190B. serial No. 427,796.

ent length. The collar G is provided with an air ,vent G for the escape ol' the air from the 'receptacle E while illing the saine. he upper end of the pipe D is secured to a valve casing H provided with a handle H 'ler con veniently placing-the pipe D into the receptacle E or removing it therefrom. casingr His provided with a transverse partition H2 separating the casing,r 'H into an inlet chamber I and a compressed air chamber J, the said inlet chamber I being lprovided with .'a valve seat I for engagement by a valve K, to open or close the chamber I to the pipe D. The compressed air chamber J is provided With an annular shoulder' J on which is adapted to be seated a piston L mounted to slide in the outer portion oi' the compressed air chamber J, and the said piston L is rigidly connected with the valve K by a stem N, so that the valve K and the piston L move in unison, and when the piston L is seated on the shoulder J then the valve Ii is ofi its seat I', and when the piston L moves outward then the valve Ii moves to its seat I, to disconnect tlie chamber I from the pipe D.

On the outer end of the stem N is secured a handle N under the control of the operator, for pushing.,r the piston L inward against the valve IQwith a view to lill the rcceptaclei, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the partition I-I2 1s formed an vopening H3 leading te a pipe O attached to the partition H2 and extending within the pipe D', the lower end of the pipe O being lush with the lower end of the pipe D. y

In the outer end of the compressed air chamber'J is formed yan airvent P, adapted to be uncovered by the piston L when the latter moves outward, so as to allow the eompressed air to escape by Way of the air vent I, and to allow air to ass into the coinpressed air chamber J wlien lifting the pipe D" out of the receptacle E after the lilling iperation is com leted, so as to drain -any (liquid that may lie in the pipe() back mto the;A eeeptaele' E.

Tlliaff'stem N is provided with a reduced portion N2 adapted to register with the openmgv in the partition H2 at the time the valve K is moved onto its seat I, so that air from the chamber J can pass into forward en d of 'the chamber I and to the pipe D-, to allow pipe D to suit bottleshaving necks ol' ditl'errI`he valve shoulder J whenever it is desired to open the n into the siphon A. 35

chamber I to the pipev D.

of draining the latter of any liquid that may be in it at the time the pipe D is lifted out ol the receptacle E.

In the outer; end of the chamber I is secured a nozzle Q connected with the flexible tube forming the legs D and B of the si phon A, and on the nozzle Q is formed a valve seat Q adapted to be engaged by a ball valve R held in a cage S secured to the nozzle Q' and projecting into the chamber I in the rear of the valve K, as plainly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. This valve R takes the place ol' the valve ordinarily employed in the suction bulb F, and in additlon to its function valve, it serves as a dellector for the liquid entering the nozzle for a purpose,presently described. vWhen the valvesK and It are open shown in Fig. 2, then the liquid llowing through'the nozzle Q into the ehainlwr I is directedl by the ball R to the viali ol' the cl'ianiher I, so that the liquid readily lions over the edge ol' the valve K without any tendency of the flowing liquid to move the valve K into a closed position.

The terminal of the short or suction leg' B of the siphon A is provided with a suction valve T, shown in detail in Fig. 4. The casing 'l" oi' the suction valve Tis provided with a valve seat T2, on which is rmnuited a ball valve T'", the upward moveinei'it ol' which is limited by a stop pin T4. A perl'orated cap T is held on the lower end ol the easing Tf to revent extraneous mattei' from being drawn The 'operation is as follows: lvvhen the sev eral parts are in the position shown in liigs. 1 and 2, and the siphon A is startcd, then the liquid flows from the storage vessel (l by fray of the siphon A into the receiving receptacle E, the valves Til, l and K being open. The liquid at the outflow. ol the pipe D produces a suction in the pipe so that a partial vacuum is Inoduced in the inner end ol' the air chamber J, and consequently the piston L is held to its shoulder J by atn'iospherie pressure against the outer face ol the raid piston L. Thus the valve K is held open against the flow oll the liquid throughl the rising in the receptacle E reaches the lower ends of the pipesl) and U, then the suction in the pipe (J ceases, and the liquid on rising in the pipe 'O compresses the air therein and in the chamber J, so that finally the` compressed air pushes the piston L outward, and in doing so the valve K is moved to its seat I, and consequently the flow ol` the liquid from the chamber I to pipe D ceases. During this movement oi' the piston L and the valve K, air is admitted to the upper ends oi' the pipes D and '0, so that when the operator lii'ts the pipe l out olI the receptacle E, then the liquid contained in the pipes D and O drains back into the receptacle IC. The operator can .new raise the pipo tending with its suction leg into a storage' When the liquid,

D into an empty receptacle E to be filled, and. when this has been done the operator pushes'the handle N inward, so that. the valve K nieves into an open position and the liquid again flows through the siphon into the receptacle toy be filled, and the above described operation is then repeated.

From the 'foregoing it will be seen that the valve K automatically controls the flow ot' the liquid through the siphon into .the receptacle ll, 'and when the latter is `filled to a predetermined point then the valve K automatically closes by the action of the compressed air on the piston L.

The device shown and described is very simple in constructioniand can be convenv iently manipulated to rapidly lill receptacles E from a storage vessel C 'or the like. It is understood that by having the suction valve T, fluttering of the piston L and the valve K prevented, and at the same time the return l'low of the liquid in the suction leg B back into the storage vessel C is prevented, and consequently the sediment contained in the storage vessel C is not liable to be disturbed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as neT and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A lilling device, comprising a siphon-extending with its suctlorn'leg into a storage vessel and with its disclu'n'ge leg into a receptacle to be iilled, a valve in the said siphon ior controlling the I'low oi the liquid tl'irough the siphon from the said storage vessel to the said receptacle, a piston controlling the said valve, an air pressure chamber in the said discharge leg and in which air is compressed by the rising liquid in the said receptacle, the compressed air actuating the said piston ior the latter to move the valve shut, and l'ncans for automatically admitting air to the dis charge leg of the siphon to permit the liquid contained in said leg to drain back into the receptacle at the time it is being removed from the said. receptacle.

A iilling device, comprising a siphon eX- tending With its suction leg into a storage vessel and with its discharge leg into a recep tacle to be iilled, a suction valve in the said suction leg, a valve in the said discharge leg for controlling the llow of theliquid through the siphon, a 'compressed air chamber in the said discharge leg and iii-which the air is compressed by the liquid rising in the said receptacle and in the said air chamber, a piston controllingthe said valve and actuated by the'said compressed air to move` the valve shut,aml means controlled bythe piston for admitting air to the dischargeleg of the siphon to permit the liquid contained in said leg to drain back into the receptacle at the time it is being removed from said receptacle.

A filling device, comprising a siphon exloo extending with its Suction ceases vessel and with its discharge leg int-o a recepr tac-le to be filled, a suctionr valve in the said suction leff, a valve in the said discharge leg for contro lingthe flow of' the liquid through `the siphon, a compressed air chamber in the said ischarge leg and in Which the air 'is compressed by the liquid rising in the said receptacle and in the said air chamber, a piston controlling the said valve and actuated by the said compressed air to move'th'e Valve shut, and a vent for the said air chamber and controlled by the said piston.

4. A filling device, com rising a Siphon extending with its suction e into a storage vessel and with its discharge eg into a receptacle to be filled, a suction valve in the said suction le a valve in the said discharge leg for contro ling the flow of the liquid through, the Siphon, a compressed air chamber in the said discharge leg and in which the air is compressed by the liquid rising in the said receptacle and inthe 'said air chamber, a piston controlling the said valve'and actuated by the said compressed air to move the valve shut; and a vent for the said discharge leg and the said air chamber and controlled by the said piston, to allowv the liquid in the discharge le and air chamber to drain into the receptac e on'lifting the discharge leg out of the rece tacle. y

5. A il ing device,. com rising a siphon e0 into a storage vessel and Withfits discharge lieg into a receptacle to be filled, a suction valve in the said suction le a valve in the said dischargeleg for contro ling the iow of the liquid through the si hon, a compressed air chamber in t e said charge leg and in which the air is compressed by the liquid rising in the said receptacle and inthe said air chamber, a piston controlling the said valve and actuated by the said compressed air to 'move the valve i shut,'and a ball valve in the said dischargea support on the said disc arge leg for suple'g inthe rear of vthe said .piston-controlled valve. f

6; A filling device, comprising a Siphon having its""suction leg arranged for insertion into the storage vessel and its discharge leg adapted to pass into a rece tacle to be filled,"

portlng the latter in the receptacle, a comressed air chamber on the sald discharge eg and having an inlet pipe extending Within the said discharge leg, a piston movable in the said compressed air chamber, a valve forv controlling t e flow ofthe liquid in the said discharge chamber, and a stem connecting the said valve and piston with each other'. y

7 A lling device, comprising -a siphon havin its suctionleg arranged for insertion into the storage vessel and its discharge -leg adapted to pass into a rece tacl'e to-befilled, a support on the said-v disc arge le for supporting the latter ign the recepta'c e, a compressed air chamber on the said discharge leg and having an inletJ pipe extending Within the said discharge leg, a piston movable in the said com ressed air chamber, a valve for controlling t eflow of the liquid in the said discharge chamber, and a stem connecting the said valve and piston with each other,- the said stem passing through a Wall separating the said air chamber andA the interior olf'Y the said discharge leg, the stem having a reduced portion for connecting the air chamber and the interior of the discharge leg with each other, and the said air chamber having .an air vent adapted to be uncovered by the said piston.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 804 .name to this specification in the presence of