USRE11667E - Bottle-filling apparatus - Google Patents

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.Reissued May 31., 1898..

H. STAUB & G. DUERST. BOTTLE FILLING APPARATUS.

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HENRY STAUB AND CASPER DUERST, OF ALLEGIIEN Y, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THOMAS .MCKENNA, OF

PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-FILLING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 1 1,667, dated May 31, 1898. Original No. 660,070, dated May 12, 1896. Application for reissue illed August 24', 1897. Serial No. 649,410.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY STAUB and CASPER DUERST, of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in l'3ottle-Filling Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing our apparatus in position for bottling from a barrel. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section showing the stopper portion of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the spigot, and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the stopper of Fig. 2.

Our invention relates to the apparatus em ployed for filling bottles with malt liquors, such as beer, ale, &c., from kegs or receptacles, and is designed to provide improved means whereby the froth or foam passing in to the bottles will be forced back into the barrel, so that the bottle will be completely filled with clear liquid. IIeretofore in the bottling of such liquors it has been extremely difiicult to completely fill the bottle with clear liquid on account of the foam and air passing into it with liquid. Our invention overcomes this difficulty; and it consists in a spigot provided with separate channels or passages having connections leading therefrom into the bottle, one .of said connections being arranged to pass the foam and air back through the spigot into the keg or receptacle. I

It also consists 'in the construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter'more fully described, and-set forth in the claims. In the drawings, 2 represents our improved spigot or bung, having formed therein a lower passage-way 4 for the liquor and a separate upper channel 5, through which the froth and air are passed back into the keg or receptacle. These passages or channels extend in opposite directions through a. way-cock 3' in the spigot or hung, the passage 5 terminating at 1,"- -'the topof the way-cock and the passage 4 at its bottom.

j To the upper end of the waycock is secured a flexible tube 6, while to its 50 lower end "is secured a tube 7, these fie rible wardly at a point tubes being connected at their other ends to the ends of tubes 8 and 9, respectively, which are secured in a stopper 10. The tube 9 extends through the stoppcr and is provided with a flexible extension projecting toward the bottom of the bottle 13, in which the stopper is inserted, while the tube 8 opens outjust below the stopper, as shown at 11 in Fig. 2.

In using the apparatus the spigot'is driven into the tapping bung-hole of the keg or barrel, and the stopper being forced into the mouth of a bottle the way-cock 3 is turned and the liquid will flow into the bottle through the tube 7, carrying with'it some froth and air. As the liquid rises in the bottle the foam and air will be driven upwardly through the tube 8, tube 6, and channel 5 back into the keg, solid liquid taking its place in the bottle. The flow of liquid will automatically stop when the bottle is filled, so that there is no danger of an overflow. We preferably provide coactingstops a and 1) upon the waycock and the spigot, so as to regulate the turning of the cock.

The advantages of our invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, since while the pressure is constantly maintained upon the liquid in the bottle the lighter frothy portion and the air will be forced back into the barrel or receptacle, thus allowing the bottle to become completely filled with solid liquid. Many changes may be made in the form and arrangement of the parts without departing from our invention, since What we claim is- I. In bottling apparatus, the combination .with a plug arranged to be driven into the tapping bung-holeof the keg or barrel, and

having separated channels therein which open at the inner' portion of the plug so as to,be below the level of the liquid in the barrel, of a bottle-stopper having similar separate channels therethrough,connections between the corresponding channels in the plug and stopper, and valve mechanism arranged to control the flow of liquid through the bung or plug.

2-. In bottling apparatus, a spigot having separatedpas'sages formed in its body, said passages extending through projecting nozzle portions of the spigot and opening at the inner portion of the same so as to be below thelevel of the liquid in the keg or barrel,- fiexible tubes connected to the nozzles and a bottle-stopperhavingseparate passages therethrough to which the flexible tubes lead.

3. In bottling apparatus, a spigot-plug havin g separate pas sages opening at the inner endof the same so as to be below the level of the liquid in the keg or barrel and connecting with similar passages in a way-cock located in the'plug, a bottle-stopper, and tubes ex tending from the channels of'the way-cock through the stopper. 4 v 4.. In a device of the character described, a spigot having longitudinal air and liquid passages and an exterior shoulder, a turnplug having an air-passage in its top, a liquid: passage in its bottom and provided with a lug to engage the shoulder ofthe spigot, said passages in the plug being separated by a partition, tubes connecting with the air and liquid passages and in combination, a stopper having. a central aperture to receive a pipe having an interior tube, the pipe couveying liquor into the bottle and the interior tube conveying the air from the bottle, the

tubes of the-spigot being connected with the turn-plug having an opening at the lnunicating with the air-passage, and an pipe and tube of the stopper, as and. for the purpose described.

5. In a bottling device, a spigot'having longitudinal ways to convey liquid and air,'a

top comopening in its bottom connecting with the liquid-passage, the openings at the top and bottom being separated, a lug on the 'turnplugto engage the shoulder of the spigot,

tubes connecting with the top, and bottonr our hands this 22d day of July, 1897.

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