US474965A - Bottle-filling machine - Google Patents

Description

W. MQMOCORMICK.

BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

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No. 474,965. Patented May 17, 1892.

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W. MGCURMIGK.

BOTTLE FILLINGr MACHINE.

No. 474,965. Pgtented May 17, 1892 Z E jf ZE- .i.- c/ C vu i C t u I Ff d I e/ e I .7L a/ L Q J7 (No Model.)

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W. M. MGCORMIGK. BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

Patented May 17, 1892.

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VILLOUGHBY M. MOOORMIOK, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-FILLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,965, dated May 17, 1892.

Application tiled .T 11119.13, 1891.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLOUGHBY M. Mo- CORMICK, ot Baltimore, Maryland, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Filling Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a t'ull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved bottle-lling machine, the filling-tubes being raised and the bottles inserted thereunder ready for filling. Fig. 2 is an end View ot' the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view on line 3 3, Fig. l, looking downward. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the machine. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating the entrance of the lling-tubes into the bottles previous to the opening of the tube-valves. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the tube-valve opened.

This invention is an improvement in bottle and can filling machines wherein a number of vessels may be simultaneously filled with liquids, &c.; and its objects are to provide means for rapidly filling a number of measuring'tubes or tunnels, each having a dischargeneck at bottom, wherein is a valve, all of which valves can be so adjusted that they will open simultaneously upon the lowering of the tubes and for automaticallylifting them when released, so that the valves will be normally closed, to make each valve independently adjustable, to provide means for regulating the holding capacity of each tube, to

yprovide improved bottle-holding devices, to

so arrange the parts that when properly adjusted the lower ends of the tubes will enter ene necks of the bottles previous to theopening of the valves, and to enable any one or more of the valves to be so adjusted that it will open before the others or not at all.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction of the tubes, the valves and valve-controllin g devices thereof, the supports and operating devices for the tubes, and the bottle-holding devices, all of which will be clearly understood from the following description and claims.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A designates a base or table upon which the ma- Serial No. 396,140. (No model.)

chine is mounted. ct a are four upright rods fixed to the base and connected in pairs by transverse bars B B, which are connected to and support a series ot' parallel longitudinal bars h b. Beneath bars b is a vertically-movable shallow pan C, from the bottom of which depend a series of funnel-shaped tubes D D, the larger upper ends of which are secured to the bottom of the pan around corresponding openings therein, as shown. The tubes D are arranged in regular parallel rows, both transversely and" longitudinally, and in line with the respect-ive bars b b. The lower ends of the tubes pass through perforations in a horizontal vertically-movable stay-plate E, which serves to brace the tubes and hold the lower ends ot the tubes in proper relative positions. Such plate could be replaced by stay rods or wires. The pan C is connected at its corners by arms c to loose sleeves-or collars F on rods a, and the plate E is similarly connected by arms e to the lower ends of sleeves F or collars, which are in turn supported on and upheld by stout coiled springs ff, placed on the rods ci between the lower ends of sleeves F and the base. Other devices orarrangements of springs may be employed to normally uphold the tubes.

To the sides of the pan O are attached upstandingbrackets G G, which rise beside and above bars b b, and are connected at top by a transverse rod c, which is centrally connected by a swinging and pivoted link It to a lever H, one end of which is pivoted to an ear t' on a bar h, and the other end can be depressed by hand or connected to a foot-treadle, so that by depressing lever H the pan C and tubes are depressed, thereby compressing the springs f, which, as soon as the lever is released, will throw the pan, tubes, and lever upward to original position.

To the lower end of each funnel-tube is counected a tubular mouthpiece d, having a cont-racted lower end and a conical valve-seat j in its upper end, in which is normally seated a conical valve .I on the end of 'a stem K, the

L L are coiled springs placed on the valve-v stems .below the bars h and bearing against caps or nuts 7c k, which can be vertically adjusted.

M M are conical bulbs ou the stems below the sprin gs and are preferably connected to the stems by screw-threads, so that they can be adjusted up or down thereon into or out of the tubes, and thus regulate the capacity of the tubes, or rather the amount of liquids,

&c., that can collect in the tubes.

O is a iilling-tube provided with a lcut-off cock by which the iiuids, &c., can be let into pan C, and P is a val'ved overiiow-tube by which the pan can be emptied after the several tubes are filled.

Qdesignates a bottle-holding pan, which can be slid beneath the tubes and in which are placed the bottles or other vessels to be 4filled, so arranged that the necks oi' the bottles will come just beneath the mouthpieces d of the tubes.

q q are strips which are placed transversely of the pan andl between the rows of bottles, so as to properly center them.` The strips are removable and can be of varying thicknesses, so as t-o properly center bottles of different breadths or diameters, as indicated in Fig. 4. Anadjustable stop R maybe fixed to the base, so that the pan will be stopped when the bottles are in proper position beneath the tubes,

said stop being adjustable or movable, so that after filling, the pan may be slid out from beneath the Itubes and another pan introduced thereunder with other bottles for filling.

S S are removable strips, which can be slipped under the tubes and beneath pan Q,

so as to elevate thelatter, or removed so as to lower it, in order to accommodate bottles or vessels of different heights.

In operation, after the bottles or other vessels to be filled are properly arranged in pans i Q, the latter is slid beneath tubes D, as indicated in the drawings. The fluid is then poured into pan C until all the tubes D are illed, and any surplus luid is drawn off through tube P. Then lever H is depressed, thereby lowering pan C and tubes D, and when the lever reaches the position indicated by dotted line 5 in Fig. et the mouthpieces CZ Vof the tubes partly enter the mouths ot the bottles, as shown in Fig. 5; but ,the valves are capes from the tubes.

scent of the valve-stems; but the tubes continue .to descend. Consequently the fluid escapes into the bottles; but it will be seen that no fluid escapes from the tubes untilv the mouthpieces have entered the mouths of the bottles, so that there can be no waste or spilling of iiuid, and it any bottle happens to be out of line the mouthpiece d of the superimposed tube will strike the edge of bottle, and the operator will thus knowit and can adjust the bottle before the Valves are opened, forif any mouthpiece or tube be obstructed in its descent it will hinder the descent of all the others, mand the valves will not unseat until the mouthpieces enter the necks of the bottles if the pans Q are properly adjusted on the supports thereof. By means of bulbs M M the capacity of any or all of the tubes can be varied so that different quantities may be supplied to different bottles at lone loperation of the machine. By adjusting nuts 7s any of the stems can be allowed so much vertical play that its valve will not be unseated even when the tubes are yat their lowest position, by which means I can adapt t-he machine for filling very large or broad vessels by only Iilling through alternate or intermediate tubes, and thus use from one up to the entire number of the tubes and either or yany-of the tubes desired. The tubes, valves, tunnels, pans, ctc., are made of a metal or material which will not be chemically affected by the iiuids or metal coated with a non-corrosive substance. The pans Q have notches or marks Q2 on their sides to indicate the transverse lines in which the bott-les should be arranged in order that their necks will be just benea-th the filling-tubes when the pans Q are properly adjusted beneath thetill'ing-tubes. The pans Q may be moved beneath and from under the illing-tubes by lany suitable means, as by sliding them by hand, or by a reciprocating or traveling table or belt operated by a drum and crank. (Not shown.) l

I-Iaving described my. invention', `what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is

l. The combination of the vertically-moving filling-tube, the valve-stem entering said tube, a stop on the stem above the tube, 4and a fixed arresting device above the tube engaged by said stop, and means for depressing said tube, substantially as described..

y 2. nl a. filling-machine, the combiiacwr g engaging the upper end of the valve-stem not yet unseated. Consequently no liquides- Then the lever is still further depressed, and with it the pan and tubes, until the lever reaches the position in- -fdicated by line 6 in Fig. 4, when the valves will be opened, as indicated in Fig. 6, because g the nuts lr, striking the bars b, stop the deand limiting the downward movement of said valve, so that it will be opened before the tube reaches its lowest posi-tion,- and means for raising and lowering said tube, substantially as specilied.

8. The combination of the vertically-movable pan, the filling-tubes eonnectedthereto Ioo and depending therefrom, and fixed bars above said tubes, the valve-stems playing through said bars and entering the tubes, and the stop-nuts on said stems, and means for depressing said tubes, substantially as specified.

4. The combination of the vertically-niovablelling-tubes, the stationary bars above the same, the valves therein connected to vertically-movable stems playing through openings in said bars, the adjustable nuts on said stems for limiting their downward movement, and means for lowering and raising said tubes simultaneously, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. Thecombination of the upright rods, the horizontal bars supported thereon, the vertically-movable spring-supported pan guided by said rods, and means for depressing said pan, with the filling-tubes' suspended from said pan, the vmouthpieces on the lower ends thereof, the valves therein, the verticallymovable valve-stems playing through said bars, and the nuts for limiting the downward movement of the stems, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the vertically-movable pan, the tilling-tubes connected thereto and suspended therefrom, the fixed b ai's above said tubes, the valve-stems playing through said bars and entering the tubes, and the stoplnuts on said stems, and means for depressing said tubes, the springs for rais# ing the same, and filling and overflow tubes, substantially as specified.

7 The combination of the uprights, the horizontal bars supported thereby, the vertically-movable spring-supported sleeves on said rods, the pan connected to and supported by said sleeves, the filling-tubes suspended from the pan, and the lever and connections for depressing said pan and tubes, with the vertically-movable valve-stems playing through openings in said bars and entering the tubes, the valves on the lower ends of said stems,

- closing said tubes, and the adjustable nuts on the upper ends of said stems for regulating their Vertical movement, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5o my own I afiix my signature in presence of Vitnesses:

N. R. WALKER, J. L. THAYER, Jr.

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