Improvements in apparatus for filling bottles with liquids / [Thomas Roberts].
- Roberts, Thomas.
- Date:
- 1895
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Improvements in apparatus for filling bottles with liquids / [Thomas Roberts]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![N° 12,101 A.D. 1894 Date of Application, 23rd June, 1894 Complete Specification Left, 23rd Mar., 1895—Accepted, 4th May, 1895 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Apparatus for Filling Bottles with. Liquids. I, Thomas Roberts, of Gibbon Street, Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Patent Medicine Vendor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows : — This invention is designed to provide a suitable appliance for filling bottles with 5 liquids such as castor oil, glycerine, medicinal compounds or other liquids which are not bottled under pressure. 1 construct the appliance with a stand or framing of suitable size and strength to carry the operative parts. This may be of such a height as to stand upon the floor or may be constructed to be mounted upon a bench or table. To the front of the 10 stand I connect a flat slide or sliding piece capable of being moved vertically. This sliding piece is movably connected to the stand by means of bolts, grooves, slots or the like, is counterbalanced by a weight and is connected by a rod, link or the like with a pedal or lever for operating it. To it is attached a table or stand upon which the bottles are placed, this table being provided with a drip tray and 15 waste pipe to collect any of the liquid that may run over or be spilled. On the top of the stand or framing I mount a delivery valve through which the liquid is caused to flow. This valve may be of any suitable form but at present I prefer to construct it with a globular or cylindrical valve chamber with a discharge nozzle in the bottom and a vertically sliding valve the spindle passing up through the top 20 and being raised by a lever or rod. The actuating lever or rod is connected by a connecting rod with the sliding piece which raises the bottle or direct to the pedal or lever. The position of the table upon which the bottle is placed is adjustable to serve for bottles of different sizes and the connection between the sliding piece and the 25 pedal lever may also be movable or adjustable. The valve is connected with the receptacle in which the liquid is contained by means of a pipe or tube provided with a stop cock. This pipe or tube is made with a coil under which a lamp, gas jet or burner is placed to heat heavy oils or liquids in order to facilitate their flow through the valve. 30 When the apparatus is in use or being operated the bottle is placed upon the* table, the pedal is actuated by the foot raising the sliding piece with the bottle until the nozzle of the delivery valve enters the mouth of the bottle. The upward movement of the slide by reason of the connecting rod attached to it opens the valve and allows the liquid to flow7 into the bottle, wdien the bottle is full the pedal 35 is released and the slide and table fall shutting the valve and lowering the bottle which is then removed and replaced by another. The connecting rod w hich connects the valve lever with the slide is preferably so adjusted that the slide has nearly completed its upward movement before the valve is opened to insure the nozzle being in the bottle before the liquid flows and in the ^0 downward movement the valve is first shut so that the bottle may not be removed until the valve is shut. Dated this 22nd day of June 1894. WM. P. THOMPSON & Co., 6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents. [ Price Sd. ]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30739391_0001.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
