US1127922A - Rotating bottling-machine. - Google Patents

Description

A. A. PINDSTOFTE.

ROTATING BOTTLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, 1914.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed April 7, 1914. Serial No. 830,120.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDnns Anonnsnn PINDSTOFTE, manufacturer, a subject of the Kingdom of Denmark, residing at Frederiksberg Allee 62, Copenhagen, Denmark, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotating Bottlilig-lliachines or Similar Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in rotating bottlinganachines or similar machines, by which counterweights lift the treated bottle and it against the bottlingmouth piece during the bottling, and the in vention has for its object to construct the means, which lift the counterweights, in such a manner that said counterweights may be lifted to any desired height without complicating said means.

The invention is so characterized that the lifting means is constructed as an inclined continually working lift, which does not rotate with the machine and which consists of one or more endless chains. Said lift receives the counterweights, arriving at the lower part of it, and lifts them in the advancing inclined direction to and upon the horizontal. part of a stationary guide-rail arranged at the rear of the lift, whereupon the counterweights return to working position by sliding along the downward inclined part of said guide-rail.

The counterweights are lifted by supports fixed to said endless chain or chains, which supports have such a shape that they, on reaching the top of the lift, cover the upper chain wheel or wheels of the lift and form a path of constant height, from which the lifted counterweight is deposited upon the horizontal part of the receiving stationary guide-rail in such a manner that shock is prevented.

A constructional form of the invention combined with a bottling-machine is illustrated in the drawing in which Figure 1 shows a part of the machine in side-view and partially in section, and Fig. 2 a horizontal section on line AA Fig. l.

The machine being of a known type rotates around a vertical shaft 1) fixed to a stationary bed-plate a. The bottles are placed upon bottle-supports c, which can slide up and down along guide-rods d and which are pressed toward the bottlingmouth-pieces e by means of counterweights 7, which are lifted when the bottles are to be placed upon or removed from the bottlesupports. The machine is rotated by a screw 7i mounted upon the driving shaft g and engaging a toothed ring 2' fixed to the rotating part of the machine.

The bed-plate a is provided with standa rds 7' and 70 having bearings for two chain wheel-shafts Z and m carrying chain wheels n around which are laid endless chains 0. Further the shaft Z carries a chain wheel 79, which by means of a chain 9 is driven by a chain-wheel 1 fixed to the driving shaft 5 so that the endless chains 0 are driven from said shaft. In the rear of this lift (consisting of the endless chains 0 and the chain wheels at) a stationaryguide-rail or guideplate 8 is arranged, the upper horizontal part of which is in alinement with the surface of supports t carried by the chains, when said supports are in their uppermost position. In continuation of the horizontal part of the guide-rail s is arranged a down ward inclined guide-rail part.

As mentioned the chains 0 carry supports t, which are shaped to correspond with the curvature of the chain-wheels 42 (see Fig. 1).

The device operates as follows: When the counterweights f during the rotation of the machine reach the lower part of the lift, the support 16 nearest below the counterweight in question catches said counterweight and lifts it in the advancing inclined direction to the top of the lift, whereupon the support 25 owing to its curved shape covers the chain-wheels and formsa path of constant height during the further rotation, from which path the lifted counterweight owing to said further rotation is deposited upon the horizontal part of the receiving stationary guide-rail. s in such a manner that shock is prevented, and when leaving this horizontal. part the counterweight returns to working position by sliding down along the inclined part of the guide-rail.

By the improved device the following advantages are obtained: The counterweights may be lifted to any desired height by merely augmenting the height of the lift. This is of great importance in the case of long bottles to the bottom of which the filling tubes should be carried for preventing the formation of foam, or in other cases,

e. g. in the bottling of milk and liquids which foam. The counterweights are lifted without friction and of course the wear is very little. This is due to the fact that the lifting movement takes place in an inclined advancing direction corresponding to the rotation of the machine. The counter-weights are deposited upon the guiderail Without shock as the supports form a path of constant height.

The described and illustrated of course be modified.

Claims:

1. A rotating bottling machine or the like having movable counterweights which when lowered lift the bottles to be treated up to and press them against the treating organ during the treatment, in combination with means for lifting said counterweights for the release of the bottles, which means consist of a continually working stationary lift, consisting of two chain wheels arranged at difierent heights and in different vertical planes, endless chains laid around said chain-wheels and means for moving the ascending part of said chains in a direction corresponding tothe rotation of the machine; substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A rotating bottling machine or the like details may having movable counterweights which when lowered lift the bottles to be treated up to and press them against the treating organ during the treatment, in combination with means for lifting said counterweights for the release of the bottles, which means consist of a continually working stationary lift, consisting of two chain wheels arranged at different heights and in different vertical planes, endless chains laid around said chain wheels, means for moving the ascending part of said chains in a direction corresponding to the rotation of the machine, a stationary guide rail arranged in the rear of the lift and having a horizontal part in alinement with the top of the lift, and supports fixed to the chains for transporting bottles to the top of the lift, said supports being so shaped, that when reaching the top of the lift, they form a path of constant height covering the upper chain wheel and leading directly to the horizontal part of the guide rail; substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I alilx my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ANDERS ANDERSEN PINDSTOFTE. lVitnesses Marcus MoLLnR, EDWARD ELANDE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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