US1162070A - Means or apparatus for cleaning tinned plates. - Google Patents

Description

M. L. JONES.

MEANS 0R APPARATUS FOR CLEANING TINNED PLATES.

' APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I4, 1914.

1 ,162,070. Patnd Nov. 30, 1915.

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MORGAN Lnwis -zroNns, or NEA'rH, WALES, AssrGNon or ONE-THIRD To JOHN` MANGLR` rnLLs AND ONE-THIRD frowILLIAivi nnNar PATcHnLnor LONDON, ENGLAND.

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To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MORGAN Lewis JONES, a subject of the King of England, residing at 12 Green street, Neath, in theV county of Glamorgan, South Vales, have invented certain new and usefulMeans or Apparatus for Cleaning Tinned Plates, of which the' following is a specification.

T his invention relates to the cleaning of the surfaces of tin plates after the tinning operation, and has for its objects to provide means or apparatus whereby such cleaning may be rapidly effected in an automatic manner, without liability of the plates bending or buckling; and so that dust or the like from the granular or pulverulent substance used for cleaning is largely or wholly prevented from access to the atmosphere of the room in which the machine is being operated. 1

I will describe my invention with the aid of the accompanying sheet of explanatoryand more or less diagrammatic-drawings which illustrate, by way of example only, one mode of embodying same, the novel fea tures or characteristics being pointed out in the several claiming clauses concluding this specification.

In said drawings Figure lis a side view, mainly in section, and Fig. 2 a transverse view, of the machine. Fig. 3 illu-strates a set of conveyer rolls or rollers and electromagnet, drawn to an enlarged scale as compared with Figs. l and 2.

a indicates a machine frame or standard and Z) the bed-plate thereof, c represents the lower and CZ the upper portion of a housing or casing supported on said frame a.; and e, f, designate openings or slots arranged in the respective end walls of said housing, through which slots the plates enter and lea-ve the machine.

IIorizontally mounted on said bed-plate b are a plurality of sets of plate conveyer disks, rolls or rollers g, each set of rollers being arranged in parallel disposition between the pole pieces h of an electro-magnet (i Fig. 3 denotes the magnet coil) but we may substitute permanent magnets for said electromagnets. Said conveyer rollers g which extend orzproject beyond the upper faces of said magnet poles h are carried by shafts or spindles y' revolubly mounted in suitable bearings within said housing or casn ing, and the whole of the rollers are simul-V ySpeccaton of LettersrPatent.

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Application led September 14, 1914. Serial No. 861,743,

taneously rotated by any suitable form Yof gearing which is, preferably, arranged at a side of the machine.. As illustrated, said conveyer rollers g are Aarranged in sets of three, but, obviously, the number of rollers ini each set may vary according to the size and output required of the machine.

Between adjacent sets of rollers there are fitted distance or `iioor plates n and below lthe inverted or depending middle roller and magnet sets is Varranged a pocket or trough Z0 for the reception of cleaning substance, as bran, and inV which pocket a revoluble brush roller 0 is disposed.

Z Z denote inclined brushing boards, the lower ends whereof are fitted with felt or other suitable brushing materials Z1.

In use, bran in heaps p p being placed in the compartments m m of the housing, and also in hopper Za, the machine is set in operation, the rollers of the lower sets re-` volving in one direction, and those of the upper sets revolving in the opposite direction. The tinned plates nl to be cleaned von being fed to the machine are conveyed through same by said rollers to which they hold or adhere under the attractive iniiuence of the magnets t'. The upper faces of the plates nl are brushed clear of the cleaning bran of heap p p by the inclined brush boards Z Z, and the under faces are cleaned in passing over hopper or pocket Z1: the bran in which is agitated by the brush roller or rollers 0 revolving therein; the inverted or depending magnet sets assist in the conveyance of the plates when passing over said pocket Z0.

In the example illustrated the plates are horizontally fed to the cleaning machine by means of a rotary agitating device fr anda grid s through which the arms of the feeder pass. Such a device, however, is only employed when the plates are delivered by hand to the cleaning machine from the tin-V ning machine. VVhen the plates are delivered by mechanical means from the tinning machine it is merely necessary to provide conveyer rollers and guides by means of which the plates pass directly into the cleaning machine.

Having now described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A machine for cleaning the surfacesV of tinned plates after the tinning operation,

Comprising a easing having openingsat opposite endsLa plurality lof setsmof plate conveyer rollers in said casing, magnetsbelow the rollers'and havngpole pieces between the rollers of each set and in a plane below the periphery` of Ysaid rollers, said casing having the bottom thereof provided with aV l of tinned plates after the tinning:operation,y

comprising a casing having openings at 0pposite ends, aplnralitypf sets ofy plate conveyer rollers within said easing, magnetic pole pieces in proximity to the rollers of each seta-nd disposed in a horizontal plane below the periphery of said rollers, said Aeasing having a` pocket therein adapted to contain a cleaning material, a revoluble brsh roller in said pocket, brushing board in said casing.

' VIn testimonyv whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. MORGAN LEVIS JONES.

.Witnesses: yC. LUDLoW LIVINGSTON, VVD. DEAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained yforve cents each,vbvyaddressing=the Commissioner of Patents,

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