US1216705A - Capping apparatus. - Google Patents

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C. J. KRYZANOWSKY.4

CAPP-LNG AFPARATUS.

A APPLICATION EILED JAN8| i915- Pafented Feb'. 20,1917.

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0.1. KRYZANOWSKY.

-CAPP|NG APPARATUS.

Peeeeted Feb. 20,1917.

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. 0.1. KRYZANOWSKY- CAPPING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.8. 1915.

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entre. sanare earner CONSTANT J. KRYZANOWSKY, OF BALTIMORE, IWARYLANDL ASSIGNOR T THE CROWN CORK AND vSEAL COMPANY OF BALTIMORE conronarion or MARYLAND.'

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'p `.To iZZ whomif may concern.'

Be it known that L'CoNsTANT JJKRYZA.-

Nowsiiv, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Baltimore, State of Maryland, havev invented' certain new andius'eful Improve ments in Capping Apparatus, ully described. and represented in the following specification and -the accompanying drawings, orming a partof the saine.

.This invention relates to'improvements in crowning machines, and particularly to a a wall orJ the like;

hand machine for bottles.

yThe objectv of the invention is to provide a simple, economica-l andl reliable hand a-plparatus which may be readily adjusted to operate, on bottles of different sizes.r f The invention consists-.in the features, de

tails of constructionl and combinations of parts which will first be described in connec' `.tion with the accompanying drawings and Fig. Gis a horizontal sectional view on the line 6-6 of'Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view showing the throat of the crown-applying plunger;

Fig. yS is a hdrizontal sectional View on the line S- B of Fig. 4f; Fig. 49 is a. detail sectional View on. the line 9 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 1l is a view similar `toFig. 4', showing'tlie plunger in its lowered position at the moment when a cap has been appliedto a bottle.

Referring to the drawings, l is a foot-A plate,'2 a standard, and 3 a guide-head, these parts being suitably united, as, orexample,

by making them integral. These' three parts applying crowns to milk Figi() is a similar viewon theline l of K CITY,'OF BALLIMORE, MARYLAND, A

carriere APPARATUS.

vconstitute what may be termed the `frame of cated at 3% n The foot-plate l is made broad enough to Serve as a vsuitable base on which the aip-v Specication ef Letters Patent. Patented Febuglll, 19h71 l Appiic'auon 'ined xanjuafys, i915. serial N'o. 1,083.

paratus may stand when it is to be used asa table machine. v

By providing suitable means for. secur` ing theapparatus to a wall,"pill'ar or post, yit

maybe :used as a wall machine. In th'ebest embodiment of the invention, the vsecuring means ycomprises a wall-plate 4 suitably se- ".curedto a wall, pillar or post, as by means of screws, this wall-plate being provided with two forward-projecting lugs 5., 6, ar-

ranged to'lenter slotsi-n the` back of the.

standard?, as shown in Fig. l. The upper. lug 5 :is formed as an.uptu`rned hook,l into the opening yof which may entera pin 7 eX- tending transversely through 4the standard and. acrossthe upper slot thereof. The lower lug has a hole arranged to registerwith a `similar vhole extending transversely throughthes'tandard.- When these holes are in register, a pin 8A may be inserted through them,

thereby :firmly securing the apparatus to the wall-p1ate. The slbts -in the standard have sufficient lenrth verticali to allow the stand? e y ard to be shifted vertically with relation to `.the lugswhen the ,pin 8 is withdrawn. In

this way, thev pin 7 inay'befree'd from the opening in the hooked upper lug 5l andthe machine removed from the wall. rlhefootplate carries a suitable bottle-pad,l` which, Ain

the present esamplegis arranged as follows: The foot-plate is provided with a circular opening, whose axis is in vertical alinement with the axis of the guide-head 3. This opening has its upper edge rabbeted and iny this rabbet is placed a circular metallic disk 9, on top of which is mounted a circular bottle-pad l0 of elastic material, this padprojecting slightly above .the upper surface of the foot-plate. l

The apparatus is provided with. a suitferent diameters. In vthe present example, this` bottle-guide comprises a pair'ot bottle-.

` engaging wings 1l arranged at an angle to' the bottle are advantageously plane surfaceslv l0()4 able bottleLguide adjusted for .bottles of diftangential to the bottle. The wings are carried by a rod 12, whoseaxis slopes upward from yits point of connection with the wings, as shown4 in Fig. 1. The rod is provided with a plurality of pin-holes, one of which is indigated at 1,3, Fig. 1. The standard has an opeii'ingextending from the front toward the rear of the standard andsloping upward toward the rear. This opening is arranged to receive the rod 12. The standard is also provided with a pin-hole extending transversely to the rod 12, through which hole may be inserted a pin 14 arranged to pass through any desired one of the plurality ofholes, such as 13 ,in the rod 12. By withdrawing the pin 14, theA rod 12 may be slid in or out of the standard and, when in its properly adjusted position, the pin '14 may be replaced to hold therod 12-and with it the bottle-guiding wings 11. By the particular inclined arrangement of the rod 12, the wings 11 are not Aonly'moved inward in adjusting the guide to a small-sized bottle, but also are moved downward. In the reverse adjustment of the bottle-guide, to set the machine for operation on large bottles, the

i wings are not only moved outward from the center of the axis of the bottle, but also are lmoved upward. In thisway, .the bottle'- guide engages a bottle always about opposite its center of gravity. This is important, be-Ay cause it avoids the danger of a bottle being tipped at an angle or knocked over in the rapid operation of the apparatus The guiding'head 3 of the frame is provided with a `vertical cylindrical bore, .in which is mounted a vertically movable'main plunger 15. This plunger is formed of a'thick tube, circular incross sectionand having 'a thick wall. rThe tube hasa series 'of-rack teeth cut on-its back,"a`s`ir i dicated zit-16, Fig'. 4.- This rack isarrangedtobe engaged by a pinion l17/,locatedinthe housing a'ixed to a shaft 18.k One end ofthis sha-ft',` enters a circular endprojecting beyond fthe? housing and socket in the end of an operating shaft 19 lournaled in the housing v3eland havino one ',sfquared to receive ani operating lever, herein-l after morefullydescribed. 4 vrThe shaft 19 is `provided-with a longitudinal slot on its peg .riphery, arranged to be engaged by the in- (see Fig. 10) of a coil- .is'pring 21.l This spring is nearly surrounded a mutilated bushing 22, one end of which 55,' of the spring, the hooked portion being indiis tapered to engage the hooked outer end cated at 23. The other'end of the mutilated vsleeve is bent outward. radially, as shown at 24, to enter a notch formed on the inside of thehousing 3a. Thel main operating shaft 19 carries at its inner end a clutch member 25, Figs. 8 and 9, this clutch member having a anged portion provided with internal f'notches arranged to receive the teeth on the pinion 17, these teeth being preferably slightly reduced in length, so'that the pinion appears to be shouldered, as indicated in,v

Fig. 8. The shaft 18 is surrounded bya helical spring 26, which bears at one end against the side of the pinion 17, andat the other end bears against a bushing 2&7 capable of sliding axially in the housing 3a.y It will be obvious that the reaction of the spring 26 tends to push this bushing 27 outward. In order to 4as .a handle, by means of which the shaft 18 may-be rotated.

The operating-clrank, whichengages that part of the shaft 19 extendingl outside the housing, comprises a socket portion 30 arranged to vreceive'. an operating-handle 31, the socket portion being carried on the outer end of an arm 32 which has asquared open` ing to receive the squared outer. end of the shaft 19. `The shaft projects slightly outside the arm :32and vis provided with a peripheral groove, into which mayy be swung one end of a locking-plate 33, fulcrumed on a rivet 34, which is secured in' thel arm 32. The locking-plate 33 has its other end provided with an inward-projecting tooth 35 arranged to be receivedin a depression in the outer face of the arm v32, so that when the plate is swung into the peripheral groove in the end of the shaft 19, th'e' tooth 35 will spring into the depression and thereby prevent the locking-plate from being ac- -cidentally released.- lt' will be ,seen that, by

pulling on the handle 31, the shaft 19may be rotated, this rotation being in a direction to tighten orwind up the spring 21. Furthermore, owing to the clutch connection between tlie shaft 19 and the pinion 17, the pinion also will be rotated and thereby the main plunger 15 willl bevmoved longitudinally. The spring l21 serves to return the operating-handle 31 and its connected parts to the normal position, while at'the same iicy time lifting the main plunger 15'.v By pull- L ing out on the handle 29, theoclutch connection between the piniongand the clutch member 25 will be opened,'while the pinion i remains in engagement with the rack 16 of the main plunger. The plunger may `then be adjusted to its proper vertical position by turning the handle 29. Upon releasing Lthe handle, the spring 26 will close the clutch connection between the pinion 17 and. the clutch member 25, whereupon the apparatus is ready for operation.

The purpose of this adjustment is to enable the mainplunge'r to be brought to the proper position to operate on bottles of dif-- ferent sizes.

' ceive a throat ring 36, `whose interior. is

lf at anytime it becomes 'necessary toy remove the pinion 17, the pin 28 maybe'withdrawn, z whereupon, the bushing 27, the spring and the'pinion 17 may be pulled out.

The main plunger is provided at the lower, end with a head 15a arranged to reconed and of'suitable dimensions forapplying a determined size of crown.' To the under surface of the plungen-hea'd 1,5l is at-j` tached a crown-supporting vdevice 37, having a hole through which the necky of the crowned bottle may pass, and recessed to receiqe and hold an unapplied crown iny a po. sitioii above this hole. The crown-supporting device is provided with a chute-plate' 37a and .has a lateral opening-so related to the channel in the chute-plate that a crown placed in such` channelA may be p iished` into w the interior of the crown-supportingdevice, where it will befheld in the recess therein above the hole, as shown in Fig.- 5.A It -is 'important-for the purposes of this invention that the crown-supporting device be detachl ably secured to the' plunger.'l While yany suitable means may be employed for this purpose, the best einbodiment'of the invention comprises fa securing means consisting of a plurality of pins 38 projecting upward from the crown-supportingdevice, through holes in the flanged' edge 39 of the plungerhead. Thepins are provided with. outwardfacing notches, as indicated in Fig. 7, and

I the plunger-head isprovided 'with fa ring i'otatableon its axis and arranged to enter these notches, so 'as to lock the pins against withdrawal downward. The locking-ring indicated at 40 (Figs. 6 and 7) has its infterior diameter enlarged at one point, as in-'. dicated at 40 (Fig. 6), and at the opposite f side is cut away, as indicated at.40"1(Fig. 6).

TWhen the opening 40b is in line with one of the pins 38, the enlargement 40a ofvtlie ring is in linewith the `other,pin,.so that these pins may move upward at the time the crown-supporting device is being pushed into place. By then sliding the lockingring angularly aboutits center, it will pass into the notches of the pins and thus ildj them against withdrawal. i

`The main plunger 15 carries an' auxiliaryl plunger or presser-foot 41, lhaving a flared head to Acooperate with the corresponding '-.throat ring 36. The constructionjs such 55 that diiiferent 'sizes of p reSser-eetmay be used for different sizes of crowns. Each presser-foot has a cylindrical guide portion arranged to fitin the cylindrical bore'of the main plunger 15, this cylindrical portion be ing slotted to receive the end of a pawllever 42 fulcrumed. to the presser-'foot by means of a pin 43 vextending transverselyV through the pressenfoot ,and through a hole in the end of the pawl-lever. The upper end of the pawl-lever extendsv through a ratchet-bar will be turned a new wearing surface.

inclined, portion sloping upward and outward and terminating ata flat top prtion. In orderthatthe yoke 44 may be'readily removed and replaced; it is inserted in acy- Ilindrical opening. in the plunger' 15 and has l its, sides provided with grooves arranged to be engaged by'the .ends of pins 45 secured in the plunger. The front end of the yoke is slotted for the reception of a' tool, suoli as 'a screw-driver, whereby the yoke ma'y be ro.

tated to free-it from the ends of thel pins'45, afterwhicli lit may be withdrawn from the plunger. i The pawl-lever has'a forward-extending pawl 42', `whose under face is formed to engage the. above-mentioned flat poi-tion of the ,slot in4 al cylindrical yoke 44, which has an `v yoke, as, for example, by flattening such under-face, whereby the pawl-lever andv presser-foot are limited in their mov-'ement 1 downward. Just beneath the yoke-engaging portion of thepawl is an inclined face ar- .ranged to engage and ride along the sloping vthrough this slot the pawl of the' pawl-lever extends so as to engage at the proper `time a round rack-bar 48, which isv mounted intfwo llugs 49, 50, carried'by the vguide-head. The round rack-bar has two holes 51,Y 52,' in' this case at right'angles to each other. A. pin 53 4 may be inserted in either hole. The purpose yofhaving two holesis to allow`the rack-bar to be shifted longitudinally in such a way that in one positionl the rack-teeth would be displaced vertically about half a tooth `with.

relation to the condition when the rack-bar Iisin the other position. Furthermorethe 4 and thus give lrllhe operation of the device is as follows; The bottle to be capped-is placed-upon the bottle-pad 10 and pushed back as far asvpossible into the angular space between theH guide-wings 1l.' By' a proper adjustment of the guide-wings, the bottle will. have its -axis in linewith the axis ofthe plunger. -A crown is placedupon the chute-plate 37u and, by pushing 'it with another crown, is forced into the recess in the crown-supporting device, 37, where-1t is heldin the position shown in Fig. 5. Atthis time, thel presser-foot has its lower face above the lower edge of the throat-ring, being held in this position because its pawl, 'pressed out- 'ward by the spring 46, is hookedover the edge of the yoke.- The weight, howev'eigof vthe presser-foot and pawllevercauses the I 17 to lift the plunger.

inclined faces of the pawl and yoke toengage andthereby hold the pawl outof engagement with' the rack-bar. If, now, the handle 3 1 be pulled toward the operator, the shaft 19 will be rotated and the spring 21 coiled. Also, owing to the clutch connection between the clutch-member 25 and the pinion 17, thispinion will 'be rotated and by itsv engagement with the rack-at the back of the plunger will drive the plunger.- downward. During this downward movement, the crown will first be brought in contact with the top surface of the bottle-mouth, whereupon, ,by

crown in close Contact withr the bottle.,

Thereafter, the further downward movement of the plunger ycauses the taperedy throat-ring toen'gage the outward-extendingskirt of the crown and gradually force the same downward and inward toward the bottle, whereby the crown is locked under the rim laround the jmouth of the' bottle. Uponl releasing the handle the coiled spring reacts to lift the handle and rotate the pinion During the initial movement of the plunger in lifting, the pawl stays in contact with the ratchet-ban-thus maintaining the presser-foot in contact with the crown and holding the bottleiirmly to its base-pad, while the throat-ring is moving upward to clear the capped bottle. When the plunger has raised suiiciently to bring the incl-ined portion of the yoke in contact i with the'corresponding incline of the pawl,

the continued lifting of the plunger forces to release the pins, whereupon the crown-supthe pawl-member angularly about its pivotal point, so as to drive the pawl fromits contact with the ratchet-bar, whereupon, as the 'plunger cpntinues to rise, the pawl .hooks onto the yoke and is lifted with the plunger,

thereby lifting thepresser-foot away from the capped bottle. I

In order to enable the machine to' be used for capping vbottles of diffe-rent sizes employing different sizes of crowns, it is necessary that the crown-supporting device, the

.throat-ring and the presser-footY may with correspondingv devices adapted for.

other sizes of crowns. In order to make this change, the lockmg-rlng may be rotated porting device may be drawn' downward and the throat-ring allowed to drop from the plunger head. Theupper end of the pawllever may be pushed inward tov release it from the yoke, whereupon the presser-foot,

pawl-lever and attached spring will drop down and may-be removed. By withdrawing the` fulcrumed pinv of the pawl-lever, the presser-foot will be yreleased from the pawl-lever, whereupon another. presser-foot may be substituted. Thereupon, the presserfoot is pushed upward, the 'corresponding substitute throat-ring inserted in the plunger-head, and the corresponding crown-supporting device applied to the bottom of the plunger-throat and lockedV by the lockingring. The guide-device may be suitablyadjusted, as hereinbefore explained, whereupon itis onlynecessary to adjust the stroke of the machine, by pulling out onI the handle 29 to release the clutch, rotating the handle to bring the plunger to the proper position and then releasing the handle.

It will be noted that all of the parts are readilyA accessible and that the machine can be dismantled and reassembled by unskilled labor and without the use of special tools. By removing the bottle pad and the crown- 4supporting device, the' plunger may be entirely withdrawn from the guide-head through the opening in the base-plate of the machine.

lVhat is claimed is 1. In a bottle-capping machine, theI combination, with a 'capping plunger, and means for reciprocating said plunger,- of a presserfoot arranged to engage a crown to retain it on a bottle, a ratchet-bar, and-a pawl-lever connected to the presserfoot and having a pawl arranged to engage the ratchet-bar.

2. In a bottle-capping machine, the combination with a capping-plunger, and means for reciprocating said plunger, of a presserfoot arranged to engage a crown to retain it'on a bottle, a ratchet-bar, a pawl-lever connected to the presser-foot and having a pawl arranged to engage the ratchet-bar, and a springnormally tending to press the pawl. toward'the ratchet-bar.

3. Ina bottle-capping machine, the 'combination withl a vcapping-plunger and means for reciprocating the plunger, of a presserfoot arranged to engaoe a crown to retain it on a bottle, a ratchet-bar, a pawl-lever connected to the presser-foot and provided with a pawl arranged to engage the ratchet-bar, an abutment device movable with the plunger and arranged to move the pawl away from the ratchet-bar, and a spring arranged to press the pawl toward the ratchet-bar.

4. In a capping machine, the combination, with ahollow plunger having an opening, and means for reciprocating said plunger, of a presser-foot arranged'to engage a crown to retain it on a bottle, a ratchet-bar tion, with a` hollow `outside the plunger, anda p'awl-lever within 'to the plunger,` of a guide device carried by said plunger, a presser-foot arranged to en-y i `the ratchet-bar.,

gage a crown to retain it on ay bottle, and a- `pawl-lever within the -plunger and connect- -ed to said presser-foot, said pawl-lever being guided by said guide device, saidpawl-lever having a pawl extending Vthrough th-eopeni ingin the plunger and arranged to engage v6.v ,In a capping machina-the combination, with a hollow plunger having an opening, a yoke forming a guide deviceinserted means 'tendirig topresslsaid pawl toward the 4ratchet-bar.

transverselyin the plunger below, the opening and having an inclined surface, means. for reciprocating the plunger,.and a ratchetbar outside of and stationary relative to the plunger, of a presser-foot mounted in and. movable 'within ,the plunger, said-presserfootbeing arranged'to engage acrown and 'retain it lon a bottle, a pawl-lever connected t0 the presser-.foot and passing through ,the

yoke, said pwl-lever having a pawl extending through the openingin the 'plunger to 'enga-ge the ratchet-bar and havii'ig an inclined surface coacting withfthe inclined surface of lthel yoke' device, and vyielding 7. In a bottle capping machine, the com b'inationfwith apap-applying means including a die, of a bottle support, means for effect'ing a relative movement between .the applying means. and the support to apply a crown, a presser-foot arranged to engage the crown to hold it on thebottle,vand means for holdingl the presser-foot against the? c crown until the die'is clear of thecrow'n. 'y

8. In a bottle-capping machina-thel combination with a capping plunger, and means for reciprocating saidplunger, of a presserfoot arranged'to engagea crown to retain it on a bottle, and means for locking the presser-foot against the'crown vduring a portion of the upward movement of tlie'plunger.

9.*In abottle-capping machine, the coin-v bination, with a capping plunger, and means for reciprocating saidV plunger, of a presserfoot arranged to engage a crown to retain it on a bottle, and positivelyI acting means for holding the presser-footA against the crown during the upward movement ofthe plunger. 10. In a capping machine, the combination with a plunger having a head, a throatring inserti'ole in said head, a presser-foot insertible within'the plunger and having av plunger having an opci'idevice to the head.

and azhousing, lguiding head ydetachable portion removable with 'the throat-ring, and a crown-supporting device `detachably connectedto the headI and ar ranged to 'holdthe tliroat-ring inv place. 1,1.,In a capping machine, the combination, with a plunger having ahead `proy vided with holes, and a. throat ring insertible within the plunger-head, of a crownsupportingdevice arranged to retain the throat-ring 'inv place and provided with notched .pins extending through the holes inthe plunger head, and a rotatable locking ring carried by the head and arranged to engage vthe notches inthe v12. In av capping machine, the combination, withn a'jplunger, having4 a hea'd provided with a flange and with holes, and a *ring located 5 around 'the head `alcove the flange andfarrangedftoengage the notches inthe pins to'lock'the crown-supperting.

13, In a capping'machine, the combination, .withla plunger, having a hea-d, means for lreciprocating saidplunger, .a-.`presser pins tolock'the crown-supporting device to the4 head.

foot` withinthe plunger, 'and -mealns inde'- pendent ofitherplunger for holding the presser-foot against a crown during theuplward,movement of theplunger-yof a ,crown- Ysupporting-device;liaviiig a recess arranged to receivea crown, an open chutel leading to said recess, and means for detachably se- 14. In a capping'machine, the'` combination, with aplunger, having a rack, apinion arranged to be shifted axially'into and out of engagement with the rack, an operan operating lever arranged to actuate said shaft, a pinion mounted in the housing and havinga'shaft one end of which isjouriialed in the main operating shaft, a bushing ar-4 ranged to be' insertedv in the housing in which bushing the other end of the pinion shaft is ]ournaled,iand means for securing.

said bush-ingin place. Y f

"'16," In a capping machine, the-combination, with a standard having a guiding head, and a housing, of a plunger movable in the curing said crown-supporting ldevice to' the plunger-head.

guiding head and having a" rack, a main y operating shaft rotatably mounted in the housing and provided with'a clutch n iember,v

an operating lever arranged to actuate said shaft, a spring tending to maintain the operating` lever in a predetermined position, a pinion mounted in the housing and having a shaft one end of which is journaled in the main operating` shaft, a bushing arranged toy be inserted in the housing in which bushing the other end of the `pinion shaft is journaled, and means for securing said bushing in place. v

17. ln a capping machine, the combination, with an inclined guide-Way, of a bottle guide having a stem arranged to move insaid inclined guideway, a pair of Wings secured to said stem and having bottle engab for securing the stem at any desired position in the 'gii'idewayl g vlnaief/o5 18. ln a capping machine, the combination, with a standard having an inclined guide'ivay,

and a plunger movable in the standard, of a bottle guide having Wings arranged to contact with a bottle Wh'oseaxis is in line with the plunger, said guide desired position relatively to the standard.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence' 'of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

CONSTANT J. KRYZANOVVSKY.l

v Witnesses:

MAX MUELLER, EL W. SAITHE.

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