US1235429A - Bottle-stoppering machine. - Google Patents

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H. NI. BROWN. BOTTLE STOPPERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5| |915.

1235429. Patented July 31, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 1915.

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H M BROWN BOTTLE STOPPERINGMACHINE? APPLICATION FILED MAY5,1915.

5 album? HARRY IVI. BROWN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SPRING STOPPER COM- IPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

BOTTLE-STOPPERING- MACHINE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that'I, HARRY M. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements' in Bottle-Stoppering Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to machines for applying seals, or stoppers, to bottles; and the primary object is to provide a machine of large capacity, operating in an improved manner, and capable of performing its work with certainty and with practically no danger of breakage to the bottles.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view of a machine constructed in accordance with the invention, the section being taken as indicated at line 1 of Fig. 3; Fig. 2, a vertical section taken as indicated at line 2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a plan section taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a plan view of one of the neck-clamping devices employed; Fig. 5, a front elevational view of the same; Fig. 6, a sectional view taken as indicated at line 6 of Fig. 4; Fig. 7, an enlarged broken vertical sectional view taken in a plane which intercepts the high portion of the stationary cam which operates the annularly arranged stoppering tools and clamp-closing plungers carried by the rotary head employed; Fig. 8, a broken View showing a portion of the conical surface of the rotary head mentioned, and one of the inclined stoppering tools reciprocably mounted thereon; Fig. 9, an enlarged broken sectional view of one of the stoppering tools. illustrating the manner in which the stopper is forced into the mouth of the bottle; Fig. 10, a sectional view of the fixed cam which actuates the annularly moving stoppering tools and clamp-closing plungers, the section being taken as indicated at line 10 of Fig. 11; Fig. 11, a bottom view of the cam mentioned; .'Fig. 12, a broken elevational view showing a portion of the rotary head mentioned and two of the stopper-guides carried by said rotary head and the relation of these parts to the stationary stopperchute; Fig.A 13,v abroken sectionalview, taken as indicated at line 13 of Fig. 12;

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented J u1y 31, 1917.

Application led May 5, 1915. Serial No. 25,906.

Fig. 14, a plan vieu7 of a stationary cam employed for actuating the tiltable bottleholders, which are mounted on a ring carried by the rotary head mentioned; and Fig. 15, an elevational View of the cam shown in Fig". 14.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, which is illustrated, A represents a hollow frame, or housing, upon Which is iiXedly mounted a central vertical shaft, or standard, A1, to which is fiixedly. attached a stationary plunger-actuating cam A2; A3, a stationary bottle-support. actuating cam ixedly mounted on posts 2 carried by the upper portion of the frame A; B, a'rotary head for which the lower portion'of the shaft A1 serves as a journal and which is supported on the frame A, through the Inedium of an anti-friction bearing l; B1, an annular series of bottle-holders carried by a ring B2 which is fixedly secured to the periphery of the base-portion of the rotary head B, the ring B2 carrying, also, a series of guards 3, which alternate with the bottlesupports B1 and which serve to prevent bottles from being fed into the machine, except when a holder is in proper position to receive the bottle; B3, an annular series of neck-clamps mounted on the lower portion of the rotary head B; B1, an annular series of inclined stoppering tools reciprocable in inclined guides, with which the rotary head B is equipped; B5, a series of inclined clamp-actuating plungers carried by the head B and associated with the stoppering tools B1; B6, an annular series of stopperguides, or chute-sections, fiXedly secured to` the peripheral portion of the rotary head B and adapted to successively receive Stoppers from a stationary stopper-chute; B1, a shield, or cover, mounted to rotate with the head B; C, mechanism mounted in the frame A and serving to actuate the rotary head B, said mechanism being driven by a motor C1 electrically connected with a controller C2 carried by the fixed shaft A1; D, stopperselecting and feeding mechanism equipped with a fixed stopper-chute D1, with the lower end of which the stopper-guides B", carried by the rotary head B, successively register, the mechanism D beingl mounted on the frame-member D2 fixedly secured to the shaft or standard A1; D3 a rotary stoppera charge of Stoppers into the hopper of the mechanism l); E., mechanism for delivering and discharging the bottles El; and F, a segmental guard, or` cam, carried by the lined stopper-chute D1 and serving to insure the proper engagement of the bottle-neck with the neck-clamp before the bottle reaches j or under which the cam-rollers at the upper ends of the plungers B and B5 ride. The downwardly tapering conical surface 5 is provided with an insert-piece 5a which aiiords a high point 5b adapted to depress the stoppering'plungers in succession, and a high point 5c adapted to depress the clampactuating plungers in succession. ln the inner surface of the flange 1 is provided a cam-groove 42 adapted to retract the plungers Bi after the stoppering operation.

VThe rotary head B is preferably of the frusto-conical form illustrated, being provided, however, above the anti-friction bearing 1 with a vertical surface 6, to which the ring B2 is xedly secured in any suitable manner. As illustrated in Fig.' 1, the head B is rotated through the medium of a pinion' 7 carried by a vertical shaft 8, forming a part of the mechanism C, the pinion 7 meshing with a gear 9, with which the lower portion of the head B is equipped.

Each bottle-holder B1 comprises (Fig. 7) an arm 10 mounted on a pivot 11 carried by the ring B2; a yoke 12 adapted to engage the side of the bottle; and a spring-supported dislnor seat, 18, adapted to serve as a yielding bearing for the lower end of the bottle. The bottle-holders Bl successively assume a vertical position in passing the rear portion of the bottlefeeding andv discharging mechanism E, and are tilted to an inclined position and sustained 1n such j position by the cam A3 to enable the stopper to be applied. This will be understood from Figs. 14E and 15, which show the cam A2 provided with the curved low cam-surface lil, which permits the bottle-holder to assume a vertical position in passing the rear end of the mechanism E, and a high beveled cani-surfacel 15, which is reduced and suitably curvedat its ends to coa-lesce with the surface 1a, as indicated at the points 16 and 16a.

Each neck-clamp B2 comprises an anglenaeafiae block 17 having an outwardly and upwardly-inclined hangs, which is provided with a slot, or recess, 172, adapted to accommodate the bottle-neck; a pair of main jaws, or levers, 18, mounted on the block 17 by means of pivots 18a; and a pair of auxiliary clamping jaws 19 connected by pivots 19a with the main jaws 18. The auxiliary jaws 19 have their clamping portions in the form of segments, suitably shaped to accommodate the head portion of the bottle-neck. The auxiliary jaws are yieldingly held in position by springs 19b carried by the main jaws 18. rlhe main jaws are' equipped with rearwardly-extending arms 18b carrying studs connected by a spring 20, said spring serving to hold the jaws normally open. The upper portions of adjacent sides of the arm 18b are beveled, and the pointed lower end of the jaw-closing plunger B5 is adapted to worlr between the arms 18"` and close the jaws. The main jaws are held positively in the closed position during the stoppering operation. rlhe auxiliary jaws 19 are self-adjusting, to en able them to engage the bottle-neck prop` A21 equipped at its upper end with a main canrroller 21a which actuates the plunger during the working stroke, and equipped also with a laterally-projecting cam-roller 211 which works in the cam-groove 42 of the cam A2, and serves to retract the plunger 21 and maintain it in the elevated position until the high portion of the cani is again encountered; a spring-projected plunger 22 mounted for reciprocation in the plunger, or shank, 21, and backed by a strong spring 222; a too-l member 22b tixedly secured in the lower end of the plunger 22; a plunger 23 reciprocably mounted in the plunger 22 and backed by a lighter spring 282; and a tool-member 28b backed by the plunger 23 and reciprocable with relation to the tool-member 221.

rlhe details of construction of the stop pering tool are unimportant, and have been given merely to facilitate an understanding of the stoppering operation. Each plunger, or tool-holder, 21, is reciprocably mounted in a correspondingly inclined guide 2e, with which the conical surface of the rota-ry member B is provided. Each plunger 21 is equipped with a key, or feather, 25, which moves in a vertical slot 26 opening from guide 24 to the conical face of the rotary member B. f

Each clamp-actuating plunger B5 works in a suitable guide back of the corresponding stoppering tool B?, and is equipped at its upper end with a cam-roller 27, which works on the cam-face 5 and 5b of the cam A2 The rotary head B has an annular recess 28 (Fig. 7 bounded on its upper side by an undercut wall 28a. The neck-clamps B3 are detachably mounted on an inclined surface 28b below the recess 28, the neck-clamps being suitably spaced with relation to the undercut surface 28a.

The rotary head also has a vertical surface 29 (Figs. 12 and 13) which lies above the space 28, and is provided with vertical grooves 30 for the inserted stopper-guides B6. The stopper-guides are secured in position by metal straps 31 which enter corresponding horizontal slots 32 in the member B6, and the vertical surface 29 of the rotary member B. Each member BG-has a vertical upper portion 33 and an inwardly and downwardly inclined portion 33a, which is accommodated by the annular recess 28 of the head B. Each member B6 has a stopper passage 34, which is provided with a wid'- ened mouth or upper end, and turned inwardly at its lower end, where it terminates in a perforate socket 35, through which the stopper may be forced by the stoppering tool, and thus carried into the mouth of the bottle. The rotary member B is equipped above the ledge, which provides the Vertical surface 29, with a series of cams 36 adapted to actuate a stopper-escapement, and with a series of cams, or stopper-supports, 37, upon which the stopper 38 can drop when it passes the escapement shown in Fig. 12. One of the cams 36 and one of the cams 37 is dis- ,posed slightly in advanceof each guide or guide 43 disposed back of the chute D1. The lower end of the rack 42 is equipped with a cam-roller 44 adapted to be periodically elevated by the cams 36, as they pass in succession beneath the cam-roller.`

The shield B7, which rotates with the head B, comprises a lower frnsto-conical section 45 and an upper section 46, which freely incloses the stationary cam A2. The section 45 is carried at its lower edge on the portion of the rotary head B which carries the stopper-guides Bs. The top member 46 has secured thereto a pinion 47 which is journaled on the vertical shaft A1. The pinion 47 meshes with pinions 48 and 49 secured to the ber D2.

lower ends of small vertical shafts 48a and 49, which are journaled in the frame-mem- The shaft 48a serves to actuate the device D3, and the shaft 49a serves to actuate the stopper-selecting mechanism D.

The actuating mechanism C of the machine comprises a pinion 50 mounted on the motor-shaft, meshing with a gear 51 secured to a shaft 52, and a counter-shaft 53 connected by spur-gears to the shaft 52, and by beveled gears to the vertical shaft 8. Electric conductors 54 extend up from the motor through the shaft, or standard A1 and connect with the electric controller C2, which, it will be understood, is not shown in Fig. 2.

The stopper-selecting and feeding mechanism D comprises a hopper 55, which is provided with a sloping bottom, and which is iixedly mounted on the frame-member D2; a vertical disk 56 disposed adjacent the inner wall of the hopper and mounted on a tubular horizontal shaft 57 journaled in the frame-member D2; and a shaft 58 actuated by the shaft 49a and on which the tubular shaft 57 is frictionally mounted, the tubular shaft 57 being equipped with a hand-wheel 59, by means of which the disk 56 may be rotated manually, if desired. The outer marginal portion of the disk 5 6 is equipped with permanent magnets 60, which serve to elevate the Stoppers 38 to the upper orifice 61 of the stopper-chute D1, which opens into the upper portion of the hopper, in proper position to receive the selected stoppers. It will be understood that the magnets attract the metal parts of the Stoppers, and thus elevate the Stoppers to the discharge orifice 61, which constitutes the inlet orifice of the stopper-chute D1.

One end of the shaft 58 extends into the hopper and is supported by a spider, having arms 62. v

The device D3 comprises a disk, orspider, 63, j ournaled on the upper endvof the standard A1; and a series of annularly arranged receptacles 64 carried by the member 63 and provided with spring-closed bottoms 64a adapted to be dropped, or `thrown open,as each receptacle passes slowly over the upper end of a chute 65 which communicates with the upper end of the hopper 455. rI`he bottoms 64 are depressed by means of cams 66, carried by the chute 65 and adapted to engage cam-l-ugs 66 with which the bottoms j 64 are equipped back of their pivots. The

member' 63 is equipped at its lower side with an annular gear 67, which meshes with a pinion secured on the upper end of a vertical shaft 68, which is actuated by a horizontal shaft 69 equipped with a worm-gear 70, which meshes with a Worm 71, with which the upper end of the shaft 48".l is equipped. Thus. the receptacle-carrying member 63 is given a very slow movement of rotation, so

as to cause a fresh charge o f Stoppers to be llO introduced into the hopper 55 at proper intervals.

The bottle-feeding mechanism E may be of any suitable construction. The mechanism shown is adapted to receive bottles `from a bottle-filling machine, deliver them to the annularly moving bottle-holders B1, and finally to receive the stoppered bottles from said holders and discharge them from the machine. The mechanism E comprises a frame 72 carried by a post 73 supported on a bracket 74; an inlet passage, or run- `ivay 75 equipped with an endless conveyer 75a; an outlet passage, or run-Way, 76, equipped With a similar conveyer belt (not shown); drums 75" and 7Gb mounted on a shaft 77 and equipped with actuating pulleys 75C and 76, respectively; a shaft 7S mounted in brackets 79 and equipped With pulleys connected by a cross belt 8O and a straight belt 81 with the pulleys 75 and 76, respectively; and a belt 82 serving to actuate the shaft 78, the belt 82 being actuated by a pulley 83 mounted on the vertical shaft 8 ot the driving mechanism C. The device E is shown equipped With the conveyer tighteners 8l.

rEhe run-Way 75 has its outer side extended to afford a segmental bottle-guide or guard S5, affording a guide for the outer sides of the bottles as they are carried by the holders B1 toward the guard ll". The outer side ot the run-Way 76de extended and curved to forni a guard 86 adapted to guide the bottles to the outgoing runvvay T6. lllhe inner side of the run-Way 76 is extended and curved, as indicated at Si", to provide a guide-member adapted to engage the inner sides of the bottles and guide them into the outgoing run-Way TG.

The operation may be stated briefly:

The bottleand tool-carrying head B rotates continuously, being actuated by the shaft 8 ot the driving mechanism C. The bottle-delivering and discharging mechanism E also operates continuously, which is also true of the stopper-selecting and feeding mechanism D. As each bottle-holder B1 passes the rear end of the ingoing bottle run-way 75, it receives a bottle, and as the bottle is carried toward the stopper-chute D1, the bottle-holder B1 is tilted to an inclined position by the stationary cam A3 and maintained in the inclined position until after the stoppering operation. The neck-portion of the bottle passes beneath the cam, or guard, F, ivliichthus insures the neck being entered in the corresponding neck-clamp B3. When the corresponding stopper guide and support B passes beneath the stopper chute D1, it receives a stopper 88, the stopper escapement being` actuated in time by the corresponding cam 36, the stopper dropping upon the cani 37 (Fig. 12) and hnally rolling into the guide B6, where it is supported by Lasne-ae the inclined perforate socket 35. At the proper moment the corresponding stopper tool B4 and the clamp-actuating plunger B5 are depressed by the stationary cam A2, the neck-clamp being closed and held locked While the stoppering operation is performed. At about the time the bottle reaches the guide 86 of the outgoing run-Way 76, the holder B1 rides down on to the low portion of the cam A3, so that the holder Will occupy a vertical position While passing the rear end of the bottle-feeding and discharging mechanism E. The stoppered bottles are engaged by the guide-member 87 of thev outgoing bottle run-Way 76, which thus causes the bottle to slide from the bottle support into the outgoing run-Way.

rlhe device D3 rotates slowly, but continw ously, and intermittently discharges a fresh supply of Stoppers from the receptacles 6a through the chute 65 into the hopper 55 of the mechanism D.

rthe improved machine is durable, certain in its operation, possesses large capacity, and is of a character to prevent breakage of the bottles.

rl`he foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness ot' understanding only, and no unnecessary limitation should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible, in view of the prior art.

l/V hat l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters ?atent, is:

l. ln a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head equipped with an annular series of tiltable bottleholding devices, inclined stoppering tools reciprocably mounted on said head, and a cam for actuating said stoppering tools.

2. ln a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head equipped with a series of inclined neck-clamps, a series of upwardly and inwardly inclined stoppering tools reciprocably mounted on said head above the neck-clamps, a series of tiltable clamp-actuating plungers associated therevvith, and a stationary cam-device serving to actuate said stoppering tools and clamp-actuating plungers.

3. ln a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head equipped with a series of inclined stoppering tools, means for actuating said stoppering'tools as they move in an orbital path, a series of tiltably mounted bottle-holders carried by said rotary head, and means for tilting the bottle-holders during their orbital movenient. i

il. ln a machine of the character set forth,

the combination of a rotary head equipped- With a series of inclined stoppering tools, a series or neck-clamps mounted on said rotary head, a series et tiltably mounted bottlc-holders carried by saidv rotary head, and

means for tilting the bottle-holders during their orbital movement.

5. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head equipped with a series of inclined stoppering tools, a series of neck-clamps mounted on said rotary head, a series of tiltably mounted bottle-holders carried by said rotary head, means for tilting the bottle-supports during their orbital movement, and a curved guard beneath which the upper portions of the bottles pass whereby they are tilted to the inclined position.

6. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head equipped with a series of reciprocably mounted inclinedA stoppering tools, a series of stopperguiding and supporting devices having inwardly and downwardly-inclined perforate stopper-sockets, means for delivering stoppers to said stopper-guiding and supporting devices, bottle-supporting means associated with each stoppering tool and carried by said rotary head, and means for actuating the stoppering tools during their orbital movement.

7. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head equipped with a series of reciprocably mounted upwardly and inwardly inclined stoppering tools and a series of reciprocably mounted inclined clamp-actuating plungers disposed at the lower side of said stoppering tools, neck-clamping devices mounted on said rotary head, and a stationary cam device engaging the upper ends of said stoppering tools and said plungers and serving to actuatethe stoppering tools and clamp-actuating plungers.

- 8. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a vertical standard, a rotary head through which said standard rises, a series of upwardly and inwardly inclined stoppering tools reciprocably mounted on said head, bottle-holding devices mounted on said head, and a stationary cam carried wholly by said standard above and serving to actuate said stoppering tools.

9. In a machine of the character set forth, the combinationl of a frame equipped with an upwardly-extending fixed shaft, a rotary head through which said shaft extends, a series of reciprocably mounted upwardly and inwardly inclined stoppering tools carried by said head, a series of upwardly and inwardly inclined clamp-actuating plungers carried by said head, a fixed cam-device carried by said shaft and disposed above and serving to actuate said stoppering toolsl and clamp-actuating plungers, and bottleholding devices mounted on the lower portion of said rotary head.

10. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a frame equipped with van upwardly-extending fixed shaft, a

rotary head through which said shaft extends equipped with a series of inclined stoppering tools, a cam-device xedly mounted on said shaft and disposed above the stoppering tools, and tiltable bottle-holding devices mounted on the lower portion of said rotary head.

11; In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head equipped with a series of inclined reciprocable stoppering tools, means for actuating said stoppering tools during their orbital movement, stopper-holding means associated with the stoppering tools, a series of pivotally mounted bottle-holders carried by said rotary head, and a stationary cam serving to swing the bottle-holders to an inclined position during their orbital movement.

l2. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head, a stationary shaft extending upwardly therethrough, a stopper-selecting and feeding device mounted on and carried wholly by said shaft and disposed above said rotary head and equipped with a stopper-chute, a series of reciprocably mounted upwardlyV and inwardly inclined stoppering tools carried by the said head, cam-means carried by said shaft and serving to actuate the stoppering tools during their orbital movement, a series of stopper-guides and holders carried by said head and associated with the stoppering tools, and a series of bottle-holders carried by said rotary head.

13. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head equipped with a series of inclined stoppering tools and a series of clamp-actuating plungers disposed at the lower sides of the stoppering tools, a series of neck-clamps mounted on the rotary head, each having a pair of main jaws adapted to be actuated by said plungers, and a pairof self-centering auxiliary jaws mounted on the main jaws, va stationary cam-device serving to actuate the stoppering tools and clamp-actuating plungers, a series of tiltably mounted bottleholders carried by said rotary head, and means for tilting said bottle-holders during the orbital movement thereof.

ythe stoppering tools and clamp-actuating plungers, a series of stopper-guides carried by said head and having inwardly and downvio Wardly inclined perforate stopper-sockets through Which the stoppering tools Work, a series of tiltably mounted bottle-holders cai'- ried by said rotary head, and means for tilting said bottle-holders during the orbital movement thereon.

l5. ln a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head equipped with a series of inclined stoppering tools, means for actuating said stoppering tools during their orbital movement, a series of tiltably-mounted bottle-holders carried by said rotary head, lmeans for tilting said bottle-holders to an inclined position as they are carried to the stoppering position, a bottle-feeding device provided with an ingoing bottle run-Way, and means for moving the bottles therethrough, and bottle-guards carried by said rotary head and alternating with said bottle-holders.

1G. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head, a series of inclined stoppering tools mounted thereon, means for actuating said stoppering tools during their orbital movement, bottle-feeding mechanism provided with an ingoing bottle run-Way, a series of tiltably mounted bottle-holders carried by said rotary head, and means for tilting the bottleholders and maintaining them in an inclined position until they pass the stoppering position and then dropping the bottle-holders and maintaining them substantially in an upright position until they pass said bottle run-way.

l 17. ln a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head equipped with a series of inclined stoppering tools, a stationary cam serving to actu-ate said stoppering tools during their orbital movement, a series of tiltably mounted bottle-holders carried by said rotary head, bottleffeeding mechanism having an ingoing bottle run-Way and an outgoing bottle runway equipped With means for moving bottles therethrough, and a cam serving to tilt the bottle-holders to an inclined position, to maintain them in the inclined position until they pass the stoppering position, return them to an upright position and maintain them in the upright position until they pass the bottle-feeding mechanism.

4 18.1n a machine of the character set forth, the. combination of a rotary head equipped with a series of inclined stoppering tools, means for actuating said sto-ppering tools during their orbital movement, a series of tiltably-mounted bottleholders carried by said rotary head and which occupy substantially a vertical position While passing a bottle-receiving point, and means for feeding bottles to the holders While in the vertical position.

19. ln a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head, a

nantaise series of inclined stcppering tools carried thereby, means for actuating said stoppering tools, a series of tiltable bottle-supports carried by the rotary head which are open at their outer sides and equipped With spring-supported members on which the lower ends of the bottles may rest, and 'means for tilting the bottle-supports to an inclined position as they are carried to the stoppering position.

20. ln a machine of the character set forth, the combination of stopper-applying mechanism, stopper-selecting and feeding mechanism, including a hopper, and poweractuated stopper-charging mechanism equipped with a series of receptacles adapted to be brought successively in position and discharge their contents into the hopper of the stopper-selecting and feeding mechanism.

2l. ln a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head, stoppering tools reciprocably mounted thereon, a stationary shaft extending through said rotary head, a cam mounted on said shaft and serving to actuate the stoppering tools, a series of bottle-supporting devices carried by the rotary head, stopper-selecting and feeding mechanism carried by said shaft, and stopper-charging mechanism carried by said shaft and actuated through the medium/ of said rotary head. i

22. ln a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head equipped with a series of inclined stoppering tools reciprocably mounted thereon, means for actuating said stoppering tools, a series of detachably mounted neck-clamps carried by the rotary head, a series of tiltably mounted bottle-holders'carried by the rotary head, and means for tilting the bottle-holders to an inclined position as they are carried to the stoppering position.

23. ln a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a rotary head, a series of stoppering tools reciprocably mounted thereon, means for actuating said stoppering tools, a series of stopper-guiding and supporting devices carried by the rotary head, stopper-selecting and feeding ,mechanism equipped with a stopper-chute with which said stopper-guiding and supporting devices are successively brought into registration, a series of cams carried by the rotary head, a stopper escapement asso.- ciated with the stopper-chute and periodically actuated by said cams, and a series of stopper-supporting cams carried by said rotary head and arranged in advance of the stopper-guiding and supporting devices with which they respectively correspond.

24. ln a Vmachine of the character set forth, the combination with a stopper-chute equipped with an escapement device, of a rotary head equipped with a series of stopper-guiding and supporting devices, and equipped in advance of each of said stopper-guiding and supporting devices with an escapement actuating cam, a series of stoppering tools mounted on the rotary head, actuating means therefor, and a series of bottle-holding devices mounted on said rotary head.

25. In a machine of the character sett forth, the combination of a conical rotary head, provided with a peripheral recess, a series of neck-clamps mounted on the head and disposed at the lower side of said recess, a series of inclined stoppering tools mounted on the head and extending into said recess, a series of stopper-guiding devices carried by said head and equipped with perforate stopper-sockets disposed in said recess above the neck-clamps, means for actuating the stoppering tools, and a series of bottle-holders mounted on the rotary head.

26. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a conical rotary head, provided with a peripheral recess, a series of neck-clamps mounted on the head and disposed at the lower side of said recess, a series of inclined stoppering tools mounted on the head and extending into said recess,a series of stopper-guiding devices carried by said head and equipped with perforate stopper-sockets disposed in said recess above the neck-clamps, means for actuating the stoppering tools, a series of tiltably mounted bottle-holders connected with the rotary head below said neck-clamps, and means for controlling the swinging movements of said bottle-holders during their orbital movement.

27. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a conical rotary head provided with a peripheral recess, a series of neck-clamps mounted on said head at the lower side of said recess, a series of inclined reciprocable stoppering tools carried by said head and having their operative ends disposed at said recess, a series of inclined clamp-actuating plungers disposed at the lower sides of said stopperingftools and having their operative ends disposed at said recess, a stationary cam-device serving to actuate the stoppering tools and clamp-actuating plungers, a series of stopper-guiding and supporting devices having perforate sockets disposed in said recess, a series of tiltably mounted bottle-holders connected with the rotary head below the neck-clamps, and a cam Controlling the swinging movements of said bottle-holders during their orbital movement.

28. In a machine of the character Set forth, the combination of a rotary `head equipped with a series of inclined reciprocable tool-holders, a stationary cam provided with a cam surface adapted to successively depress the tool-holders and equipped with a cam groove adapted to retract the tool-holders, stoppering tools carried by said tool-holders, bottle-supporting devices carried by the rotary head, and means for delivering Stoppers to the paths of the stoppering tools.

29. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a housing and a stationary standard rising therefrom, a rotary head mounted on the upper end of said housing and through which said standard extends; a stationary cam carried by said housing and encircling the base-portion of the rotary head, a series of tilt/ably mounted bottle-holders carried by the rotary head and controlled by said cam, a series of inclined stoppering tools reciprocably mounted on the head, and a stationary cam carried by said standard and serving to actuate said stoppering tools.

30. In a machine of the character set forth, the combination of a housing, driving mechanism mounted therein, a rotary head mounted on said housing and equipped with a series of tiltahly mounted bottle-supports, a cam carried by said housing and controlling the swinging movements of said bottle-supports, bottle-feeding and discharging mechanism geared to said driving mechanism, a series of inclined stoppering tools reciprocably mounted on said head, a fixed shaft rising from said housing, and a stationary cam carried by said shaft and serving to actuate the stoppering tools.

HARRY M. BROWN.

In presence of- CLAYTON F. MCKENLY, MARA B. MARTIN.

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