US1245952A - Bottle-wrapping machine. - Google Patents

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R. M. NICHOLS, BOTTLE WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLSCATION FILED JAN. 25. 1917 Patented Nov. F, 1917.

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CHARLES F. WAGNER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFOBNI A.

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App1ieation filed I anuary 25,

To all whom it may concern: V

. Be it known that I, ROBERT M. Nrcuors, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State .of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in BottleJVrapping Machines, ofwhi h the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in bottle wrapping machines wheren a pair of arcuate drapers operate in conjunction with bottle feeding and paper,

Wra per feeding mechanisms to rotate the bott e and wrapthe paper wrapper thereon and also themeans for twisting one end of the wrapper around the neck of' the First; to provide an improved bottle wrapping machine;

Second, to provide-tan improved bottle wrapping machine adapted to wrap a cornparati-vely thin tissue paper wrapper around bottles;

Third, to provide improved, means for twisting a comparatively thin paper wrapper around the neck of the bottle; Fourth, to provide improved means-for folding the paper wrapper around and into the hollow bottom ofthe bottle thereby effectively securing the wrapper to the bottle without the use of adhesives or-other sefcuring means; and Fifth, to provide improved means for wrapping the exposed ends of the paper similar parts wrapper closely to the bottle. I accomplish these "the present specification, \vhereinlike characters of reference are used 'to designate throughout the said specification and drawings,'and in whichf Figure 1 is a broken vertical sectional view of them'achine disclosing, in dotted lines, the location of the bottle and paper wrapper;

LFlg. 2 is a transverse sectional view dis closing one inner end of the machine, the

bottle and paper feeding mechanism, the

bottle releasing mecl'ianisms and. the arcuw ate drapers inclosing and wrapping a bottle;

Fig. '3 isa similar vie disclosing one of i the arouate drapers cxtendrd to the bottle the bottle releasing mech feeding mechanism and the n'ianner in which anism 1s simultane- Specification of Letters Patent.

. several objects by jl means of the preferred form of the device disclosed in the drawings forming a part of Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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ously operated to deliver a single bottle to the drapers;

Fig.4. is a broken transverse section of the opposite innerend of the machine and neck of the bottle the rotating yielding members for twisting 66 Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken' on line 5--5 of Fig. .4 in the direction indicated by the arrows, disclosing the rotating yielding members in normal position; I

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but disclosing the members in an operating position;

Fig. 7 is an elevation of the discharge end as of the machine;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on line 88 of Fig. 1 of the drawings in the direction indicated bythe arrows, disclosing the normal position of' the means for folding the end of the wrapper around and into the hollow bottom of the bottle;

Fig. 9 is a View similar to 8 but disclosing the folding parts in an operative position; 7

Fig. 10'is a view of the opposite end of.

.the machine to that shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. 8 disclos ing a portion of the wrapped bottle and the means for twisting or closing the twisted end ofthe wrapper over the head of the bottle; y y Fig. 12 is a s mil ar'view disclosing the same means ejecting the wrapped bottle through the machine;

Fig. 13 is an enlarged sectional View taken on line 13-13 of Fig. 1 in the direction indicated by the arrows. and disclosing the ejecting rod channeled to receive the cables which operate it;

Fig. 14 is .an elevation of a wrapped bottle disclosing the exposed end of the wrapper formed helical to the axis .ofthe bottle whereby said end may be more firmly secured to the side of the'bottle;

Fig. 15 is a detailed view ofthe-driving, mechanism for the "ar cua'te drapers.

Referring to the drawings the numeral l is used to designate a 'suitablejhousmg or frame in the 1" werportion of which is rotatably mounted a drive shaft 2 having a suitable driving sheave 3 secured to one en thereof and a gear 4 meshing with a gear 6.

on a counter-shaft 7. The shaft 2 is also pro- 110.

I ions17 and 18 of the stationary and movable; arcuate drapers'19 and '20, respect1vely,.as

disclosed in Fig. of the drawings.

The drapers 19 and are composed of lower driving rollers 21 and 22 Somewhat larger in diameter than the. pinions 17 and 18, the purpose of which will-hereinafter be more fully described, and supporting roll ed within suitable stationary bearings 26 ers 23 connected by means of connecting links 24. 'The drapers 19 and 20 are mounted upon the driving. rollers 21 and 22 mountwhile the upper roller'23 ofthestationary draper 19 is rotatably mountedwithin suitable bearings 27 secured to the frame 1.

The movabled'raper 20 has its upper roller 23 rotatably mounted within the upper'ends of a pair of a'rms28-secured. to a countershaft 29 having a pair of levers31 carrying a roller 32 to engage a cam 8 on the counter- A bracket 36 carries a slideor base feeding device 37 down whic'hbottle's 3e slide,

or roll by gravity. The feeding ofthe bottles, 38 into the extended draper 20, as disclosed in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is controlled by,

means .of a releasing cam.39 having a con- 'nection 41 to alever .42'having a roller 43-- arranged to be depressed by the lowering of V the arm 28 to operate the releasing cam 39 and thereby release one bottle only to the extended draper 20. p

A roll of wrappin paper 44 is rotatably mounted upon suita le brackets 45 on the frame 1 and the web of paper passes over feeding rollers 46 through upper guides '47, guide rollers 48 and stationary guides 49 and between the upper rollers 23 of both stationary and movable arcuate drapers 19 and 20 which rotate the bottle 38 and thereby feed" said web between thesaid arcuate drapers' 19 and 20 and the bottle 38 thereby wrapping the paper around the said bottle 38.

Both of the feed rollers 46 are slightly 'elastic in order to more effectively engage aed feed the web'of paper and either one of the rollers 46 is provided with a cuttin knife 51 arrangedat anlangle' to the axes o said rollers 46- whereby the ends of. each severed. sheet-of paper delivered to the areaate drapers Wlll lie at an angle'to the sides v of the web and thereby wind or'wrap the.

oneeroller v loose end of the paper around the bottle in the form of a helix thereby causing the paper wrapper to conform more closely to the bodyof the bottle 38.

The rollers 46 being slightly elastic and sli htly smaller than the othenitieevi ent the knife 51 will be slightly impressed into the opposite roller and at a different po nt on the periphery thereof ateach rotation so as not to disintegrate' said opposite roller/i6 aswould be the case were-the knife 51 :to always out in the same'plaoe.

The rollers 46 are geared together by means of gears 52and are driven by means .of an upper s rocket 53 rigidly secured to one ofthe rol rs 46 and'to a sprocket 54,

loosely mounted upon the cam shaft 11, b y means of a. chain 56. The sprocket 54 1s provided with a clutch member 57 adapted 58 feathered'to the counter shaft '11 and tuated by a cam 61 on the shaft 2.

to be engaged by a second clutch member 1 The shaft 2,is further provided with a sprocket 63 having a chain connection 64 to a sprocket 166 on a counter shaft 67 which is also provided with a gear' 68 meshing with a gear 69 of a rotating'head 71 having I teeth 7 2 which mesh with pinions '73 secured to-yielding members 7 pivotally mounted bymeans of the arms 75 0ntoa'sleeve'7 6 secured to the frame 1 and'aroundwhich sleeve w the rotating head is rotatably mounted. v

A second sleeve 77 has s'lidably mounted thereonv a. cone 7&- actuated by a lever 79in turn moved at the proper time by a cam 81 on the drive shaft 2 to move the said-cone :78 inward against the rollers 82 of the arms 83. The arms 83 operateagainst the extensions 84 of the yielding members 7 4 to move said members onto the paper cylinder formed by the wrapping'of the paper web around the bottle 38 as disclosed in Fig. 5 .of the drawings, and the continued rotation of; the bottle 38,'cause d by the'dra pers 19 and 20, together with the pressure of the yielding members 74', twists the paper wrapper around the n ck of the bottle as disclosed'in Fig. 6 o the drawings. 8

This leaves a small-projecting cylinder of paper wrapper extending beyond the head ofvthe bottle and this cylinder is laid or twisteddown onto the head of said bottle by means of the cup 86 attached to the endof a, rod 87 having upper and lowcr grooves 88 and 89 forothe reception of opcrating" and'returning cables91 and 92."

. The operating cable 91 issecured to the 1 v outer end of the rod 87 and after passing throughthelower groove 89 passes. over'a roller 93 and onto a drum 94 loosely mounted upon the counter shaft 67. The drum 94 has a clutch member 95 adapted to be. engaged by a Similar clutchmember 96 ac tuated by a lever 97 'which'isin turn operated by the face cam 98. 1

The cup 86 is operated by the sleeve 77 which is in turn 0 rated by a, lever or arm 101 operating against the face cam 102 on the drive shaft 2. i

anism disclosed in Figs;

The other end of the paper wrapper after being forined or wrapped around the bottle 38 is turnedor folded into the hollow bottom of saidbottle 38 by means of'the mech- 8 and 9 of the drawings, which consists of a pair of levers 103 pivotally mounted upon suitable brackets 10-1 secured to the framel and connected by suitable connecting rods 106 to .a lever 107 fulcrumedtothe frame 1 and having the lower end thereof operated by the facecam, 108. on the cam 61 for operating the' paper feeding meehanism.

he levers are normally positioned as (Ills he" closed in Fig. 8 of the drawings. c "m 108 will,- at the proper moment, move the levers 103 from the position shown in 8 to the position disclosed in Fig. 0 of the drawings,.and fold the end 117 of the now cylinder paper wrapper-over and into a the hollow end of the bottle 38 as disclosed in Fig. 9 of the drawings. In order to move the edge ofthe end 117 of the cylindrical wrapperdireetly toward the axis of the bottle 38, I have'provi'ded what may be termed an auxiliary lever 109 pivotally' mounted upon each lever. 103 and normally held adjacent thereto by means of a T-shaped spring 111 resting on the back of each lever 103 and having the T-end thereof resting upon the auxiliary levers 100' asdisclosed in'Figs.'8 and 9.

By means of this arrangement I have pro-' vided a lever practicallyparallelto the edge of the paper. Wrapper to be turned or; folded agid as this paper is generally of the tissue per variety it must be delicately manipuated to prevent destruction. Vhen thelevels 103 and 109 have moved through a right angle from the," position shown in Fig. vE5 of the drawings, the paper wrapperwil only lie at right angles to the sidesorparal'lel 'to the bottom of the- .bottle 38 but in order tofold the paper into the'hollow-bottom; thele ers 'inust remain in the position shown whilc the levers V 103 move up into said hollow bottom.

This ispermitted' by'the are returning to normal position the slot 112 engages the pin 113- in the end of each levcr10 l-and thereby returns said levers 109 ,tomormal position with a straigl'it edge lying parallel to the side of the-paper to he turned or the hollow bottom-of tl'ie l ot-tle 38..

fA suitahledelivery' slide121 serves to deliver or conveyrthe' wrapped bottles from the machine. f

.. The operation is as follows:

The first step in the cycle is of the counter shaft 7 by means-ofthe drive shaft 2 and the gears pause the". arms 01' levers 'i'hovable arcuate diaper 20'to the end of the zwdiettlr feeding device or'clide 3,7, j The arms .bottle 38 down the slide alining and supporting the T-shaped springs closed in Fig. 0

folded into,

the yielding members 7 4 the rotation 4 and 6 which will 28;,to extendthe. 1

28 will operate the releasing lnechanisi-i'i con sisting ofthe ro'l lerd l on the lever 4:! and the'connection 41 to the releasing cam 30 which will release the first bottle 38 only by moving fromthe position disclosed in Fig. 2 to the position disclosed in Fig. 3 of the drawings, permitting the passage of said 37 and extended draper Z O-an'd into the arenate stationary draper 19.'

The uppe' lower end of the slide 37 thereby etfeeti'vely movable draper 20 when in an extended positioi'n The continued rotation of the (rain will permit the spring 132 to-restore the draper- 20 to its normal or arcnate position thereby operating lIl'CQfljllIlCUOIl. with thestationary arcuate draper 1!) to inclose and rotate the hottle'38; V

The cam 61 will next operate the lever 50 r ends of the axis of the roller "23 of the movableareuate .d'raper 20 are; ex tended so as to rest withinhooks 131 onthe and connect the clutch. 5S feathered to the rotating 'countershaft' ll. w hich is rotating both drapers 19 and 20 and the bottle- &8 inclosed therein, to the clutch 5T ot'wthe sprocket 5f; andthereby operate the paper wrapper feeding meel'nrnism pf wrapping paperinto the guides li gnide rollers 48 andlower guides 45) and then" in between the top rollers-23 of'hoih arcuate drapers 19-and 20.

The rotation o f. the bottle 38 and the drapers 19 and 20'will engage the end of the.-

paper wrapper and cause the same 'to be wrapped or wound around the bottle in a substantially cylindrical form as disclosed in dotted lilies in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

As soon as sulli'eient paper has been fed to the diapers- 1!) and 20 to properlywrap thebottle' 38 the feeding mechanism, out: to the proper length and shape l nife-51 as hereinl'iefore described. The cam 81 now operates the which in turn urinates the. cone to-engage the extensions of the rotating yielding members 74 and move said memhers 'against hr the the end of the cylindrical paper wrapper bottle .38 as disiuljaeept the neck-of the.

of the drawings. The rotation of the tinnous as. long as both inclbse it, operating in will cause that end lever '79 and feed a sheet ram 01 releases the paper the paper having been bottle 38 which drnpcrs and 20 eonplnction with of the paper cylinder to, become twisted around-the neck of the'hottle 38 as disclosedin Figs. 6,11 and 14. of the drawings, leav-.

.ing a smaller cylindrical paper extension of approximately. th diameter of the-head of the bottle extending beyond said head; i

38 by a forw aid movement of the cupu86 This extended cylindrical paper portion modification that may said forward movement being caused by the face 102 of the cam 81 which moves the lever 101 operating the sleeve 77 which moves the cup 86 forward.

Meanwhile operates the lever 107 and causes-the connections 106 to move the levers 103 and 109 to the position disclosed in Fig. 9 of the drawings thereby folding'the opposite end 117 of the cylindrical paper wrapper over and into the hollow bottom of the bottle 38 thusefieetively securing the wrapper to the said bottle.

The face 98 of the cam 81 next operates the lever 97 to move the feathered clutch 96 into engagement with the clutch 95 of the drum 9% thereby winding the cable 91 onto said drum and moving the rod 87 and cup 86 against the head of the'bottle 38 thereby pushing the said bottle through the arcuate drapers 19 and 20, which have been meanwhile slightly released by the cam 8, and into the delivery slide121. The drive rollers 21 and 22 are of a larger diameter than the pinions 14 and18 respectively, so that when the bottle 38 is moved longitudinally from the machine, the saidlarger diameter oft-he rollers 21 and 22 will hold the bottle above the teeth of the pinions 17 and 18 to prevent said teeth from tearing the paper wrapper on the bottle 38 as said bottle is moved longitudinally into the delivery chute 121.

' The above operation is repeated for successive bottles.

It is obvious from the foregoing that'I have provided improved means for 'wrapping bottles with delicate or flimsy paper wrappers in such a manner that the said wrappers will closely conform to said bottles without the use of adhesives or other securing means. l

' The details of construction are" so susceptible-to variation that I do not wish to confine myself to the precise construction shown herein but rather to avail my'sel'f of any fall properly within the scopeof my invention.

torotate .a bottle; nism to feed a bottle at regular intervals to. 55.

Having thus described my invention what I- claim as new and desire to secure by 'Let-. ters Patent is "1. A bottle wrapping machine comprising apair of substantially arcuatedrapers a bottle feeding mechathe drapers; means for connecting one of the drapers with and operatm feeding mechanism; a paper fee ng inechw.

, nism to feed paper between-the drapers. and

the bottle whereby said paper may -be wrapped around said bottle; means fdr cut ting the ends'of the paper wrapper at an angle: .to' the sides thereof whereby-said ends may form a helix when wrapped around the bottle; means for twisting one of the wrapper around the neck of the bottle; and means for folding the face 1080f the cam 61.

.the releasing mechanism feeding as; was;

"thereof; meansthe other end ofthe wrapper around and into the bottom of the bottle whereby said wrapper may be substantiall secured to said bottle.

2. A bott e wrappingimachine comprising a pair of substantially arcuate drapers to rotate a bottle; a bottle feeding mechanism to feed a bottle at regular-intervals to the orapers; means for, connecting one of drapers with and operating the bottle feeding mechanism; a paper feeding mechanism theto feed aper between the diapers and bottleflwle'rebysaid paper maybe wrapped around said bottle; means for cutting the ends of the paper wrapper at an angle to the sides thereof whereby said ends may form -a helix when wrapped around the bottle; means for twisting one end of the wrapper around the neck of the bottle; means for folding the other end of the wrapper around and into the bottom of the bott'lewhereby said wrapper may be substantially secured to said bottle; and means for removing the wrapped bottle from the drapers a'nd'the machine.

3. A bottle wrapping machine comprising a pair of substantially arcuate drapers arranged vto engage and rotate a bottle; a bottle feeding meeha-nisini a bottle 'releas ing mechanism arrangedto release one bot-' tle at a time; means forconnecting'one of the arcuate dra ers with the bottle feeding mechanism an simultaneously operating to' release ab e'ttle onto said dra'per and to return'said draper to a substantially arcuate position; paper mechanism to feed a paper wrapper between the areuate drapers and the bottle whereby the said wrapper may be wrapped around the bottle by the rotation'thereof; means for cutting the ends ofthej'wrap'per at an angle to the sides wherebyI-s'aidends may form a helix when wrappedaround the means for folding the other end of the-wrapper around and into'the bottox'n'of the bet the 4. A bottle wrapping machine comprising ;a pair of substantially arcuate drapers arranged" to engage-and rotate aj bottle;' a

bottle feeding mechanism; a bottle releas ing mechanism arranged to release onebottle at a time; means for connecting one of the arcuate drapers with the bottle feeding 126 mechanism and simultaneously operating the releasing mechan sm to "release abottle onto said d'raper and. to

said ends may form a helix wrapped roturir said draperto a substantially arcuate position; paper.

arcuate drapers and thethe said wra'pper may .-be.'

the bottle feeding, mechanism; means connecting one of the drapers to the bottle around the bottle means for "twisting one end of the Wrapper around the neck of the bottle; means for folding the other end of the wra [)BIDJ'UUIldiUHl into the. bottom of the hott e; an.d means for ejecting the bottle from the areuate drapers.

5. A bottle wrapping machine comprising a pair of substantially arcuate dramrs to inclose and rotate a bottle; a bottle eeding mechanism; a bottle releasing mechanismfon or feeding mechanism and simultaneously operating the releasing mechanism whereby a bottle may be delivered to the draper and for returning the draper'to an areuate position to inclose the bottle with both drapers; paper wrapper feeding mechanism arran ed to out the ends of the Wrapper atan es to the sides thereof and to deliver sai wrap )er between the liuottle and drapers where ysaid Wrapper may be Wrapped around the bottle by the rotation thereof with the ends of the wrapper forming a helix relatively to the axis of the bottle; a

pair of rotating yielding members to engage one end of the wrapper and twist same around the neck of the bottle, said members confer-lining to the shape of said neck; and

means for folding the otherend of the wra per around and into the bottom of the bott e.

6. The combination with a bottle wrap-.

ping n'laehine of a bottle feeding mecha- 1 nisin; a pair of arcuate drapers arranged to inc-lose and rotate a bottle and to wrap a paper wrapper around said bottle when said wrapper is fed between the drapers and the bott e; means for connecting one of the drapers to the bottle feeding mechanism to receive a bottle tl' erefrom and ,to return said draper to an areuateposition to inelose and paper wrapper between the drapers and the bottle.

In witness whereof nature.

ROBERT NICHOLS I hereunto set my sigrotate said bottle; and means for feeding a

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