US1276898A - Bottle-washing machine. - Google Patents

Description

R. L. GALLUP W. G. WACHS.

BUTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

Arrucmon mw ocr. 2l. 19u.

1,276,898. hmm Aug. 2, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHUI' 2- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROCKWELL L. GALLUP AND WALTER G. WACHS- OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO BARRYNEHMILLER MACHINERY COMPANY. OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORA- TIONI 0F MISSOURI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 27, 191.8.

Original application flied January 2, 1915, Serial No. 131. Divided and this application filed October 27,

1'0 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that'we, RocKwnLL L. GAL- LUP and ramen G. W nous, citizens of the United States, both residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have jointly invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Bottle-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specitication.

This invention relates to a bottle washing machine and 'more particularly to bottle handling mechanism associated therewith, the presentapplication being a division of our application Serial No. 131 tiled January 2, 1915 for improvements in bottle washing machines.

The object of the present invention is the provision of means to receive the bottles from a conveyer in which they are supported in inverted position and to deliver` them to another conveyer in upright position resting upon their bottoms.

`urther objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent as it is better understood by reference to the following specification when readin connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment thereof in which- Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view through a machine embodying our invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view -of a portion of the y machine;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail in section illustratin the mechanism for receiving and deposited bottles in the machine;

Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating an other position of the parts, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating a slightly modified form cf the mechanism for receiving and depositing bottles in the machine.

Referring to the drawing 1 indicates a suitable frame adapted to support the mechanism. The frame is provided at its center with an upwardly extending portion 2 of pyramidal or other suitable form. ()ne end of a shaft 3 is mounted in a bearing i at the upper end of the extension 2. The shaft 3 is adapted to be driven from any sultable source of power. A sprocket 5 on the shaft 3 is connected by a chain 6 or other suitable driving mechanism with a sprocket 7 on a Athe arrow in Fig. 2.

Serial No. 198,753.

shaft 8 (Fig. 1). The shaft 8 is provided with a worm meshing with a worm gear 1() secured to a vertical cam shaft 11. The shaft 11 is journaled in suitable bearings 12 in the frame 1 and is provided with a plurality of cam tracks 3G, 37, 38, 39 and l0 which cooperate with suitable mechanism presently to be described for operating the various parts of the mechanism as the shaft 11 is rotated.

Secured to the lower end of the cam shaft 11 is a mutilated gear 13 which engages a mutilated gear 14 secured to a vertical shaft 15 suitably journaled in the frame l. The gear 13 is provided with teeth on one half only of its circumference the remaining portion of the circumference bein finished to the pitch circle of the gear. he gear 14 is provided on each half of its circumference with a number of teeth equal to the number of teeth on the gear 13, but between each set of teeth a space is allowed in which the blank portion of the gear 13 is adapted to slide during one half of a revolution thereof until the teeth thereon again engage the teeth of the gear 14. It will be understood that we have provided means whereby upon a=half revolution of the shaft 11 and its gear 13 the gear 14 and the shaft 15 are rotated through one-half of a revolution, after which the gear 14 and the shaft 15 remain idle while the gear 13 completes'its revolution. Upon rengagement of `the teeth of the gear 13 with the teeth of the gear 14, the gear 14 is driven through another half revolution which is followed by anotherl idle period. IVe have 'thus provided for intermittent rotation of the shaft 15 from the constantly rotating shaft 11.

Upon the upper end of the shaft 15 a sprocket 16 is secured and a similar sprocket 17 is mounted on a stub shaft 18 journaled in suitable bearings at theother end of the machine. A chain conveyor 19. provided with a. plurality of members 20 forming pockets each adapted to contain a single bottle, is disposed about the sprockets 16 and 17 and adapted to be driven by the sprocket 1G in the direction indicated hy g The conveyor 19 is provided at intervals with anti-friction rollers Q1 which run on suitable tracks on the frame 1 of the machine. Rollers 21 are Q handfgat any suit-able distant pointl and adapted". merely to deliver bottles to the also provided to engage with tracks 22 bct\\'een the sprockets 16 and I7 tu hold the chain conveyer 1i* and the members 2() in proper aline-ment.

.The pockets 2() comprise a hack plate 23 and side plates 24 integral therewith or secured thereto, the back plates being secured'in any suitable manner to the chain conveyer 19. Plates 25 of wood or other suitable material adapted to prevent breakage of the bottles, are secured to the plates 23. Beneath the members 20 and extending nearly or wholly` around the machine is a suitable shelf 26 carried by the fraaie 1 and adapted to support the bottles as they are moved through the machine by the chain conveyer 19 and the members 20.

The bottles are delivered to the machine from a. 'bottle carrier 27 traveling in tracks 28 and carrying bottle holders 29. This carrieris of sullicient width to carry a luralityof bottles, for example nine, in a inenienttransversely of the machine and may 'be the. carrier of a bottle washing apparatus disclosed in Patent No. 1,161,468 ranted on November 23,1915 to Rockwell J. Gallup,

or the'A carrier may be one which 'is fed by present-A machine.

Upbn'b'rackets 30 secured to the frame 1 a shieldl is mounted which is adapted to prev bottles from falling from the hold- V' shaft 32 is mounted in the brackets he pluralit of. bell-crank levers 33fa'fhavxng weighte 'I ends 34 are loosel mounted on the slia'ft32. The op osite en s of th'e` bell-crank levers 33 are is to engage the bottoms of the bottles as they are delivered to the machine and are provided with pads 35 of rubber or other suitable material.

The bottle-receiving mechanism consists of a. shelf 41 comprising a pair of longitudinal members 42 (Figs..3 and 4) and transverse members 43 secured thereto and adapted to receive and center the bottles and to prevent sidewise movement thereof. The shelf 41 is pivotally mounted through links 44 on extensions 45 of the brackets 30. The brackets 30'are provided with slots 46 and the shelf 41 is provided at either end adjacent its inner side. with rollers 47 rotatably mounted thereon and adapted to move in the slots 46. Links 48 connect the inner side of the shelf 41- with levers 49 (Fig. 1) secured to a shaft 50 journaled in the fra-mel. A lever 49' is secured to the shaft 50 and provided wit-h a roller 51 which eoperates with the ca'm slot 38. whereby, as the shafty 1l is rotated. the link 4S will be iffiprocated and will move the shelf 41 from the position indicated in Fig. I? of: the dran im; to the porsition indicated in 4. Thr bottles or. the shelf 41 are thereby dispos/ffl on the swf .chain conveyor 1 9 engage the rod 5 4 and levers 56 secured to the shaft. 55 are connected by links 56 to levers 57, secured to a shaft 58 journaled in the frame 1. A lever 57 is secured to the shaft 58 and is provided with a roller 59 cooperating with the'cam-slot 36. Itwill be understood that as the shaft 11 is rotated the plungers 52 will be= operated to force the bottles in the bottle holders 29 forwardly upon the shelf 41.A The-bll-crank levers 33 enygage the bottomsfof the bottles as-they are oroe d from the bottle'holders 'and lprevent overthrow .tlfiereof .lv. yer 29 is advanced intermittently lbien suitable mechanism and the canin slots 36v 1nd 38 are timed to operate'the-plung 2f when the shelf 41., is in prperf l f 'ti bottles and whenfallowo fbg is disposed in frontabf the plun 52 in position to deliver thebottle'sto theshelf 41.

As has been rpreviously] exp ined the intermitteitl moved forw rdly a distan equal one-halfthe 'circumference v o lt 16 at.each completejrevoluton stantl movinglshaftll and'tliesprocket 16 and t e chain conveyer 19 remainiidle during one-half of a revolution of the shaft 11 following each forward movement. The gears 13 and 14 are timed with respect to the ca m slots 36 and 38 so that when a row of bottles is disposed by the' carrier 27 in position for delivery to the machine the plungers 52 will first be operated to force the bottles onto the shaft- 41,. tlieshelf 41 will be moved into'position shown' in Fig. 5 to deposit the bottles in pockets 20 and the chain conveyer 19 will then be advanced to remove the bottles. The circumference of the sprocket 16 is such that a half revolution thereof will move the chain conveyer 19 a distance sutlicient to carry the row of bottles beyond the shelf 41 and to `dispose a new set of empty pockets in positionto receive the next row of bottles, as indicated in Fig. 2. The 0 ration of this portion of the machine is t. en repeated. The bottles will be moved by the intermittent actuation of the eonveyer 19 along the shelf 26 until they are disposed on tht` side of the machine opposits the bottle receiving side where they are suhjgw-ted to hot-i le brushing operation.

TheI mechanism tor brushingr the bottles at 62 on a bracket 63 secured to the frame' of the machine. As the bottles are deliv ered their bottom edges rest on the shelf 26, each bottle being disposed in one of the pockets 20. A link 64 connects the end of the lever 61 to a suitable4 cam operating mechanism not shown to swing the lever 61 about its pivot at suitable intervals moving the shelf to vertical position to right the bottles on the shelf 26.

It will be understood that various changes may be made in the form roportions and arrangements of the parts wlthout departing from the `spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its material advantages the forms hereinbefore described being merely preferred embodiments thereof.

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a support, a shelf adapted to receive a plurality of bottles in reclining position, links pivotally connecting one side of said shelf to said sup ort, the other side of said shelf being slidiibly mounted in said support, whereby the shelf may be moved from horizontal to vertical position, und means for moving said shelf to vertical position to right thebottles disposed thereon.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a support, a shelf adapted to receive a plurality of bottles in reclining position, including means to prevent lateral displacement of the bottles, links pivotally connecting one side of said shelf to said support, slotted guides in said support, the other side of said shelf havin means slidably mounted in said slotte guides. whereby 'the shelf may be moved from horizontal to vertical position, and means for moving) said shelf to vertical position to rightlthe ottles disposed thereon.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combi-nation of a bottle carrier adapted to support a plurality of bottles, a shelf in juxtaposition therewith and adapted to receive the bottles therefrom, automatic means for forcing the bottles from said carrier onto said shelf, wei hted levers adapted to contact with the en s of the` bottles to prevent overthrovv thereof as they are forced from said carrier, a bottle conveyer, and automatic means for actuating said shelf to dispose the bottles in upright position in said conveyer.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a support, a shelf ada ted to receive a plurality of bottles in reclm ing position, links pivotally connecting one side of said shelf to said support, the other side of said shelf being slidably mounted in said support, a vertical shaft, a conveyer having a plurality of pockets and movable in a horizontal plane about said shaft and means operativel connected to said shaft and to the slida ly mounted side of said shelf to cause the latter to deliver the bottles therefrom to said pockets.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a support, a shelf movably mounted upon the support to receive a plurality of bottles in horizontal position and having one edge constrained to move in a vertical plane -While the shelf bodily tilts, and means for operating said shelf to deliver the bottles therefrom. 4

6. In a machine of the character described the combination 'of a bottle conveyer comprisin a fixed shelf and a chain= movable therea out and havin a plurality of pockets vertically disposed aove the shelf, a movable shelf horizontally disposed above the fixed shelf and at the side thereof opposite said pockets, said movable shelf being adapted to receive a plurality of bottles in horizontal 'position and having its inner ed e constrained to move in a vertical plane wh1 e the sheIfbdily tilts, and means for operating said shelf to deliver the bottles therefrom into upright position in said conve`er.

7. In a machlne of the character descri d, the combination of a bottle conveyer comprisin a fixed shelf and a chain movable therea out and having a plurality of pockets verticali disposed above the shelf, a movable she f horizontally disposed above the fixed shelf and at the side thereof o posite said pockets, the edge of said movab e shelf adjacent said conveyer being constrained to move in a vertical plane while the shelf bodily tilts, a carrier adapted to support a plurality of bottles, and located adjacent said movable shelf on the side thereof op A site the conveyer, e'ector means arrangedptb deliver the bottlesv om said carrier in horizontal position on said movable shelf, and means for o rating said shelf to deliver bottles there rom into said conveyer.

ROCKWELL L. GALLUP. WALTER G. WACHS.

llVitnesses:

WM. O. BELT, M. A. Kmom.

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