US1320420A

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Publication number: US1320420A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-11-04
Anticipated expiration: 1936-11-04

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APPLICATHJN FILED APR. 22. I919- Patented Nov. 4, 1919. 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

J. L. SHAY.

DEVICE, FOR RINSING AND STERILIZING MILK BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED-APR. 22. 1919.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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JAMES L. SHAY, 0F FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

Application filed April 22, 1919. Serial No. 291,917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES L. SHAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the town of F airfield, in the county of Fairiield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Rinsing and Sterilizing Milk-Bottles'; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a bottle rinsing and sterilizing device, and it aims to provide a simply constructed manually operable de vice especially adapted for small dairy and home use.

The invention also resides in an improved immersing cage construction and the mounting therefor, said cage being designed to receive a bottle containing case by which the bottles may readily be removed from the cage subsequent to being sterilized or rinsed.

Further, the invention resides and consists in the structural features and their arrangements and combinations hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a vertical section through the tub with the cage and case or bottle container depicted in elevation and in their inoperative or raised position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the immersing cage;

Fig. 3 is vertical section through the tub, cage and bottle containing case, showing the cage and case in their operative or immersed position;

Figs. 4: and 5 are perspective views of the component sections of the bottle containing case; and

Fig. 6 is a detailed view of one of the bearings in which the ends of the cagesupporting shaft are engaged.

In detail, the device comprises a tub or tank 1 having two opposed bearings 2 fixed to two opposing sides of the tub adjacent their upper edges, a shaft or bar 3 having its ends resting in said bearings so as to be readily lifted therefrom.

n immersing cage 4 is of openwork construction, the top, bottom, back and two sides each comprising a rectangular frame with a filler of slats while the front side is entirely left open for the introduction and removal of the bottle container or case. On the underside or bottom the cage is equipped with two strap bearings 5 and a forwardly extending handle 6, the bearings freely recelving the cage supporting bar or shaft 3 for rotation and sliding thereon and the handle providing a means for imparting such movements to the cage as well as serving the function of a rest by engaging on the upper edge of the tub to support the cage in its elevated position and also inits lower position, as depicted in Figs. 1 and 3.

The bottle container or case consists of a lower main tray or holder 7 and a complemental cover part 8 designed to fit over the tray and thus confine the bottles to their respective tray compartments or cells as defined by the longitudinal and transverse partitions 9. The bottom of the tray and the top of the cover have parallel wires or rods 10 extending thereacross to support and re tain the bottles within the case.

In practice, the bottles are placed in the tray cells and the cover 8 applied, after which the case is inverted and slid into the cage through its open front, and in this connection. it will be noted that the handle is upwardly offset, when disposed as in Fig. 1, to guide the case and thereby facilitate its introduction int-o the cage. It will further be noted that adjacent their abutting edges the case sections have their end walls provided with hand openings 11, in such proximity that the operator passes his thumbs through the upper openings and his fingers through the lower openings in carrying or lifting the case and thereby firmly holds the cover on the tray.

The cage is then swung downwardly into the water which fills the bottles, said cage being free to slide on its supporting bar so that it may be shifted while in the liquid or, in the event, of two liquid compartments the cage may be elevated and then shifted over the partition wall from one compartment to the other. Should two compartments or tubs be employed, it is preferable to have the sterilizing liquid in one and the rinsing liquid in the companion. With a single tub, the bottles are first sterilized in a hot liquid which is later replaced by the rinsing liquid. After the rinsing operation is completed, and the cage is swung outwardly out of the water, the bottles are held thereby in an inverted position for a thorough draining, or the case may be removed and placed on a draining board and a fresh case inserted in the cage.

The structure may be made either from metal or wood, or both as the manufacturer so desires; the openwork cage and case permits the liquid to circulate in and about the bottles and is well balanced so as to be light and easily lowered and raised from the liquid. The cage may readily be dismounted from its supporting bar by simply slipping the latter longitudinally from the strap bearings, so that should one cage be injured or desired otherwise, another cage can expeditiously be substituted.

The complemental cover part 8 may, of course, consist of another ordinary bottle case such as is illustrated at Fig. a, my invention having nothing whatever to do with the elements within which the milk bottles are placed preparatory to the insertion of the bottle containing cases within the cage.

What is claimed is:

1. A bottle cleansing device comprising a. tub having opposing bearings on its inner walls, a bar having its ends resting on the bearings, a cage having slotted, open sides, back, top and bottom and an unobstructed front, means freely mounting the cage on the bar for rotating movement, a handle extending forwardly from the cage and adapted to rest at opposite sides on the upper edge of the tub to support the cage in its lowered and elevated positions, and bottle holding means insertible and removable through the open front of the cage.

2. A bottle cleansing device comprising a tub having opposing hearings on its inner walls, a bar having its ends resting on the bearings, a cage having slotted, open sides, back, top and bottom and an unobstructed front, means freely mounting the cage on the bar for rotating movement, a handle extending forwardly from the cage and adapted to swing with the open front over the supporting bar from one side to the other to engage the opposite side edges of the tub for supporting the cage in either position, and means for holding the bottles in the cage removable through the open front thereof.

8. A bottle cleansing device including a tub, an open work cage mounted therein to swing from a lower immersed position to an elevated and inverted position above the liquid in the tub whereby the contents of the cage may drain, and a cage operating handle adapted to engage the opposite sides of the tub and thereby support the cage in both of its positions.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

JAMES L. SHI LY.

Witnesses:

E. W. SMITH, M. T. LONGDEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.