US1420714A - Bottle cleaner - Google Patents

Description

E. A. LEE.

some CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 4920. RENEWED NOV- 19, 192i.

1,420,714. Patented June 27, 1922.

lNVENTOR ATEORNEY umrso stares EDWARD A. LEE, or HAILEYB R on'rajeio, cannon,

BOTTLE CLEANER,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 3, 1920, Serial No; 362,992. Renewed November 19, 1921. Serial No. 516,51

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ED ARD A. LEE, a subject of the King of England, residing at Haileybury, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Bottle Cleaner, of which the following is aspecification. p

This invention is a bottle cleaner and has for its principal object the production, of a device which may readily be inserted within a bottle and then may be actuated to cause the cleaning bars carried thereby to engage the bottle as the cleaner and the bars willmove over the inner surface of the bottle and clean the same.

One practical form of construction and assembly of the present invention will be hereinafter described and is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the'bottle cleaner illustrating in dotted lines the manner in which the same is used.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the bottle cleaner, taken at right angles to Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of a portion of the device illustrating the manner in which the sleeve is mounted upon the rod.

In the preferred embodiment of the pres ent invention about to be described, it will be seen that 5 indicates thesupporting rod which has an eye 6 at its outer end, thus allowing the rod to be carried upon a suitable supporting element, such for instance as a nail when the bottle cleaner is not in use. This rod 5 is provided with'a plurality of teeth 7 formed thereon, as illustrated specifically in Figure 3. The rod is provided with eyes 8 at its opposite end, as shown in Figure 1.

The sleeve 9 is movably mounted upon the rod 5 as shown in Figure 3. This sleeve 9 has a central bore 10 through which the rod 5 extends and it will also be noted that the sleeve is provided with an enlarged internal pocket 11. The resilient pawl 12 is fixedly secured as shown at 13 to the interior of the sleeve 9 within the pocket 11. The shifting button 14: has a stem 15 provided with a head 16.- The stem 15 extends through the slot 17 in the sleeve, whereby the button may be easily moved toward either end of the sleeve 9. Under normal conditions the button is in the position indicated in dotted Pat nte J 27, 1922.

lines in Figure 3, thus allowing the sleeve 7 to be freely moved along the rod 5. When however, the. button is moved to the -posi= tron indicated in full lines; in Figure 3, it will force the free end of the-resilient pawl 12 into engagementwiththeteeth 7 of the rod 5, thus holding the sleeve against accie dentalshifting in one direction. i

The strands 18 are fixed to the sleeve 9 in any suitable manner and extend contiguous to the rod 5. The links 19 are'pivotally con nectedtogether, as indicated at 20 and the links 19 are also pivotally mounted upon the end of the strands 18 as shownat 21.; The remaining ends of the links arepivotally mounted upon the eyes 8 carried by the rod 5. It is therefore obvious that whenthe sleeve 9 is shifted toward one end of the rod 5, it will cause the strands 1-8 to swing the nn c ends of t links outwardly to the P n ndicated, in otted lines in Figure 1, although whenthesleeve 9 ismoved toward the eye 6, the links will moveto (j Q1: laps d positions, as Shown in f ll. ines. in Figure 1. The cleaning bars consist of strips 22 of flexible material which have eyes 23 connected to the links 19 at the portions 20, as shown clearly in Figure 1. The felt or other suitable cleaning material cleaning strips 24 are positioned upon the flexible strips 22, thus providing flexible cleaning bars which have strips which will efiiciently clean surfaces over which the same are passed.

hen the device is in operation, it is first inserted into the bottle as indicated in Figure 1 and then the sleeve 9 is moved away from the end of the bar having the eye 6. This movement will cause the strands to shift the connected ends of the links outwardly as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, thus causing the cleaning bars carried by these links to be moved into engagement with the inner surfaces of the bottle in which the same are carried. At this time, the button 14: is shifted to bring the resilient pawl 12 into a binding engagement with one of the teeth 7 of the rod 5, thus holding the sleeve against accidental movement in the opposite direction. The rod may then be reciprocated or turned as desired, and it is obvlous that the cleaning bars will be moved over the inner surfaces of the bottle for cleaning the same. It will be noted that these cleaning bars extend beyond the end of the rod gagement with the bottom of the bottle for cleaning the same, without interference from the rod. Furthermore, it will be noted that the cleaning bars are pivotally supported off-center, thus allowing the bars to have a greater amount of movement When the links are shifted for moving the bars into operative positions. Also since the cleaning bars are of a flexible nature, it is obvious that as the bars are moved onto the curved surfaces of a bottle, they will easily fit snugly upon said curved surfaces for cleaning the same as the cleaner moves.

After the inner surfaces of the bottle have been cleaned by the movement of the cleaner, the button may be returned to its normal position, thus allowing the resilient pawl to move from the binding engagement with the teeth 7 Therefore, the sleeve may be shifted toward the eye 6 thus pulling'upon the strands 18, which in turn will pull upon the links to return the same to their normal collapsed positions, as indicated in full lines in Figure 1. This action will also return the cleaning bar to its normal position and for this reason will allow the bottle cleaner to be removed from the bottle.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred, or approved, form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cleaning device of the class described including cleaning elements, a rod, a sleeve thereon, means connecting the cleaning elements to the sleeve, said sleeve provided with an internal pocket, a resilient pawl fixed to the interior of the pocket so as to lie along the interior thereof, teeth on the rod, and

means for therewith.

2. A. cleaning device of the class described, including cleaning elements, a rod, a sleeve thereon, means connecting the cleaning elements to the sleeve, said sleeve provided with an internal pocket, a. resilient pawl fixed to the interior of the pocket so as to lie along the interior thereof, teeth on the rod, said sleeve provided witha slot, a button having a shank extending through said slot and adapted to push and retain said pawl in engagement with the teeth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD A. LEE.

pushing the pawl in engagement lVitnesses:

FRANK J. KELLAND, H. L. WILLIAMS.

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