US2171650A - Machine for mounting bottles in cases - Google Patents

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Sept. 5, 1939. J. HACK MACHINE FOR MOUNTING BOTTLES IN CASES v Filed June 9, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet l m hwm INVENTOR. f /-/A (K,

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2 J. HACK MACHINE FOR MOUNTING BOTTLES IN CASES Filed June 9, 1938 Sept. 5, 1939.

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Patented Sept. 5, 1 939 2 1 7 E ,6

ururso smite tartar orrlea MACHINE FOR MOUNTING BOTTLES IN CASES Johann Hack, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Application June 9, 1938, Serial No. 212,845

1 Claim; (Cl. 22614) The main object of this invention is the pro- 30 trained thereabout, this chain also being vision of a machine which works automatically to trained about a cog 3| on the motor shaft 25. mount filled bottles in boxes or cases, in an ef- T S e d s of e e 26 are provided With ficient and safe manner, the machine being driven raised ridges 32, and similar raised ridges are by any suitable means such as an electric motor. p ided Sp e -ap from each other to Provide The above and other objects will become apa plurality of sections 33 on each of which rows parent in the description below, in which charof bottles may be placed, as described below. acters of reference refer to like-named parts in t s to be noted t at the belt 6 e n tes 0n the accompanying drawings. its right hand side at a distance from the ledge Referring briefly to the drawings, Figure 1 is a 15 which is slightly greater than the diameter of 10 side elevational view of the machine, partly in the bottles 34. A horizontal slide 35, of slightly section. greater length than that of the space just men- Figure 2 is a plan View of the same, partly in tioned, and extending almost the full width besection. tween the walls I0 and II, is mounted with its Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the ea ed e j st ow t front edge of e apron line 3-3 of Figure 2. I5 (when the slide covers the said space or open- Figure 4 is a cross-sectional View taken on the ing) as shown in Figures 2 and 3. This slide is line 4-4 of Figure 1. movable from the said position to the right to Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevational view the extreme position shown in Figure 5, and is showing the slide and its associated parts and normally urged to the former position by springs the mechanism operating the slide. 53. On opposite side edges (that is, the edges ad- Referring in detail to the drawings, the nujacent the walls II] and I I) of the slide, pivoted merals i0 and II represent the side walls of the links 36, extend downward, one from each said frame of the machine, and I2 the rear wall which side edge. Rocker arms 31 are pivotally mounted has an opening I3 therein. The side walls are at 38 to the inside surfaces of said side walls, and joined at the rear above the opening I3 by an the upper ends of their longer arms are pivoted angular member I4 which provides an apron I6 to the links 36. The shorter, lower arms of the above the opening I3 and a ledge I5 extending rockers 31 have each a rounded nose formed forward therefrom. The side walls may be furthereon. Below each rocker 3'! a star wheel (.0 ther braced by ties, not shown. is rotatably mounted on a shaft 4|. On one end A conveyor belt I! extends longitudinally bef h shaf 4| a cog 42 id thereon l n tween the walls Ill and at one end it is trained mesh With the Chain The orbit of the hose about a roller I8. From that end the b lt ex 39 of each rocker 31 intersects the orbit of the tends rearward through the opening I3 and at its Star Wheel The 1aItteI has three rounded rear end, not shown, it is trained about a similar teeth 43 ihterspeeed y three Slots 44. 35 roller, not shown, since the length of th belt may A pl e 45, h vin a plu y of aligned circular be as great or small as desired beyond the open- Ope gs 45 et g is Supported just below ing I3. At its forward end. a loading platform the path of the slide 35 in the opening between ES terminates adjacent the belt I'I, onto which the belt 26 and the ledge 5. This Plate 45 is cases which have been filled with bottles are derigid O the D Of a frame 47 formed in the posited by the belt and from which they are remanner of a honeycomb to provide a plurality of moved by hand as they are deposited. inverted frusto-conical depending guides 48, one A gear 26 is rigid on the end of the roller I8 Under ch Ope The frame 47 is Secured and is driven intermittently by a pinion 2| which by acke s 49 t0 the apron has on its periphery three arcs of teeth inter- In use, the cases 50 which are to be filled with spaced by three smooth arcs, as shown. A cog bottles are placed one against the other on the 22, on the same shaft as the pinion 2|, has a belt I! which carries them through the opening chain 23 trained thereabout, the chain being also I3. At the same time the bottles are placed in trained about a smaller cog 24 on a shaft 25 of spaced-apart rows on the belt 26, as, for instance, a motor, not shown. the rows indicated for convenience by the numer- A second conveyor belt is mounted between the als 5| and 52. When the row of bottles 5| reaches walls It and H on rollers 21 and 28, above the the side 35 the center of gravity of each bottle front end of the belt I7 and substantially level will be moved onto the slide. The various parts with the upper edges of the said walls. A cog 29 of the device are so harnessed together that, as is rigid on the end of the roller 28 and has a chain soon as the latter occurs, the toothed arc of the pinion 2| which has been in engagement with and to rest with a row of spaces of a bottle case' directly below the openings 46 of the plate 45.

While the said arc has been turning the gear 20, the nose 39 of the rocker 31 has been resting in a slot 4| of the star wheel 40. As soon as the case has thus come to rest, continued slow turning of the wheel 40 will cause contact of the succeeding tooth 43 with the nose 39 and the latter will ride up on the nose so as to swing the upper end of the rocker to its extreme right hand position. Thus, the slide 35 is similarly carried to its extreme right hand position, and the bottles in the row 5|, which are first carried by the slide against the ledge I5, are dropped through the openings 46 and guides 48 into the row of spaces in the case. As soon as this occurs, the next toothed arc of the position 22 will have reached engagement with the gear 20 and the belt I! will be advanced again the distance between the rows 50a and 50b of the bottle recesses therein, and. the operation above-described will be repeated. As soon as the nose 39 of the rocker is clear of a tooth 43, the springs 53 will pull the guide back to close position and the nose will descend into the succeeding slot 44.

Obviously, modifications in form and structure may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the-invention.

I claim: I 7

A device of the class described comprising a housing having a conveyor belt mounted in the lower part thereof and adapted to have bottle cases placed thereon, a second conveyor belt mounted above said first belt and adapted to have rows of bottles placed thereon, means for moving said belts, a horizontal slide adapted to be moved from a position adjacent the end of said second belt in the direction of its travel to a position at a distance therefrom, means for normally retaining said slide in said position adjacent said belt, the bottles of each of said rows being successively deposited on said slide at regular intervals by said second belt, means for stopping movement of said first, belt and keeping the same at rest for an interval, means for moving said slide from its said normal position to its said extreme position at the same time that said first belt comes to rest and for retaining said slide in said extreme positionfor the same intervals as said interval of rest of said second belt, comprising a star wheel having rounded teeth with slots interposed therebetween, a rocker arm pivoted near one end thereof on said housing and having a short arm on one side of said pivot and a long arm on the other side thereof, said short arm having a nose thereon lying in the orbit of said star wheel, alink pivoted at one end to said slide and at the other end to the end or said'long arm, said belt-moving means being connected to said star wheel to simultaneously rotate the latter, continuous rotation of said star wheel causing alternate swinging of said rocker from side to side as said nose alternately rides on one of said teeth and falls into the slot following said tooth, said long arm and said link when said nose begins to ride on said tooth pushing said slide away from said belt position, said nose on passing from said tooth into said following slot releasing said rocker arm and permitting said slide-retaining means to restore said slide to said belt position, said first belt coming to rest and said slide being moved to its extreme position at the instant one of the rows of bottle recesses of one of said cases reaches a position directly under the row of bottles on said slide, said row of bottles thereupon falling into said bottle recesses. c

JOI-IANN HACK.

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