US3561459A - Spray centering device for battle-cleaning machines - Google Patents

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US3561459A
US3561459A US799008A US3561459DA US3561459A US 3561459 A US3561459 A US 3561459A US 799008 A US799008 A US 799008A US 3561459D A US3561459D A US 3561459DA US 3561459 A US3561459 A US 3561459A
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Joachim Ciongwa
Wilfried Ernst
Joachim Kuhnt
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    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
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    • B08B9/42—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus being characterised by means for conveying or carrying containers therethrough

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  • One or more spray nozzles are provided "on the supporting frame and arranged to spray cleaning fluid against the objects with which they are in registry.
  • An engagement arrangement is provided for controlling the motion of the support means so as to effect the swinging movement thereof to the deflected position while maintaining substantial registry of the nozzle with selected ones of the objects during such motion, and this arrangement means comprises an arm provided on the support means and extending towards the chain, and a substantially Xshaped contact member turnably mounted on the free end of the arm so that one pair of its four projections is operative for the desired purpose, namely the upwardly extending projection engaging with one of the above-mentioned portions of the chain and one of the horizontally extending projections engaging with a stationary detent which prevents tuming of the contact member until the support means has reached its deflected position at which point the contact member can turn and the support means is free to swing back to rest position to begin its travel to a deflected position again.
  • the present invention relates generally to a motion control arrangement, and more particularly to such an arrangement for use in conjunction with bottle-cleaning machines. Still more specifically, the invention relates to a centering device veyor chain. After the machine has been in operation for a period of time, the chain undergoes a certain amount of Iongitudinal extension and this quite frequently results in such shifting of the bottle baskets carried by the chain, with reference to the nozzles of the spray tubes, that there will be no registry between them at the time cleaning fluid is ejected from these nozzles. It will be remembered that the cleaning fluid is intended primarily to impinge upon the bottle opening and for this purpose it is necessary that as the bottles pass over spray nozzles, they must be coaxial with reference to the same when spraying takes place.
  • Prior art attempts include adjustable mounting of the spray tubes carrying the spray nozzles so that they can be adjusted and their positioning be accommodated to the changes in the location of the bottles carried along by the chain.
  • Such adjustment requires that the machine be shut down and that significant adjustments be carried out which are not only expensive but also time consuming, thus resulting in a production slowdown.
  • an apparatus of the type under discussion including elongated carrier means which are mounted for advancement in a predetermined at least substantially horizontal path.
  • the carrier means which may be a conventional bottle-carrying chain, is adapted to carry a plurality of longitudinally spaced objects, such as bottles or the like.
  • the carrier means further has abutment portions spaced in longitudinal direction thereof, such as the bolts which articulately connect the links of the chain and are allowed to project laterally of the chain, or otherwise configurated in the required manner.
  • Support means is provided which extends below the carrier means along a portion of the aforementioned path and is mounted for free swinging movement in the direction of the path from a rest or starting position to a deflected position in which it is deflected in the direction of advancement of the carrier means.
  • Noule means is provided on the support means and is operative for spraying a cleaning fluid against those of the objects with which the nozzle means is or are in substantial registry.
  • Engagement means is further provided on the support means operative for effecting the movement of the support means in direction of advancement of the carrier means by a predetermined distance whereby to maintain the nozzle means in registry with respective ones of the objects.
  • the engagement means includes a stationary detent located proximal to the aforementioned path, an arm extending from the support means towards the carrier means, and a contact member which is tumably mounted on a free end of the arm and which has pairs of projections each of which includes two adjacent projections extending at an angle to one another.
  • One of the two adjacent projections engages the detent and thereby the contact member is prevented from rotation; the other of the two projections engages one of the abutment portions whereby the support means is constrained to swing to the deflected position thereof in response to advancement of the carrier means.
  • the two projections disengage from the detent and abutment portion respectively when the support means reaches its maximum deflected position so that the support means returns freely swingably to its rest position where, as a result of turning movement of the contact member which takes place when the projections disengage, the next two projections will contact the detent and the chain, the latter via one of the abutment portions thereon, so that the swinging motion is repeated.
  • the movement of the chain is so controlled that it will stand still when one of the abutment portions has moved against the respectively operatively extending projection of the contact member and has advanced the support means in direction of movement of the chain by a small distance.
  • the spray operation begins and when it is completed the chain advances somewhat further, carrying along the support means until the horizontal projection which is respectively in engagement with the detent moves out of such engagement.
  • the tumably mounted contact member rotates by a quarterturn so that the operatively extending arm moves out of engagement with the respective abutment portion and the support means freely swings back to its rest or starting position.
  • the heretofore downwardly extending projection of the contact member now moves up during this turning movement until it comes into abutment with the stationary detent.
  • the length of travel of the support means from its rest position to its maximum deflected position is only as long as the projections of the contact member and this eliminates a complicated construction for returning the support means to its stationary position because a mechanical restoring arrangement it is not necessary for this short distance, the force of gravity alone being adequate.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic illustration in side view showing an arrangement according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows the movements of the contact member with respect to an abutment portion of the carrier means
  • FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 2 but showing the movements of the contact member with respect to the stationary detent.
  • FIG. 1 it will be seen that we have illustrated a conventional bottlecarrying chain I with chain bolts 2 acting as abutment portions.
  • Bottles baskets 3 are provided carrying the respective bottles which are shown in the drawing.
  • a frame 4 carrying spray tubes 7 Positioned below the chain 1 and the bottles 3 carried thereby is a frame 4 carrying spray tubes 7 which are provided with spray nozzles.
  • the frame 4 is mounted on two levers 5 and 6 which are secured in elongated holes 12 on the machine frame so that the frame 4 can freely swing in the direction of advancement of the chain 1.
  • the spray nozzles 8 are to be coaxial with the openings of the bottles in the bottle baskets 3.
  • a support 9 is provided on the frame 4, and may also be thought of as an arm 9 which carries at its upper free end a cross-shaped or X-shaped contact member 10.
  • the contact member 10 in the illustrated embodiment has four projections whose respectively upwardly extending one engages one of the chain bolts 2 whereas a horizontally directed projection of the contact member 10 abuts against a stationary abutment 11 provided in a (nonillustrated) housing wall.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the position of the device in which spraying of liquid for cleaning purposes is effected through the spray nozzles 8 while the chain 1 is standing still.
  • the angle a between the solid-line deflected position of the lever 6 and the rest or' starting position of the lever 6 shown in broken lines, indicates the extent to which the frame 4 moves from its normally vertical rest or starting position to deflected position which it assumes while the spray cycle occurs.
  • FIG. 2 shows the starting position of the member 10 at the moment at which one of the abutment portions in form of a chain bolt 2 abuts against the upwardly directed projection of the member 10.
  • the bottle baskets 3 and nozzles 8 are already centered so that the spray already acts in the desired manner.
  • the chain drive terminates as soon as the member 10 has reached the broken-line position and then the actual spray operation begins. When this is terminated the chain 1 and with it the chain bolt 2 engaging the upwardly directed projection of the member 10 moves towards the left-hand side of the drawing.
  • a combination comprising elongated carrier means mounted for advancement in a predetermined at least substantially horizontal path and adapted to carry a plurality of longitudinally spaced objects, said carrier means having abutment portions spaced in longitudinal direction thereof; support means extending below said carrier means along a portion of said path and being mounted for free swinging movement in the direction of said path from a rest position to a deflected position; noule means provided on said support means and operative for spraying a cleaning fluid against such of said objects with which it is in substantial registry; and engagement means provided on said support means operative for effecting swinging movement of said support mearis in direction of advancement of said carrier means by a predetermined distance whereby to maintain said nozzle means in registry with respective ones of said objects, said engagement means including a stationary detent, an arm extending from said support means towards said carrier means, and a contact member tumably mounted on a free end of said arm and having pairs of projections each including two adjacent projections extending at an angle to one another and one

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US3955588A (en) * 1973-07-12 1976-05-11 Seitz-Werke Gmbh Spraying device for a bottle cleaning machine
US4102351A (en) * 1976-02-21 1978-07-25 Holstein Und Kappert Aktiengesellschaft Spraying device for use in a bottle cleaning machine
US4834124A (en) * 1987-01-09 1989-05-30 Honda Electronics Co., Ltd. Ultrasonic cleaning device
US6679276B1 (en) * 1999-04-20 2004-01-20 Fresh Express, Inc. Apparatus and methods for washing the cored areas of lettuce heads during harvest

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US1879770A (en) * 1927-12-31 1932-09-27 Simonsson Wilhelm Bottle washing machine
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US3225776A (en) * 1964-03-20 1965-12-28 Holstein & Kappert Maschf Container washing apparatus

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US1879770A (en) * 1927-12-31 1932-09-27 Simonsson Wilhelm Bottle washing machine
US3079936A (en) * 1961-07-03 1963-03-05 Archie Ladewig Co Bottle washing equipment
US3225776A (en) * 1964-03-20 1965-12-28 Holstein & Kappert Maschf Container washing apparatus

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US3955588A (en) * 1973-07-12 1976-05-11 Seitz-Werke Gmbh Spraying device for a bottle cleaning machine
US4102351A (en) * 1976-02-21 1978-07-25 Holstein Und Kappert Aktiengesellschaft Spraying device for use in a bottle cleaning machine
US4834124A (en) * 1987-01-09 1989-05-30 Honda Electronics Co., Ltd. Ultrasonic cleaning device
US6679276B1 (en) * 1999-04-20 2004-01-20 Fresh Express, Inc. Apparatus and methods for washing the cored areas of lettuce heads during harvest

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