US499021A

US499021A - Bottle-washer

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Publication number: US499021A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-06-06
Anticipated expiration: 1910-06-06

Description

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BOTTLE WASHER. No. 499,021. Patented'June 6, 1893.

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UNITE STATES CHARLES W. HAMANN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-WASH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,021, dated June 6, 1893.

Application filed March 3, 1892. Serial No. 4:23.619. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. HAMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-WVashing Machines, of which the following is such a full, clear, concise, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine capable of washing bottles and like articles, in quantity, effectively and expeditiously, cleansing and rinsing the same on the outside as well as Within? and my invention consists in the devices and combinations of devices hereinafter more particularly described and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1, is a view in elevation of the apparatus showing the bottles in position for washing, and Fig. 2, is a plan view of the same, with, however, the bottles removed. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section with the revolving cogs and gearings removed and is taken on the line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line Y Y of Fig. 8, with portion broken away to show more clearly the water circulation. Fig. 5 is a sectional view in detail of one of the upright washing tubes or holders fitted with rubber scraper for inside of the bottles. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the upper portion of the machine to show the drum G and its supporting bearings. Fig. 7 illustrates a modified form of inside scraper for'cleaning the bottles.

Suitably supported upon the column A, is the basin B, through the center of which proj ects the cook or tube 19, upon which is 1nount ed the hub o of the horizontal wheel 0 as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. In the cock I) are openings b b lying in the same horizontal plane with, and arranged so as to be connected at regular intervals with openings in the hub as will be clearly seen upon reference to Figs. 3 and 4 from which project the hollow spokes c supporting the hollow ring or rim 0 which ring is made in sec tions,-each spoke leading to a separate section. Arranged upon the rim 0 are the small hollow bosses e e, in which are secured the tubes e, provided with the collars e resting on the springs e From the tubes (2', project the smaller bent pipes ff, having openings f f and provided with scrapers f f or if desired the pipes ff may be fitted with bristles. An angle arm I) the direction of which is indicated by dotted lines on Fig. 2, and by full lines in Fig. 3 projects from the top of the cock I? and forms a bearing for the vertical axis g, upon which the drum G is thus mounted eccentrically to the wheel 0. Said vertical axis g has its upper end mounted in a bearing g (see Figs. 2 and 8) carried by a horizontal arm 9 supported in any suitable manner from the frame work of the machine. The drum Gwhich, when the machine is in operation, bears against the outsides of the bottles, is preferably mantled with wood to which is secured a jute, carpet rope or similar rough wrapping. Upon one side of the Wheel 0 and above the tops of the pipes f, is preferably secured at a slight angle, by suitable bracket h, the curved brush it, while also near the same is arranged the curved pipe 2', with small perforations t" t" and 0011- necting pipe j, through which the water is ad mitted by the cock j from supply pipe 10. A branch pipe is from pipe 7c is arranged to supply water to the cock I), while the basin may be drained by the pipe 10 Motion is imparted to the wheel 0 by means of the shaft d and worm-wheel d. This shaft (1 is also adapted by means of the beveled cog wheels Z Z, to operate the upright shaft L, and through the chain gearing m to revolve the drum G; and also by the connecting gearing m the wheel 01, from which wheel to the wheel 11. is stretched a rubber tubing or belt 0.

In operating the machine, the bottles to be washed are placed over the pipes f f withv their mouths downward resting upon the collars e c and the water allowed to flow up into the cock b. A slow motion is imparted to the wheel 0 by the shaft (Z and a more rapid motion in the opposite direction to the drum G through the gearing m while the rubber band or hose 0 is made to travel rapidly but in the direction indicated by the arrows. As the openings in the hub O are brought over apertures b b in the cock b, the water passes through the hollow spokes c c to the corn necting sections of the rim 0 and shoots up through the openings in the pipes ff sprinkling the insides of the bottles. At the same time the bottoms of the bottles are brought under the bristles of the inclined brush it and their sides against the rough covering of the drum G. The drum G bearing against the sides of the bottles, imparts a rotary motion to them which is increased by the rubbcrtubing 0, which bearing against the opposite sides moves rapidly in the opposite direction. At the same time water is admitted through the openings in the small pipe 1', and thus simultaneously the bottles are scraped, rinsed and cleansed on all sides without and within. As the wheel 0 further turns the water is cut off and admitted into successive sections of the hollow rim. The bottles which have been brushed and scraped may be removed as they are carried away from the drum G and sprinkling pipe z', and other bottles substituted without stopping the machine.

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

1. In a bottle washing machine, the combination of a hollow sectional ring provided with a series of apertures, a water supply pipe arranged to admit and cut off a supply of water to the successive sections of said ring at determined intervals, a drum adapted to co-operate with said ring to cleanse the bottles, and means for revolving said ring and drum.

2. In a bottle washing machine, a hollow sectional ring provided with a series of apertures having tubes extending therefrom, a drum mounted eccentrically to said ring and adapted to bear against the sides of the bottles placed over said tubes adjacent thereto, means for revolving said drum and ring, and connections whereby water is admitted to successive sections of said ring, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a bottle washing machine, a hollow sectional ring provided with a series of apertures having tubes extending therefrom, a drum mounted eccentrically to said ring and adapted to bear against the sides of the bottles placed over said tubes adjacent thereto, a belt arranged to bear against the opposite sides of said bottles, means for revolving said drum and ring and running said belt, and connections whereby water is admitted to successive sections of said ring, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a bottle washing machine, a hollow sectional ring provided with a series of apertures having tubes extending therefrom, a drum mounted eccentrically to said ring and adapted to bear against the sides of the bottles placed over said tubes adjacent thereto, a belt arranged to bear against the opposite sides of said bottles,a brush supported above the same, a sprinkling pipe, means for revolving said drum and ring and running said belt, and connections whereby water is admitted to successive sections of said ring, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a bottle washing machine, the combination of a cock provided with apertures, a hub mounted on said cook, a sectional ring or rim provided with a series of apertures, tubes connecting said ring with openings in said hub, scrapers mounted on said tubes to cleanse the bottle interiorly, a water supply pipe leading to said cock and means for revolving said hub and ring, whereby, as the openings in said hub are brought over the apertures in said cock, water is introduced into successive sections, substantially as described.

6. In a bottle washing machine, a cock provided with apertures, a hub mounted on said cook, a sectional ring, a series of tubes projecting from said ring and provided with scrapers, tubes connecting the sections of said ring with openings in said hub, a drum mounted eccentrically to said ring and adapted to bear against the sides of the bottles placed over said tubes adjacent thereto, a water supply pipe leading to said cock, and means for revolving said drum and ring, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES W. HAMANN.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR SMITH, R. G. MONROE.