US551048A

US551048A - Bottle-washing machine

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Publication number: US551048A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-12-10
Anticipated expiration: 1912-12-10

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{No Model.)

A ROUSE l BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 10, 1895.

NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

ALBERT HOUSE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-WASHINo MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,048, dated December 10, 1895. Application led December 2l, 1894. Serial No. 532,592. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT RoUsE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Washing Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in a bottle-washing machine; and the objects of my improvement are to provide a tubular rotating shaft having a regulating` check-valve and to render the machine simple in construction and operation and easy of application. I attain these objects by means of the machine illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of my entire machine. tudinal view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional longitudinal view of the check-valve. Fig. 4 is an end view of the machine.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a plate adapted to be fixed on any suitable standard and having the arms B and O.

D is a tubular shaft, having the collar E and pulley F keyed thereon, the said pulley E being adapted for a belt of any suitable arrangement for power to be transmitted thereto for rotating the shaft D.

G is a tubular jacket mounted in the arm O, having a thread g at one end adapt-ed to receive the connection of a hose or pipe for the conveyance of the water to be used and a thread h at the inner end.

H is a packing-ring, in the recess k of which is any suitable packing l and which is adapted to iit over the tubular shaft D and is threaded to be arranged on the inner end of the jacket G, which has a corresponding thread h.

The shaft D is j ournaled in the said tubular jacket G and is not only mounted to rotate in the bearing-arm B and jacket G, but is also Fig. 2 is a sectional longition shown in Fig. 3 and away from the valveseatA L is a slotted plate fixed on the outer end of the jacket G and engaging in the groove of the head s of the valve K. The said head s is small enough to allow an annular space between it and the interior surface of the By attaching the hose on the threaded end g of the jacket Gwater is forced, as usual, to the said jacket, but is kept from the tubular shaft D by the head m of the valve K, which is then in the position shown in Fig. 2. Vhen the bottle is put over the brush and the tubular shaft D pressed inward until the collar E rests against the arm B, the head m of the valve K is forced away from the valve-seat, as shown in Fig. 3, and a free flow of the water is allowed through the tubular shaft D, thus allowing it to go in the bottle while the brush is rotated by the shaft D, in which it is fixed, as stated. When the bottle is removed and the pressure relaxed, the head m of the valve K is at once brought in the valveseat by the force of the spring H and the flow of the water checked by the said head fm, which is in the position shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim l. In a bottle washing machine the combination of a tubular shaft, a tubular jacket fitted over the end of said shaft, a valve arranged in the end of the tubular shaft which is adapted to receive it as described, a grooved head on the outer end of the valve stem, a plate fixed on the outer end of said jacket and engaging the groove in said head, and a spring having one end against the end of the tubular shaft and the other against the grooved head, substantially as set forth.

2. In a bottle washing machine the combination of a plate and two arms in which is j ournaled a tubular shaft having a collar thereon and provided with a pulley for rotat- IOO ing said shaft, L tubular jacket fitted in one of said' a-ilns and over said shaft, a Valve a1- mnged in the end of the tubular shaft which is adapted to l'eceivet as desclibed, a grooved head on the outer end of the valve ste-n1, a plate xed on the outer end of said jacket; and engaging the groove in said head, a Spring having one end against the end of the tubular shaft and the other against the grooved head, a packing; ring adapted to fit ovel` said tubular shaft and the inner end of said jacket, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 26th day of 1 5 November, A. I). 18941.

ALBERT ROUSE. VitneSSeS:

GEO. D. Cox, Jr., H. DUNHAM.