US627612A

US627612A - Bottle-cleaning apparatus.

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Publication number: US627612A
Application number: US71221898A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bernhard Fischer; Richard H Borowski; Theodore P Goebel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1898-04-08
Filing date: 1898-04-08
Publication date: 1899-06-27
Anticipated expiration: 1916-06-27

Description

No. 627,6l2. Patanted Junem, m9;

' FISCHER, n. H! BDBOWSKE & T. P. GOEBEL.

BOTTLE CLEANWE APPARATUS.

(Application: filed Apr. 8, 1899.)

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BOlTLE-CLEAN l NG APPARATUS.

srncrmosmonrormin part of Letters Patent No. 627,612, dated June 27, 1899.

Application filedApx-il 8 1899. Serial No. 712.218. (No moclehl {To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that we, BERNHARD FISCHER, RICHARD H. Bonows r; and THEODORE P.

GQEBEL, citizens of the United States, resid-i -ing at Detroit, county of 'Wayne, Stateof Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful'lmprovement in Bottle-Cleansing Apparatus; and we declal e the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as'will-enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a partof this specification. .Our invention has for its object a bottlecleaning apparatus of novel construction and it consists of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described. and claimed, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure'l is a plan View illustrating features of our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the apparatuses the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4.- isa transverse section through one of the bottle-carrying plates.

'Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of one of the bottle-carrier'platesin perspective. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the eccentricejector. Fig. 7 is aviewillustratinga scraper attachment.

rinsing the same.

To properly soak and cleanse the bottles, it is desirable that the" bottles should be conveyed into and through a proper solution in such a manner that when in the cleansing solution the bottles shall be carried with their open necks uppermost andwhereby air will be entirely expelled from-the bottles and the bottles filled with the desired solution, the

bottles remaining in the solution a suliicient time to loosen all foreign matter therefrom. 7

This our improved apparatus is. adapted to accomplish and when the bottles have been sufficiently soaked to release the bottles from the retaining device, so that they may be readily removed from the apparatus for further action in a ready and simple manner. To secure these results, we carryout our invention as follows: I

A suitable receptacle or tank is indicated at a, adapted to contain a desired solution.

This receptacle may be of any desired .pro-

height. In'this receptacle is caused to move a suitable bottle-carrier, consisting, as shown,

said chains being of sprocket-chains b and 0, carried by sprocket-wheels d, driven by any suitable source of power, as by means of anyshafts f and h may be suitably journaled in These carrierthe walls of the receptacle a chains 12 and c may beof any desired length corresponding to the length of the recepta; ole a. Engaged with a series of bottle-carrying platesor holders, (indicated by the numeral 1,) any desired portions both as to length and width and 55- the carrier-chains are number of suchp1ates or holders being secured to the carrier-chains. These plates or holders are shown provided at each extremity with attaching-arms, (indicated at 2,) by means of which these individual' plates are connected at their four corners with the two sprocket-chains b c in any suitable mannor. These bottle-carrier plates are provided with a series of openings 3, each'arranged and adapted to receive the upper endof a bottle. These plates 1 are preferably co'nstructed on the are of a circle, thearc extending 'transversel y of nally of the carrier-chains, the plates being concaved on their inner faces. This curved construction of the plates is of special utility, especially for the passage of the chains and plates over the sprocket-wheels. at the ends of thercceptacle ortank. -The plates are the plates or longitudimade arc-shaped in cross-section to correspond with the arc of the circles of the sprocket-wheels. The plates 1 are also provided with retaining-arms, (indicated at 4.) These arms-are made of spring metal and are attached to the inner surfaces of the respective plates in any suitable manner, as by' betweenjust below the head .or customary flange of the bottle, so' that the bottlcsare thereby securely held and supported even in. inverted position. These arms 4. project from the inner 'face of the plates. The bottleholder plates 1 are so engaged with the sprocket-chains as to be held in rigid connection therewith. As the bottle-holding plates are moved with the chains inthe direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2 the bottles :irdcarried into upright position, with their mouths uppermost, and in this position the bottles are carried through the solution to the dischargeend of the tank. f Referring to Fig. 2, the right hand of the figure is preferably the receivingendr-that is, the endof the apparatus at which the bottles'to be-soaked and cleansed are inserted into the bottle-holding plates 1. At the right hand of- Fig. 2 a series of bottles are shown engaged in the bottle-holding plate, the bottles being preferably engaged in the plates in over the adjacent sprocket wheels or ,over

successive order, as. the plates reach practically the position indicated by the plate occupying-'the right-hand'upper corner ofthe drawings in Fig. 2.

It will bu seen that the bottles are inserted into the plates successively above the waterline in the tank; but as the plates revolve and about the shaft of said wheels the bottles are carried gradually into an angular position as they enter the fluid and are gradually in- "verte'd into'upright position within the fluid,

a the air'be'ing thus readily expelled from the bottles and the bottles being filled with the solution in the tank. In this upright position the air being expelled from the bottles and the bottles being filled withthe solution :they are carried in upright position through the solution in the tank to the discharge end of the apparatus.

numeral 7. At the discharge end of the tank we locate an ejectingde'vice S. This ejecting the adjacent sprocket-wheels. This eccentric orcarn' plate may be adjusted into desired no- (Indioated at the left hand in Fig. 2.) Thebottles'are indicated by the sition in-any suitable manner, as by means of a bar 10, which maybe adjustably engaged with the wall of the tank. The cam is of such form that as the bottle-carrier plates rotate thereabout the necks of the bottles when in partially-inverted position will contact with the cam and be forced gradually from the grip of the arms 4, so that the head of the bottle shall be released from the arms and forced upward above the extremities of the arms. In this position the bottles, althongh not dischargedfrom the openings 3 of the carrier-plates, will be practically released from the spring-arms 4, so that the said arms will have no tension upon the bottles, permitting the-bottles to be readily removed from the plates.

It will be observed that as the plates ride upward on the arc of a circle, with the sprocket- 6 chains over the adjacent sprocket-wheels at the discharge end of the apparatus, the. bottles will be gradually inverted bottom end uppermost, whereby the solution within the bottles will be entirely discharged therefrom,

leaving the bottles empty as well as released' from the spring-; rms 4.

The boxes of one of the shafts of the sprocket-wheels may be made adjustable in any suitable manner, so that the sprocketchains are 'readily disengaged from and engaged with the sprocket-wheels and whereby any desired tension may be given to the sprocket-chains. The bottle-carrier plates 1, being connected at the four corners. thereof with the sprocket-chains, will be held in rigid connection with the chains, so as to be carried through the solution in an invertedposition relative to that occupied by said plates when moving above the solution. I

As shown more specifically in Fig. 3, corresponding links of the sprocket-chain may be formed with an attaching lug or shoulder 12, with which the cones ending arms 2 are connected, as by NW5 *3, permitting the rigid engagement of the plates with the chains and the removing of the plates therefrom, if necessary. I

In Figs. 2 and 7 we have shown a scraperblade (indicated at 14) secured to the sprocketchains, as by arms 15, whereby any refuse matter within the tank may be forced to one end of the tank to be removed therefrom. The solution may be heated in any suitable manner, as by means of an inlet steam-pipe, (indicated at 16.) It will be perceived that the operator is not required to place his hands in the solution in the tank at all, so that the solution may be of greater strength and may be more highly heated than would otherwise be the case, permitting more eflfective work to be done. We do not limit ourselves to any definite number of the bottle carrier plates, but ordinarily they may be of sufiicient number so that two operators may be employed, the one to insert the bottles to be soaked and cleaned in the plates atone end of the tank, another operator being stationed at the opposite end of the tank to remove the ptied and plates.- Where two operators are employed at the two extremities of the apparatus, it will be perceived that the plates will travel I from the discharge end back to the receiving end empty. in the customary use of the appaa ratus hpi while traveling from the receiving 4 of the bottle-carrier end to the discharge end the plates would ordinarilyallbe filled with bottles being slowly carried through the solution in the tank.

It will be perceived that the retaining-arms plates all project toward a horizontal planeor center intermediate the upper and lower portions of' the travelingchains, whereby the mouths of the bottles are constantly held toward said horizon= tal center.

What we claim as-our invention is v 1. In a bottle-cleansingapparatus, the coin- "hina-tion of a receptacle, endless horizonta'llytravelingcarrier-chains, cling movement to said chains, and bottleholding plates rigidly attached to said chains, said plates each provided with bottle-receiving-openings and adjacent reta'ining clampingdeviccs projecting toward a horizontal npperand lower porcenter intermediate the tions of the travelingchains to hold the month of a-bottle constantly toward said horizontal center, substantially as set forth.

2. In a bottle-cleansingapparatus, the con1- bination of a receptacle, end less horizontally travelin g carrier-chains, means to give a travs elingai'novcmcnt to said chains; bottlc-hold-' 'i ng plates rigidly attached to said chains, said plates each provided with bottle-receiving j openings and adjarcn t retain in gclainpi ng dcmeans to give a trav vices projecting intermediate the upper and lower portions of the traveling chains to hold the mouth of 'a bottle constantly toward said horizontal center, and means to loosen the bottles from the retaining devices,

3 In a bottle-cleansingapparatus, the combination of the receptacle, the wheels, the chaips passing over said wheels,'bottle-holdking devices attached to said chains, and an eccentric or cam to release the bottles from the retaining devices, substantially. as set forth.

, 4. In a bottle-cleansing apparatus, the combination of a receptacle, horizontally-travelmovement to said chains, and bottle-holding "plates rigidly attached to said chains, said plates constructed arc-shaped in cross-section, and each with bottle-receiving openings and ing toward a horizontal center intermediate the'upper and lower portionsof the traveling chains, for the purpose described.

5. In a bottle-cleansing apparatus, abottleholding plate arc-shaped in cross-section and provided withaseriesof bottle-receiving open- -ings,and adjacent retaining clamping-arms projecting toward the center of the arc, sub-.

stantially as described.

6. In a bottle-cleansing apparatus, the combination of the receptacle, the wheels, the chains passing oversaid wheels, means attached to said chains tocarry the bottles, and a scraper attached to said chains, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

BERNIIARD FISCHER. RICHARD H. BOROVVSKI.

, THEODORE P. GOERE L Witnesses:

rt'snavitosmwatoward a horizontal center substantially as set forth. I

ing carrier-chains, means to give a traveling 66 adjacent retaining clamping devicesproject-