US657354A - Barrel-washing machine. - Google Patents

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Patented Sept. 4, I900.

MULLER. BARREL WASHING MACHINE.

(Applicationflled Dec. 29, 1899.1

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(No Model.)

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.1;- MULLER. BARREL WASHING MACHINE. (Application filed bee. 29, 1899.)

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Patented Sept. 4, I900. J. MULLER. BARREL WASHING MACHINE.

(Application fllqd Dec. 29, 1899.)

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Application filed Deeember 29,1899h Serial No. 741,891. tNojmodel.)

To aLZZ whom it may concern.

Be itknown that I, JACOB MfiLLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York,bor ough of Manhattamaiid State of New York, have invented certain new and nseful'lmprovements' in Barrel-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification. t V This invention relates to an improved selfacting keg and barrel washing machine for breweries, which has for its object to wash the kegs or barrels, at the same time both inside and outside, in an effective manner and to deliver them directly to the scrubbing-machine IS' and sprinkler for final Outside and inside cleaning; and the in vention consists of a barrel-washing machine which comprisesa tank, acradle in said tank, means forsupplying barrels to said cradle, and means for im- .partinga combined rocking and forward and backward motion to said cradle, so that the barrels and the water are subjected to a rocking and gyrating motion while theyare moved forward in the cradle, so asto be 15 thoroughly washed at the-inside and outside;

The invention consists, further, of the combination, with a tank, a cradle, and mechanism for imparting a combined rocking and forward and backward motion to said cradle, ;o of mechanism for taking up one barrel after the other at the outgoing end of the cradle and conducting it. over the delivery end of the tank to the scrubbing-machine.

The invention consists, further, of means by which the cradle can be adjusted for different sizes of barrels, such as halves, quarters,orsixths; and the invention consists,

finally, of certain additional details of construction, which will be fully described here inafter and finally pointed out in the claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved barrel-washing machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the cradle, showing the 5 mechanism for adjusting the side rails of the same to the size of the barrels to be washed. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line 3 3, Fig. 1, showing the barrel-washingtnechanism and thebarrel in its median position 0 in the cradle. Fig. 4 is a similar section showing the barrel in the act of being rocked rels to be washed.

toward the right-hand side, the dotted lines indicating the extremelimit of motion of thebarrel toward the left-hand side. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the delivery 5 5 end of the tank of my improved barrel-wash- ;ing machine, showing the mechanism for taking up one barrel after the other and delivering it to the scrubbing-machine. Figs.

6 and 7 are detail side views of the mechan- 6c ism for imparting simultaneously a later ally-rocking and longitudinally-reciprocating motion to the barrel, said figures corresponding, respectively, to the median line of the cradle and to the side position of the same; and Figs. 8 and 9 are detail top views showing the mechanism for adjusting the side rails of the cradle for larger or smaller barrels.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- 7o spending parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a ,tank which is made of suitable length, so as tto wash a number of barrels atthe same time. The tank is preferably made of boiler-iron,1 7 5 the sides and ends of which are reinforced by suitable angle-pieces, while the lower corners are rounded off. A tank A is supported on a suitable bed-framel3 of wood, and provided at one end with supply-pipesd d", provided with So stop-cocks d for supplying hot and cold water to the tank, so that the water in the same can be readily kept at the temperature re-. quired for properly soaking and washing the barrels. The supply-pipes d d are arranged at the ingoing end of the tank, while the outgoing end is provided with two waste-pipes d (i of which one is arranged at a higher. level than the other, the higher one being used when larger barrels are washed, while the lower one is used when smaller barrels are Washed, so that the level of the water in the tank can be adapted to the size of thebar- When the higher wastepipe 01 is used, the lower waste-pipe d is closed bya suitable screw-piugp, while when the lower pipe (1 is used the higher pipe 01 is closed by the screw-plug. Both pipes are connected by acommon outlet-pipe d with a sewer, so as to carry 0d the waste water. The too ingoing end of the tank A is further connected by a pipe (1 with a sprinkler located near treme left-hand position. When the cradledisk is in an intermediate position between its uppermost and lowermost positions, the cradle assumes a median or horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 3.

Simultaneously with the laterally-rocking motion imparted to the cradle by the mechanism just described a longitudinally-reciprocating motion is imparted thereto by means of a compound strap connection of the cradle with a second auxiliary shaft S which is supported in suitable bearings at the bottom of the tank A. or The compound strap connection is shown at the left-hand side of Figs. 3 and 4 and in detail in Figs. 6 and 7. It consists of a double pivot-link g g in the nature of a universal joint, one link being pivoted to the lug g on the intermediate frame 0 of the cradle and the other in a plane at right angles to the firstlink, the lower link g being pivoted to the outer end of acrankarm 9 attached to the end of the transverse shaft S The shaft S is supported in bearings 9 which are attached to bottom blocks g of the tank A. On the shaft S are mounted below the longitudinal center rod 0 of,

the cradle O two parallel cams 9 that are provided at their adjacent faces and near their ends with raised circular cheeks g which are located close to said center rod and which engage two collars 9 that are tightly applied to the center rod, one collar g being slipped on the rod and secured by a clamping-screw g while the other collar is preferably split and secured by screw-bolts at opposite sides, so as to be conveniently removed from the rod for permitting the proper location and adjustment of the collars relatively to the cams g As the cradle O is rocked from one side to the other its middle U-shaped frame 0 imparts by the compound pivot-strap mechanism a rocking motion to the transverse shaft S as its crank-arm g is raised and lowered by laterally-rocking motion of the cradle. The rocking motion imparted to the shaft S produces the oscillations of the parallel cams, and thereby the frame of the rocking cradle with the crank arm on the shaft 8 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the universal joint yieldingsufliciently in every direction in the same manner as the universal-joint connection between the up-,

per ends of the center frameof the cradle with the yoke-shaped bail h of the rocking mechanism, so that a reliable combined laterally-rocking and longitudinally-reciprocating motion is imparted to the cradle.

In place of the mechanism shown for imparting laterally-rocking motion to the cradle any other equivalent mechanism may be used. For instance, instead of the overhead shaft S a shaft belowthe cradle, extending transversely across the tank, may be employed. Likewise in place of the mechanism for imparting longitudinallyreciprocating 'motion to the cradle any other equivalent mechanism may be employed By the compound motion imparted to the cradle the barrels are moved forward automatically and rolled around while passing from the ingoing end toward the outgoing end of the cradle. While they are rolled in the cradle, the barrels are filled with tepid water up to the level of the water in the tank.

The water enters through the faucet and bung-holes of the barrels and produces by the shaking action towhich it is subjected the thorough washing of the interior of the barrel, while'the outside of the barrel is simultaneously cleaned to some extent by the agitation to which the water in the tank is subjected by the rocking motion of the barjrel. the barrels in the cradle is produced by the The gradual forward-rolling motion of forward stroke imparted to the cradle, which is accomplished by locating the parallel cams g of the transverse shaft S and the collars of the center rod of the cradle slightly in front of a vertical center plane passing through the median normal position of the cams on the shaft S so that a forward impulse is given to the barrels even if the cradle C were supported in a horizontal position on its supportingrollers; but as the cradle has a slight inclination the gradual forward and turning motion of the barrels -is effectively produced tank. The delivery mechanism of the barfrels is clearly shown in Fig. 1 and in detail in Fig. 5. It consists of two endless sprocketchains I, which are stretched over larger and smaller sprocket-wheels t' z" and over guide and tension rollers t 7, upper sprocket-wheels L receive rotary mo- The shaft of the tion by a gear-wheel transmission m m m fromthe driving-shaft S, as shown in Fig. 1.

The guide and tension rollers i i are supported on short shafts which are applied to slide-bars 2', which are adjusted on the side walls of thetank by means of slots and clamping-screws 11 as shown in Fig. 5.

g The endless sprocket-chains I are connected by two transverse rods 1, that are attached to diametrically-opposite points on the sprocket- ;chains, said chains being located belowthe outgoing end of the cradle, so that the barrels are taken up by the transverse rods 1 as they are moved-over the outgoing end of the .cradle and conducted along two curved stationary guide-rails 1 that are su pportedon yoke-shaped transverse straps I attached at their ends to the side walls of the tank. The guard-rails lead up to'a level with the upper edge of the outgoing end of the tank,

so as toconduct the barrels over the guide rails and deliver them over the downwardlywashing-machine and by. which the exterior cleaning of thebarrels-is completed. From -the scrubbing-machine the barrels are con- .ducted tov the sprinkler by which thefinal interior cleansing'of the barrel is produced.

A second set of curved guide-railsI is arranged parallel with the main guide-rails 1- but close to the sprocket-chains I, said guiderails being attached to the sidewalls of the tank and serving to guide the barrels in a reliable manner while they are moved over the main guide-rails by the delivery mech-- The side guide-rails correspond to anism. the side rails of the cradle and prevent'the contact of the barrels with the sprocketchains. and their guide and tension'rollers,

so that they are protected against injury by the barrels. Without the side guide-rails the barrels would be liable to wabblefrom one side to. the other as they pass over the main guide-rails andi wouldinterfere with the proper operation of the delivery mechanism of the machine; f r

Themain advantage of my improved} machinefor washing barrels is that the barrels are thoroughly washed in tepid water while passing through the tank, as the compound laterally-rocking and longitudinally-reciprocating motion to which they are subjected shakes up the barrels and the water in the same to such an extent as to exert a thorough washing action on the same. Another advantage isthat the barrels are slowly and.

gradually fed forward automatically, taken upautomatically from the cradle, and deli-vered automatically to the scrubbing-machine. Still another advantage is that the separate soap-tank, which was heretofore used for soaking the barrels preparatory to washing I nally-reciprocating motion to said cradle,sub-

stantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a washing-tank, of a cradle in said tank for receiving the barrels to be washed, means for imparting a laterally-rocking motion, and means for imparting a simultaneously longitudinally" reciprocating motion to said cradle, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a washing-tank,

of acradle in said tank,- for receiving the bar rels to be washed, means at the bottom of-thetank for supporting said cradle in the same, and means for imparting a combined laterally-rocking and longitudinally-reciprocat- 'ingmotion to said cradle, substantially as set forth. V r

4. The combination, with a washing-tank, of a cradle supported in said tank, for receiving the barrels to be washed,, means for guid ing thebarrels in said cradle, and mechanism for imparting a combined laterally-rocking said cradle, substantially asset forth.

5. The combination, with a washing-tank, of v 'a v cradle supported in said tank, means for conducting the barrels to the ingoing end of said-cradle, means-for imparting a combined laterally-rocking and longitudinally-reciprolcating motion to said cradle, and a delivery mechanism for conducting the barrels from the cradle over the outgoingend of the-tank, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a washingftank, ofa cradle for receiving the barrels to be Twashed, means for supporting said cradle in said tank, means for conducting the barrels ,to the ingoing end of said cradle, guide rails .in said cradle for guiding the barrels, means forimparting a combined laterally-rocking and longitudinallyreciprocating motion to the cradle, and mechanism for deliveringthe barrels; from the cradle. over the outgoing end or the tank, substantially as set forth.

. 7. The combination of awashing-tank,-supporting-rollers at the bottom of said tank, acradle supported on said rollers, said cradle being composed of transverse U-shaped frames, longitudinal connecting rods. and guide-rails at opposite sides of, said frames, andmeans connected with one ofsaidjframes for imparting a combined laterally-rocking and longitudi'nally-reciprocating motion to said cradle, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of a Washing-tank, a cradle supported in said tan-k, means for conducting the barrels to the ingoing end of [said ;cradle, means on said cradle for guiding-said ibarrels when passing through the cradle, lmeans for imparting a combined laterallyl rocking and longitudinally-reciprocating mo- Qtion to said cradle, a delivery mechanism for iconducting the barrels from the cradle over Ethe outgoingend of the tank, and guide-rails ion the delivery mechanism for guiding the lbarrel's over the same, substantially as set lfOIth. I

l 9. In a machine for washing barrels, a craldle'for receiving the barrels, composed of transverse U -shaped' frames, longitudinal gconnecting-rods for saidframes, and side gguide rails-at the upper ends of said frames,

substantially as set forth.

i 10. In a machine for Washing barrels, a crai'dle for receiving the barrels, composed of jtransvers'e U -shaped frames, longitudinal rods connecting said frames, guide-rails on the sides of said frames, and means for adjusting said guide-rails laterally to different ;sizes of barrels, substantially as set forth.

a 11. In a barrel-washingmachine,-,a cradle and longitudinally-reciprocating motion to" composed of transverse U -shaped frames,

longitudinal connecting-rods for said frames, side guide -rails provided. with fixed outwardl y-extendin g brackets,straps connecting said brackets with said frame, pivot-links connecting said straps with the side rails, and clamping-bolts for connecting the brackets and straps, according as the siderails are to be adjusted for larger or smaller barrels, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination, with a washing-tank, of a cradle for receiving the barrels, said cradle consisting of transverse U -shaped frames, longitudinal connecting-rods, and side guiderails, means for imparting laterally-rocking motion to said cradle, a universal joint connecting said actuating mechanism with the cradle, a rock-shaft supported in hearings on the bottom of the tank, means for connecting one of the frames of the cradle with said rockshaft, cams on said rock-shaft, rollers on the bottom of the tank, said pieces engaging said clamps so as to impart longitudinally-reciprocating motion to the cradle simultaneously with the laterally-rocking motion, substantially as set forth. 7

13. The combination,with a Washing-tank, of a cradle in said tank, rollers for supporting said cradle on the bottom of said tank, means for imparting a laterally-rocking motion to said cradle, a transverse rock-shaft turning in bearings at the bottom of the tank, a crank-arm on said shaft, a universal joint connecting said crank-arm with the cradle, cams on said rock-shaft, and collars on the center rod of the cradle, said cams engaging said collars, so as to impart longitudinallyreciprocating motion to the cradle, simultaneously with the laterally-rocking motion, substantially as set forth.

14. The combination of a Washing-tank, a cradle supported in-said tank, means for imfrom the cradle over the outgoing end of the .tank, said delivery mechanism consisting of curved guide rails, sprocket wheels and chains, and transverse rods carried by said chain s, said rods engaging the barrels as they are delivered from the cradle and conducting them over the outgoing end of the tank, substantially as set forth.

15. The combination, with a Washing-tank, of a cradle in said tank, means for imparting a laterally-rocking and longitudinally-reciprocating motion to said cradle, a barrel-delivery mechanism arranged between the cradle and the outgoing end of the tank and consisting of curved bottom and side guide-rails, sprocket chains and Wheels and transverse rods on said chains for engaging the barrels and conducting them over the outgoing end of the tank, substantially as set forth.

16. In a machine for washing barrels, the combination, with a washing-tank,vof a barrel-delivery mechanism, consisting of rotary sprocket-chains, sprocket-Wheels for driving said chains, transverse rods attach d to said chains for taking up the barrels, curved bottom rails, curved side guide-rails, for conducting the barrels over the outgoing end of the tank, and guide and tension rollers for guiding said sprocket-chain relatively to said curved bottom and side rails, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB MULLER.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, M. H. WURTZEL.

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