US726505A

US726505A - Bottle-stoppering apparatus.

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Publication number: US726505A
Application number: US11792102A
Authority: US
Inventors: Simon Burkman
Original assignee: AUGUST DAHLBERG
Current assignee: AUGUST DAHLBERG
Priority date: 1902-08-01
Filing date: 1902-08-01
Publication date: 1903-04-28
Anticipated expiration: 1920-04-28

Description

A A A A? 1 grill? mrm P IN No. 726,505 PATENTED APR. 28, 1903.

s. BURKMAN.

BOTTLE STOPPERING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1902. N0 MODEL. 2 SHEBTS-SHEET I.

Wnemms No. 726,505. PATENTED APR. 28. 1903.

I A s. BURKMAN.

BOTTLE STOPPBRING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1} 1902.

N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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Fifth SIMON BURKMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF, ONE-HALF TO AUGUST DAHLBERG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE STOPPERBNG APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,505, dated April 28, 1903.

Application filed August 1, 1902.

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON BURKMAN, asubject of the King of Norway and Sweden, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppering Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a device to be used for placing stoppers in the mouths of bottles, and while it is more especially intended to be used for inserting the disks or stoppers in the mouths of milkbottles, yet it is applicable for applying stoppers to bottles of other kinds; and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a bottle-stoppering apparatus which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable, and effective in operation, and by means of which the stoppers may be quickly and firmly inserted and pressed into the bottle-mouths.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the device that it may beused on bottles of different heights in such a manner that the disks or stoppers will be properly guided to the mouths of the bottles.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view, partly in section and partly in elevation, taken on line 1 l of Fig. 2, showing a box or case with bottles arranged in a row therein and illustrating my apparatus in position ready for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a fragmental perspective view of a portion of the guide or track. Fig. 4 is a rear view of a portion of the disk or stopper carrier. Fig. 5 is a side View thereof. Fig. 6 is a side View of one of the compensating rings used in connection with the of the drawings. 7 is located on the upper ends of the bottles in Serial No. 117,921. (No model.)

guide or track. Fig. 7 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 8 is an end view, partly in section, of the roller for pressing the stoppers into position; Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of a portion of the guide or track, showing a modification in the means for holding the compensating rings in position; and Fig. 10 is a perspective View of one of the disks or stoppers.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the dilferent views of the drawings.

A represents a box or case for holding the bottles a, and which box may be of-any suitable size, form, and material, but is preferably rectangular in shape and of a sufficient size to hold a large number of bottles, which are placed in rows, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 The guide or track, which one row when in use, comprises a fiat piece B, having at its sides upturned flanges b to guide the roller and disk or stopper carrier, as will be presently explained. The piece B or bottom of the guide is formed with a number of circular openings b somewhat larger than the disks or stoppers and is provided at the front edge of each of said openings with a lip or lug b which. projects upwardly from the piece 13 and are for the purpose of engaging and removing the disks or stoppers from the disk or stopper carrier. Secured to the lower surface of the piece B and surrounding each of the openings therein is adownwardly-fiaring extension or funnel-shaped portion C to receive the upper ends of the bottles. By reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings it will be seen that the upper portion of each of these extensions is contracted, as at c, and are provided just below their contracted portions withinwardly-projecting pins or screws 0, which fit in suitable slots 0 in the compensating rings D, which are inovably located in the said contracted portions of the extensions. The pins 0' serve'to prevent the rings D dropping out, yet permit them to move up and down,as required by the different lengths of the bottles. These rings are used to fill in the spaces between the upper ends of the bottles and the bottom of the guide or track, so as to guide the stoppers or disks and prevent them turning sidewise, as might occur when they are not used if the distance between the top of the bottle and the bottom of the guide or track is great.

Instead of securing the rings D in position by means of the pins 0 I may form the contracted portions of the extensions 0 with slots 0 and secure the rings D together by means of a spring 0 the ends of which pass through the slots 0 and are secured to the rings in any suitable manner, which springs are fastened at their middle to the lowersurface of the piece 13 or guide, all of which is clearly shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings and will be readily understood.

The disk or stopper carrier comprises a cylinderE of a sufficient size to hold a large number of the disks or stoppers E,which fit snugly in said cylinder and lie horizontally therein, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The bottom of the cylinderE is open and is provided in its edge with recesses e, diametrically opposite each other, for the reception and operation of the lugs or lips 17 on the guide or track,which are employed to remove the disks or stoppers one at a time, or one for each of the openings 1) in the guide, as the disk-carrier is slid along. Secured to each side of the cylinder E is a strap 6, the lower ends of which are bent inwardly, so as to extend a slight distance below the bottom of the cylinder, so that the bottom disk will be supported thereby. Connected to the disk carrier or cylinder E by means of a rod fon each sidethereof is a roller G, which is provided with a numberof projections g of cork, rubber, or other suitable material, which projections may be 'screwed into suitable openings therein, as

shown in Fig. 8, or otherwise secured thereto. This rolleris provided with an axle g, to which one end of each of the rodsfis secured and on which are also secured prongs h of a forked handle II, used for propelling the roller and the disk-carrier when the same are connected together. The roller G, as well as the diskcarrier, are of proper size to fit betweenthe flanges b of the guide or track B, which flanges serve to hold them in alinement.

In using my apparatus the guide or track B is placed so thatits funnel-shaped extensions 0 will fit over the upper ends of the bottles, when by placing the disk-carrier E and the roller G on the guide or track and moving them forward the lips or lugs b on the track will engage the lowermost disk in the carrier and remove it therefrom, thus allowing it to drop through the opening I), where it will be pressed or forced into the mouth of the bottle by means of one of the projections g on the roller. As all of the bottles may not be of the same height, the rings D, which are vertically movable in the upper portion of the extensions 0, are used so as to guide the disks to the mouth of the bottle and prevent them from turning edgewise.

While I have shown one track only, yet it is apparent that I may use any number of tracks, each of which will fit on the upper ends of the bottles of one row, and may employ one roller and disk-carrier to operate in all of the tracks one after the other, or may connect two or more rollers and disk-carriers together so as to travel in two or more of said tracks, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

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

1. In a bottle-stoppering apparatus, the combination with a guide or track having a series of openings and provided with an upwardly-extending lip or lug at the front portion of each of said openings, ofa downwardlyprojecting extension surrounding each of said openings and secured to the guide or track, a disk or stopper carrier located on the said guide and having at its lower end inwardlyextending pieces, a roller mounted on the guide and provided with a series of projections, and a connection uniting the disk-carrier and roller, substantially as described.

2. In a bottle-stoppering apparatus, the combination with a guide or track having a series of openings and provided with an upwardly-extending lip or lug near the front of each opening, of a downwardly projecting and flaring extension surrounding each of said openings and secured to the guide or track, a ring loosely located in the contracted portion of each of said extensions, a disk or stopper carrier located on the said guide and having at its lower end inwardly-extending pieces, a roller mounted on the guide and provided with a series of projections, and a connection uniting the disk-carrier and roller, substantially as described.

3. In a bottle-stoppering apparatus, the combination with a piece having upwardlyturned flanges at its edges and a series of openings and provided with an upwardly-extending lip or lug at the front of each of said openings, of a downwardly projecting and flaring extension surrounding each of said openings and secured to the guide-piece, a disk or stopper carrier located on the said guide-piece and having at its lower end inwardly-extending pieces and recesses, and a roller mounted on the guide and provided with a series'of projections and connected to the disk-carrier, substantially as described.

SIMON BURKMAN.

"Witnesses:

OHAs. O. TILLMAN, HATTIE A. THOMAS.