US728287A - Machine for cleaning brewers' hose. - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES,

Patented May 19, 1903.

.PATENT OFFICE.

MACHINE FOR CLEANING BREWERS H o'sEL SPECIFICATION forming 1m of Letters Patent no. 728,287, dated my 19, 1903.

Application filed March 19, 1903. i Serial Nb. 148,568. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND PEHL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, (with a post-office address in the above place,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Cleaning Brewer's Hose, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is intended for the washing and cleansing of flexible tubing, and is espeoially adapted for washing and cleaning the inside of hose used in breweries.

It has been the usual custom heretofore to take a cork with a string attached and flush the same through the hose and then attach'a stronger cord to the string at the end of which is a brush and draw the same through the hose and intermittently force water through the same'until it is thoroughly cleaned,which is a very slow and laborious operation.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine of simple and convenient construction for clamping the hose into a carrier and drawing the same over a brush whichisat tached to the free end of a long flushing-pipe and which is in communication with'proper flushing means to thoroughly rinse the same in a. simple and thorough manner, thereby saving a greatdeal of time and manual labor. This invention will be best understood as described in connection with the drawings in which it is illustrated, and in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved hose w'ashing and cleaning machine. As the same is of considerable length, I have preferably shown it broken in two places. Fig.2 is a side view of ;what isshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional end View taken on lines 3 3 and in the direction of the arrows of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an end view of what is shown in Fig. 2 from the left-hand side of the machine. Figs-5 and 6 are respectively a plan and a front View of the hose-clamping carrier.- Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively a plan and a front view of one of the series of hose-supporting cross-heads. Figs. 9 to 12, inclusive, represent a modification of what is shown in Figs'l 3111(12, the modification being a design of a vertical machine attached to the Wall of a buildingor chimney, whereas the machine as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 represents a design of the horizontal type.

The numerals 15 and 16 indicate planks running the entire length of the machine,- upon which the frame (designated in a general way by the letter A) is mounted and which con sists of the standards 17, 18, and 19, rigidly held together at their upper endsby the tierods 20 and 21, preferably made of tubing, which serve as guides for the series of hosesupporting cross-heads 33, the hose-clamping carrier 29, and theseries of pipe-supporting cross-heads 41, all of which will be described later. On the lower sides the standards are held together by the tie-rods'22 and23, also preferably made of gas piping or tubing.

Power is communicated to the machine by means of the pulleys 24, mounted upon the shaft 25, which carries the sprocket26 and is journaled in the bearings 19 of the standard 19. ings 17, in which is journaled the shaft 27, "upon which is securely held the sheave 28, having a groove in which the sprocket-chain The standard 17 is provided with-bearor wire rope 32 can engage.

' he hose-clamping carrier 29 is best shown 'in Figs. 5' and 6, and consists of a casting having semicircular concave slideways 29, which are adaptedto slide on the tie- rods 20 and 21, and has hinged-thereto the cap 30, by which the hose can be clamped and securely heldto the hose-clamping carrier by means of the winged nut 31 and whereby the hose is drawn into the machine when the hose-clamping carrier is drawn forward. Securely fastened to the hose-clamping carrier 29 is the sprocket-chain 32, which passes-ovenand around the sprocket 26 and under and around the sheave 28 backto the hose-clamping car-- rier, as shownin Fig. 2, and I have preferably shown the sprocket-chain 32 as a wire rope for a portion of its length.

As a means for supporting the hose during the operation of drawing the hose into the machine I have provided the hose-supporting cross-heads 33 (best shown in Figsf7- arid 8) and provided at their outerends with semicircular concave slideways 34, adapted to slide over the tie-rods 2O an'd21'.

is of considerable length, I have provided a series of hose=supporting cross-heads which As the machine 'ICO are all connected near their slideways by chains 35 and 36, which prevent the hose from sagging during the cleaning operation. One end of each of these chains is securely held to the standard l7,and the center of each is fastened to the hose-clamping carrier, and when the hose-clamping carrier is at the sprocket end of the machine the hose-supporting crossheads are about equidistantly disposed between the standard 17 and the hose-supporting carrier.

The standard 19 is provided at its central and upper end with a hub 19, into which is screwed the flushing-pipe 37, which has at its free end securely held thereto the brush 38, which is provided with proper perforations 39, the purpose of which will be described later. At the outer end of the hub 19 the machine is connected with a water-supply, which may be thrown into operative connection by the valve 40. As previously stated, the machine is of considerable length and the flushing-pipe, with'its attached brush, would sag, and therefore I have provided the machine with a series of pipe-supporting cross-heads 41, which are in general construction and design similar to the hose-supporting cross-heads and only vary in the size of the central opening, which is considerably smaller, adapted to receive the diameter of the flushing-pipe 37. These pipe-supporting cross-heads are also attached to the chains 35 and 36 and slide on the tie- rods 20 and 21 and are identical in operation with the hose-supporting cross-heads 33, except that the former support the flushing-pipe and the latter the hose. As previously stated, one end of each of the chains 35 and 36 is securely held to the standard 17 and 'the other end of each is fastened to the standard 19, and when the hose-clam ping carrier is at the sheave end of the machine or near the standard .17 the pipe-supporting cross-heads are about equidistantly disposed between the standard 19 and the hose-clamping carrier 29, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In Figs. 9 to 12, inclusive, I have shown a modified form of my improved machine for cleaning brewers hose, the same being of the same general construction as the machine previously described and representing it as adapted to be secured to the wall of the building or chimney for the purpose of saving floorspace.

The numeral et5 indicates the side wall of a building or chimney, to which the standards 17, 18, and 19 are fastened, and is identical both in construction and operation with the machine above described with this exception, that the water-supply and valve 40 is attached to the sheave end of the machine, which admits water through the tie-rod 21, which is, as previously described, preferably of tubular construction and is connected at the upper end by means of the pipe 46 with the hub 19". In the standard 19 I have provided the supplemental sheave 47, which is journaled inthe shaft 48, under which the hose is drawn from a reel when the machine is in operation. As the tube will hang vertically and there will be no tendency to sag, as in the horizontal arrangement, the hosesupporting cross-heads may be omitted, and I have therefore dispensed with the same.

The chains 35 and 36 each have one end fastened to the standard 19 and the other end directly to the hose-clamping carrier 29, and these chains are also fastened to the pipesupporting cross-heads 41, which are about equidistant-1y disposed between the standards 19 and the hose-clamping carrier when the carrier is at the sheave end of the machine.

The operation of the machine is as follows: I will assume that the machine is properly belted, so that the hose-clamping carrier 29 can be drawn to and fro and the necessary supply of water provided, and that the hoseclamping carrier is at the sheave end of the machine. The hose is brought to the machine on a reel, and the free end of the hose is drawn over the sheave 28 and through the central openings of the series of hose-su pportin g crossheads 23 and clamped into the hose-clamping carrier 29 by means of the cap 30 and the winged nut 31. The machine is then set in motion, so that the hose-clamping carrier is slowly drawn toward the sprocket end of the machine. The hose will then be drawn over the brush 38, the valve 40 having previously been opened, so that the water will flow through the flushing-pipe 37 into the hose through the perforations 39, and as the hoseclamping carrier continues it comes in contact with the pipe-supporting cross-heads 41 until the entire series is forced back toward the sprocket end of the machine, and simultaneously the hose-supporting cross-heads 33 will be drawn away one after the other by means of the chains 35 and 36 and spread about equidistantly over the entire length of the machine, thus supporting the hose. When the machine is reversed,the hose-clamp ing carrier forces the hose back out of the machine, the attendant guiding the same back upon the reel.

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

1. In a machine of the class specified,'.tl1e combination of a hose clamping carrier, means for moving the hose-clamping carrier, the flushing-pipe, and the brush supported at the free end of the flushing-pipe, all operating substantially as described to draw the hose over the brush and the flushing-pipe.

2. In a machine of the class specified, the combination of a hose clamping carrier, means for moving the hose-clamping carrier, a valve adapted to regulate the pressure of the water, the flushing-pipe, the brush mounted at the free end of the flushing-pipe, and perforations in the brush, all operating substantially as described.

3. In a machine for cleaning and washing flexible hose, the combination of aframe, a

sprocket-wheel mounted at one end of the frame, a sheave mountedfat the other end of the frame, a hose -,cla-mping carrier, operating means connected with the hose-clamping carrier and passing over the sprocket-wheel andsheave, the flushing-pipe, and=the brush I mounted at the end of the pipe, substantially as described. r

4. In a machine for cleaning and washing flexible hose, the combination of a frameya sprocket-wheel mounted at one end of the frame, a sheave mounted at the other end of the frame, a hose-clamping carrier, operating means connected to the hose-clamping carrier and passing over .thesprocket-wheel and the sheave, the flushing-pipe, the brush mounted at the free end of the flushing-pipe, and a series of pipe-supporting cross-heads, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for cleaning and washing flexible hose, the combination of a frame, a

sprocket-wheel mounted at one end of the frame, a sheave mounted at the other end of the frame, a hose-clamping carrier, operating meansconnected to the hose-clamping carrier and passing over the sprocket-wheel and the sheave, the flushing-pipe, the brush mountedat the free'end of the flushing-pipe, a series of pipe-supporting cross-heads, and

a series of hose-supporting cross-heads, substantially as described. I

6. In a machine forcleauing and-washing flexible hose,'the combination-of a frame, a" sprocket-wheel mounted at one end of the frame, a sheave mounted at the other end of the frame, a hose-clamping carrier, operating means connected to the hose-clamping carrier and passing over the sprocket-wheel and the sheave, the flushing-pipe, the brush mounted at the free end of the flushing-pipe, a series of pipe-supporting cross-heads, and chains connecting the series of pipe-supporting cross-heads to the frame and to the hose clamping carrier, substantially as described.

7. In a machine for cleaning and washing flexible hose, the combination of a frame, a sprocket-wheel mounted at oneend of the frame, asheave mounted at the'other end of the frame, a hose-clamping carrier, operating means connected to the hose-clamping carrier and passing over the sprocket-Wheel and the sheave, thefiushing-pipe, the brush' mounted at the free endof the flushing-pipe, I a series of pipe-supporting cross-heads,chains connecting the series of pipe-supporting cross heads to the frame and to thehose-clamping carrier, a series of hose-supporting crossto the hose-clam ping carrier, substantiallyas described.

heads, and chains connecting the series of hose-supporting cross-heads to the'frame and 8. In a machine for Washing brewers hose,

the combination of aframe, a sprocket-wheel mountedat one end of the frame, power devices for operating. the sprocket-wheel, a P

sheave mounted at the other end of the frame,

a hose-clamping carrier, a sprocketchain connected to the hose-clamping carrier and passing over the sprocket and the sheave,

the flushing-pipe, one end of which is rigidly mounted in the frame; the brush-mounted at the other free end of the flushing-pipe, perporting cross-heads, aseries of hose-supportforations in'the brush, a series of pipe-suping cross-heads, and chains connecting the pipe-supporting cross-heads and" hose-supporting cross-heads to the frame and to-the ho'se-clamping carrier, all substantially as described. t v

mounted at oneend of the frame, power dea 8o 9. In a machine forwashing brewers hose, the combination of aframe, a sprocket-wheel vices for operating the sprocket-Wheel, a

sheave mounted at the other end of the frame,

a hose-clamping carrier, a sprocket-chain connected to the hose-clamping carrier and passing over the sprocket and the sheave,

the flushing-pipe, one end of which-is rigidly mounted in the frame, thebrush mounted'at the other free end of the flushing-pipe, perforations in the brush, a valve adapted to regulate the-pressure of the water;a series of pipe-supporting cross-heads, aseries of hose-supporting-cross-heads, and chains connecting the pipe-supporting cross-heads and hose-supportin g cross-heads to the'frame and to the'hose-clamping carrier, all substantially as described; r

Signed by me this'ldth day of-March; 1903;

r EDMUND-"PE'HL; Witnesses: I I Y EMIL OTT,

- RIoHARnH-KIMBALL.

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