US740320A - Machine for washing, filling, and corking bottles. - Google Patents

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PATENTEE SEPT. 29. 190s. E. L. SEELY.

MACHINE EOE WASHING, PILL-ING, AND GOEKING BOTTLES.

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FRED L. SEELY, OFIST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. i

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NA'o. 740,320, dated September 29, 1903.

` Application led July 12, 1902i Serial No. 115,352. (No model.)

i for automatically turning the bottles to their upright positions after being washed. l

A further object of the invention is to provide'a novel construction of bottle-feeding mechanism and means for actuating the same and a novel construction of bottle guideframe for supporting the bottles between the different operating mechanisms of the apparatus and for automatically reversing the` positions of the bottle.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figures l and l taken together represent an elevation illustrative of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 8 Fig. et is a section on the line4 1t Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a section on theline G 6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detail longitudinal section through the feed end of the machine. Fig. 8 is a detail View showinga modied construction of the bottle guide-frame. Fig. 9 is a sectional side elevation of a modified form of bottle-reversing mechanism. Fig'. 10 is a sectional plan view of the same. Fig. 11 is of Fig. la. of Fig. 1.

ka vertical section showing the bottle holder and adjuster and the actuating means therefor, and Fig. 12 is a detail view of the holder and adjuster. .Y

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views. I

The frame of the machine includes the backboard 1, preferably covered with galvanized iron or other sheet metal, and the sup,

ports 2 2, to which said backboard is secured.

of .which the fol- At the rear of the backboard l and extending longitudinally of the machine is a rotary driving-shaft 3, driven from any suitable source of power and in anysuitable manner. Secured to the backboard 1, and extending outwardly therefrom are a plurality of brach ets 4t, which support the rods 5 and 6, constituting a guide-frame for the bottles. The rods 5 5 are parallel to each other, and the rods 6 6 are also parallel to each other; but the rods 5 and 6 are inclined with respect to each other, so that the frame as a whole is twisted.` Between the rods 6 6 lit the necks vof the bottles, and between the rods 5 5 t the bodies of the bottles, The said rods (i 6 are near enough to each other to engage the beads on the upper ends of the bottle-necks and when the bottles are in their upright positions prevent thedisconnection of the samefrom the guide-frarne. When the bottles are not provided with beads on their necks, which may be engaged by the rods 6 6, asupplemental rod 7 for the support of the `bottles from the bottoms thereof may be employed. At one end of the guide-frame referred toV is a box or cas' ing 8, having an opening 9 in theupper side thereof for the passage of the bottles from the chute 10. 'Extending into the box or casing 8V from one side thereof isa bar 11, movable in a guide 12 and reciprocated bya cam 13, carried by the shaft-3. The said cam and the said bar constitute the feeding mechanism for the bottles in their passage through vthe machine. The chute 10 is inclined, as shown, and is made up'of aplurality of bars 14, secured at their lower ends to the top of the box or cas' ing S. This chute is adapted to receive the bottles to be Washed, filled, and corked in an inverted position, the lower bars 14 constil tuting supports which engage the shoulder formed by the body of the bottle adjacent to its neck. The support 15, on which the reciprocating bar 11 and the box or casing 8 are mounted, is inclined,- as shown, lying subl stantially at right angles to the bars 14, of which the chute 10 is made up. The lowest of the stack of bottles in said chute l0 is therefore delivered upon the support 15 in an inclined position. The ends of the bars 5 and 6, constituting the bottle-guide, are also .inclined from the support 1G, therefore, to

the point at which said rods meet the suproo ' port 15. Adjacent to the box or casing 8 and nclosing the rods 5 and 6 of the bottle guideframe is a casing 17, 4in which the bottles are washed.' The opposite ends of said casing are formed with openings 19 for the passage of the bottles therefrom, and the front of said casing is closed by a pane of glass held in place between the ribs or flanges 20 along the side edges of said casing. Through this pane of glass the washing operation inside the casing 17 may be readily viewed; but all splashing of Water to the outside of said casing is prevented. Leading into the lower end of the casing'l7 is a pipe 2l for hot Water, having a plurality of upwardlyextending branch pipes 22, having nozzles thereon. The operation of the feeding mechanism, consisting of the cam 13 and reciprocating bar 11, causes the bottles from the rack or chute 10 to be successively fed from the lower end Vof the box 8 into the bottle guide-frame and along said bottle guide-frame into the casing 17, in which the washing mechanism is placed. The bottles during this operation are in an inverted position, but are'slightly inclined from the vertical at a point at which they leave the box 8. By reason, however, of

the bend in the rods 5 and 6 from the end of the casing 8 to the support 16 said bottles are gradually moved into a vertical position with their necks lowermost, so that they can receive the jets of hot water from the nozzles 22 on the pipe 21. In the casing 17 therefore by the means described the bottles are thoroughly washed and drained. Passing from the casing 17 through the opening 19 in the delivery end thereof the bottles are gradually turned around by reason of the twist in the guide-frame in which they move until they reach an upright position, as clearly shown in the drawings.` Just as the fillingpump 23 is reached the bottles successively pass upon a plate 24, having a'guard-iiange 25 upon its outer side. This plate is adapted to be moved up and down to cause the bottle to approach and recede from the nozzle 26 of the pump by means of a lever 27, fulcrumed to a bracket 28 on the backboard 1, engaging o1 supporting the plate 24 at one end and carrying a roller -29 at its opposite end. The said roller is engaged by a cam 30 0n the shaft 3, which cam serves to rock the .lever 27, and thereby elevate the plate 24,`

carrying a bottle.

The said cam is provided at one point with a depression 3l, which is of sufficient length to allow the bottle which .has been filled to remain in its lowermost position until the feeding mechanism for the bottles can act to force the filled bottle out of line with the nozzle 26 and bring an empty bottle into alinement therewith. The pump 23 is supported upon a bracket 23a on the backboard 1 and consists of the ordinary cylinder 32, having a piston 33 therein whose stem is connected to a pitman 34, adjustably secured to the end of a lever 35, fulcrumed at 36 to the backboard 1 and actuated by a cam 37 on the shaft 3. Said cam is provided with the groove 38, which receives a pin or roller 39 on the end of the lever 35. The specific means of connection between the pitman 34 and the lever 35 consists of a slot 40 in said lever, a pin 41 on the pitman 34, movable in said slot, and a lock-nut or other securing means for rigidly connecting these two partstogether. The object of this adjustment is to change the throw of the piston 33 according to the quantity of liquid that is to be inserted into the bottles. The spout or nozzle 26 heretofore referred to leads from the lower end of the cylinder 32 below the piston 33 and is provided with a downwardlyopening check-valve 42. `The pipe 43 leads into the lower end of the cylinder 32v below the piston 33 and is provided with an inwardly-opening check-valve 44. The pipe 43 communicates with a tank or other supplychamber for liquid, and it will be obvious that upon the upward movement of the piston 33 a charge of liquid will be drawn through the pipe 43 into the lower end of the cylinder 32. the piston 33 will cause the closure of the valve 44, the opening of the valve 42, and the discharge of the liquid previously drawn through the pipe 43 out through the nozzle or discharge-spout 26.

For the specific construction and arrangementof the pump 23 herein shown and above described it is obvious that any other :form of filling mechanism for the bottles may be substituted and that the saine maybe otherwise disposed than the pump 23.

The bottles being thus washed, drained, inverted in position, and filled with liquid, now pass successively to the Ycorking mechanism, the same consisting of a hopper 45, in which a supply of corks ris placed, having a contracted discharge-passage 46 in the lowerend thereof, through which corks may pass one by one. Mounted in the hopper 45 is a rotary feeder 47, having a laterally-extending arm 48 thereon, which moves in close proximity to the inclined lower walls of said hopper and serves to feed the corks one by one into the discharge-passage 46. The upper end of the feeder 47 has secured to it a pulley 49, around which passes a cord or belt 50, through which power is transmitted from the shaft 3 for rotating said feeder. The lower end of the dischargepassage 46 is normally closed by a reciprocating cut-od 51, having an opening 52 therein, in which a single cork is adapted to fit. It will be observed that when the cut-off lis in its rearward position, with the opening52 registering with the opening through the passage 46, the lower cork of the stack in said passage will drop into the opening 52, and during the next outward movement of the cut-off 51 the cork in the opening 52 will be carried out to a point directly over the neck of the bott-le to be corked, when the depression of the corking-plunger 53 will force the cork home into the neck of The opposite or downward movement of IOO ros

the bottle. The opening 52 is slightly taper# ing in shape, so that a cork upon entering the same cannot pass entirely therethrough unless pressure be applied. When'the plunger 53, however, is forced down and engages the upper end of the cork in the opening 52, the said cork is slightly .compressed in passing through the contracted part of said opening, so that its insertion into the neck of the bottle is thereby facilitated. The plunger 53 is actuated'by a llever 53, fulcrumed on the backboard 1 and cooperating with a cam 53b on the shaft 3.

One of the essential features of the invention herein disclosed upon which it is desired to. lay special stress is the bottle-guide constructed and arranged to reversev the position of the bottles and return them to an upright positionby the simple action of the delivery and feeding mechanism. I have described the bottle-guide as being made up of a plurality of bars '5 and 6. It is obvious, however, that I may employ a guide-frame in box form having solid sides in lieu of said rods or bars. I have also described the washing apparatus for the bottles being located along the line of the bottle guide-frame between the Ifeed-chute 10 and the filling-pump. may be found desirable, however, to wash the bottles while they are in the feed-chute l0, andan advantage is obtained by this construction, in that the bottle guide-frame may be made shorter, and consequently will hold aA smaller number of bottles.V By reason of the fact that bottles vary in size, or rather thick? ness, an accumulation of a large number'of bottles in the guide-frame has a tendency to interfere with the proper registration thereof with the nozzle 26 of the pump when they reach the latter. The only change necessary inthe construction described to effect the washing of the bottles while the latter are in the feedfchute 10 is to change the locationl .of the hot-water pipe 21 and the box or casing 17, in which said pipe discharges.

When the bottles are washed lin the feedchute 10, a modified construction for-reversing the position ot the bottles maybe employed. The same consists ofa disk, 54, mounted to turn in the grooved guides or holders 55 and having a sprocket-'wheel 56- thereon, with which meshes a sprocket-chain 57. Said sprocket-chain also passes around a sprocket-wheel'58, having a pinion 59 thereon, which is adapted to'be engaged by asegmental rack 60 on the main drive-shaft 3. The diameter of the sprocketwheel 56 is twice that of the sprocket-wheel 58, so that when the latter is turned a complete revolution through the action of the rack 60 on the pinion 59 the former will be turned a halfrevolutiou, or through an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees. The disk 54.- is provided with an opening .61, constituting a bottle holder or receiver, which opening is adapted to receive the reciprocating bar 11, forming part ofthe feeding mechanism. The bottles .the neck of the bottle.

from the chute 10 are delivered upon the inclined support l5 and through the actionof the reciprocating bar 11 are successively pushed into the receiver 61. Then upon the engagement ot the rack 60 with the pinion 59 the sprocket-wheels 5S and 56 are turned, and the latter being connected with the disk 54 said disk is also turned, carrying with it the bottle in the receiver 61 and reversing the position of the latter.l The next operation of the reciprocating bar 11 forces a new bottle in inverted position into the receiver 6l, and the bottle which has previously been returned to its upright position is fed forward toward the filling and corking devices.

It will be readily understood that by reason of variations in the thickness of the hotties-fed through the bottle guide-frame described in some instances the bottle tov be filled will be deliveredupon the plate 24C out of line with the spout or nozzle 26 of the pump 23 and that the lled bottle will be delivered to a point out'of line with the cork# ing-plunger 53. In order to prevent this, I have provided a combined holde'r and adjuster for insuring the proper locationof the` bottles beneath the two partsv referred to when the illing and corking devices are operated. The same consists of a rod or bar 62, extending through an openingin the backboard 1 and having a concavev bottle-holder (S3-upon one Vend thereof.v The opposite end extends through au opening in the'frame of the device and has secured thereto a spring 64connected to the frame of the apparatus, the said spring tending to normally urge the rod 62 out toward the bottle guide-frame. 0n the under side ofthe rod 62 is an arm 65, having an antifriction-roller 66 thereon, which is engaged by a cam 67 on the shaft 3. Said cam 67 during each revolution of the shaft 3 acts upon the roller 66 and moves the rod 62 against the action chf-.its spring 64; away from the bottle guide-frame. yAt the forward end of therod 62, adjacent to the point of connection of the` bottle-holder 63 therewith, is a branch arm 68, which extends parallel to the direction vof movement of the bottles in the guide-frame and has connectedthereto a crescent-shaped bottle-'adjuster 69. The said adjuster 69 Vis located beneath the spout 26 of thepump 23 and is adapted to embrace the bottle to be lled and held and guide the same during its upward movement toward the spout 26 to insure the proper entrance of said spout into y The holder 63 is located beyond the adjuster 69 directly beneath the corkingplunger 53. Said holder 63 serves to retain the bottle to be corked in proper position to receive the plunger 53 as it descends. The cam 67 is so disposed upon the shaft 3 that as soon as the filling and corking operations; have/been completed it will act upon the roller 66 on the arm 65 to throw rearwardly the rod 62 and free the adjuster 69 and the holder 63 from the bottles with which ICO they were in engagement and' permit the feedy ing mechanism toI deliver additional bottles thereto. .v

While I have shown and described specific forms of bottle-Washing mechanism, bottleiilling mechanism, and bottle-corking mechanism, I make no specific claims thereto herein. For these mechanisms any other suitable mechanisms of the same kind may loe substituted without departing from the nature or spirit of my invention.

Itwill be readily understood that unless means be provided for preventing it'the bottles from the chute l0 would strike with sufficient force to break them against the bottom wall of the box or casing 8 as soon as the feeding-bar 1l is retracted so as to pass from beneath the stack of bottles in the said chute. The means provided by me for overcoming this difculty consists of a. two-arm plunger 70, which tits within and is movable through slots 7l in the bar ll, the said plunger being reciprocated by means of a cam 72 on the main drive-shaft 3. This cam acts upon the lower end of the plunger or a roller carried thereby. The cam 72 has been shown as a cam-race and is so shaped and disposed that the plunger is maintained in its raised position until after the bar ll is retracted. Said plunger then recedes slowly, so as to allow the bottles in the chute 10 to gradually move along said chute until the bottom bottle comes in contact with the bottom wall of the boX or casing 8. Said plunger remains in its lowermost position until the bar 1l has been again forced forwardly, when it is again raised, so as to support the stack of bottles in the chute l0 While the'bar ll is being withdrawn.

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

l. In an organized apparatus for washing and filling bottles, the combination with means for washing the bottles in inverted position, means for feeding the bottles to the filling mechanism, and means for automatically turning the bottles to their upright positions after being Washed.

2. In an organized apparatus for Washing and filling bottles, the combination with means for washing the bottles in inverted position, filling mechanism therefor, means for automatically turning the bottles to their upright positions after being Washed, means for feeding the bottles from the washing mechanism to the filling mechanism, and common operating means for the filling mechanism and the feeding means.

3. In an organized apparatus for washing, filling and corking bottles, the combination with mechanism for washing the bottles in inverted position, filling mechanism and corking mechanism, of means for feeding the bottles from the washing mechanism to the lilling mechanism and thence to the corking mechanism, means for automatically turning the bottles to their upright positions after being washed, and common operating means for the corkingand filling mechanisms and for the feeding means.

4. In an organized apparatus for washing and filling bottles, the combination, with mechanism for washing the bottles in inverted position, and filling mechanism, of a guideframe for the bottlesbetween the'washing and filling mechanisms, and feeding mechanism for the bottles in said frame, the said frame being constructed and arranged to turn the bottles from inverted to upright position while passing therethrough between the washing mechanism and the filling mechanism.

5. Inan organized apparatus for washing and iilling bottles, the combination with mechanism for washing the bottles in inverted position and filling mechanism, of a guideframe for the bottles between the Washing and filling mechanisms, and feeding mechanism for the bottles in said frame, the said guide-frame having engaging portions for the bottles thereon, which engaging portions are twisted so as to be reversed in position from the washing mechanism to the filling mechanism, for turning the bottles from inverted to upright position between the washing and filling mechanisms.

6. In'an organized apparatus for washing and filling bottles, the combination with mechanism for washing the bottles in inverted position, and filling mechanisms, of a guideframe between the washing and filling mechanisms, and vmeans for feeding the bottles along said frame, said guideframe being made up of longitudinally-extending rods arranged in pairs, the members of each pair being parallel to each other and adapted to engage dilferent portions of the bottles and the members of each pair being twisted with respect to the members of the other pairfor turning the bottles from inverted to upright position as they are fed therethrough.

7. In an apparatus for washing and filling bottles, the combination with washing mechanism, filling mechanism to which the bottles are delivered from the Washing mechanism and a box or casing at the feed end of the machine, of a bottle guide-frame connecting said casing with said washing mechanism, an inclined chute communicating with said casing andv feeding mechanism for feeding the bottles one by one from said casing into said guide-frame as they are delivered into said casing from said chute.

8. In an apparatus for Washing and filling bottles, the combination with mechanism for washing bottles in inverted position, filling mechanism to which the bottles are delivered from the washing mechanism and a boX or casing at the feed end of the machine having an inclined bottom wall, of a twisted bottle guide-frame connecting said casing with said washing mechanism, an inclined chute communicating with said casing and extending at right angles t0 the inclined bottom Wall thereof, and a reciprocating bar for feeding the bottles one by one from said casing into IIO IIE

said bottle guide-frame as they are delivered into said casing from said chute.

9. In an apparatus. for washing and filling bottles, the combination with Washing mechanism, filling mechanism to which the bottles are delivered from said washing mechanism and a casing-attbe `feed end of the machine, of a bottle guide-frame connecting said casing with said Washing mechanism, an inclined chute communicating with said casing, a lreci procating feeding-bar movable through said casing for feeding the bottles one by one from said casing into said bottle guide-frame as they are delivered into said casing from 'said chute, a rotary shaft having a cam thereon and connections between said cam and said bar for operating it.

l0.'y In an organized apparatus for Washing and filling bottles, the combination with Washing mechanism, filling mechanism, a bottle guide -frame extending from the Washing mechanism to the iilling mechanism and feed mechanism for the bottles in said frame, of a vertically-movable support for the bottles located beneath the illing mechanism and independent of said frame, and means for automatically elevating said support toward the nozzle of the iilling mechanism as the l bottles are successively delivered thereon.

1l. In an organized apparatus for Washing and iilling bottles, the combination With Washing mechanism, filling mechanism, a bottle guide-frame extending from the Washing mechanism to the filling mechanism and feed mechanism for the bottles in said frame, of a vertically-movable support for the bottles located beneath the iilling mechanism and independent of said frame, a drive-shaftfor' operating said feeding and filling mechanisms, and connections between said driveshaft and said support for automatically elevating the same toward the nozzle of the iilling mechanism as the bottles are successively delivered thereon. y

ll2. In an organized apparatus for Washing and filling bottles, the combination with Washing mechanism, lling mechanism, a bottle' guide frame extending from the Washing mechanism to the iilling mechanism, and feed mechanism for the bottles in said frame, of a vertically-movable support for the bottles located beneath the filling mechanism and finldependent of said frame, a rotary drive-shaft for actuating the filling and feeding mechanismsa cam on said shaft and a lever connected with said support and cooperating on said cam, whereby saidl support is automatically elevated toward the nozzle of the filling mechanism as the bottles are successively delivered thereon.

' 13. In an apparatus for filling and corking bottles, the combination with filling mechanism,corking mechanism, abottle guide-frame, and meansfor feeding the bottles along said frame to the iiliing and corking mechanisms, of a bottle-adjuster having bottle-engaging portions thereon located respectively opposite the corking and i'lling mechanisms, the said engaging portions designed to hold .the bottles as they are fed to the filling and corking. mechanisms 'in line with the discharge nesses. Y l

- FRED L. SEELY.V

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B H. OBERDonn,

L. 0. SANGER.

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