US812068A - Bottle-capping machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906.

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l INVENTORS Hermanuer No. 812,068. PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906. H. MLLER & E. ZIPPRIGH. BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.20. 1905.

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WITNESSES: hw-*m INVENTORS ATTOR N EY No. 812,068. PATENTED PEB. 6, 1906.

H. MLLER & E. ZIPPRICH.

BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JA.N.20.1905.

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BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.-20,1905.

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HERMAN MLLER, OF ASTORIA, AND EUGENE ZIPPRIOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO BUDDE t VVESTERMANN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-CAPPING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

To all whom t 77mg/ concern:

Be it known that we, HERMAN MLLER, residing at Astoria, county of Queens, and EU- GENE ZIPPRICH, residing at New York city, county of New York, State of New York, citizens of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Capping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention resides in certain novel features adapted to provide a machine by which smooth or neat work can be rapidly or effectively accomplished.`

This invention is set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle-capping machine embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line :c of Fig. 1, with the movable j aw, the j aw-actuating cam or eccentric, and the driving gear for the shaft carrying such eccentric removed. Fig. 4 is a section along y y, Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a side elevation like Fig. 1, but partly in section.

The base a supports a frame b, and the spring c in housing or thimble d can be adjusted or have its tension varied, as explained later on. This spring c forms a yielding support for a bearing point or pivot e of link f, jointed at g to a link h, which is jointed at i to a movable jaw 7c, which can swing about pivot m. A xd jaw is shown at o. These jaws are lined with rubber or felt or soft material to avoid breaking or crushing ,a bottle or neck therebetween. A cam or eccentric p engages the pivot g and actuates the links to reciprocate jaw 7c. The eccentric is fixed to rotary shaft q, which can be coupled -or uncoupled with driving pulley or motor r. The clutch is indicated at s and s. When a bottle is slid onto fixed jaw o and presses on slide t, the lever u is actuated to allow the clutch to couple, as presently explained.

As the eccentric actuates the links to move jaw 7c to the bottle on jaw o the tin-foil or cap, which has been placed on the bottle is compressed about the bottle or its neck. This eccentric is shown with two high parts, one part not quite so high as the other. When the bottle with its cap is put on the fixed jaw, the movable jaw is actuated by the highest part of the cam, and this movable j aw'then comes to the fixed jaw with sufficient force to fold the tin-foil or cap about the bottle. A low Y part of the cam then allows the jaws to open. The bottle being released is then turned by the attendant on the fixed jaw to smooth the folds of the tin-foil or cap. The succeeding high part of the cam then coming to the joint g actuates the links or toggle-joint f h to again close the jaws, and the cap is caused to snugly clasp or sit about the bottle or its neck. The following low part of the cam then releases or opens the jaws. The capped bottle is now pushed out or off the jaw by clutch-arm u', which, moving to unclutching prosition, leaves the cam p stationary or free om the motor or driving-wheel 1'.

The pivot e before mentioned is carried by or connected to a stem 2. A nut 3 allows this stem to be adjusted in the thimble d. As the nut is tightened or loosened the spring c is more or less compressed. The stem 2 is extended through thimble d and is held from falling through or out of the thimble by the nut 3, Fig. 4. The thimble d has a screwthread on its exterior to screw into or be adjusted in the frame b or in a cross-piece secured to or forming part of such frame, as seen in Fig. 2. This adjustment of the thimble will carry the pivot e one way or another to obtain proper adjustment, while by nut 3, as before mentioned, the tension of the spring can be varied. The stem 2 is of course freely movable in the thimble, except as its movement is opposed by spring c. The connection between stem 2 and pivot e can be madeby suitable means-as, for example, by a sleeve 4 sitting on the stem and secured or pinned thereto, as indicated at 5, Fig. 4. The spring c before mentioned is seated on this sleeve 4 member s is a stud 7. When the inclined end of arm u is moved into the path of stud 7, the latter in moving along this inclined face will, with member s, be moved against the tension of springs 6 to uncoupling position. The driver r will then rotate idly, and the cam p will stand still. When a bottle presses on slide tand swings arm u backward, the arm u will swing forward or away from stud 7, so that the springs 6 can couple the clutch, and cam-shaft g will then rotate. As

` the cam in its rotation brings stud 8 against arm u2, connected to lever a or to its shaft z f h, the jaws are firmly compressed, and the cap is laid about the bottle-neck. A low part of the cam then coming to the joint g the toggle-links can bend, and the jaw k opens under the influence of spring 9. The bottle can then be turned between the jaws, so that any wrinkles in the cap or tin-foil will be smoothed or iiattened by the neXt closure of the jaws. The succeeding part of the cam, not quite so high as the highest part, coming to the pivot g the jaws are again compressed, not so firmly as before, but to give a finished and smooth appearance to the cap. The cam p now completing one revolution brings pin 8 to arm u2 to bring arm u to stud 7. The latter, as explained, passing onto the incline of this arm, the clutch member s is released, and the cam p is now at rest. The capped bottle being removed and a new one inserted the cam makes another revolution, and so on.

The gear 1' can be driven by suitable means. For example, a'transmission-gear 11 on the shaft of a pulley 12 will serve as a motor. The slide t can be composed of two stem-sections, as seen in Figs. 3 and 5, which can be telescoped or screwed more or less into one another to shorten or lengthen the slide and compensate for varying lengths or sizes of bottles or bottle-necks.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for capping bottles and the like a pair of jaws and a jaw-actuating means comprising a cam with actuating portions of unequal height separated by low or inactive portions.

2. In a machine for capping bottles and the like the combination with jaws'of a jawactuating cam having actuating portions of varying eccentricity with low 0r inactive portions therebetween to variously actuate or compress the jaws and open or release the same a number of times during one rotation of the cam.

3. In a machine for capping bottles and the like the combination with a stationary j aw, a movable jaw, and an actuating-cam and suitable connections for conveying motion from the cam to the movable jaw, said cam having unequal jaw or actuating parts with intermediate low or releasing parts;

4. In a machine for capping bottles and the like, the combination with jaws and actuating means thereof, of a clutch and clutch engaging and releasing means actuated by the bottles and the actuating means for respectively engaging and releasing the clutch.

5. In a capping-machine the combination with jaws and jaw-actuating means of a clutch, a lever for the clutch, a stud on the actuating means and a slide at the jaws said stud and slide being made to actuate the lever to release and engage the clutch.

6. A pair of jaws and an actuating-cam for one of the jaws, a driver or pulley for the cam, a clutch for connecting the driver and the cam, a lever for freeing or uncoupling the clutch and allowing it to engage, a stud on the cam to actuate the lever for uncoupling the clutch, and a slide in the jaws in the path of a bottle introduced therebetween and actuated thereby for setting the lever to allow the clutch to couple or engage.

7. A pair of bottle-capping jaws, an actuating-cam therefor, a pulley or driver, a clutch for connecting the driver and cam, a releasing-arm for the clutch, a lever for setting the arm, a stud on the cam for setting the lever one way, and a slide at the jaws actuated by van inserted bottle to set the lever in the opposite direction.

8. A capping-machine having a jaw-actuating toggle-joint and a cam made to act against the links of the joint to straighten the same;

9. A capping-machine having jaws, a toggle-joint having one link connected to the jaws, a bearing-point for the other link and a cam made to engage the links to compress the jaws. n

10. A capping-machine having jaws, an ac tuating toggle-joint therefor, and a springpressed or yielding bearing-pivot for the toggle-joint.

1 1. Acapping-machine having jaws, an actuating togglejoint therefor, a bearing or pivot for one link of the toggle-joint, an adjustable stem for the pivot, a spring made to act on the stem, and an adjustable cap or thimble for supporting the stem.

12. A capping-machine having jaws and an actuating toggle-joint therefor, a bearing IOO IIO

or pivot for the toggle-joint and provided set our hands in the presence of two subscribwith a stem, an adjustable thimble in which ing witnesses.

the stem is adjustable, and a spring for the HERMAN MULLER. stem. EUGENE ZIPPRICH.

5 13. A capping-machine having jaws and jaw-actuating means, and a bottle-actuated slide for bringing the actuating means into operation7 said slide being composed of adjustable sections for lengthening or shorten- Witnesses as to Zpprich:

1o ing the same. OTTO HUBER,

In testimony whereof We have hereunto OTTO W. VON WERNEWITZ.

Witnesses as to Mller:

GEORGE HULSBERG, EDWARD WlEsNER.

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