US812648A

US812648A - Apparatus for closing bottles by means of metal capsules.

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Publication number: US812648A
Application number: US20940404A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ewald Goltstein
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-05-23
Filing date: 1904-05-23
Publication date: 1906-02-13
Anticipated expiration: 1923-02-13

Description

PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906. E. GOLTSTEIN. APPARATUS'POR CLOSING BOTTLES BY MEANS OF METAL CAPSULES.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZS, 1904.

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EWALD GOLTSTEIN, OF COLOGNE, GERMANY.

APAJf-IATUS FOR CLOSING BOTTLES BY MEANS OF METAL CAPSULES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed May 28, 1904 Serial No, 209,404.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, EWALD GoL'rs'rEIN, engineer, a subject of the King of Prussia, German Em eror, residing at 111 Lothringerstrasse, ologne; Kingdom of Prussia, Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Closing Bottles by Means of Metal Capsules, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus or mechanism for applying metal capsules to bottles and the hke; and the object of the same is to overcome numerousdisadvanta es f t 's incident to ap aratuses and machines 0 t e as hereto ore constructed.

arious machines have been organized for applying ca sules to the necks of bottles, both interna ly and externally. In the class of machines wherein the capsule or closing device is inserted in the bottle-neck a comparatively high pressure is exerted by the punching means on a direct-acting yielding element cooperating with the capsule. This pressure is so great that ordinarily many of the usual and otherwise preferable washer materials cannot be employed in connection with the capsule by reason of their fragility and inca ability to Withstand this high pressure. T e transmission of this hi h pressure to the bottle neck and'head mayie avoided if, the support or bearing counteracting the pressure e not held against the bottlemouth, but against a frame serving as a bottle-support or against .a base-rest, as the washer must always have some pressure exerted thereagainst. To properly apply it to the bottle head or neck, an orgamzation of elements or a device is necessary by means of which the bottle ma be pressed up against the washer by a suitably-regulated force. In other words, two forces differing in extent must be brought into play with res ect to the bottle to whichthe capsule is to be applied and the latter, and in the present apparatus these two opposing forces are produced by a single a plication of power in such manner that both forces may be brought into the correct pro ortion' to one another as regards .of such height as tion positioned relatively thereto. Fig. 3 illustrates a complete machine, partly in elevation and artly in section.

Similar dharacters of reference are em ployed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The frame T of the apparatus may be of any suitable material and dimensions and of such shape as to accommodate the application thereto of the mechanism, which will be hereinafter more particularly specified. This frame is supported by a suita e base and is to be convenient for control by an operator. The up er part of the frame has a head or support 1 which is suitably chambered 0r recessed and is formed with a depending lip T surroundin a mouth T to receive the u per terminal or 'ead of a bottleneck. In t e lower part of the frame a treadle or foot-power lever D is movably held on a fulcrum-pin or analogous device H and at its freeterminal is provided with a properly-extended cpressure-surface D. A

ottle support or i stern A vertically movable in guldes A, forming part of or secured to the frame at different elevations and both above the treadle D. In the lower extremity of the stem A a pulley C is mounted, and in the rear'lower portion of the frame at a distance from the stem A and said pulley C a guidepulley M is held in one posltion with respect to the frame. A plunger W is also movably held by the frame and an intermediate stopcollar or analo ous device W between which and a guide vi, through which the plunger has vertical posed and surrounds the plunger to serve as a cushion means. The lower extremity W of the plun er is enlar ed and carries ulleys N and L, tie pulley being in the ower extremity of said extremity W and of less diameter than the pulley N. The pulleys C, L, and M are a proximatel of the same diameter; but, as efore noted the. ulley M has a fixed position of rotation w ereas the pulleys C, N, and L are shifted vertically. A belt, cord, chain, or other analogous device K is terminally attached to an eye J at an intermediate point on the treadle D and from said eye passes over the pulley L downwardly under the pulley M, then u over the ulley N, and down under the pu ey C and lists its opposite terminal fixed to the frame, as 0 early shown. The upper end of the plunsk A has a depending movement, a spring W is interengaging the said ger W? is connected to the rear end of a; ressure-lever U, having its front end engag-- mg a fulcrum V. a

The chamber or recess T in the headT andwith which the mouth communicates contains the mechanism directly cooperating with the ca sule and washer and the upper. end or head of the bottle-neck, e lower terminal of the lip T is regularly rounded into the mouth T and the said mouth is of less diameter thanthe chamber T, and bythis means a lower annular shoulder T is formed adj acent'to the mouth. On the shoulder T" is disposed anannular elastic pressure element or gasket G, havi-n ment or coincide with the inner reduced portion of the said mouth. The lowerordepending extremity of the headT is preferably formed as a separate cup T, as clearly shown by Fig. 2, and removably secured to the re-- maining part of the head by external screw threads at its upperend, the latterbeing inserted in a seat T in the head T. This cup T is easily removable and applicable tothe neck T and provides for the easy disposition of the several devices carried by the head the latter and the ready replacement of said parts when found necessary;

Fixed in the cup T" is a brid B; and attached to the latter and de a ing into-the lower portion of the charm I T is a fixedstam or abutment S, having a lower concave seat S I This fixed stamp orpunch has its lower terminal below theupper edgeof the elastic compression element orgasket G, and ulpper edge of=- the elementor gasket is a d'isp aceable tubular stem or punch R, having opposite slots 13* to permit operation of the said stain orpuneh with respect to the bridge B; e dlsplaceable tubular stem or punch R projects-upwardly and the head thereof is alwaysin contactwith an intermediate portion of the pressure-lever U. It will be observed that thecom ressible element or gasket G lies embedded tween fixed lower and outer walls and partially by an inner wall through-the medium' of the dependence of the fixed stamp or abutment S, and consequentl when the displaceable stamp or punch is forced down it' causes the lower inner portion of the compressible element or gasket to beforced inwardly and regularly bend the lower edge of the capsule roperly around the bottle-neck and over-the head or mouth of the latter.

The bottle to be cap .is placed'on the disk or support A, an gradual downward pressure is applied to the treadle D. This gradual downward pressure is exerted throu h the beltj cord, chain, or analo ous device over the pulleys M, N, L, an O, and owing to the fixed position of the pulley M the stem A to which the disk orsupportA is secured is gradually elevated and the bottle-neck disuch normal thickness that its inner side wi 1 be in vertical slime Bil 264$ rected toward the moutliT The resistance of the sprin W is such that the'elevating movement-o the bottle to be capped through the operation just described does not affect ,zthe normal position of the pulleys N and L, as shown b F 1g. 3, but as soon as the mouth or head on of the bottle-neck entersthe mouth T and continues u wardly a ainst the washer D and the caps e E, which atter parts will be preliminarily disposed in proper posisure-lever U is also operated and exertsa grad-- ual downwardpmssure. on the displaceablestamp orpunch and at the same time the bottle is pushed up firmly, and theupperhead or mouth end of the neclr F, as shownby Fig. 2, and the top bead F" Will be disposed fully the mouth T and thelower extremity of the chamber T, the edge or rim of the capsule depending overor covering the bead F Hence the inward-expanding-pnes sure exerted against: the compressing element or gasket G b the operation. of-th'e stamp or punch R wil bend the rim of the'capsule ownwardly over the bead F. Thev washer- D duringsueh operation be firmly on the upper edge of the head or mouth ofthe bottle-neelrand when pressure force is was draw-n fromthe treadle D the partswill be restored to normal'positionand at the same time botitle-neck wl-illl be releaseeiafrgm tge r caps e-ap mee anisrn carri y t 3- head- T". lh e orces rising from the operation of the meehanism in connection with the-treadle D assume the following values:

If the resistance in the spring or analogous device amounts to one hundred kilogram aecording to the pulley arrangement, the. pull on the cordmay rise to twenty-fivekilograms before a niovement'of the ver U is effected.- H the position of the point- 1 of pressure of the said lever be selected: rvelse tively to the point of rotation of the fulcnzm- V andthe oint of connection Q in. such a way that-U V V 1 :5the pressure exerted onthe displaceable Ench'orstamp R amounts to five (4- z- V ograms, z expressing the tensions of the cord,- chain, .or analogous device 1K in kilograms. The pressure of the-bottle a so the pressure on the washer D, amounts,-

on the other hand, only to two 2 kilograms.

In order to fix a capsule of twenty-eight millimeters diameter, atension, for instance, in the cord, chain, or analogousdeviee K of about one hundred kilograms is necessary. The

bottle is then operated with a pressure of about two hundred kil rams against thefixed stampor abutment S, w lo the pressure transpressure'le against the stamp or abutment S, and thus mitted to the displaceable punch R and servi'ng to compress the element or gasket G amounts to fifteen hundred kilograms.

Having thus described the invention, what is claime is- 1. In an apparatus for closing bottles by means of metal capsules and washers, the combination of a vertically-movable bottleholding means, a fixed stamp or abutment a ainst which the capsule and washer are p aced, a compressible elastic element disposed around the lower portion of the fixed stamp or abutment,- a displaceable punch movable over and around the stamp or abutment and engaging the compressible element, a lever for o erating both the bottle-holding means and t e displaceable punch, a flexible connection and pulleys interposed between the lever and the bottle-holding means and punch, and means for preventing a premature operation of the punch.

ing means and disp aceable punch in timed relation.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EWALD GOLSTEIN. Witnesses V WILHELIW LEB'RKE, J ULIUS SEQKEL.

It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 812,648,

granted February 13, 1906, for an improvement in Means of Metal Capsules, was erroneously printed the specification, whereas the said name should have been Apparatus for Closing Bottles by Ewald Golstein at the end of printed Ewald G'oltstei'ri; and

that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the-same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Oflice.-

Signed and sealed this 10th day of April, A. 1).. 1906.

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F. I. A LEN, Commissioner of Patents.

bottles by mitted to the displaceable punch R and servi'ng to compress the element or gasket G amounts to fifteen hundred kilograms.

ing means and disp aceable punch in timed relation.

EWALD GOLSTEIN. Witnesses V WILHELIW LEB'RKE, J ULIUS SEQKEL.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of April, A. 1).. 1906.

[SEAL.]

F. I. A LEN, Commissioner of Patents.

bottles by It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 812,648, granted February 13, 1906, for an improvement in Apparatus for Closing Bottles by Means of Metal Capsules," was erroneously printed Ewald Golstein at the end of the specification, whereas the said name should have been printed Ewald Goltsiein; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oifice.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of April A D.. 1906.

F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

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