US861705A - Bottle-capping machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTE) JULY 30, 190'?.

No. l861,705.

HWS, BREWINGTON, BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE. APPLIOATION lILAED AUG. 1, 190e.

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UNITED STATES A'rEN'E orion.

HENRY SJBREWINGTON, OF -B,\.LTIMOEE, MARYLAND, Assis-NOR To NATIONAL CORK AND 1 SEAL COMPANY, A oonrOEATION OE MAIN-E.

BQTTLE-CAPPING MACHINE. i i

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Pasensed 'Juni 3o, 19o?.

To all whomit may concern:

,Be it known that I, HENRY S. BnEu'INo'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Capping Machines, of

which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to an improvement in bottle capping machines and the object-is to provide a simple construction for automatically crimping the edge of the bottle stopper around the' head at the luoulh of the i bottle and it consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a section through the machine and Fig. 2 a bottom plan view looking into the spring capping jaws.

A, represents an arm broken out through the center, and arranged to slide up andl down upon a immo (not shown) ol' the machine. The outer end ot' the frame is bored as at l, the upper'end oi which bore is internally screw-threaded at 2 and the lower end externally screw-threaded as at 3, a sleeve 4 being screwed to these threads 3. The sleeve`4 is provided with au annular shoulder 5 in the lower end Of this bore and the external 254 screw-thread 6 to which is screwed-the cam ring 7.

A plunger P is-yieldingly supported within' the bores of'the arm A and the sleeve 4, it being guided and centered at the lower end by the smaller diameter 8 of the sleeve 4, and at the upper end by the bore of the nut 9 which latter screws into thethreads 2 of the bore 1. The stiff spiral spring 10 bears down upon the plunger, it being held at its uppe;` end bythe nut 9 and its tension being regulated thel'eby.- The plunger has a die 11 at its lower end whichs adapted to engage and press down upon the top of the cap, to hold it in positionv on the bottle. A plnrality'of spring jaws 12, 12depending irom a co`l1ar13 screwnpon the-threads 14 on the plunger which is adapted to receive, bend and secureA the edge of the cap around and to a bead at the mouth of the 40 bottle. Thesejaws are sufficiently yielding to permit the plunger to receive vthe lcap and while so doing they crimp and bend thei'edge of the cap' downwardly after which a. further downward-motion of the arm A i'orees.

-the cam ring against the outer edges of thespring .45 jaws 12, 12, the cam surface 15 riding down Aupon the outer edge of the jaws thereby compressing themtogether toward a common center, their inwardly projecting V-shaped teeth 16 serving to indent and secure Athe j edge. of the c ap to the bead. -The spring l0 is suiliciently yielding to allow additional play or movement of the arm A, sleeve 4 and cam ring 7 after the plunger has reached the cap land the jaws have bent them* selves about the edge ot' the cap and given the latter its initial downward bend, to permit the cam surface 15 to compress the jaws and force them inwardly tO fasten the cap to the bottle neck bead.

The foregoing perfectly explains the operation and utility ol' the invention. 1t will be observed that the I collar which carries the jaws and the cam ring, which are the parts which receive the most punishment may be easily removed and replaced, and in fact that the 'entire mechanism maybe easily and quickly taken apart and put together.

Slight-eli-.mges might be resorted to in the iorni and arrangement-of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence l do not wish to limitinyseli to the exact construction herein set orth, ,but-:-

Having described my invention, what l claim new and dcsireto secure by Letters Patent, is zM l. in u bottle capping machine, the combination with a4 supporting :irm bored at one end, o, Sleeve secured to the :um und .forming n continuation ol' the bored portion of the urm, ot n plunger. and :i plurality 0L' spring jaws cnrl'ied thereby. the inner free ends oi.' the' inws forming a cone, nud provided inwardly with V shaped lteeth, the V shaped teeth giving' the initial bend to the edges of the enpzls (he laitier posses thereiniou1|d u emu ring connected with the Sleeve, embracing; the spring' jaws forcing them. inwardly toward a common center, securing' the cap on to tho hond ou the mouth olthe bottle.

2.. ln u hottlecnppi-ng in nchiue, the combination Willi :t supportingl arm bored :it one end, n sleeve secured to the nriu und forming :i .continuation ot the bored' portion of the` :ii-m, of a plunger, und u plurality ot' spring' jaws carried thereby, the inner free ends of the jaws forming a cone which gives the initial bend to the edges Orf the csp as the lutter pnsses thereinto n cum ring forming u continuation of the Outer end of the sleeve embracing vthe springjnws forcing theiu^inwardly toward a common center, the spring juws provided Iut the .inner end of the cone-shaped mouth with' inwardly projecting teeth which serve to indent` and secure the edge of the cup lo thebead at the mouth of the bottle. 5,.

3. .'In u bottle capping machine, the combination with n supporting arm bored fit. one end, n sleeve secured to the arm-:ind forming a continuation of the bored portion of the :1i-m, oli n plunger, und n plurality of spring jaws car- 4ried thereby, the ,internal l'ree ends of the'jnws forming n cone, :lud inwardly provided with, V shaped teeth, the said V slmped teeth giving the iniltinl bend to the edges of the lil@ cop :is the hitler posses thereinto, :\nd'a com ring forming it eoutinhution ol' the outer edge of the sleeve and embrae" ingr the spring juws :ind adapted to. force the toward n' common center when the ring' und jaws are forced together.,

L 'lhe combination with :t bored supporting nvm, the bored portion inlernully screw threaded at one ond und e;- ternnlly threaded at. the other end, a 'mit screwed into tlie internal threads and adjustable therein, v:rshzeve screwed to the external threads, said'sleeve threaded at 'ts ou'ter end, :ind :t cuni ring sei-owed to said threaded-Primm of I :isprng actuated plunger guided and centered ,by the nut und' sleeve, theplunger having a threaded portion nt or nenr its lower end und :i'die ut its extreme lower end, a collar screwed to the threnr'led portion of the plunger, and spring jaws ,extending mitvmrdly from the collar beyond the die'with'their ends l'n the path ot" the'carn ring.

5. The combinntiugxfvitii n .bored supporting ruig-fahr.v

its luwc'l' und u-u'd :L dioy nt its cxtreme lower end, :1 colin' screwed tu the threaded portion of the plunger', and springr jaws extending outwzrrdiy from the eoilnr beyond tire die` with Atheir crids 'irl the path of the cum ring,

said spring jaws together forming :i cne-shaped mouth nt their oui'cr' tw'o witnesses.

-ends and prqvided withl inwnrdi'y projecting Teeth :it the inner end of the coue-shnlied -moutii und in proximity to the die, said jaws pe'foi'niig' the entire 'opcrnluu oli lwnd- Jim; and securing the cap to the houd :1t the' nmu'ih if Hu' hottie. l

` 1n testimony whereof I nlix my' signature in presence 'nil

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