US909396A - Crown-branding attachment for bottling-machines. - Google Patents

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. F. M. GILMORE & M. H. MULKEY.

GROWN BBANDING ATTACHMENT FOR BOTTLING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED JAN.2 1,1908.

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FRED M. GILMORE AND MARTIN H. MULKEY, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

CROWN-BRANDING- ATTAOEVIEN'I FOR BOTTLING-MACHINES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRED M. GILMORE,

I and TVTARTIN H. MULKEY, citizens of the ments for Bottling-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in crown branding and bottlingmachines, whereby the crowns may be branded automatically by, and during the operation of the 1 bottling machines, without necessity of special attendance for this purpose.

Our invention comprises the combinations of parts defined by the claims terminating this specification.

The object of our invention is to sim lify and improve the mechanism and methods used in branding bottle crowns and articularly to enable this work to be one in connection with the crowning of the bottles and automatically by an attachment which is operated by or in connection with the crowning machine.

The drawings accompanying this specification show our invention embodied in the form which is now preferred by us.

Figure l is a side elevation with parts in section, of parts of a crowning machine having our branding attachment mounted thereon. Fig. 2, is an end elevation of our attachment, the frame thereof being in section. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same with the side plate of the frame removed, the parts bein in the working position. Fig. 4, is a sectioned view of the branding head and the means which may be employed for heating it when gas or gasolene is employed for this urpose. Fig. 5, is a transverse section throug one of the tappet pins and its nut, employed for actuating the branding attachment. Fig. 6 is a separate view of the spring employed for holding these tappet ins as placed. Fig.7 is a view of the comp ete crowning machine showing the manner of mounting and connecting our device thereto.

In connection with the bottling of liquors Where metal caps or crowns are used having a cork washer between the crown and bottle end, it is a common practice to brand the in ner surface of'the cork washer, as by placing thereon figures indicating the date when it was bottled, or any other matter which it may be considered desirable to have thereon.

Specification'of Lett'ers'latent. Application filed January 21, 1908. Serial No. 411,979. I

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

As commonly done, this involves two distinct operations. conducted upon two distinct machines and requiring separate attendants. By our invention We provide an attachment which may be connected with the crowning machine and operated automatically thereby, whereby t e crowns may he branded in connection with the operation the crowning machine and as needed, thereby avoiding much of the eX ense of the cost of attention for such branding machines.

In Fig. 7 is shown a crowning machine of a type, for attachment to which, our invention is peculiarly adapted. Th s machine has a hopper A, for the reception of the crowns, a feeding device B, by which the crowns are selected and properly disposed for delivery to the feed chute O, by wh1ch they are delivered to the revolving disk, D, carrying a plurality of crowning heads E. The bottles to be crowned are placed upon a revolving table beneath the disk D and when they reach the point occupied by the bottle F, the bottle is forced upwards into the crowning head, Where the crown is secured thereon. These parts are such as are in common use in machines now on the market, and, except as they are combined with features characteristic of our invention, are not claimed by us. These parts are illustrated and herein mentioned simply to show a type of machine with which our invention may be used, and the manner of applying it thereto. This mechanism being old and common, will not be herein described, except as may be necessary to illustrate the connection and operation of our invention.

The chute O, throu h which. the crowns are delivered from the opper to the base of the crowning heads E, has an opening extending throughout its length, of such a size and shape as will accommodate the crowns singly, that is, without superposition. Usually this chute has a central longitudinal opening or slotin its outer face which permits visual inspection to determine whether the crowns are being properly fed. For our purpose, an opening in the face of this chute crowns may bebranded while passing through the chute. The slot spoken of may, in many ordinary branding machines ant the entire should be provided of sufficient size that the branding head 12, which is securedto one end of a cylinder 1. This. cylinder is mounted to reciprocate lengthwise and line with the opening in the feed chute C, of the. crown-v ing machine. The cylinder 1 is supported by two, plates, lO.-.and 11, which are. in turn supported by sleeves or tubes, 2, sliding upon r0 s 20, which connect the outerface54 of the frame with theinner face 5.

The branding head 12, may be heated in In this latter, a

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receive the end of-a supply tube'91. Air for -'mixture with the {gas is admitted through the h0les' 93; escape from the cylinder Ithroughthe open- 1ngs'l3. The branding head and the cylinder 1-- are "held away from the-chute C, and the crown "therein; by-mea-ns of two springs 23, which "lief-between thehead 5 and the 1 plate 11.'- 'These will compress-and permit the advance the position shown in-Fig. 3. This advance- -ment of the bra-riding head is produced through the action of theshaft 3 and the forked arms 30, secured to this shaft which 40 2. Thisshaft3 is actuated through-a crank "arm32, iink 33, and cam rod 40,whi'ch car- The products of combustion of" the branding head upon the crowns or to engage washers 21 secured: up on the 1 sleeves ries upon its end the cam-4, so placed-as to be engaged'zby tappet inemberscarried by the 'crownlng hea The connection between the arms 30-and the'branding head isof a "yielding character-s0 as to compensate for possible difierences'whichmay occur" in the *device-so as to present them one'at a time in proper position for "being branded. "These "pins enter the-chute towards its edge' i-n the angles between the circles of the crowns.

".Twostop pins are provided, one pin'7, entermg the :chutein position to hold the'crown thickness of the crowns or otherwise.

The crowns which-are placed loosely inthe hopperA, areselected-an'd properly disposed -'-so as to' be delivered one at a timean'd-prop- "e'rly faced to'the up er end of the feed'chute These crowns -s ide down the chute C, but are checked bystop pins carried by our which is-beingbranded; The other pin, '70,

=--isplaced asufficient distance lower down to en age and hold the-crown which li'esneXt "be 0w the onewhichis being branded;=a-nd so- 'tionof the spring 60.

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as to check downward movement of the row of crowns, so that the crown I18Xl3 above it will thereby be held in branding position during the time when the first pin 7 is withdrawn.

These pins, 7 and 7 O, are connected tomove .al-ike'and oppositely by meanssofa lever 6,

which is connected to each of said pins and is pivoted upon a portion of the frame as for instance, the bar 52. The spring 61, is made of sufficient strength to be capable ofovercoming the opposed springbOpand'hold the --pin 7 advanced within the slot-of thefeed chute. tween the-lever 6, and -one-of the -moving- -plates, 10- or 11.

This spring is so'place'd' as to act be- InFig."1,'we-"have shown this spring "as acting intensionbetween the. plate 1 1, and lever 6; in Fig-3 we have shown this spring as acting in compress1onbetween the plate 10 and lever6. vided, which acts between the --lever"6 and a portion of the frame so as to insure the advancement of thestop pin' TOyand-thewithdrawal of the pin 7,-whenever the branding head is withdrawn to its normal-position.

The springs 60 and 61 actinopposite'direc- "tions upon the same members, but'the spring 61 is intended to be of sufficient strength to be able to overcome the'actio'n of the spring 60 when the branding head is advanced, and at other times to havea sufliciently slight 1mtial tension as to notinterfere" with the ac- A spring 60 is prosol In the operation of a device of-thischaracv --te1', it is desirable to have some means for indicating the fact in case-the supply of crowns to the branding device should become interrupted. =We haveytherefore, provided an electric signaling devicewhich will cause a bell to ring in case the branding-device 1s 0p- -erated without there being'a crown in position for branding. This device as shown is as follows: An electric signal bell83, of any suitable construction, isprovide'd, together *with a battery-82 or-other source of electricity. One side of the circuit 81 ,"is connected "witha metal plug 8, which is mounted within an insulating washer 80,-so:as to be in direct line with the brand-ing'head; The other side is connected in any suitable way with the The crowns :which are belng inner surface, upon which the branding head When, therefore, the branding head meets one of these crowns, electric'connec- 'tion will not be made between the two branches of the signalin circuit, and'the bell will not ring.

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W hen, owever,-a crown is the crowning head =w1ll' advance until it contacts with the plug S,"thus-r-completing'.

the circuit and causing the bell toring.

The type of machine upon; which we "have 7 disk D isa rotating tablegcarryingsupports for thebottles F. As these tables revolve, the mechanism causes the bottles to rise u I when they reach the point F. This bottle 1s forced upward powerfully against the crowning head, and by such action the crown is secured upon the bottle. This type of machine carries within each crowning head a reciprocating member or plunger, the upper end of which is shown at 46 in Fig. 1. This reciproeating member is held downward by a powerful spring 48, which spring furnishes the resistance against which the crowning is done. The crowning heads E, or the easing which contains the crowning mechanism, are inclosed at the upper ends by means of caps 49.

The members so far described are those which are common in machines of this type. We have made one slight change in the construction in order to adapt the machine to the operation of our device.

In the upper end of the reciprocating member 46, we have drilled an axial hole 47, within which reciprocates one end of the tappet pin 43. In the upper portion ofthe cap 49 we have made a hole which receives one end of the plug 44, which is threaded and secured in place by means of a nut. This plug 44, contains a hole of such size as to receive the pin 43, and permit its end to be projected above the same, or into the posi tion shown in Fig. 1. This pin is of such length that it may be forced downward to such an extent that its upper end is flush with the upper end of plug 44. The earn 4, by which the crown-brander is o erated, is so placed that it will be engaged y these tappet pins 43, as they are carried about by the revolution of the table D. If these pins are projected when they reach earn 4, they will force the cam backward, thus reciproeating rod40, and through the mechanism described actuating the branding head. If, however, one of these pins is not projected, the cam 4, will not be moved when the corresponding crowning head passes the same.

By this principle wesecure the operation of the branding head in correspondence with the actual crowning operations performed. In other words, if the crowning of a bottle is omitted, the brander will not operate when this crowning head reaches it.

We provide means of a yielding character, and of sufiicient strength to hold the tappet pins 43, in whatever position they may be placed, until they are acted upon by some stronger force. Such means as shown con sists of providing the pin with peripheral grooves, and en a ing these grooves by a spring catch. T e spring catch illustrated is shown separately in Fig. 6, and in connection with the plug in Figs. 1 and 5. The spring consir ts of a wire 46", and is bent in the form of a ring and lies within a groove formed about the plug 44.

One end of this spring is bent inwardly, as shown in Fig. 6, and passes through a radial hole in the plug, and engages with the grooved surfaceot the pin 43, to hold it in whatever position it may be placed. .These pins are e evated by the action of placing the crown upon the bottle,

and remain elevated until they have passed the cam oi the branding attachment. After passing this attachment they are en aged by a s ring 71,.which is mounted on t e lowersur ace of the hopper A, and within a recess 72 of such character that in case one of the pins should become stuck and refuse to depress, the spring may be forced upward into this cavity and there would be no breakage of parts. This spring is of sufiicient strength that it will depress all of the tappet pins as they pass beneath it. It, therefore, a crown-- ing head is not actuated or loses its crown when passingthe crowning position, its cor- We are aware that the principles of our invention might be otherwise embodied as applied to machines of other types, and that t e construction of the members may be varied from those shown as applied to ma chines of this-particular type. We do not, therefore, wish to be limited to the exact mechanisms herein shown and described, but claim our invention broadly as expressed in the claims.

What we claim is,

1. The combination with a bottle crowning machine, of a crownranding device, means for normally holding the branding member thereof out of engagement with the crown, and, means for operating the crown-' brandlng devlce bythe crowning machlne tobrand the crowns only as fed to the crowning machine. 1

2. The combination with a bottle-crown ing-machine, of a crown-branding attachment, means for operating said attachment from the crowning machine, and means for preventing the branding action of said attachment 6X06, t as the crowns are fed.

3. A crownranding attachment adapted for attachment to and operation by a bottle crowning machine, and normally held in inoperative position, and means for operating said attachment from the bottle crowning machine.

- 4. A crown-branding attachment for bottle crowning machines normally held out of branding position and means for operating said attachment from the crowning machine controlled by the prior crowning action of the crowning heads.

' .5. A crown-brandingzidevic'eizadapted'ior attachment to a, ;bottle crowning :machine, -.means .QfOIU operating-3 said 1 device from 1the. crowning machine, and means" for preventing more than TOIlGgjdPPliGfifiOH. of the branding =member tothegcrown. r I

.6. A 1 vcrown -.--bran ding flattachment for rowining; machines, 1 actuating, cam pinsijfor risfilld :aattachment earned by the crowning ,said

heads ,1 and ymeansvcontr'olling. the "action. of

priorgcrowning action ofisaid --gcrowning-heads. V l

heads, @means carried. by each crowning head and 7. A '-.branding a,ttachment' r011 "bottle v crowning,machines adapted to be operated through :the -.movcment of the crowning heads, specialactuatingnmeans for said attachment carried a by. each gcrowning .head, and .means controlling-1the-operativeness of wsald actuatingmeansafor each head by the .20-

act Qfapplyinga-crOWn bylsaid head. 8. Thecombinationvwitha bottlecrownmg zdevice, a-xcrown-feeding.device, .and a crown -;-branding device ,acting upon the crowns in their passage throughthe feeding device, of means for actuating the crown -'bran d1ng device controlled by the :PIlOl zplacing ofca crown upon a bottle. I

9. The combination-with a bottlecrowningsmachine-and;a-crownbranding device, of

;'andmeans'forrendering said-memberoperative through: the actionof a-bottlewhen it is a member iomactuatingthe branding j device,

crowned.

10. The combinationrwithabottle crownmg machine-havingra plurality of crowning and ;a crown branding :device, of

movable relative thereto for actuatingithe branding device, means normally -placingsaida brandereactuatin-g -means in non-operative position, v and means, actuated by thebot- -tles when crowned -for;;-placing said brander actuating meansin operativeposition.

' crown-brandlng .device comprising a chute for the vsingle-file passage of s. the

.crowns,a branding head movableto engage the crowns in said chute, two stop pinsycon- I nected' to move withv said-head and tobe a1- ternately. insertedrin said chute .aboveqand below, the crowns as, branded.

. 12. A crown-brandingattachment for botthe operation of crowning abottle.

actuated by said tappet-members when proj -l3. In a bottle crowning =machine,:in1 combination, a plurality of crowning headsweach having a crowning member=reciprocated by --tlecrowning machines, comprising-a-movable nbranding head, a crown chute, stopsiactuated byv said branding head controllingthe feedlng otthe crowns, a cam for! gactuating :sa1d =sbranding head, and a-mov able;tapp et;mem aber carried ,byeach-;crowning:rhead:,:,and i moved into position to engage, said: cam by the bottle during crowning, tappetmembers 1 each moved by the reciprocation of itsparticular crowning member, and means I for holding said tappet membersa'sso; moved.

until acted upon by a superior force,; and a crown branding attaclnnentpositionedto be.

from its operative positionbetween the time of actuating the branding A attachment 1 and crowning a bottle. I I

15." i-he combination with aibottle crowning machine having, a

plurality; of. crowning heads movable in an or u it and each having a crowning member movable by: thebottleat a point in said orbit, a crowmbrandingattachment and means-for operating said attachment comprising a member :movable into operative position by said v crowning member, means for yieldinglygholdingsaid "member as placed, and :means for moving 1 sald member into inoperative; positlonafter it has actuated the brandingattachment.

In testimony whereof we ,have hereunto affixed our signatures, at Seattle, Washington, this 16th day of January, 1908.

FRED M. GILMORE. MARTIN H. 'MULKEY.

Witnesses J. W. DRYDEN, E. F. VVEIDNER.

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