US919796A - Bottle-soaking machine. - Google Patents

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S. VOLZ. BOTTLE SOAKING MACHINE. AI PLIOATION I'I-LED JAN. 29,1903.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

' To all whom t't 'may concern:

UNITED simrils 'rn ENToF-nrcn --s1MoN VOLZ, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, AssIGNoR on ONE-HALF fro; HEN Y e J SCARBOROUGH, OF cnroae itnmorsa no'rrm-soax'me'maenmnl Specification of IlhetterePat e nit s; 1 Patente d April Application filed'nnuarjaa 190a. SerialNo, 141,025.

Be it known that I, SIMON VoLz, residing at Milwaukee, Milwaukee county,"Wiscon- 'sin, have invented certain new andeuseful Improvements in Bottle- Soaking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to that general classof machines illustrated in my former patent No. 736037,'dated"August 11, 1903, andthe lu 'object thereof is to provide a machine of this character whose endless bottle'conveyer is given increased length of travel in the washing or solution tank, and a further object is to dividethe' tankinto two compartments,'both to be filled With'water or the same solution, or'one with the solution'and the other with water;'the conveyer first traversing one compartment. andthen the other."

In the drawings,jF igure"l' is a sectional elevatlon of my preferred 'forr'n of machlne;

Fig.2 a similar VIBWOf a'modified-fforin,.and

3 and 4 detail viewsofa bottle raok.

Referring first -to the 'machine of Fig. 1,

the tank 1 is of, suitable shape and'dimen sions and, by reference, is an ported by thebeams 2 re$t ngf uponthe oundations 3,

although theparticularmanner ofsup ort is entirely immaterial. vflhe tank is divided by a vertical' p'artitionlintotwo compartments'5 and-fiypreferably equal. Uponor adjacent the upper end of the. tank is.- arranged 'a suitab mounted some of the rollin "supports; 01', sprocket wheels for the end ess 'conjve er and in which is also mountedthe mechanism for driving them.

As in my said'prior patent the bottle cone" veyer 8 has a series of bottle racks "8 in which the bottles are inserted and carried" through the tank and around suitable rolling supports. In the present instance, 1 arrange a rolling support or, wheel 9 at. one side of the tank above the wall thereof'and a similar rolling support or wheel 10 on the other side, the latter wheel being driven as shown in my prior. application worm 11','itself driven; by pulley-'12.

themselves, are arrangedrolling smpports' or Above the: a'rtition4and a suitablefdis tance above t e tank or line ofliquidther'einto Permit of'ti eifo'r the bottles t wheels 13, over which the end ssconveyer' runs. Near the lower ends of the compart e frame work 7 in which arethatis, by the veyer,which receives the bottles'either at r nents 5a'nd'6 are journaled additional mu 111g supports-or, wheels 14'a'nd 15'. The conthe lower floor near the base of the'tank at the right hand side; (Fig. 1') or at *an up'per i floor, represented at 16, passeseov'er the Wheels19, downwardly into the first oompartment 5, under. wheels 14, around the ,wheels 13, thencedownwardly into the sec-- 'ond compartment 6, under wheels 15, and

over wheels-1'0, rat whichpoint the bottles are automatically. delivered to, a"rinsing tank 17, 01' other desirable place. The conveyer then runs around the tank in the same 7 manner as described in my prior. application.

'In-order to keep the bottles'from falling out of their racks while on 7 the descending stretchfin, the tank, I arrange in'ea'ch 'compartment a guideor grating 18 against which the bottom ofthe bottles abut andsli'de and "be thereby confined in their racks. With the same object, "'a'curved guide 19" is arranged adjacentjthe wheels 10 near: thedelivery. point, sothat thejb'ottles are kept withlnthe racks until they have PaSsed'bef yon'd the'lower end of the guide, whereupon they are fre'eto dro out and upon the inclined deliveryboar 20, by which they, are COIldflOtBd to the rinsing tank. To enable sediment, washed-01f labels, etc., to be re.-' "moved, each compartment of the tan-k is provided with a suitable hand-hole 21;

In describing one com lete cycle of 0 eration, it {will be assumed't, at a'bottlef'rac on Fthezmovable oonveyer has ust been filled or loaded with bottles jat'thelower fioor'onthe frightf hand 'side'of the tank. The rack is carried: upwardly by the conveyer and over and around the wheels 9. When the rack hasreached the liquid in compartment 5, the

'bottomofthe bottles will press against the right hand side or surface of the guide 18, and

the neck and mouth ofthe bottles will be directed obliquel upward, with the result that the bottles wi be. filled with the liquid as they descend The rack is carried down- ,wardly, through substantially" the entire h g t 0. nethibf $1. 8 nk, a flndi the wheels leper-11d than ,upwar'dlyso that' the {length of'the' tank is'againftraversed; When the rack approaches the centralu 1 er wheels 13, it [isflsoinclinedas that t e I ottles have their; necks directed downwardlywith the result that the'hottles are emptied of their contents before beingvcar- 'ried around the wheels 13. In order to conduct all drain from the bottles at this point to the compartment, a drain plate 22 is provided. The racknow begins its downwardtraverse in the compartment 6, the bottles it delivered to the rinsing tank.

As hereinbefore suggested, the two compartments of the tank may be supplied with the same kind of liquid, or soaking solution, or' two diiierent kinds of liquid, as for instance, 'a soaking solution in compartment 5 and water in the other compartment. Or

the compartments may contain the same kind of soakin solution, such as soda solution, but of ifierent strength. The first compartment is utilized to do the major portion of the cleansing while the second compartment is utilized to finish the Work, inasmuch as the contents of the latter compartment remain purer and cleaner for a greater length of time than the first compartment. Obviously, the contents of this first com artment may, if desired, be renewed wit out necessarily renewing the contents of the sec 0nd compartment.

The machine of Fig. 2 ofthe drawings is similar in construction to that already described with the exception that it is un ro-' vided with the partition 4, so that, whi c it fails to secure the advantage resulting in having two separate bodies. of liquld in the tank, yet it'secures the advantage of the extended length of traverse of the endless conveyer and bottles through the tank.

The bottle racks which I perfer to use are illustrated in the detail views. Each rack,

, which is preferably formed of sheet metal,

projects on both sides, of the chains.

comprises a top plate 24 and bottom plate 25, separated by a series of upright and parallel partitions26, which form the desired numcr of bottle compartments. Each rack is attached at its ends to the chains in such manner that it is positioned obliquely, and As illustrated, the inner ends of the partitions 26 are beveled or inclined as to their top and bottom edges, so that the compartments partake'of a general form corresponding to that of the bottles. Theinner ends of the racks have a series of wires 27 which form an open abutment or. grating for the tops of'the bottles. I ln order toprevent cracking or chippin of thebottles, these wires are covered with rubber or the like. As a convenient method of assembling the several parts of the rack, the partitions 26 thereof have a series of proiections or tongues 28 which extend througi the. top and bottom plates.

In its preferred form, the tank is provided near thebottom with a suitable screen or rating 29, which is arranged at about the evel or slightly below the level of the hand hole but above the valve governed outlet 30.

The purpose of this screen is to separate or strain the labels, washed oil of the bottles and permit of their convenient remova throughthe hand hole. The form of tank havin the double compartment is of course provi ed with separate screens and separate outlets, as well as separate hand holes as already described.

A bottle soaking machine made in accordance with my invention is simple in construction and operation, and affords the greatest support or wheel arranged intermediate said two supports, two rotatable sufpports or wheels arranged in the lower end 0 the tank,

and an endless conveyer having a series of bottle holders or receptacles arranged to receive and carry the bottles and to discharge the same at the proper point by gravity, said conveyer being arranged to travel through the tank in substantially vertical reaches and also to travel on opposite sides of the tank and around the bottom of thetank in the open air, said tank having vertical guides cooperating with the conveyer to prevent the falling out of the bottles in the descending reaches of the conveyer.

2. A bottle soaking machine comprising a vertically arranged tank divided by a vertical partition into twov separate com artments, two rotatable supports or whee s arranged above the two opposite sides of the, tank, a third rotatable support or wheel ar-' ranged intermediate said two su ports and above said partition,-two rotatab e supports or wheels arranged one in the lower end of each compartment, and an endless conveyer having a series of bottle holders or receptacles arranged to receive and carry the bottles and to automatically discharge the same by gravity after they have passed through the tank, said conveyer-being arranged to travel upon said rotatable supports to carry the bottles successively through both compartments of the tank in substantially vertical reaches, said tank beingprovided with a vertical guide in each compartment 006 crating with the conveyer to prevent the talling out of the bottles in the descending reaches of the conveyer.

. upon said rotatable supports to carry the 3. A bottle soaking machine comprising a tank divided .by vertical partitions into separate compartments, two rotatable supports or Wheels arran ed aboveth'e-two opposite sides of the tan c, a rotatable Wheel or support above each partition, a series of rotatable sup orts or Wheels arranged one in the lower end of each compartment, and amendless conveyor having aseries of bottle holders or receptacles arranged to receive and carry the bottles and to automatically discharge the same after they have passed through the tank, said conveyer' being arranged to travel bottles successively throu h all the compartments'of the tank in so stantiall vertical reaches, said tank being provide] tvith a I V vertical guide in each compartment cooperating with'the conveyerv to prevent the alling out of the bottles in the descending reaches of the conveyer.

, 4. A bottle soaking machine comprisin a vertically arranged tank divided vertica y into separate comdpartments, andan endless wrtha series of open ended.

conveyer provide bottle holders or racks ada ted to receive'an carry the bottles with their bottom ends'to'a, ward the open ends of the holders successively into and outrof said'compartments in substantially verticaljreaches and to autos! matically-discha'rge the-bottles by gravity, I after they have passed outfof the. last corn v partment, said bottle holders or racks being arranged upon the conveyer at such an in-- clination from the horizontalas to hold-their 0 en ends upwardly and retain the. bottlest erein bygravity in the upward reaches of their travel through the machine, and vertii 5. Abottle soakingmachine' comprising a' tank, an endless-conveyer-traveling therein and a series of bottle'racks -7.-'A bottle soaking machine comprisin a .tank, an endless conveyer tr veling therem, e5

cal guides or guards adjacent the path of the open ends of the bottle holders for preventing the bottles from dropping out of said bottle holders in the descendm'g reaches of the conveyer.

rack consisting of a top'and a a bottom plate convergingly disposed at their mner ends, a series ofwires covered-,with" cushioning material'at such inner ends for reventing the projecting of. the bottles so her efrom, nd a series of partitions connected with said plates and forming 'a-seri'es of bottle compartments. f

andga series of bottle rack s ttached to the conveyer, each rack consisting, of a top and a bottom plate, a series of upright. partitions forming ottle-receiving compartments,' and a series 0f rubber, covered wires arranged transye'rselyof the inner ends of'therack- "2 witnessesz' G. B.,HOFFMANN,V;

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