US954397A - Keg-rinser. - Google Patents

Description

A. G. LA BUDDB.

KBG BINSBR.

APPLIOATION IILBD- nu 1, i909.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

IN1/Emol? .dolph 6. La Budde WITNESSES' `rinsers for .heer ke UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

,Anuman c. La nimma, or asHLANn, wisconsin.

KEG-BEHEER.

'Specication of Letters Patent.

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Be it known thatl l, Anoarn C. La BUDDE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ashland, in the county of shland and State er Wisconsin, haveinvented a new andi Improved Keg-Einser, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The 4invention is 4an improvement` Vin ofall'f sizes, such as barrels half barre quarter barrels and eighthbarrels, and is designed to economize in labor andE time; both in working the nozale and the controlling' valve or the 'water supply,and 'mpro erly positioning the kegto receive thenozze, as well as to make'the rinsing more'etfective; y

Theinvention in general consists of a wa- .ter sup ly conduit having a nozzle and a contro ing valve, afoot lever operable to simultaneously project the nozzle valve into the keg a'ndopen the valve,l and rollers to support the keg over thenozzle, eachroller tapenngtoward the center to conform toL the keg and facilitate its movement lto rinsin position. I

eference is to be had'to the accompanyling drawings forming a part-of this speciyfication, in which similar characters of ref? erence indicate the views.1

Figure 1 is a lperspective view of a keg riser constructed in accordance with my corresponding partys in all invention, showing' a skid leading thereto,

generally from the scrubbing machine; Fig. 2 is a lan of the rinser with the rollers partly roken away to better disclose the construction underneath; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the machineil show-4 ing the osition the keg occupies on t e rollers, in otted outline. Y t

corners, wit ,the si es of thebox The several parts ofthe rinser are su ported `on a frame consisting of a box bo y having su portin legs 6 arranged at the ody conlnected together at .or near the center by cross-bracesf l'i' and 8, respectively arranged atthe to'p and bottom. -A.further crossi brace 9 extends between the sides of the'box4 bodyat or near the-bottom and at one sideA ,of the brace 8. AThe braces 7 and 8in addition. to reinforcing the machine frame, carry near the center, bearlngsn a proxi, mately,vertical alinement,- in which is slidably received a nozzle, 10, the latter having spraying perforations in the top and connected with a water ressure supply pipe 1I, through a hose 12, tlie pipe 151' leading into the box body of the machine and havin ja controlling valve I3; The connection" iernovement of the nozzle when the latter is in its normally retracted position.

J eurnaled adjacent tothe rear side* of the machine inthe cross-bar 9 and a hanger 15,

is a sha-ft 16 having 4a gear or'segmental gear 1"l" secured to one end, and an arm 18,!ixed' to its opposite end and connecte slotted at its connection with the arm118, as Aindicated at 19, for a purpose hereinA-l after referred to. A forked arm 18'L is fiied Patented Apr. 5, 1910. i

withtheV 'arm ofl the controlling valve through the lntermediaryef a link 19, the latterA being' to an intermediate peint of the shaft 16' and 1s connected to theV opposite sides of the' nozzle `by links 19! with a similar but larger ear 2O carried on a short shaft 21, which 1s supported in the cross brace 9 and a hanger 22. Ri id with the gear 2Oy is a foot lever 23 exten ed to the front of the machine, where a plate 24 is attached to the adjacent l 6 and is designed to engage with and loc the foot lever in a depressed position when the latter is forced down. At each side Aof the nozzle at the top of the machine frame is journaled' a roller 25, -each tapering from the outer ends inwardly, with the smallest portion ofthe roller arranged at the center. ach roller is. referably made of two half sections slight y separated and connected to ther by the central shaft, as shown. he machine is generally placed at the end vof the skid 26, which leads from the scrubbing machine, and asV the kegs roll' down the skid the operator reaches over and pulls the kegs onto the rollers of the rinser, and after examining the interior of the keg, by passing a candle or small electric light into the end or tap-hole, and looking through the bung-hole, he rolls the keg half way around so that the bung-hole comes over the rinsing nozzle. This positioning of the keg is facilitated by reason of the particular shape of the rollers, which tend to work the4 ke to the center. theny epressed and engaged with the lock plate 2 4, and byreason of the operative connections withy both the nozzle'and valve,the

The gear 1'7 mesl'idiy The foot lever 23 is' nozzle is projected into. the keg through vthe bung-hole and the valve is simultaneously opened, the nozzle risin slightly into the bung-hole of the keg be ore any movement is imparted to the Valve, by reason of the slot `19". The water assing throu l1 the spraying nozzle gives t e interior of t e lieg a thorough rinsingand when the foot lever is released, the Weight of the nozzle, links and arms returns the parts to normal posi-` tion, retreating the nozzle, Icuttin ofi' the water and leaving the bung-l1ole o the keg clear, whereby any corks or ieces of bung will pass out of the keg with t e out-flowing water.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a rinser for kegs and the like, a Water supply conduit, a nozzle mounted to slide a proximately verticallyV into end out of the eg and connected with said conduit, a foot lever having a gear in connection with its inner end, a,` shaft, an arm fixed `to\'the shaft and having a link connection with the nozzle, and a, gear fixed to the shaft and in mesh' with the first mentioned gear.

2. In a rinser for kegs and the like, a water supply conduit having e controlling valve, a nozzle mounted to slide :approximately vertically into and out of the eg, a hose connecting the conduit to the nozzle, a

shaft, armsxed to the shaft havin link connections respectively with the nozz e and controlling valve, and means operating the shaft.

3. In a rinser for kegs and the like, a. nozzle slidably mounted to move ap roximately vertically into and out of the keg, e Water supply conduit having a controlling valve and connected to the nozzle, a shaft, means o eratively connecting ythe shaft to the nozz e, an arm fixed 'to the shaft, e link operatively connecting the controlling valve to the arm, with one end of the link having a. limited sliding movement with respect to the part to which it is connected, and means for operating the shaft.

4. In a rlnser for kegs and the like, a Water supply conduit havinfIr a rotary controlling valve provided with arm, a -noz'zle mounted to slide approximately vertically into and out of the keg and connected with said conduit, a shaft, means operatively connecting the shaft to both the nozzle an the operatingarm of the valve, and a lever to revolve the shaft. Y

Inftestimony WhereofrI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH C. LA BUDDE.

Witnesses:

V TH. F. CULvER,

Jos. R. VVERTIN.

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