US957659A - Barrel-scrubbing machine. - Google Patents

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A. BANNER. BARREL SGRUBBING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1909.

Patented May 10, 1910.

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I I l A. DANN ER. BARREL SGRUBBING- MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1909.

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Patented May 10, 1910.

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ADAM DANNER, 0F YONKERS, NEW YORK.

BARREL-SCRUIBBING MACHINE.

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Ee it known that l, ADAM DANNER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Sherwood Park, Yonkers, county of l/Vestchester, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Scrubbing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in barrel-scrubbing machines by which the scrubbing brush for the exterior bellyshaped portions of the barrels and the brushes for cleaning` the heads of the barrels can be adjusted with great facility to any size of barrels required to be cleaned after they are delivered from the barrelsoaking machine, the parts for adjusting the brushes being easily accessible from the side or end of the scrubbing machine.

rlhe invention consists of certain details of construction relating to the adjusting mechanisms of the segmental brush and of the horizontal head-brushes, as will be fully described hereinafter and iinally pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a rear-elevation of my improved machine for scrubbing barrels, Fig. 2 is a side-elevation, Fig. 3 is a detail vertical transverse section on line 8, 3, Fig. 2, of a portion of the adjusting mechanism for the segmental brush, and Fig. a is a detail Vertical transverse section on line a, l, Fig. 2, showing the adjusting mechanism for the head-brushes of the machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several tigures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, f represents the supporting frame of the improved barrel-scrubbing machine. The frame f is composed of two upright side-standards fl which are connected rigidly by transverse bracerods f2 and provided at their upper horizontal portion with journal-bearings for the shaft-s r1 of two'rubber-covered rollers fr on which the barrels to be scrubbed are placed. On the shafts of the rollers fr are arranged pulleys r2 which are driven by a belt r3, said rollers receiving the barrels and rotating them after they are delivered thereto by an intermediate connection from a barrel-soaking machine in which the exterior and interior of the barrelsl are prepared for cleaning. The supporting standards f1 are provided at the outgoing-end for the barrels Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 6, 1909.

Patented May 10, i910.

Serial No. 494,443.

with inclined bracket-arms f3, to the outer forked ends of which are pivoted two forwardly-inclined supporting arms a, the upper ends of which are connected by a transverse arched brace al. To the center of the arched brace L1 is applied a holder at by a suitable clamping mechanism a2. The back L3 of a segmental scrubbing brush B, by which the exterior surface of the barrel is scrubbed, is clamped to the holder at. The segmental scrubbing brush B extends almost entirely across the distance between the upright side-standards f1 so as to permit the washing of the circumference of larger and smaller barrels as they are transferred to the rotary driving rollers. Adjacent to the arched supporting brace r1 and parallel therewith is arranged an arched perforated tube p1 which is connected at its middle portion with a water-supply pipe p and hose 292 by which the water is conducted into the tube p1 and through the perforations of the same on the scrubbing brush B so as to be delivered into the space between the rows of bristles of the same and then conducted onto lthe outer circumference of the barrel.

On the inclined brush-supporting rods i are arranged stops Z which are tightly attached by clamping means Z1 to the supiortinO rods. The sto s Z abut against antil b is friction rollers Z2 at the upper ends of vertical pillars Z3 which are pivoted at their lower ends to slide-blocks Zt which are guided in inclined slots Z5 arranged in the inclined bracket-arms f3, the slide-blocks Z4 being connected with inclined rack-bars ZG which are guided along fixed blocks ZX on the inside of the side-standards f1 and held in mesh with pinions (Z7 on a transverse shaft Zh that is provided with hand-wheels Z9 at each end, outside of the side-standards f1, so as to permit the adjustment of the pillars Z3 to a higher or lower position, and thereby the raising or lowering of the inclined arms fl, on their pivot-connection with the upper ends of the bracket-arms f, To the middle portions of the upright pillars Z3 are attached horizontal arms e, which carry counterbalancing weights w near their outer ends, the weights being capable of adjustment on said arms for the purpose of counterbalancing the weight of the segmental scrubbing brush B and its supporting arms and braces for permitting the easy adjustment of the brush B relatively to the circumference of the barrel to be scrubbed. By a ratchet- @theel d10 on the shaft ZS and a check-pawl Zu the rack-bars and the parts connected 'therewith are rigidly held in the position to which they are adjusted. By the adjustment of the inclined arms a the scrubbing brush B can be readily adjusted to the circumference of smaller or larger barrels radially to the axis of the same, so that the brush is always placed in the most advantageous position for the proper scrubbing of the circumference of the barrel, the adjustment being accomplished readily from either side of the machine by means of the hand-wheels (Z9, so

' as to obviate the necessity of passing around from one side of the machine to the other for adjusting the scrubbing brush B into proper position relatively to the barrels. The lower ends of the inclined head-supporting arms ci are provided with projections @5 which serve as stops for the arms a when the same are swung on their pivots in backwardly-inclined position, so as to give convenient access to the scrubbing brush B and its supporting and water-supplying parts for the convenient inspection, cleaning and repairing of the same.

A scrubbing brush C for cleaning the heads of the barrel is arranged on each sidestandard f1 of the machine, the back of each scrubbing brush C being rigidly clamped to a U-shaped holder g which is provided with a horizontal shank g1 having a handle g2 at the outer end. The shank g1 is slotted and supported on a guide-block g3 at the upper end of an inclined arm g4 which is loosely pivoted at its lower end to an inclined slideblock g5. The slotted shank g1 of the scrubbing brush C is rigidly clamped by a thumbscrew g and screw-post l(/7 to the guidepiece g5 at the upper end of the inclined arm gt, as shown in Fig. Ll. rfhe slide-block g for the pivoted lower end of the inclined arm gt is guided in ways of an outwardlyinclined arm glo and clamped by a screwpost gg, plate gx and thumb screw-nut gs rigidly to the same. The bracket-arm gw is attached by its lower end by means of fastening screw-bolts gll to t-he side-standard f1, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and et. The slideblocks g5 are adjusted higher or lower in the inclined bracket-arms glo so that the head-scrubbing brushes C may be adjusted higher or lower, and in connection with the pivoted inclined arms g4 and slotted shanks g1 of the holders g, and clamping-nuts ge, inwardly toward the heads of the barrel, so that the scrubbing brushes C can be adjusted exactly to center of the heads of a larger or smaller barrel and readjusted after the brushes C are worn olf, as required. The head-scrubbing brushes C are made of suiiicient length so as to clean the heads of the largest barrels to be scrubbed. The. adjustment of the head-scrubbing brushes is readily accomplished by taking hold of the handle of the shank g1 with the left hand, loosening the clamping thumb-nut of the shank with the right hand and then shifting the head of the brush forward so that the bristles contact with the head of the barrel to be cleaned. When the scrubbing brushes C are to be adjusted higher or lower to the center of the barrel, the slide-block g5 is moved on the guideways of the bracket-arms g1@ by loosening the clamping thumb-nut g8 on the inclined bracket-arm glo until the brush is placed in position diametrically across the center of the head of the barrel to be scrubbed. The parts are then clamped tightly again by the clamping-nuts g5, g, the scrubbing brush being then in position for the proper scrubbing action on the barrel. The action of gravity tends to move the inclined arms g* and the brush c to hold the bristles of the brush c against the barrel. Vhen the upper segmental brush and the head-scrubbing brushes are properly adjusted, the machine is started, the barrel rotated by the rollers and then scrubbed simultaneously on the circumference and the heads by the different scrubbing brushes.

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

1. In a barrel-scrubbing machine, the combination, with the supporting standards, of rotary barrel-supporting rollers, a segmental brush above the barrel for scrubbing the outer surface of the same, freely movable inclined arms pivoted to the standards and having a transverse brace-rod for supporting the segmental scrubbing brush, counterbah anced means engaging said arms for partially supporting the arms, and means carried by said arms for engaging said counterbalanced means and limiting the downward movement of said inclined arms.

2. In a barrel-scrubbing machine, the combination, with the supporting standards, of rotary barrel-supporting rollers, a segmental brush for scrubbing the circumference of the barrel, inclined brush-supporting arms pivoted to said standards, stops on said arms, pivotally mounted upright pillars abutting against said stops, means for raising or lowering said pillars and inclined supporting arms, and counterbalancing weights connected with said pillars.

3. In a barrel-scrubbing machine, the combination of supporting side-standards having inclined bracket-arms, rotary barrelsupporting rollers turning in bearings of said standards, inclined arms pivoted to the outer ends of the bracket-arms, an arched brace connecting the upper ends of said inclined arms, a segmental scrubbing brush supported on said arched brace, adjustable stops on the inclined arms, pivotally mounted upright pillars abutting at their upper ends against` said stops, means for adjusting the pillars into a higher or lower position, and weights connected with the upright pillars for counterbalancing the weight of the segmental brush and its supporting mechanism.

4. In a barrel-scrubbing machine, the combination, with the side-standards, of outwardly -inclined bracket arms attached to said side-standards and provided with guideways, slide-blocks guided in said ways, means for clamping said slide-blocks to the inclined bracket-arms, inwardly-inclined arms pivoted to said slide -blocks, scrubbing brushes for the heads of the barrel, and means for adjusting said brushes forward and backward on the upper ends of the inwardly-inclined pivot-arms for adjusting the head-brushes higher or lower and inwardly and outwardly relatively to the heads of the barrels.

5. In a barrel-scrubbing machine, the combination of side standards, outwardly inclined bracket-arn'is attached to the sidestandards and having inclined ways, adjustable slide-blocks guided in the ways of said bracket-arms, inwardlyinclined arms pivoted to said slide-blocks and provided with guide-blocks at their upper ends, brushu holders provided with slotted Shanks guided on guide-blocks of the pivot-arms, means for clamping the slotted shanks to the guideblocks, and means for clamping the heads of the brushes to the holders.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADAIWI DANNER.

Titnesses PAUL GOEPEL, HENRY J. SUHRBIER.

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