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B. ADRIANGE 8; A. CALLESON. BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION IiLED F3111, 1910.

'7 SHEETS-SHEET l Reissued Oct. 1, 1912.

B. ADRIANCE & A. o-XIL BsoN BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11. 1910.

7 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Reissued 00L 1,1912.

WITNESSES:

A TTORNE B. ADRIANGE & A. GALLBSON.

BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 513.11, 1910.

Reissued Oct. 1, 1912.

Wm/row,

WITNESSES ATTORNE Y B. ADRIANCB & A. GALLESON.

BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11. 1910.

7 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

Reissued Oct. 1, 1912.

, INVENIURS MIMQ hr; a

A'UUHNE J WITNESSES.-

B. ADRIANGE 65A. GALLESON.

BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED 1 1113.11, 1910.

Reissued 0cc.1,1912.

7 SHEETSSHEET 6,

"B. ADRIANOE & A. GALLESON.

BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PERU, 1910.

7 SHEETS-SHEET 7.

Reissued Oct. 1, 1912.

W9) I ATTORNEY.

' provements in 'trated is a vertical UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN ADRIANCE AND AMOS CALLESON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; SAI D CALLE- SON ASSIGNOR TO SAID ADRIANCE.

IBOTTLE-CAPPING MIACHINE.

Specification of Reissued Letters Patent.

Reissued Oct. 1, 1912.

Original No.913,182, dated February a, 1969, Serial No.-447,968. Application for reissue filed February ii,

' 1910. Serial No. 543,417.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN Annr ANCE and Amos Cannnson, citizens of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, borough of Brooklyn, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im- Bottle-Capping Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventi0n,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings-and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

This invention relates to bottle sealing machines and the like and it consists in certain improvements whereby the operation of closing or sealing bottles or the like is considerably simplified and expedited, the manual labor required resolving itself merely into the workman moving the bottles to and away from the sealing position.

The salient features of the invention are the means whereby the closures, contained in a suitable receptacle, are fed to the position for sealing in correct relation with respectwhereby the bottles and caps are brought into sealing relation with .each other, such means being so constructedand adapted to operate that varying heights of bottles are compensated for; and the means whereby the means aforesaid are made tocooperate with each other in the orderly working of the machine.

The invention will be found fully illusin the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a side view of the improved 2 is a plan view of the table of the machine with the head thereof and certain other parts removed and others broken away; Fig. 3 shows a detail of Fig.

2, illustrating the bottle guide whichcoacts with a certain turret in the pos tioning of the bottles for the sealing operation; Fig. 4

sectional View in the plane of the bolts 0 in Fig. 2; a fragment of the base .of the head being shown and certain parts appearing in elevation; tailof the turret appearing in 5 shows a'de- Figs. 3 and 4; Fig, 6 is a View showing the cap feeding mechanism detached and the upper portion to the mouths of the bottles; the means thereof approximately in central vertical section in the plane of the shaft 99 Fig. 7 is a side v1ew,'enlarged, of the cap feeding mechanism with the cap selecting and rectifying mechanism thereof removed; Fig. 8 is a front view of what is shown-in Fi 7 Fig. 9 is a rear elevation of the part 0 the cap rectifying mechanism which is bolted to the front face of the portion of the feeding mechanism shown in Figs. 7 and 8; Fig. 10

is a front View of what is shown in Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is a rear view of the rotating member of the cap rectifying mechanism; Fig. 12 is a sectional view of the cap rectifying mechanism approximately on the line :v-w of Fig. 10, and showing how a cap properly disposed therein will be passed thereby; Fig..13 is a fragment of what is shown in Fig. 12 showing how a cap improperly disposcd therein will be rejected or checked thereby; Fig. 14 shows a detail of the cap rectfying mechanism, illustrating one of the deflector plates; Figs. 15 and 16 are a side view and a sectional view on the line of Fig. 14, respectively, of what is shown in Fig. 14; Figs. 17 and 18 are vertical and horizontal sectional views, respectively, of the rack and pinion part-of the means for oscillating the rock shaft of liolding block which is pivoted'to block 123,

said cap-holdiugblock appearing in front elevation with its front corners broken away back to certain recesses 130 therein. Fig. 19 is a'side elevation of the sliding plug of the sealing head; Fig. 20 is a vertical central sectional View of a slitted flanged ring shown in Fig. 19; Fig. 21 is a View showing, in plan, the cap-holding'block, appearing in 19,.and, partly in section, a fragment of the corresponding chute of the feeding mechanism; Fig. 22' is a plan view of a clip shown in Fig. 21, and Fig. 22 a .sectional View on line 2-'-z of Fig. 22; Fig. 23

is an underneath view of what is shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 24 is awiew in front elevation of the lower part of the machine,.showing principally the mechanism for elevating the bottles to the sealing position; Fig. 25 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in eh-om: elhteh member s therewith in 31 ehowe the oiuteh moohe= oehtml oeetioii item be- 32 e detail of eeid elutoh a oertoiii bolt 26, a E o home eonnountod b the table 2!, table hovi to it saint e113 eenttoilly thereo by bolto ethe heed the hmerpoititm ot the hood it out by it Bebhit metal tin I e between which end a-"boee f whieh (ii the annular turret g to 1 a to rot the 11f eiroulor he Thie turret hoe a lateral do oiteoior of downwardly teeth oethei'e ore intermittent wees heoeesei y turn the turret jrtiei y 91.81?! Mi eyele of movement, it ,pot the toilet it turned by pit-y by the ettehdgmt and t L, N ohiy pert whioh it it ret. mined him to operote, turret flange t has m at 'slote Z2 :reeeiviiig threaded Z the eozrrierem, the emriore being 1 the t 11g portion teoeiving A block 1 e tertioolly olotted to reoe'we and fit it {Fig and Whieh may slide up end down rite "heir; 'eovered at 4.5 both by the pleteo' ,7 on

;.:;gsi1iet the top end mtier of the p ore eoitobly reeeeeed to reeeive and fit oibottle they ere normally preseed, ore eepeble of moving up with the of eooeee to "o oertoih member ooiiperotes with the teeth 7',

the moohine illuotmted there are of the blooho p and the attendant motee three bottiee .et a time into the eookete afiottleti by the bloohe one tumetthe turret oilookwioe in the diteetioh of the arrow in Fig imtii the bottlee etand in .front of the tilt. vvt, .fiiied or imeioeed bottles stand the table at the right of the tiltret, he the bottles heeled they are moved to left the turret. A eorvexi; e. toll, e, integ ti with the table, extends from '3 tight end lett otta: iog to prevent the bottlee from being pushed the turret movement a portrait emrijyiiig the loetiopooe o are 11g Icetehet i, there being Q5 by the n; eooh eerriet hoe fie d r' eeouretl.

thejbottleo when the tome Me roieed or for "moms oh the oi the table; In order to pre vent action of the turret, the left hand wall 5 may have ivoted to it o pawl t whie rojeete within the eirele of movement of t .te ende of the bloeks 12, oooperotm therewith to eheok the book to tion of t e turret while ollowing its salve-hoe i'y11ndri@] phzngere o v arranged in the are of a oitele eohoentrio with the axis otthe turret in front of the letter; the some being movable vertioelly in bearings to in the oble. These plungers tarry the dowm weirdly extending stems to, eoeh glivertieolly grooved ot the front and receiving a vettieel etrip 3 whioh 1o to and depends iron: o stationary or bar 2 seemed in the home a in front of the eteme on Toothed reeks 1 are lit into each etem to one, at eaoh. tide oi the 83'! y,

t. trarne o hoe the vertical web 2 termed with vertioel perollelg'i'be 3 ego/inst which ore bolted strips 4: produoing with said ribs o pooed uidet ayotor e vertieelly movable t rust b oek (Figs. 24, 25 and 26) oompi-ie mg front and rear members-t and 6 bolted together. Boree 7 are formed vertically in the tipieentgert ot the thrust bloek, the some being i with fiber 8 or other oubstenoe adopted to ereote trietion, The time reoeive the a; oi plungers u, in each manner that the porte eennot move relatively to eeoh other ezoe t reeiotonee overeomee the iriotion induoev The trio tiohol ootion may be odjueted by moons oi 1'00 eet eerews 9 bearing ego-inst epttinge 1Q er= ranged in the front part 5 of the thr uot bloek and bearing egoinet the front fibet pieoee S, :1 pin 11 in the port 5 ere pit?- oted the pewle 12 having their upper entie toothed or otherwise formed so at to en ego with. the rookie 1 the corresponding so me e, the gointe of the powls bein held in= worthy y opting preoeed plugs 1 arranged in part 5 and beerin ogoinet the toee it of the pewle. Eoeh etnp g has its lower front face formed with an elevation 15, When the thruet bllook rieee' its frictional engage= ment with the eteme at eoueee it to raise the plum ere until the reeieteoee from above, ex= erte by the properly positioned oops onthe bottlee rooting on the pads o, becomes so great that the plungere will no longer at" take of the rising eetion of the thrust book, whet'eupon the pewle, Whieh approximately to this time have been held out of on ege= mentwith'the toothed reeks 1 by the e. evotione 15 of the etrie 1 ere now, having moved above eeitl eevotiong, permitted to 11love into engogeoientwitl good mate and from new .which thus serves to level up the piungers and readjust them with respect to the thrust-block preparatory to the next sealing or closing operation.

The thrustblock' is reciprocated as follows: A pin 17 connects its members and 6 and on this is pivoted one end of a pitman 18 the other end of which is pivoted to a crank pin 19 of a crank 20 on a shaft 21 which is journa'led in the back of the machine and in a bracket 22 depending from the web 2. .On this shaft is keyed-a clutch member 23 onto which is shrunk a band 24 having a hump 25 and thus making the clutch member also a cam. In this clutch member, parallel with its axis, is arranged posed between the end of the bore and the head of astem 29 which in turn abuts against a disk 30 interposed between the.

"frame and the-clutch member 23 is arranged a gear 31 fixed on a sleeve 32 which rotates on shaft 21 and has its rear end formed as a pinion 33. The hub 34 of the gear has on its face adjoining the clutch member 23 the blocks or teeth 35, making said huba clutch member complementary to clutch member 23. The gear 31 meshes with a pinion 36 fixed on the drive shaft 37 which is jour naled in bracket 22 and the back of the frame a and which carries a pulley 38 which rotates freely on the shaft underthe drive of its belt (not shown) but may be made to assume a fixed relation to the shaft by a suitable clutch 39 operated by a lever 40 having a pull 41 which extends toward the front of the machine. So long as the clutch 39 transmits power from pulley 38 to shaft 37 (which is constantly, under the normal working of the machine) the gear 31 will be rotating; and so long as the bolt 26 cccupied its normal position interlocking the clutch members. the thrust block would be reciprocated. But the thrust block only moves up and down once for each mtermittent advance of the turret, and this is effected as follows:

A bracket 42 is bolted to the web 2 and on a stud 43 projecting therefrom is fulcrumed a lever 44; this lever comprises an extension 43 which projects through an opening 46in the table at one side of the turret, being adapted, when its upper end is engaged by one of the teeth j on the turret,-

extension 45, which is guided in a longitudinal bore 50 of the lever 44. The lever 44 has its upper end normally pulled to the right as shown in Fig. 25 by the spring 51 connecting it with the frame and its lower left hand corner has a notch 52 adapted to recelve the upper right hand edge of a lever 53 which is fulcrumed on a stud 54 projeotin from bracket 22 and is normally pulle upwardly by'a strong spring 55 connecting it with web 2., The lever 53 has a depending portion 56- adapted to withdraw, the bolt 36 from engagement with clutch member 34 when the bolt, rotating with clutch member 23, engages part 56, said part 56 at that time wiping against an inclined surface 57 formed in a recess 58 in the bolt. --Lever 53 carries at its rear end an anti-friction roller 59 adapted to be engaged by the hump 25 for the purpose ofresetting lever 53 in the position where it is locked by lever 44 with its portion 56 ready to withdraw 'the bolt 26. On the stud 54- is. also fulcrumed a lever '60 carrying an anti-friction roller 61 at one end and at its other end being connected with the extension 45 by a link 62. Thus, when the attendant places three bottles in the posi- .tion indicated by the dotted outline thereof in Fig. 2 and turns the turret through onesixth of a revolution to bring the bottles on the pads 1), one of the teeth j engages extension 45 of lever 44, rocking the latter. until extension 45 engages the stop 47 lever 53 is thus tripped and releases the bolt 26, so that parts 23 and 34 are clutched together and shaft 21 rotates and thus causes a rise and, fall of .the plungers u. During the rising and falling movements of the plungers, the bottles have had their caps attached, by the mechanisrnto be described. As the hump 25 on clutch member 23 sweeps around, it engages the rollers 59 and 61, thus resetting lever 53 (which is locked in this position by the lever 44) and vibrating lever 60 so that its extension 45 is drawn downward momentarily, rising again under the tension of its spring as soon as the hump clears roller. 61. When the extension 45 rises, it does so back of'the tooth which last caused the oscillation of' lever 44, so that the turret is again free for another advance, for the purpose of removing the bottles just closed and bringing into position three other bottles to be closed. Meanwhile, clutch member 23 continues to rotate until its bolt again wipes against the portion 56 of lever 53, whereupon it'is withdrawn, the clutch members are unlocked and shaft 21 and the I ceive the bottle mouths, said clips being a similari y curved iece 116 which is secured to the plate and tlius forms with the part 115 a guideway for the caps; the curved piece 116 may have cast therewith a plate 117 which Wlll 'give the guideway a third side, that is, since the parts are so constructed and arranged that the guideways are oblique, each plate 117 will constitute the bottom of the guideway. It will be aparent, in view of the foregoing, that caps orced into the guideway through slits 111 and passing through the same and leaving by the slits 114 will be reversed or rectified. They will then be adapted to fall between the plate 95 and the disk unchecked thereby. The casting 69 is recessed at 118 to receive the guides referred to.

A cross piece 119 is secured to the casting 69 and depending from it are three chutes 120; the passages in these chutes coincide with three openings 121 which are formed in a, flange 122 on plate 95 preventing the escape of any of the caps from between the late and disk except at the openings. hese chutes are deflected inwardly at the bottom, as shown in Figs. 6, 21 and 23 and each terminates in a block 123 to which is pivoted another block 124 provided 'with spring actuated clips 125 arranged at both sides of an opening 126 in block 124 to, re-

ada ted to hold each cap squarely over the bott e mouth; it will be understood that the weight of the caps in the chutes presses the lowest cap within the grip of the clips. In lieu-of t-he cap-holding means afforded by block 124 and clip 125 we may employ the cap-holding means shown in Fig. 19, where the block 127 has clips 128 arranged-on parallel axes in opposing relation to each other and formed with opposed jaws 129 to receive the caps upon discharge from the chutes; the back flat face of each jaw is impinged against by a plate spring'l30 each set at an incline in a recess 130 in the side of the block, the jaws thus yielding vertically to the passage of the bottle head. Above the block 123, which may be secured to the part 68 by the bracket 131, and spacing part .123 .from part 68 is the socket 132 of the sealing head, the stem 133 of which extends into the part 68 and is held therein by set screw 134. In the bore of the stem is set screw '13:"), between which and a sliding plug 136 is interposed a spiral spring 137. The plug 136 is guided in a slitted flanged r ng 138 set in the socket 132. Against this ring bears the ring 139 having an internal annularly arranged series of sockets 140. In these sockets are fulcrumed the jaws 141, each jaw being arranged in a slit of the part 138, one end thereof being engaged by the lug 136 and the other end thereof pro ecting downwardly and being adapted to bend the flange of the bottle cap into interlocking relation with the shoulder B bf the bottle head. As the bottle is raised by the mecha- -nism already described and its mouth im-, -p1nges'aga-1nst a cap held in the jaws of height of any bottle requires it, the friction grip member in the bottle elevatin means will allow the plunger carrying said bottle to yield relatively tothe elevating means. 1

Ultimately, the pawl of the particular elevating means will engage the rack thereof and efl'ect a positive upward movement of the plunger with the friction grip member.

In the present adaptation this positive. movement of the plunger is mainly opera-' tive on the jaws 141 the same being moved on their fulcrums to 'eflectively clam the caps on the bottlesA; but we do not WlSll to be limited to the employment of sll'cli means,

inasmuch as it is apparent that the frictiongrip can be adjusted so that a suflicient ockingof the cap to'the bottle may be acquired by the friction-grip alone, depending of course, upon the qualities of metal employed in the caps, the degree of pressure in the bottles, etc., such friction-grip in that instance performing the double service of efi'ecting compensation for varying'bottle. heights and sealing. By employing the friction-grip to eflect the compensation, the operation is not subject to the danger attending the use of a spring or the like which practice has demonstrated is likely to cause the fragments of glass on the breaking of a bottle to be dispersed with great force.

We are aware that it is old to bring frictional action to play in the sealing of bottles or the like by a conical or other inclined. surface directlyor indirectly operative upon'the flange, say, of the closure.

' We are also aware that it is old to check the compensating yield of one of the members whereby the body and closure parts of a container are brought into closed relation by means in the nature of a cam operating frictionally but without slip, on such mem ber. Our invention distinguishes from the former of these in that it involves a grip; action operative in compensatingfor varying heights ofcontainers rather tha'n in the v afiixing operation, per se, and. from the.

latter in that the grip-action characterizing ourinvention is one which is a slip-friction grip ajction normally operative duringjthe working thrust 'to oppose the longitudinal movement of the part subject tosuch action relatively to the member afi'ording it.

- Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim and desire 'to secureb'y Letters Patent is V 1. In a machine for affixing the closure part to the body part of a container, the

. combination'of an affixing means, and means for eflfecting the movement of one of said partsinto contact witlr the other, compris- "Q ng a slip-friction grip-member normally I tially as described.

operative during the working thrust to oppose the longitudinafmovement of the contamer relatively to said member, substan- 2. In a mach'ne for affixing the closure part to'the body part of a container, the combination of an afiixing means, and means for effecting a thrust-movement Dff'tlifi container relatively to the airing means comtprising a container-support and a slip-fricon t e working thrust to oppose the longiinal movement of the container-cu port elat1ve1g to said member, substantia y as escribe ra. :Iaa machine for establishing the body and. closure parts of a container in closed relation, the combination of a containersupport, and aslip-friction-grip support-elevatmg member normally operative during the workingthrust to oppose the longitudinal movement of the container-s11 port i"el atiteelg to said member, substantiay as In a machine for establishing the body "and closure parts of a container in the closed relation, the combination of a container-support, a slip-friction-grip supportelevating member normally operative durthe working thrust to oppose the longiinal' movement oi the container support relatively to said member, and means for 'liniiting the downward movement of the container-support with said member, substantially as described.

5. In combination, a means adapted to take the thrust of the container, movin means adapted to effect the thrust, one c said means com rising members assuming I: the resistance o the container and having said members upon a predetermined amount the one a slip-friction-grip on the other, and mechanism for positively interlocking of yield of one member relatively to the other. I e

6. In combination, with the frame, a means adapted to take the thrust of the container, moving means adapted'to cfiect the thrust, said moving means comprising members assuming the resistance of the container and having the one a friction-gri on the other and also having the one a rac and the other a pawl, said pawl being normally adapted to engage the rack, and a art carried by the frame and. acting to old said pawl unengagcd with the ra' during a part of the move ,ent of said moving means, substantially as V 7. In a mechanism for delivering articles ribed.

- having relatively limited thickness in such manner that the articles will only issuefrom said mechanism with their corresponding ip-nrember normally operative dur- 1 "thickness 0' the articles and having ,a rib and the other a groove mating with faces similarl; disposed, la selecting mechanism comprising members having substantially parallel walls spaced approximately a distance a art corresponding with the thickness of t r e articles and havm the one a rib and the other a. groove mating with each other and forming a bend in the sp between said members, and one of said members bein' movable substantially in the direction o the length of said rib and groove,

- substantially as described.

8. In a mechanism for having relatively limited thiclmess in such manner that the articles will only issue from said mechanism with their corresponding iaces similarly disposed, a selecting mechanism comprising membershaving substantially parallel walls'spaced approximately a distance a art corresponding wiillil the e one each other and forming a'bend in the space between said members, and one ofsaid members bein movable substantially in the direction o the length of said rib, and cove,

and a projection on the movable mein er located substantially at the bend, substantially as described.

9. In a mechanism for delivering articles having relatively limited thickness in such manner that the articles will only issue from said mechanism with their corresponding faces similarly disposed, a rectifying mechanism comgrisingmembers spaced approximately a istance apart corres ending with the thickness of the articles an having portions forming a bend in the. space between said members, one of said members bein v revoluble substantially in its own plans, an the other member having outlet and return openings therein for the articles, and means, communicating with said o enmgs, for reversing the articles checks at said bend, substantially as described.

10. In a mechanism for delivering articles having relatively limited'thickness in such manner that the articles will only issue from said mechanism with their corresponding faces similarly disposed, a rectifying mechanism com rising members spaced approximately a distance apart corresponding with the thickness of the articles and having porde livering articles tions forming a bend in the space between 4 said members, said bend extending in the arc of a circle, and one of said members being revoluble concentricall with said bend and having a projectin and means coopera-J evice adapted to a 'tate the articles chec ed at said bend and r :port, a driving part, a adapted to v position, 10'

.- for confining -t able container-receiving the position described. 7

12. In a machine substantially of the character described, a supplymeans for the articles having an inclined supporting surface for the articles, a device movable up and down lane of said surface and having 'su porting across the an lnclme e articles on the surface of from the interlocking surface, and means i said device while the same is being moved, said means having a discharge for the articles on the side adjoining the low end of its inclined surface, substantially as 13.. The combination, per for the articles having a lateral discharge, of a vertically reciprocating carrier having an inclined supporting surface for the articles, and vertical means, communicating with said discharge of thehopper, for confinin the articles on said-surface of the carrier uringits vertical movement.

In testimony, that we claim the foregoing, we have hereunto set our hands, of February, 1910. y

BENJAMIN ADRIANGE. AMOS CALLESON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM C. Hons, CHARLES R. GAY.

described' with a supply hop-.

this 2nd day

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