US299185A - Bottle-washer - Google Patents

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BOTTLE WASHER.

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BOTTLE WASHER.

No. 299,185. P Patented May 2'7, 1884.

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ADOLPH VON SOHADE, OF NEWVPORT, RHODE ISLAND.-

BOTTLE-WASH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,185, dated May 27, 1884:.

Application filed April 12, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLPH VoN SOIIADE, of Newport, in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-IVashers, of which the following,.taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of bottlewashing machines in which the brush is mounted upon the upper end of a vertically-reciproeating hollow revolving shaft, and is an improvement upon the machine described in Letters Patent No. 241,834, granted to me May 24, 1881; and it consists in certain combinations and arrangements of devices,which will be best understood by reference to the description of thedrawings, and tothe claims to be hereinafter given.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line v c on Fig. 1, except that the rear leg is shown in elevation. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of the bearing for the-driving-shaft on line at x on Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a segment of the spur-gear wheel and the gripping device for operating the machine by hand, and Fig. 6 is a section of the same on line y g on Fig. 5, Figs. 5 and 6 being drawn to an enlarged scale. Fig. 7 is an elevation of an improved brush, also drawn to an enlarged scale. Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively an elevation and transverse section of the brush-holder enlarged, and Figs. 10 and 11 are details of the brush-securing nozzle enlarged.

A is the table or head of the machine, made in the form of a shallow bowl, with a central hub, A, projecting upward therefrom, in the center of which is formed a bearing for the sleeve-shaft a, provided with a collar, a, to rest upon the upper end of said hub, and having secured to its lower end, which projects below the bottom of the bowl A, the bevelpinion b. The bowl A is supported upon the legs B B and B, which are securely bolted to ears 0 0, cast upon said bowl, and are further stayed and tied together by the shallow cuplike vessel O, as shown. The leg B is provided with the large sleeve-1ike hub d, in which is adjustably mounted the pipe-box D,

which is seated upon and may be adjusted to I the proper level by the set-screws e e, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. In the pipe-box D is mounted the driving-shaft D, upon the inner end of which is secured the bevel-wheel E, which meshes into and imparts motion to the bevel pinion b. The shaft D has mounted upon its outer end the tight and loose pulleys F and F and the flywheel F 1.

G G are two guiderods, secured at upper ends to the bowl A, and at their lower ends to the vessel 0, and having fitted thereto so as to slide vertically thereon the cross -head H, to which an upward movement is imparted by the treadle-lever I, acting through the cord or chain f, one end of which is attached to said cross-head, and, passing upward over the pulley I, downward beneath and partially around the pulley I and upward again, has its other end secured to the ear 1 on the vessel 0, as shown in Fig. 3. The downward movement of said crosshead, when the foot is removed from the treadle I, is caused by gravity, said cross-head being made sufliciently heavy to insure said downward movement. The crosshead H has formed therein the chamber h and the communicating passages i and i, and has set in a recess formed for the purpose in its under side the valve-casing j, in which is fitted the valve j, provided with a pendent stem, j, which projects through and below the stuffingboX of the valve-casingj in such a manner that when the cross-head H is in its lowest position the lower end of said valve'stem rests upon the washer k, which in turn rests upon the cushion 7c, of rubber or other elastic material, fitted to a recess formed in the bottom of the vessel 0, as shown in Fig. 3.

In the upper side of the crosshead H is fit ted, by means of a packed bearing, Z, the hollow spindle J, the lower end of which is closed and made conical, said cone end being fitted to a correspondinglyshaped recess or hearing in the bottom of the chamber h, communication from said chamber tothe interior of the spin dle J being had through aseries of lateral holes just above said closed cone end, all as shown in Fig. 3. The spindle J extends upward into the sleeve-shaft a, and has secured thereto the brush-holder J, to the upper end of which is secured the brush K, composed of the mass of radiating-bristles n and the cluster 41 of longitudinally-projecting bristles and fine wires, combined in about the proportions of one of wire to four of bristles, the ofiice of said longitudinally-projecting brush being to brush the bottoms of the bottles, the object of the wires being to stiffen the brush and prevent the bristles from being broken down.. When I the cross-head H is in its lowest position, the

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brush is drawn within the sleeve-shaft a, the inner diameter of which is about equal to the opening in the neck of the bottles to be washed.

L is a sleeve screwed to the upper end of the hub A in such a manner as to inclose the upper portion of the sleeve-shaft a, and to bear upon the collar (4 and prevent said shaft from moving upward with the spindle J. The sleeve-shaft a has set in its inner periphery, at or near its lower end, a key, 0, which projects into the groove 0, formed in the spindle J in a well-known manner, whereby the spindle J is made to revolve with said sleeve-shaft,while at the same time it is free to be moved end- The sleeve L is provided at its upper end with a flaring or trumpetshaped mouth, 9, to receive the mouth of the inverted bottle preparatory to washing, said trumpet-mouth being pierced near its base or smallest part with a series of small holes, through which the water, after having done duty in the bottle, may escape into the bowl A, from which it is discharged through the pipe q, to which a flexible pipe (not shown) may be coupled asa means of conducting said dirty water to any desired point.

The cross-head H has screwed in its front side the elbow-pipe 1*, which communicates with the passage '11, and has attached thereto the flexible pipe 7*, through which water is supplied to the machine.

For the purpose of adapting the machine to be operated by hand, the driving-shaft D has mounted thereon the pinion M, which meshes into the spur-gear wheel M, mounted on a stud, s, set in the leg 13. A hand-lever, N, is pivoted at s, and connected at one end by the link N to the outer end of the grip pawl-lever t, the toe of which engages, when the link N is raised, with the periphery of the spur-gear wheel M, or the points of its teeth, said pawllever being pivoted to the grip-jaws t t, the

inner or hook ends of which engage with the inner surfaces of the rim of said wheel, as

shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

The operation of my inventionis as follows: The wheel M, lever N, and the gripping devices being removed from the machine and power applied by a suitable belt acting upon the tight pulley, or if said wheel, hand-lever, and gripping devices are in place and the lever N is vibrated by hand, the operator places the bottle to be washed in an inverted position, with its neck or mouth. resting in the trumpetshaped mouth 1), holding it in position with his hand, and places his foot upon the treadle-lever I, and depresses it, so as to raise the cross-head H a sufficient distance to carry thebrush K to the inner surface of the bottom of the bottle, which distance is determined by the collars a a, which are adjusted upon the rods G G, so as to limit the upward movement of the cross-head at the desired point. As soon as the stem j of the valvej is lifted from contact with the washer 7c, the pressure of the water upon the upper surface of the valve j will cause said valve to be opened, thus permitting the water to pass through the passage *5 to the chamber h, and thence through the holes in the lower end of the spindle J to the interior thereof, and be discharged from the upper end thereof into the bottle at the same time that the brush K is moved upward into the interior of the bottle and revolved therein. When the bottle has been sufficiently washed, the operator removes his foot from the treadlelever, and the weight of the cross head H causes the brush to be withdrawn from the bottle and the parts to assume the positions shown in the drawings, the contact of the stem j of the valve j with the washer is causing said valve to be closed and the supply of water to be stopped until another bottle is placed in position, and the operator again depresses the treadle.

In the case of working the machine by hand, the lever N may be operated by the left hand, while the operator places and holds the bottle with his right hand and operates the treadle with his right foot; or the hand-lever N may be operated by a second person, if desired.

The brush-holder J has formed at its lower end the ring m, to embrace the nozzle m, which is screwed into the upper end of spindle J, as a means of attaching said holder thereto. The brush-holder is also provided withthe socket mZ-to receive the shank of the brush K, and is connected to the ring at by the spring-arm m the lower portion of which lies in a groove formed in the side of the nozzle m, so as to compel said holder to revolve with the spindle.

The ring at may be made separate from the spring-arm m, over the end of which it may be fitted, so as to clamp said spring between it and the nozzle m, without affecting the principles of my invention. 7

\Vhat 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a machine for washing bottles, the combination of a tubular or sleeve shaft mounted in a fixed bearing, mechanism for revolving said sleeve-shaft, a second hollow shaft carrying a brush or brushes at one end, and arranged to be revolved with and moved endstationary socket to receive the neck of the bottle, and provided with one or more holes for the escape of the water, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the sleeve-shaft a, the hollow spindle J connected to the sleeveshaft by a spline-groove and key, mechanism for revolving the sleeve-shaft, the cross-head H, the cord or chain f, the pulleys I I and wise through said sleeve, and a trumpet-shaped provided with the chamber h and passages 73 V and z", the water-supply pipe 1" r, the valve 15 j, provided with the pendent stem 7' and the slightlyyielding stop is, all arranged and adapted to operate substantially as described.

5. In a machine for washing bottles, the combination,with a revolving and endwisc-reciprocating jet tube or spindle carrying a brush or brushes at one end, of a cross-head con-' nected to the other end of said jet tube or spindle, and arranged to be reciprocated upon suitable guides, and adjustable stops to limit the movement of said cross-head, substantially as described.

6. In a machine for washing bottles, the combination of the sleeve-shaft a, the bevel-gear wheels I) and E, the shaft D, the pinion M,

the spur-gear wheel M, the grip-jaws t t, the 0 pawl t, the link N, and the hand-lever N, all arranged and adapted to operate substantially as described.

7. The brush K, composed of the mass of radiating bristles a and the tuft n, of combined bristles and fine wire, substantially as described.

8. The brushholder J, composed of the ring m, the spring-arm m and the socket W,

in combination with the spindle J and the 40 Q grooved thimble m all arranged and operating substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification,in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 6th day A. D. 1883.

ADOLPH VON SOHADE.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. LOMBARD, CHARLES H. D0131).

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