Patent GB-191018196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Sealing Bottles and the like.
Inventor: ADRIANCE BENJAMIN
Filed: 1910-07-30
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 18,196. Adriance, B. July 30. Capsules, applying. - Relates to means of adjusting capsuling - m achines for bottles of different height by arranging slip friction clutches in various parts of the machine and distance-pieces to regulate the travel of parts independent of adjustment of the other parts. A hopper 87, Fig. 1, and set of capsuling-beads 130 are mounted on a frame sliding in another frame C, and are vertically adjustable by a rack and pinion 51. The capsule feed is driven by rack and pinion 89, and, on adjustment of the part 51, a friction clutch 118 is operated and a lug 127 engages with a lug 128 should the part tend to be rotated abnormally. Bottles are fed three at a time to the cupping- heads by a carrier f, and, to prevent jamming, slip gear u is provided connected with the driving-rack. Similarly, if a longer bottle than usual is put on the bottle elevators (shown dotted), slip friction g e a r prevents breakages. Further, in the capsule-feed mechanism, Fig. 22, slip gear is shown at 102 and 108 to prevent damage if the capsules jam. Lastly, knock-out mechanism io push capsuled bottles away from the cupping- heads is provided with slip gear and with distance-pieces to regulate them and allow adjustments. Capsules are thrown into a hopper 87, Fig. 22, and pass by a mouth 92 to an agitating-plate 91 reciprocated by a chain, and thence past a mouth 95 and agitators 122<1> to a space between a reciprocating disk 100 and a plate 94. The former has a ring 108, Fig. 29, and the latter a groove 96 so that capsules properly presented can pass, but others cannot and are passed up again by the reciprocating disk 100 and finger 114, Fig. 22, which works in a groove 97, Fig. 29, in the plate 96. If a capsule tends to jam, the ring 108 slips, as it is connected with the disk 100 by friction blocks 112 of fibre and a spring 109. The disk 100, Fig. 22, is oscillated by a belt 105 which passes round pulleys 101 and 90, Fig. 1. The former is provided with friction blocks 102, Fig. 22, to allow slip. The capsules properly placed pass down shoots 129, Fig. 34, and are pressed forward by reciprocating blocks 143 working in guides 147. A spring catch 142 holds the last-but-one capsule until another is pushed into its place. The reciprocating parts 143 are operated by friction blocks working between stop pins 157, Fig. 22, to preserve a definite throw, although the superstructure may be raised or lowered. Bottles are passed by hand in batches of three between guides g, Fig. 2, to carriers f, which are moved forward three at a time on a turret to the capsuling- heads. The turret is driven by a pawl 8, which can be pushed outwards so as to be idle. The pawl is connected to a sliding rack m, Fig. 5, driven by a pinion p frictionally geared by spring-pressed fibre disks s with a pinion r driven by a rack l. Should the carrier jam, this friction drive slips. As the carrier moves round, projections j, Fig. 1, operate an extension on a lever 43<h>, which releases a pivoted lever 43<f>, Fig. 17, from a spring bolt 43<c> which engages a clutch 43 on a shaft 20. This shaft makes one revolution, and a cam 43<b>, Fig. 13, presses over the rocking lever 43<f> to engage the bolt 43<c>, which is pushed back to disengage the clutch 43 for a time. The clutch is driven by pinions &c. from the main shaft 34, Fig. 1. A subsidiary pinion - driven shaft 41 carries a crank-disk 42 to drive the rod 11 &c. The bottles are brought up to the sealing-heads by plungers which are frictionally attached by springs and fibre blocks to forks reciprocated by a lever. The throws of the blocks are regulated by a stop. A rod 153 operates the capsule shoots as already explained. A somewhat similar rod 78 with a friction block 81, Fig. 19, acts to knock out bottles from the capsuling-head by a lever 76. Fig. 19 shows a form of sealing-head consisting of a concentric series of pivoted jaws 61, and a head 68 mounted on a spring-depressed rod 66.