Patent GB-190113153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Capsuling Bottles, Flasks and other Vessels.
Inventor: WEISSENTHANNER ACHILLE
Filed: 1901-06-27
Granted: 1901-12-14
Abstract: 13,153. Weissenthanner, A. June 27. Capsuling bottles &c.-Relates to machines for securing metal capsules on bottles, flasks, &c., and is more particularly applicable for capsules such as are described in Specification No. 7597, A D. 1893, which are made in two parts with a band attached. Fig. 3 shows a hand-operated machine. The bottle &c. is placed on the rest 8, which is provided with adjustable guides 16 and is carried by the screwed rod 18, a spring 46 being interposed between the adjusting-nut 6 of the rest and the lifting-socket 7. The socket receives one end of the lever 12, the other end of which is engaged by the cam 11, operated by the hand-lever 3, to raise the bottle &c. into position for capsuling. The capsule is secured on the bottle &c. by the whirls 27, which are carried by yielding or elastic mounts on the levers p<2>, Fig. 3<b>, and are brought into action by the spring-controlled levers p<1> engaging the fixed cam 9. In the position of rest, the rollers p<3> of the levers p<1> lie in recesses 23 in the cams, so that the bottle &c. can pass upwards into position between the whirls. The recesses 23 are arranged at different levels, so that each roller p<2> can only enter one recess. The levers p<1>, p<2> are carried by pins p on a cross-bar 5* fixed to the pinion 5, which is operated by the quadrant 2 from the hand-lever 4 to effect the rotation of the setting- head. Fig. 4 shows a power-driven machine. The rest 33 is provided with adjustable guides 50, and is adjustable in the socket 18 by the nut 21, The socket is connected to the lever 35, and is operated by the cam 45 acting through the yoke 17, tie-rods 78, bridge-piece 20, spring 105, and rod 57. The main driving-shaft 53 is provided with fast and loose pulleys 7, and has a pinion 24 in gear with the loose friction-wheel 39, Figs. 4 and 9, on the cam shaft 52. When the treadle 16 is depressed, it acts through the rod 100 and lever 36 on the socket 41, feathered on the shaft 52, moving the socket so that it is released from the fixed cam 15, and causing it to actuate the levers 29, whereby the friction blocks 23 are forced into operative contact with the wheel 39, thus starting the shaft 52. The cam 14 holds this gear in action while the shaft completes a revolution. A belt from the pulley 6 passes round guide-pulleys 8, and drives the loose hollow pulley 9 of the setting- head. The whirls 95 are carried by the collars 43, mounted on pins set in the plate 10, which is connected by a sleeve to the support 40, Fig. 8, of the friction clutch 48, 44. When the cam shaft 52 is started, the cam 34 acts through the lever 31, rod 32, lever 37, and collar 47 to lower the double cone 14, which, by engaging the adjustable levers 48, forces the friction blocks 44 into operative contact with the hollow pulley 9, so causing the rotation of the the plate 10 and the setting-head. At the same time, the cone 14 also engages cam-pieces on the pins of the collars 43, and moves the collars to bring the whirls 95 into operative position. When the treadle is released, the friction clutches are both disengaged, and the setting-head is stopped by the brake 30. The whirls are lubricated by the brush 103, to prevent abrasion of the capsules.