Patent GB-191511556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Capsuling Bottles.
Filed: 1915-08-10
Abstract: 11,556. Crown Cork & Seal Co., [Assignees of Kryzanowsky, C. J.]. Jan. 8, [Convention date]. Capsules, ' crown corks,' and the like, applying.-In a bottle-capsuling machine comprising a bottle support and a capsuling-head which move relatively to one another, a presser-foot is locked in contact with a capsule on a bottle until the capsuling-die has completed its operation and the bottle neck is clear of the die. The presser foot 41, Fig. 11, is contained within a plunger 15 carrying the capsuling-head 15<a>, and yielding means is provided between the plunger 15 and the presser-foot 41. As shown, a pawl 42<1> at the upper end of a lever 42 pivoted to the presser 41 is pressed by a spring 46 into engagement with a round ratchet-bar 48 arranged parallel to the axis of the plunger 15, and when the die 36 has completed its operation and is clear of the bottle neck, an abutment device 44 movable with the plunger disengages the pawl 42<1> from the bar 48. The device 44 consists of a removable cylindrical yoke, which has a slot through which the upper end of the lever 42 passes, and an inclined portion coacting with the flattened under surface of the pawl 42<1>. The bar 48 is mounted in lugs 49, 50 on the guide-head 3 and locked by a pin 53 passing through one or other of two holes 51, 52 in the bar. The holes are arranged at right-angles, so that the bar can be turned round and displaced vertically to the extent of half a tooth. The plunger 15 is actuated by a pinion 17 on a shaft 18, the inner end of which enters a socket in the shaft 19, Figs. 8 and 10, of the operating-lever 31. A spring 26 holds the pinion in gear with a toothed member 25 on the end of the shaft 19. The outer end of a coil spring 26 which surrounds the shaft 19 is attached to the end 23 of the mutilated sleeve 22, the other end 24 of which is secured to the housing 3<a>. On moving the handle 31 to depress the plunger 15, the spring 26 is tightened; on releasing the handle, it is returned to normal position by the spring 26. The handle 31 fits in a socket 30 at the outer end of an arm 32, which fits on the square end of the shaft 19 and is locked by a plate 33. A handle 29, Fig. 1, at the outer end of the shaft 18 enables the pinion 17 to be disengaged from the member 25 while remaining in engagement with the rack 16 of the plunger, so that the plunger can then be adjusted to suit the height of the bottle operated upon by turning the handle 29. The capsuling-head 15<a> carries a detachable capsule-supporting device 37 having pins 38, Figs. 6 and 7, which pass through holes in the flanged edge 39 of the head. The locking-ring 40, which engages notches in Lhe pins 38, is enlarged at one side 40<a> and cut away at the opposite side 40<b> to allow the pins to be withdrawn. The machine may rest on its foot-plate 1 or be secured to a wall &c. by a plate 4 having lugs 5, 6 which enter slots in the back of the standard 2. A transverse pin 7 extending across the upper slot engages the hook-shaped lug 5, and the parts are locked by a pin 8 passed through holes in the standard 2 and lug 6. The adjustable bottleguide consists of a pair of wings 11 arranged at an angle to each other and carried by a rod 12 adjustable in an inclined opening in the standard 2.