Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-02-13


bottle-washing machine.
In compartments No. 9 and No. :
are placed agitators, which are rapid
ly revolving steel paddle wheels.
These stir the water into an immense
swirl, splashing II vigorously against
the passing bottles and polishing
them. It literally sucks of the labe.,
and creates a circulation which great
ly adds to the effectiveness of the
soaking. II also removes all paste re-
naming on the bottles which would
otherwise soil the brushes of the
brushing table. Consequently the bot
ties emerge bright and shining to the
brushing table, where they get n
sparkling and brilliant finish.
scrubbing Bottles.
The cyclone brusher Is also manu.
featured by the Goldman Company of
Chicago and has capacity of $500
bottles per hour, with one operator
Every bottle is here scrubbed three
times on the inside with individual
brushes and is then rinsed with a
strong spray. II also scrubs the out
side bottom of the bottle, which no
other brushing machine does.
Filling Bottles.
The bottles are then delivered auto
matically to the 3i-spout automatic
revolving counter pressure beer filler.
Beer Is pumped under pressure from
the brewery through n pipe line to
the tank room in the bottling house
under the supervision of the United
States Internal Revenue Department.
These tanks are glass enameled and
are thoroughly sanitary in every re-
spect. A pipe line connects the gov
| eminent tank room with the filling
machine. On leaving the brusher the
bottles are automatically fed into the
! bottling machine and here filed on
one revolution OF the machine at the
rate Of 4,5OO bottles per hour. They
are then automatically discharged in
to Gaping machine which has IT,
same capacity. 4.
Pasteurization.
| After the bottles are capped, they
are placed in baskets by the same OPP
|
the Goldman pasteurizer, which ma
chine Is the patent of Hartwig Hard
ers, the present brewmaster at this
| plant. This pasteurizer has the same
capacity that the other machines pos
sess The baskets contain so quart
bottles or 100 pints and are automati-
cally delivered into the pasteurizer,
which also consists of three tanks,
where II Is thoroughly pasteurized for
a period of twenty minutes in each
tank. or one hour in all.
During the course of pasteurization
the baskets are carried by revolving
movement through each tank and au-
tomatically discharged into the next
succeeding tank. On leaving tank
No. 3 the baskets are automatically
delivered along conveyor to the la
beling machine where the bottles are
labeled and ready for delivery.
As each basket is emptied of bot
ties by the operator on the labeler
they are mechanically returned to the
loading end of the pasteurizer. This
pasteurizer is the latest machine on
Ne market aud is absolutely the only
one which Is automatic and operated
without any manual labor.
After the bottles are labeled they
are packed in boxes and placed on
ball-bearing Goldman conveyors and
are discharged automatically onto an
elevator which elevates them to the
second story of the bottling house,
where they are again discharged onto
n similar conveying system and car
} ried into an adjoining warehou .
where they are stored until delivered.
Old Plant Abandoned.
The old plant which was belt driv-
en-, has been completely abandoned
md each Of the present machines Is
driven by an individual motor con-
Z trollcd from one main switchboard.
The present plant has capacity
If over twice the old plant.
; The new brew known as Primo
Pale, which Is the product of Mr.. Har-
lers, an expert brewmaster from the
eastern states, will be ready to place
upon the market on the 18th instant,
md 1t is the belief and hope of the
management that il will meet with
=! the entire nnnrDyal of Tho nuhlic