Improvements in Machines for Washing Casks or Barrels.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Washing Casks or Barrels.
I, KARL CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH EHRENGART, of Nienstedten, near Altona,
Prussia, in the Empire of Germany, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This improved machine, which is designed to enable casks or barrels to be
washed externally and cleansed (rinsed or flushed) internally, is so constructed
that the casks which are introduced into it in succession take up of their own
accord the proper position for washing or cleansing, and are automatically moved
from one operative position to the next, while at the same time the several devices
or parts of the working mechanism are automatically thrown into and out of gear.
At the forward end of the machine there are provided two pairs of discs or plates
between which each cask, as it comes up for washing and cleansing, is in the first
place adjusted. The front discs or plates are incapable of revolving, but are
capable of sliding, upon its shaft, and are retained in position upon the said shaft
at uniform distances from or in relation to a central mandrel, by means of the
weighted parallelogram of links the said shaft being driven by either one of the
two driving pulleys adapted to be coupled therewith. The coupling is effected by
means of a double coned coupling piece adjustable upon the said shaft while a
hand lever is provided to enable them to be moved into contact with either one or
the other of the pulleys. The shaft has at all events to be connected with one
of the two strap-pulleys, and when it has been so connected, it will be turned by
the pulley in such a manner that it will carry round with it a cask or barrel inter-
posed between the pairs of discs the rear pair of discs being set in rotary motion
by a chain and chain wheel.
Whilst the right-hand strap pulley is coupled with the front disc shaft a
weighted lever is prevented by lever mechanism from inserting the mandrel into
the bung hole of the cask, when such cask may be swung round as many times as
may be required, to clean it externally by means of jets of water and brushes.
These brushes are directed partly towards the staves and partly towards the ends
of the barrel or cask. The brushes turned towards the ends or heads of the cask
are secured to movable arms and forced towards the walls of the cask by weighted
levers while the other brushes are suspended from a sliding rod and are lowered
on to or raised from the cask by a set of levers and an excentric disc or cam in the
manner hereinafter described. The sliding rod, according to the size of the barrel
may be adjusted in a more or less raised or depressed position in relation to the
lever mechanism controlling it.
Whilst the brushes are in operation the swinging feeding device continues in
its lower position of rest, its operating mechanism being then out of gear, so that
the casks are not fed along. But when the coupling piece or clutch is coupled
with the left-hand strap-pulley, the set of levers will be so operated that the
weighted lever will be released; such weighted lever accordingly pressing the

page_text: mandrel towards the cask; and as soon as such mandrel has entered the bung
hole, the said weighted lever sets in motion a lever which, in its turn raises, a rod,
the head of the said rod lifting an arresting mechanism consisting of a pawl and
a tappet or cam, and in so doing raises the said pawl up in front of a projection or
enlargement provided on the coupling pin.
This coupling pin connects the loose driving pulley with the fast driving pulley,
such pulleys being mounted upon the driving crank of the oscillating feeding
device. Whilst the pawl was lying in front of the projection or enlargement of
the pin, the said pin remained out of engagement with the driving pulley and such
pulley was being revolved loosely upon the crank end, without moving the crank
with the swinging feed. But when, as above described, the pin is released, it is
pressed by a spring into the loose pulley, when one crank of the said swinging
feed is coupled with the constantly rotating driving gear.
In this case the swinging feed begins to move forward and at the same time to
rise. The split beak with which it is provided at its front end takes up its position
next to the mandrel, which secures in position the bung hole below, and with such
mandrel enters the bung hole of the cask which has just been cleansed externally,
its front end grasping, or engaging with, the cask, and lifting the same from the
rollers. The swinging feeder suspended from the cranks performs its upward
return movement and takes the cask along with it, after which it descends below.
the surface of the cheeks of the frame which intercepts the cask at its first position
while the swinging feeder returns downwards and there remains at rest for a time,
so that another cask placed upon the discs or plates may now be externally
washed.
The raised pawl does not remain in its raised position, but redescends shortly
after having been lifted, the cam or tappet sliding down the head of the rod. For
the time being, the pin still remains engaged with the loose pulley because what
acts upon the enlarged part of the pin is only the forward incline of the pawl and
this does not begin so to act again until after the pulleys have nearly completed
a revolution together with the crank, and after the swinging device has once more
been brought near to its lower position. The projection or enlargement of the pin
or bolt then runs up the forward incline of the pawl with the result that it is forced
back, out of engagement with the loose pulley and the swinging feeder remains
stationary in its lower position. In the meantime the attendant has again moved
the sleeve or clutch towards the right-hand side strap pulley, so that the aforesaid
lever again presses upon the weighted lever, and the mandrel is lowered, while at
the same time the rod or bar descends, so that its head again gets under the tappet
of the pawl, so as to be in readiness for again raising the pawl, when the coupling
sleeve or clutch has been placed against the left-hand side strap pulley.
By such means, the swinging feeder is again coupled or thrown into gear with
operating mechanism and consequently set in motion along its quadrangular
course; and as it does so, the first cask is lifted from its place, or bed, through
the medium of a depression of the swinging feeder, and conveyed to its next
position, while at the same time the second cask moves from the plates or discs to
the above mentioned first position.
Thus the operation of the parts is repeated over and over again. A third cask
or barrel is in its turn brought into and retained in the proper operative position
by the plates and the mandrel and after it has been cleansed outside conveyed to
the first position by the rocking feeder, while at the same time the second or next-
preceding cask reaches the second position and the first cask, the third position.
As already stated, the slide-rod of the upper brushes is raised or lowered by the
set of levers and the excentric disc or cam mounted upon one of the cranks. The
rising movement is effected when the swinging feeder is moved towards the fore-
most cask, so that the brushes may get out of the way of the raised cask, inasmuch
as in this case the excentric disc turns round and in the first place presses the lever
rod upwards. On the other hand, as the feeding device performs its downward
return movement, the lever rod is drawn down again, so that the slide rod together

page_text: with the brushes is once more depressed; and consequently the brushes brought
into position for cleansing the cask last moved up to them.
In this arrangement of the lever mechanism the swinging or rocking feeder
must have returned to its lowermost position so as to bring the upper brushes
down again. It is more advantageous however so to arrange the brushes that they
descend upon the cask again as soon as the said feeder has passed the foremost
position of the cask, and while it is yet in process of returning thence. For this
purpose the lever rod is by means of an arm connected with the crank. The arm
is revolvable upon the crank and, as the feeder is lifted, comes into engagement
with and is moved by a pin. During this movement, the lever rods together with
the slide rod are raised until the arm has moved a short distance past its upper
position. Thence it freely descends, with the rest of the lever mechanism, so that
the brushes are instantly brought down upon a newly inserted cask, while the
swinging feeder slowly recedes, and the crank pin slowly follows the lowered arm,
with the lower part of which it presently once more engages, so that the upper
brushes are again lifted.
The arrangement for cleansing the casks or barrels internally is such that the
rinsing or flushing process takes place while the feeder rises from its lower posi-
tion up to the casks and while it returns from the casks placed upon the several
supporting beds to its lower position of rest. While the feeder, loaded with the
casks, performs its upward return movement, that is to say while the casks are
moved from one situation to the next, the flushing water supply pipes or orifices
must of course be turned off. But the flushing operation is not to be commenced
even when the swinging feeder is in its lower position of rest, as it may be retained
in this position for any length of time, until the. external cleansing of a cask is
completed, or until the operator changes or reverses the position of the clutch.
The flushing water would therefore be uselessly wasted if the flushing process were
commenced while the feeder were in its lower position, especially if it were allowed
to remain there for any time.
Below the two operative positions or supporting points there are arranged the
two flushing devices for warm and cold water. They consist of injector pipes
adjustable in sleeves or cases. Rotary motion is imparted to them by means of
bevel gearing while the rising and sinking movements are derived from a carrier
plate to which the pipes are secured. The said plate is suspended from a set of
levers which is so operated by an eccentric or cam provided on one of the cranks
that the pipes may be retained in their raised position, so that they reach into
the casks while the feeder is situated below the points of support and that the
said pipes leave the casks again when the feeder starts on its upper return stroke
for the purpose of feeding casks or barrels. By properly adjusting the level bar
the extent to which the pipes are raised may be increased or diminished at will,
which enables the positions of the orifices of the pipes in relation to the chambers
to be varied according as a more or less liberal supply of water is required for
flushing.
The admission of water to each of the pipes is controlled by means of two cocks
and by the orifices provided in each pipe. The cocks are interposed between the
water pipe and an annular chamber provided in the casing. One of the cocks
is opened whenever a cask, on reaching its proper supporting point, depresses a
weighted lever of the said cock. The other cock however, remains closed so long
as the feeder is below and at rest and keeps such cock closed through the medium
of the weighted lever. When however the feeder is raised, the weighted lever
opens the cock when the water required for flushing may enter the circular cham-
ber and pass into the jet-tube through the orifices or perforations facing it. When
the casks are raised from their supporting points or operative positions by the
feeding device, and conveved from one such position to the next, each of the
weighted levers is released and each cock turned off, or in other words the water
supply is completely cut off from each of the jet pipes. Thus the object is attained
of enabling the interior of a cask to be flushed only when the casks rest upon their

page_text: supports or beds at the above mentioned operative positions and while the feeding
device is advancing or receding below those positions.
Whereas the rear crank of the swinging feeder may move freely behind the
cheeks of the frame, where the said supporting positions are situated, the front
crank should rotate between the said cheeks. But in order, nevertheless, to enable
the positions to be placed as close together as practicable, regardless of the width
of the crank, the forward ends of the cheeks are constructed as separate parts, and
so connected with the lower frame by hinges as to be capable of being forced apart
by the front crank as it rises.
In order to protect the arched walls of the bung holes from damage, a roller may
be provided at the upper end of the mandrel.
Dated this 17th day of August
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Machines for Washing Casks or Barrels.
I, KARL CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH EHRENGART, of Nienstedten, near Altona,
Prussia, in the Empire of Germany, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:---
The present invention relates to improvements in machines for washing casks
or barrels and the object of the improvements is to enable casks or barrels to be
washed externally and cleansed (rinsed or flushed) internally.
For this purpose my improved machine is so constructed that the casks which
are introduced into it in succession take up of their own accord the proper position
for washing and cleansing, and are automatically moved from one operative posi-
tion to the next, while at the same time the several devices or parts of the work-
ing mechanism are automatically thrown into and out of gear.
I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
in which―
Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the improved machine.
Figure 2 an end elevation of the same, partly in section;
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 1 showing the machine in a different opera-
tive position;
Figure 3 is a detailed view illustrating the, means for raising and lowering the
cleaning brushes;
Figure 4 is a plan of Figure 3;
Figures 5 and 6 are separate views showing the arresting mechanism in plan
and transverse section respectively;
Figure 7 is a similar view to Figure 6 showing the arresting mechanism in its
released position;
Figure 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Figure 1;
Figure 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Figure 3; and
Figure 10 is a section on the line 10-10 of Figure 3 the front crank being
shown in its uppermost position and the forward ends of the frame cheeks forced
apart by the said crank."
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several
views.
At the forward end of the machine frame A there are provided two pairs of

page_text: discs or plates a a and b b between which each cask, as it comes up for washing
and cleansing, is in the first place adjusted. The conically shaped front discs a a
are incapable of revolving, but are capable of sliding, upon the shaft a¹, and are
retained in position upon the said shaft at uniform distances from or in relation
to a central mandrel d, by means of the weighted parallelogram of links c¹ c¹ c² c³.
The links cc pivoted to a bolt 3 attached to a yoke A¹ of the frame A embrace
the sliding discs a a with suitable eyes fitting in grooves of the said discs as shown
in Figures 1 and 2. The lowermost ends of the links c¹ c¹ are pivotally connected
to links cc, the lower ends of which are hinged to a link c, carried by a weighted
lever capable of being turned on a pivot c. When the weighted lever c is
lifted the lower ends of the links c¹ c', as will be readily understood from Figure 2,
will be moved outwardly taking with them the sliding discs a a. Whereas when
the lever is allowed to descend under the influence of its weight the lower ends
of the links c¹ c¹ as well as the sliding discs will be moved inwardly whereby the
cask placed upon the latter will be centred with respect to the mandrel d. The
shaft a is driven by either one of the two driving pulleys a² a² adapted to be
coupled therewith, this coupling being effected by means of a double coned coup-
ling piece a³ Figure 2 adjustable upon the said shaft while a hand lever at is pro-
vided to enable them to be moved into contact with either one or the other of the
pulleys Figure 4. The shaft a' must in any case be connected with one of the two
belt-pulleys a³, and when it has been so connected, it will be turned by the pulley
in such a manner that it will rotate a cask or barrel interposed between the pairs
of discs a a and b 6 the rear pair of discs bb being set in rotary motion by chains
and chain wheels u u Figure 4.
Whilst the right-hand belt pulley a² is coupled with the front disc shaft a¹ the
weighted lever d¹ is prevented by lever mechanism p p p² from inserting the
mandrel d into the bung hole of the cask Figures 1 and 2, when such cask may be
swung round as many times as may be required, to clean it externally by means
of jets of water and brushes r r. These brushes are directed partly towards
the staves and partly towards the ends of the barrel or cask. The brushes r¹
turned towards the ends or heads of the cask are secured to movable arms s s and
forced towards the walls of the cask by weighted levers s s while the other
brushes are adjustably suspended from a sliding rod t by means of socket-arms 2
clamped upon the rod t,.and by means of set screws 3 to which the said brushes
are hinged at ; the said set screws being clamped in suitable slots at the ends
of the arms. The rod t and the brushes r respectively are lowered on to or
raised from the cask by a set of levers t¹ 12 13 and an eccentric disc or cam t5 in
the manner hereinafter described. The sliding rod, according to the size of the
barrel may be adjusted in a more or less raised or depressed position in relation to
the lever mechanism controlling it.
Whilst the brushes are in operation the swinging feeding device e continues in
its lower position of rest Figure 1, its operating mechanism being then out of gear,
so that the casks are not fed along. But when the coupling piece or clutch a³ is
coupled with the left-hand belt-pulley a², the set of levers p p¹² will be so
operated that the weighted lever d' will be released from the lever 72; the weighted
lever accordingly pressing the mandrel d towards the cask; and as soon as the
mandrel d has entered the bung hole, the weighted lever sets in motion a lever v
which, in its turn raises, a rod v Figure 7 and 10, the head of the said rod lifting
an arresting mechanism consisting of a pawl w and a tappet or cam w¹, and in so
doing raises the said pawl wo from the position shown in Figure 6 into the position
shown in Figure 7 whereby the said pawl is disengaged from a slot in the spring
actuated coupling pin Figures 4 and 7 adapted to connect the loose driving
pulley w³ with the fast driving pulley 4, such pulleys being mounted upon the
driving crank shaft e¹ of the oscillating feeding device e. Whilst the pawl w was
lying in the slot of the pin w2 Figures 4 and 6, the said pin remained out of en-
gagement with the loose driving pulleys w³ and such pulley was being revolved
loosely upon the crank shaft end, without turning the crank shaft el with the

page_text: swinging feed e. But when, as above described, the pin u is released by raising
the pawl lever w, it is pressed by a spring into the loose pulley w³, whereby the
driving crank shaft e¹ of the said swinging feed e is coupled with the constantly
rotating driving gear Figure 5.
In this case the swinging feed e begins to move forward and at the same time
to rise. The split beak e2 with which it is provided at its front end enters then
at the sides of the mandrel d the bung hole of the cask which has just been
cleansed externally, whilst the front end of the feed supporting, or engaging with,
the cask, Figure 3 will lift the same from the discs or rollers a a b b on the further
movement of the feed e. The swinging feeder e suspended from the cranks e¹ e¹
performs its upward return movement and takes the cask along with it, after
which it descends below the surface of the cheeks ff of the frame A which inter-
cepts the cask at its first position while the swinging feeder e returns downwards
and there remains at rest for a time, so that another cask placed upon the discs
or rollers a abb may now be externally washed.
The raised pawl ww does not remain in its raised position, but redescends
shortly after having been lifted, the cam or tappet w¹ sliding down the head of the
rod For the time being, the pin w3 still remains engaged with the loose
pulley because the incline wo of the pawl Figure 4 does not begin to act again
upon the shoulder of the pin w² until after the pulleys w³ w have nearly completed
a revolution together with the crank el, and after the swinging feeding device e
has once more been brought near to its lower position. The projection or shoulder
of the pin or bolt w then runs up the forward incline wo of the pawl w with the
result that it is forced back, out of engagement with the loose pulley w³ and the
swinging feeder e remains stationary in its lower position. In the meantime the
attendant has again moved the clutch as towards the right-hand side belt pulley a²
Figure 2, so that the lever på again presses upon the weighted lever d', and the
mandrel d is lowered Figure 1, while at the same time the rod or bar descends,
so that its head again comes under the tappet w¹ of the pawl w Figure 6 so as to be
in readiness for again raising the pawl w, when the coupling sleeve or clutch a³
has been placed against the left-hand side belt pulley a³.
By such means, the swinging feeder e is again coupled or thrown into gear with
its operating mechanism and consequently set in motion along its quadrangular
course; and as it does so, the first cask is lifted from its place, or bed ', through
the medium of a depression o¹ of the swinging feeder e, and conveyed to its next
position Figure 4, while at the same time the second cask moves from the rollers
or discs a a bb to the above mentioned first position 7.
Thus the operation of the parts is repeated over and over again. A third cask
or barrel is in its turn brought into and retained in the proper operative position
by the roller a a and the mandrel d and after it has been cleansed outside con-
veyed to the first position by the rocking feeder e, while at the same time the
second or next proceeding cask reaches the second position 12 and the first cask,
the third position whence it will be removed by any convenient means.
As already stated, the slide-rod t of the upper brushes r r is raised or lowered
by the set of levers 123 and the eccentric disc or cam to mounted upon one of
the cranks e Figure 3. The rising movement is effected when the swinging
feeder e is moved towards the foremost cask, so that the brushes may pass out of
the way of the raised cask, inasmuch as in this case the eccentric disc 5 turns
round and in the first place presses the lever rod upwards. On the other hand,
as the feeding device e performs its downward return movement, the lever rod t
is drawn down again, so that the slide rod t together with the brushes is once more
depressed, and consequently the brushes brought into position for cleansing the
cask last moved up to them.
In this arrangement of the lever mechanism the swinging or rocking feeder e
must have returned to its lower most position so as to bring the upper brushes
down again. It is more advantageous however so to arrange the brushes that
they descend upon the cask again as soon as the said feeder has passed the fore-

page_text: most position of the cask, and while it is yet in process of returning thence. For
this purpose the lever rod Figure 3* is by means of an arm t connected with the
crank e. The arm t' is revolvable upon the crank and, as the feeder e is lifted,
comes into engagement with and is moved by a pin to. During this movement,
the lever rods t and t¹ together with the slide rod t are raised until the arm t has
moved a short distance past its upper position. Thence it freely descends, with
the rest of the lever mechanism, so that the brushes are instantly brought down
upon a newly inserted cask, while the swinging feeder e slowly recedes, and the
crank pin to slowly follows the lowered arm t7, with the lower part of which it pre-
sently once more engages, so that the upper brushes are again lifted.
In line with the mandrel or stop bar d, between the bearings 12 13 in the fixed
cheeks on the main frame A, are arranged injectors h and h¹ respectively, adapted
to inject heated and cold water into the barrels. These injectors work fluid tight
in casings g and g¹, respectively, in which is formed an annular chamber m², the
injector pipes having peripheral ports formed by longitudinal slots n adapted to
be moved into and out of the chambers m², which latter are in communication
with a supply of hot and cold water under pressure through pipes m³ and m¹³,
respectively, Figures 1, 8 and 9. The hot water pipe m³ has two stop-cocks m
and m', the plug of the stop-cock m, carrying a weighted lever, one end of which
is connected to a rod m', whose upper end is bent inwardly, and on a line with
the bearing 2 in the fixed cheeks on the main frame. In the normal closed posi-
tion of the stop-cock mothe bent end of the rod m lies sufficiently above the bear-
ing 2, as that when a barrel is deposited therein said rod will be depressed by said
barrel sufficiently to open the stop-cock in order to admit hot water to the annular
chamber m² in casing g. The second stop-cock m¹ in advance of the stop-cock m
in the hot water supply pipe, has a crank arm secured to its plug connected by a
link with a weighted lever m³ having a fixed fulcrum the free end of said lever
being bent and lying in the path of one of the side bars of the feed frame e, the.
arrangement being such that so long as said feed frame e is in its lowermost posi-
tion (Figures 1 and 8), the stop-cock m¹ will remain closed, being held in that
position by one of the side bars (as the left side bar, Figure 8), but as soon as the
feed frame e rises, the weight on lever m³ will turn the stop-cock m¹ and admit
water to stop cock m in hot water pipe m³, as shown in Figure 9.
The same system of cut-off cocks m¹ is provided for the cold water pipe m³ lead-
ing cold water to the chamber m² of the casing g¹ or to the injector h¹ respectively.
The said stop cocks are also, controlled by the barrel and feed frame e respectively,
the stop-cock m is opened by the weight of the barrel on the rod m, while the stop-
cock m is held closed by feed frame e, but as soon as said frame rises as already
described with reference to the hot water injector h, the stop-cock m¹ is opened,
cold water being then injected into the barrel resting on or above the injector h¹
until the feed frame lifts said barrel off the bent end of rod mt, when the stop
cock m is closed by its weighted lever, thus leaving the stop cock m¹ open until
the feed frame e again descends and impinges upon lever m³, to close the same.
It will thus be seen that during the upward movement of the feed frame e,
water is injected into a barrel, either hot or cold, or hot and cold water into two
barrels on the bearings 12 13, while so long as there is no barrel on one or the other
or on either of said bearings, the water supply to the injectors remains cut off
through the stop-cocks m whereby waste of water is prevented.
The upper bent portion of the rods m³, has an eye or loop for the passage of the
nozzles of the injectors h and h¹ respectively.
The injectors h and h' are supported from a bar or plate k, suspended by links k¹
from the horizontal arm of bell crank levers 2, whose vertical arms are connected
by a rod 3. The vertical arm of the forward bell-crank lever ² is connected to
one end of a rod k whose opposite end carries a pin that works in a cam groove in
the outer face of a disc on the rear crank shaft e¹ of the feed frame e, so that as
said shaft revolves, the injectors are alternately lifted and lowered to move their
nozzles into the bung-hole of a barrel positioned at 1 or 13, or both, and at the

page_text: same time bring the ports n in the injector nozzles in register with the annular
water chambers m² in the injector casing g and g¹.
Each of the injectors, h or h', carries near its lower end a bevel wheel ¹ respec-
tively meshing with bevel wheels 22 on stud shafts which carry a sprocket wheel 2³
driven from the sprocket wheels on the feed shafts e¹.
The bevel wheels ', are connected with the injector pipes by spline or tongue
and groove, and their hubs have a contracted bearing fitting a corresponding
opening in the shelf on the main frame A.
It is obvious that by proper adjustment of the pitman or connecting rod k, that
is to say, by lengthening or shortening the same, the amplitude of the up and down
motion of the injectors h and h¹ can be sufficiently varied to cause the ports n to
register more or less with the annular feed chambers m² in the injector casings g
and g, so that the volume of water, either hot or cold, injected into the barrel,
can be varied substantially in accordance with the internal area of such barrel.
Whereas the rear crank e¹ of the swinging feeder e may move freely behind the
cheeks ff of the frame, where the said supporting positions 11 12 13 are situated,
the front crank should rotate between the said cheeks. But in order, neverthe-
less to enable the positions 11, 12 to be placed as close together as practicable, re-
gardless of the width of the crank, the forward ends of the cheeks are constructed
as separate parts, and so connected with the lower frame by hinges as to be capable
of being forced apart by the front crank e' as it rises Figure 10.
In order to protect the arched walls of the bung holes from damage, a roller may
be provided at the upper end of the mandrel d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A machine for washing and rinsing casks, barrels and the like having the
characteristic feature that each cask is brought upon adjustable rotating discs for
being operated, whilst revolving, by suitable brushes, and is then secured in this
position by inserting a mandrel into the bung hole, whereupon the cask is placed
by a feeding device in succession upon suitable beds or supports with the bung
hole right above injector pipes which for flushing the interior of the casks are
raised into the bung holes of the latter, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
2. A machine as referred to in Claim 1 having the characteristic feature that
the discs a a are capable of sliding upon a shaft a¹ and are retained in position by
a weighted parallelogram of links c¹ c¹ c² 2 adapted to adjust the said discs upon
the shaft a at uniform distances from or in relation to the central mandrel d
and to centre thereby the cask or its bung hole respectively with relation to this
mandrel, substantially as described.
3. A. machine as referred to in Claim 1 in which the swinging feeder e being
moved in a quadrangular course is provided at its front end with a beak e² which
enters by the side of the mandrel d the-bung hole of the cask being cleansed exter-
nally in order to secure the proper position of the cask when being fed along to the
first bed or support 1, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
4. A machine as referred to in Claim 1 having the characteristic feature that
each water injector pipe h is located rotatably and adjustably in a sleeve or case g
provided with a water chamber m², and that the admission of water to the said
pipes his controlled by means of two cocks m m¹ of which one is opened by a
lever m depressed by the cask, whilst the other is kept closed through the medium
of the feeder e, thus enabling that the interior of a cask is flushed only when the
casks rest upon their supports. or beds and while the feeding device is advancing
or receding below these supports, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
5. A machine as referred to in Claim 1 characterised by brushes r and r
arranged above and at the sides of the revolving discs a a and b 6 and adjustably
carried by suitable rods, and by a set of levers a³ p p¹ på arranged, between the

page_text: mandrel d and the driving mechanism of the discs a a, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
6. In a machine as referred to in Claim 1 the combination of the set of
levers a 2 with a second set of levers and an arresting mechanism w
ww for coupling and uncoupling the driving crank shaft of the feeder e with its
operating mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
7. A machine as referred to in Claim 1 having the characteristic feature that
the forward ends of the cheeks f f forming the supports or beds for the casks are
constructed as separate parts, and so connected with the lower frame by hinges as
to be capable of being forced apart by the front crank e as it rises, substantially
as and for the purpose described.
8. The improved machine for washing, cleansing and flushing casks, barrels and
the like constructed arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to the drawings.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.