Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cleaning Bottles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 11th June, 1894-Accepted, 21st July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cleaning Bottles.
I, THEOBALD WENDLING, of Maunheim, in the Empire of Germany, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for cleaning bottles.
The improved machine constructed according to my said invention is designed
for rinsing and cleaning a number of bottles of the same size simultaneously inside
and outside. The interior cleaning takes place by means of small pieces of porcelain
which after the cleaning operation are conducted into a peculiar funnel and from
this funnel, by turning over the frame which holds the bottles, into the bottles next
to be cleaned, without any necessity for removing the porcelain pieces from the
funnel or otherwise transporting them by hand. The exterior cleaning is effected
by means of brushes and water, a turning movement and at the same time a
to-and-fro shaking movement in the horizontal direction being imparted to the
bottles. After the interior and exterior cleaning by means of porcelain pieces and
brushes the bottles are rinsed with fresh water.
The bottles are held at their mouth by a wooden mouth piece of a claw, while
the bottom of the bottle bears upon a disc covered with indiarubber. The hollow
shaft of the claw is pressed by a spiral spring in a sleeve downwards against the
head of the bottle so that this bottle will be clamped by the said mouth-piece and
disc and carried away when this disc turns.
This turning movement of the indiarubber disc is effected by spur wheels which
are turned by a toothed driving wheel when the bottles together with the frame
holding them are in a horizontal position, that is to say, when the frame is turned
through an angle of 90 degrees. Then the toothed driving wheel through the inter-
vention of an intermediate wheel gears with the spur wheels. The intermediate
wheel has somewhat large spaces between the teeth so that the engagement and
disengagement of this wheel and the toothed driving wheel may take place without
difficulty during the changing of the position of the frame.
1 arrange the toothed driving wheel upon a sleeve, while the latter can slide
to and fro in the hollow journal of a bevel wheel, inasmuch as it is provided in its
lower half with two longitudinal grooves with which engage two tongues or flat
keys arranged opposite each other in the bevel wheel. The said sleeve embraces
the long journal of a bearing piece which is also continued upwards, forming a long
journal which is guided by the bearing fixed to the frame.
Upon the main shaft of the apparatus I provide, besides driving pulleys, a bevel
At each end of the
wheel which engages with the before mentioned bevel wheel.
main shaft is also arranged a crank which by means of a connecting rod is attached
to a journal and turns in the said bearing piece. The two journals serve at the
same time as pivots for a transverse bar in which the said spur wheels and the discs
covered with india rubber are supported. The transverse bar is furnished with a
guide and the supports, which are so connected with a similar transverse bar above
that the upper transverse bar may be caused to approach the lower transverse bar
when smaller bottles are to be cleaned, or to recede therefrom when larger bottles
are to be inserted. Upon the upper transverse bar I place the before-mentioned
sleeves with the funnels containing the porcelain pieces. The two transverse bars
firmly connected by the support or rods thus form a frame in which the bottles to
be cleaned are clamped. As this frame is adapted to turn upon the aforesaid
journals it may readily be brought into any desired position.

page_text: In one of these positions the frame and bottles are horizontal, and in this position
the bottles are. rinsed. When the main shaft is turned by the belt pulleys its.
toothed bevel wheel by means of the second bevel wheel turns first the said sleeve
and together with this the toothed wheels upon which the discs covered with india-
rubber are fixed. These discs carry round the bottles by friction so that the latter
are also caused to turn. But during the turning movement the long journals will
he moved rapidly to and fro by the cranks and connecting rods and therefore also
Under
the bearing piece arranged on the journal and the frame with the bottles.
these circumstances the engagement of the driving wheel and spur wheels is not
interrupted, because the driving wheel by reason of its connection with the said
sleeve participates in the upward and downward movement of the long journal.
The exterior cleaning of the bottles takes place by brushes which are adjustably
fixed to the transverse bars. These brushes are made in two halves, the upper half
being secured to the transverse bar above and the lower half to the transverse bar
below. The brushes are preferably made of rods provided with bristles and adapted
to the form of the bottles. In lieu of such two-part brushes use may also be made
of other suitable brushes. By a special admission pipe, water is conducted to the
brushes during the turning movement of the bottles. Under these circumstances
the brushes act energetically upon the outer periphery of the bottles so that the
cleaning will be perfect.
For the interior rinsing I use porcelain pieces placed in the bottles and which in
the energetic to-and-fro movement of the frame are shaken very effectively against
the inner periphery of the bottles. When after the cleaning has taken place the
porcelain pieces are to be removed from the bottles, the frame is turned upon the
said journals after the main driving shaft has been stopped so that the bottle necks
and heads with the funnels will be below. The frame may however be tilted only
after the disengaging device, provided on the upper transverse bar with rods and
two claws bearing upon rods, has been displaced to a position in which the claws
pass the latter rods so that the frame can be tilted to another position, while the
wheel between the driving wheel and spur wheels is automatically disengaged from
the said driving wheel.
The frame is tilted so far that the porcelain pieces contained in the bottles will
run back through the hollow shaft of the claw into the funnel. The rinsing water
then flows off through small holes provided in the cover of the funnel. After this
has taken place, the three-way cock in the water pipe is opened so that a powerful
jet is introduced through two pipes into the interior of the bottles. This completes
the cleaning; the clean bottles are removed, other bottles to be cleaned are placed
between the claw and the indiarubber disc and the frame is now turned upwards to
the vertical position. By this means the porcelain pieces contained in the funnels
are caused to fall through the shaft of the claw into the bottles again. Then the
before-mentioned three-way cock is opened, and the bottles are filled about half
way up. Before the frame is tilted again the disengaging device arranged on the
transverse bar inust be displaced so that the claws will bear upon the rods referred
to.
The apparatus can therefore be set in operation again. During the movement
of the apparatus the three-way cock is opened so that water will run through the
small water pipe arranged on the frame over the bottles and brushes.
Accordingly the improved apparatus effects at the same time the interior and
exterior cleaning and the rinsing of a number of bottles in a simple and very
rapid manner.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cleaning Bottles.
I, THEOBALD WENDLING, of Mannheim, in the Empire of Germany, 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 :-
My invention relates to machines for cleaning bottles.
The improved machine constructed according to my said invention is designed
for rinsing and cleaning a number of bottles of the same size simultaneously inside
and outside.
The interior cleaning takes place by means of small pieces or balls of porcelain
which after the cleaning operation are conducted into a peculiar funnel and from
this funnel, by turning over the frame which holds the bottles into the bottles
next to be cleaned without any necessity for removing the porcelain pieces or balls
from the funnel or otherwise transporting them by hand. The exterior cleaning
is effected by means of brushes and water, a turning movement and at the same
time a to-and-fro shaking novement in the horizontal direction being imparted to
the bottles. After the interior and exterior cleaning by means of porcelain pieces
or balls and brushes the bottles are rinsed with fresh water.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown the improved machine in the initial
position prior to the cleaning.
Figure 1 is a front view of the machine.
Figure 2 is a side view thereof.
Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line a-x of Figure 1, and
Figures 4 and 5 show details.
The bottles a are held at their mouth by the wooden mouth piece of a socket
claw b, Figure 5, while the bottom of the bottle bears upon a disce covered
with indiarubber. The hollow shaft of the socket is pressed by a spiral spring bl
in the sleeved downwards against the head of the bottle so that the bottle
will be clamped by the said mouth-piece b' and disc e and carried round when the
said disc turns.
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wheels g
Dhis turning movement of the indiarubber disc e is effected by spur
which are rotated by a toothed driving wheel k when the bottles together with the
frame holding them are in a horizontal position, that is to say when the frame is
turned from the position I shown in Figure 2 through an angle of 90 degrees to the
left into the position II. Then the toothed driving wheel k, through the inter-
wheels
spur
The
vention of the intermediate wheel Figure 1, gears with the
intermediate wheel has somewhat large spaces between the teeth so that the
engagement and disengagement of this wheel and the toothed driving wheel
may take place without difficulty during the changing of the position of the frame.
I arrange the toothed driving wheel k upon a sleeve r, Figure 4, while the latter
can slide to and fro in the hollow journal of a bevel wheel S, inasmuch as it is
provided in its lower half with two longitudinal grooves, with which engage two
tongues or flat keys s arranged opposite each other in the bevel wheel S. The
sleeve embraces the long journal p of a bearing piece n which is also continued
outward, forming a long journal p' which is guided by the bearing f fixed to the
frame.
Upon the main shaft u of the machine I provide, beside the driving pulleys C a
bevel wheel S¹ which engages with the before mentioned bevel wheel S.
The
At each
end of the main shaft u is also arranged a crank t which by means of the connecting
rod is attached to a journal m and turns in the said bearing piece n.
journals m m serve at the same time as pivots for a transverse bar B in which the
said spur wheels and the discs e covered with indiarubber are supported.
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page_text: The transverse bar B is furnished with a guide and the supports i, i, which are
so connected with a similar transverse bar A that the upper transverse bar A may
be caused to approach the lower transverse bar B when smaller bottles are to be
cleaned, or to recede therefrom when larger bottles are to be inserted. Upon the
transverse bar A I place the beforementioned sleeves d with the funnels containing
the porcelain pieces or balls. The two transverse bars A and B firmly connected
by the supports or rods ii therefore thus form a frame in which the bottles to be
cleaned are clamped. As this frame is adapted to turn upon the journals m it may
readily be brought into one of the three positions I, II or III, which are indicated
in Fig. 2 by dot and dash lines.
In position II the frame and bottles are horizontal, and in this position the
bottles are rinsed. When the main shaft is turned by the belt pulleys C its
toothed bevel wheel S¹ by means of the bevel wheel S turns first the sleeve and
together with this the toothed wheels k, g upon which the discs e covered with
indiarubber are fixed. These discs e carry round the bottles a by friction so that
the latter are also caused to turn. But during the turning movement the long
journals will be moved rapidly to and fro by the cranks t and connecting rods t¹ and
therefore also the bearing piece n arranged on the journal and the frame A B with
the bottles. Under these circumstances the engagement of the wheels k, g is not
interrupted, because the wheel by reason of its connection with the sleeve r
participates in the to and fro movement of the journal p.
The exterior cleaning of the bottles takes place by brushes H which are adjustably
fixed to the transverse bars A and B. As shown in Fig. 1 the brushes H are made
in two halves, one half being secured to the transverse bar A and the other half
to the transverse bar B. The brushes are preferably made of rods provided with
bristles and adapted to the form of the bottles. In lieu of such two-part brushes
use may also be made of other suitably constructed brushes. By a special admission
pipe, water is conducted to the brushes during the turning movement of the bottles,
while the brushes act energetically upon the outer periphery of these bottles So that
the cleaning will be perfect.
For the interior rinsing I use small porcelain pieces or balls placed in the bottles
and which in the energetic to-and-fro movement of the frame A B in the position II
are shaken very effectively against the inner periphery of the bottles.
When after the cleaning has taken place the porcelain pieces or balls are to be
removed from the bottles, the frame A. B, after the main driving shaft u has been
stopped, is turned upon the journals m m to the position III so that the bottle
necks and heads with the funnels u will be below. The frame A B may however
be tilted only after the disengagement device J provided on the transverse bar A,
with rods and two claws bearing upon rods p', has been displaced in the
opposite direction to that indicated by arrows in Figure 1, that is to say after
it has been brought into position represented in Figure 1. In this position the
claws pass the rods p¹ so that the frame A B can be tilted to the position III.
Then the small intermediate wheel is automatically disengaged from the
wheel k.
The frame A B is tilted so far that the porcelain pieces or balls contained in the
bottles will run back through the hollow shaft of the socket into the funnel v.
The rinsing water then flows off through small holes v' provided in the cover of the
funnel Fig. 5. After this has taken place, the three-way cock y in the water pipe
is opened so that a powerful jet is introduced through two pipes y' and y, Fig. 5
into the interior of the bottles. This completes the cleaning; the clean bottles are
removed, other bottles to be cleaned are placed between the socket b and the india-
rubber disc e, and the frame A B is now turned upwards to the vertical position,
that is to say from the position III to the position I which is represented in
Figure 2. By this means the porcelain pieces or balls contained in the funnels v
are caused to fall again through the shaft 6 of the socket into the bottles. Then
the before-mentioned three-way cock is opened in the same position I, and the
bottles are about half filled. Before the frame A B is tilted again to the position II

page_text: the disengaging device arranged on the transverse bar A must be displaced to the
right in the direction of the arrow Figure 1 so that the claws will bear upon the
rods pl. The apparatus can therefore be set in operation again. During
the movement of the machine the three-way cock is opened so that water will
run through the small water pipe arranged on the frame over the bottles and
brushes.
Accordingly the improved machine effects at the same time the interior and.
exterior cleaning and the rinsing of a number of bottles in a simple and very rapid
manner.
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 :-
B,.
First. A machine for cleaning and rinsing bottles, characterized by a frame
in which the bottles a are carried round by rotary indiarubber discs e and set in.
to-and-fro motion by means of a crank and connecting-rod t, for the purpose of
shaking the porcelain pieces or balls contained in the bottles a and cleaning at the
same time the exterior surfaces of the bottles by means of brushes H.
Second. In machines for cleaning and rinsing bottles the arrangement for turning
the frame A B upon journals m so that the pieces or balls contained in the bottles.
may pass to the outside into funnels and that after putting other bottles in the
frame, the pieces or balls may pass back again from the funnels into the bottles,
substantially as set forth.
Third. In machines for cleaning and rinsing bottles the arrangement of a water
pipe y y for enabling fresh water to be injected into the bottles after the interior-
of the same has been cleaned by pieces or balls, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 11th day of June 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant..