IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR WASHING, RINSING, AND DRAINING BOTTLES, JARS, AND LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Whitfield Horner, of Moor Lane, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES
FOR WASHING, RINSING, AND
DRAINING BOTTLES, JARS, AND
LIKE
ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Whitfield Horner
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th February 1880.
WILLIAM WHITFIELD HORNER, of Moor Lane, in the City of London, Manu.
facturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR WASHING, RINSING, AND DRAINING
BOTTLES, JARS, AND LIKE ARTICLES."
This Invention relates to improvements in that class of bottle washing machines
for which Letters Patent were granted to James Sherwin Clarke, Number 2540,
dated the Second day of July, One thousand eight hundred and seventy seven, the
object of the present improvements being to simplify the construction and render
the action cf such machines more effective, and at the same time render such
machines more suitable for washing bottles having internal stoppers.
In carrying out the Invention I employ a single pipe provided with a number of
spikets, the said pipe not revolving with the drum, but as the drum revolves the
mouths of the bottles are brought over the said spikets, and the water is injected
into the bottles.
When using the machine for washing bottles containing internal stoppers the
said pipe is arranged so that when the mouths of the bottles are brought over the
said spikets the pipe is raised so that the spikets pass into the necks of the bottles
and move the stoppers they contain, and thus allow of the water being injected,
the next action of the operating lever lowering the pipe, thereby withdrawing the
spikots from the bottles ready for the next row of bottles to be brought into
position.
Brushes are adapted to the machine, such brushes revolving in opposite
directions, so as to allow of the interior and exterior of the bottles being brushed
in one operation.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Whitfield Horner in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th August 1880.
WILLIAM WHITFIELD HORNER, of Moor Lane, in the City of London, Manu-
facturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR WASHING, RINSING, AND DRAINING
BOTTLES, JARS, AND LIKE ARTICLES."
This Invention relates to improvements in that class of bottle washing machines
for which Letters Patent were granted to James Sherwin Clarke, Number 2540,
dated the Second of July, One thousand eight hundred and seventy seven, the
object of the present improvements being to simplify the construction and render
the action of such machines more effective, and at the same time render such
machines equally suitable for washing bottles having internal stoppers.
In carrying out the Invention I employ a single pipe provided with a number of
spikets or jets, the said pipe not revolving with the drum, but as the drum revolves
the mouths of the bottles are brought over the said jets or spikets by the backward
motion of the lever, and the pipe is raised so that the jets or spikets pass into
the necks of the bottles, and thus allow of the water being injected, the next action
of the operating lever lowering the pipe, thereby withdrawing the jets or spikets
from the bottles ready for the next row of bottles to be brought into position.
Brushes are adapted to the machine so as to allow of the interior of the bottles
being brushed in one operation with the rinsing or jetting.
But to make my Invention better understood I will proceed to describe the same
by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which Figures 1 and 2 represent
side elevations of my improved machine for washing, rinsing, and draining bottles,
jars, and like articles; Figure 3, plan of Figure 1; Figures 4 and 5, longitudinal
sections of Figures 1 and 2 respectively; and Figure 6, transverse section on line
A, B, of Figure 1. Similar letters in all the Figures represent similar parts. a is the
usual tank or vessel, in which is placed the revolving drum b, having a friction
wheel c on each end working on friction rollers d on the inner sides of the tank a;
e, e, e, are the partitions forming separate divisions, in which are placed the bottles
or other articles to be washed; f, guard or cradle concentric with the drum b for
preventing the bottles falling thorefrom; this guard or cradle moves in slides, as
shewn, so as to allow of its being adjusted to suit the length of the bottles being
operated on; g is the pipe provided with a number of spikets or jets h; this pipe
works in a slide i on each side of the machine, and is connected by means of the
bell crank leverj and connecting rod k with the hand lever, the said hand lever
carrying the catch or pawl lever m for revolving the drum by means of the ratchet
wheel n on the end of the drum; o is a cock in the pipe g; p, spiral spring on the
plug of the stop cock for keeping the same closed; q, short arm on the plug of the
stop cock, to which is connected the chain ? or its equivalent; 8, pawl for preventing
the backward movement of the drum b; u is a trough under the pipe for carrying
off the waste water from the bottles being rinsed, or the trough may be dispensed
with, and the water allowed to fall into the tank.
The operation of the improved machine is as follows :-
9
The end of the pipe g having been connected to a supply of water, and a number
of bottles having been placed in the divisions of the drum (the parts being in the
position shewn in Figure 1), it will be seen that the pipe 9 is in its lowered or
normal position, the jets h being free of the bottle necks, the stop cock o being
closed by the action of its spring p, so that no water will pass into the pipe g. If
the hand lever & be now moved into the position shewn in Figure 2 the pipe g will
be raised by the action of the bell crank lever j, and the jets h will pass into the
necks of the row of bottles immediately above; the rising of the pipe g will at the
same time cause the cock o to be opened by the chain r pulling the arm g, and

page_text: the water will flow through the pipe g and jets h and be projected into the bottles,
and will continue to flow so long as the parts are in the position shewn in Figures 2
and 5. If the hand lever be now pulled the pipe g will first be lowered, thereby
withdrawing the jets from the necks of the bottles, the cock o will be closed by its
spring p so as to stop the supply of water, and the motion of the hand lever Z
being continued the drum b will be revolved one division by means of the pawl
lever m and ratchet wheel n, so as to bring the next row of bottles over the jets h,
and the row of bottles just operated upon are draining ready to be removed.
The hand lever is again moved forward. into the position shewn in Figure 2 (or
can be counter weighted so as to act automatically) so as to raise the jets into the
row of bottles above, and so on.
In the Drawing I have shewn the jets / placed vertically, but it will be under-
stood that they may be placed at any suitable angle. To avoid confusion only
three rows of bottles't are shewn in the Drawing. The machine serves to wash
bottles of various sizes, and also bottles having internal stoppers, in which case a
series of spikets may be arranged to lift the stoppers while draining.
For brushing the interior of the bottles I may employ a bar placed in a suitable
position in the hollow of the drum, and carrying a number of brushes corresponding
with the number of jets h or of bottles in a row.
The said bar carrying the brushes is operated in a similar manner to the pipe g,
and simultaneously therewith, so as to raise the row of brushes into the row of
bottles preceding those which are being jetted, any suitable means being provided,
for revolving the brushes.
Having thus described my said Invention, and the manner of performing the
same, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details
berein laid down and shewn in the Drawing, as the same may be varied without
departing from the peculiar character of my Invention, but what I do claim is,—
Firstly. The construction and application to rotary machines for washing,
rinsing, and draining bottles, jars, and like articles of a moveable water pipo
carrying spikets or jets and a stop cock, the whole arranged so that by a movement
of a hand lever the jets are automatically projected into a row of bottles, the stop
cock being at the same time opened for supplying water to rinse the bottles, and the
motion of the said hand lever for revolving the drum withdrawing the said jets
from the bottles and closing the stop cock, as herein before described and represented
in the accompanying Drawing, or any mere modification thereof.
Secondly. The construction and application to an apparatus constructed as
herein before described of a number of brushes for brushing the interior of the
bottles, arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore described.
Thirdly. In a rotary bottle washing apparatus I claim a moveable guard or
cradle to allow of the machine being used for bottles of different lengths.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Whitfield Horner, have hereto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
•
Witness,
G. F. REDFERN;
4, South Street,
Finsbury.
W. W. HORNER. (L.S.)