APPARATUS FOR WASHING OR RINSING BOTTLES AND OTHER NARROW MOUTHED VESSELS to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I, FRIEDRICH CUNTZ of Karlsbad Bohemia Austria, Engineer do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for " APPARATUS FOR WASHING OR RINSING BOTTLES
AND OTHER NARROW MOUTHED VESSELS to be as follows:-
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According to my present invention a pan or receptacle has at its bottom a
vertical nozzle through which water under pressure from a supply pipe is made to
issue. Over this nozzle is placed an inverted funnel or trumpet mouthed tube with
its wide mouth resting upon or supported by the bottom of the vessel, and its
tubular part projecting vertically upwards. Openings are formed in the lower part
of the funnel, by which the interior thereof is put in communication with the
contents of the vessel, or the trumpet mouth can be supported a small distance from
the bottom to establisli this communication. At the top of the vessel is fixed a
rest, by preference having a lining of elastic material, and having a configuration'
such that an inverted bottle or other narrow mouthed vessel will be held securely
therein. When placed in position in the rest, the bottle has the tubular part of the
funnel passing through its neck and reaching up to within a short distance of the
bottom or "kick" of the bottle, the tubular part being of such a diameter as to
leave an annular space between it and the neck of the bottle.
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The pan being charged with a mixture of sand or other fine grit and water, the
jet of water under pressure admitted through the nozzle will draw this mixture
through the side openings into the interior of the inverted funnel and will propel
it with considerable force up the tubular part. On issuing from the upper end of
the latter, the mixture of sand and water will first strike against the kick of the
bottle, whereby it will be spread out against the sides thereof, down which it will
flow, issuing through the annular space between the tube and the neck of the bottle
into the pan again. By this action the bottom and sides of the bottle will be
effectually cleansed.
Near the top of the pan are formed one or more escape openings covered with
fine wire gauze or perforated metal, so that as the mixture of water and sand flows
back into the pan from the bottle, the water can' run off through these openings,
leaving the sand behind, to be again propelled into the bottle by the jet. It will
be evident that a pan or trough of some length may have a row of the above
described nozzles with their inverted funnels and rests so that a number of bottles
can be rinsed at the same time.
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ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings,:
London, W.C

page_text: I, FREDERICK CUNTZ of Karlsbad Bohemia, Austria, Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for "APPARATUS FOR WASHING OR RINSING BOTTLES
AND OTHER NARROW MOUTHED VESSELS" 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 an apparatus for washing or rinsing bottles, the con-
struction of which will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying
drawing, which shews a vertical section of the same.
A pan or receptacle a has at its bottom a vertical nozzle d through which water
under pressure from a supply pipe connected with a head of water, or with a pump,
is made to issue, Over this nozzle is placed the trumpet mouth C which may be
conveniently screwed to the nozzle as shewn, or it may be separate therefrom and
rest on the bottom of the vessel. Openings are formed at C in the lower part of
the funnel by which the interior thereof is put in cominunication with the contents
of the vessel a; or the trumpet mouth can be supported a small distance from the
bottom, to establish this communication. To the upper end of the trumpet mouth
is screwed a tube è of such a length as to reach nearly up to the bottom of the
inverted-bottle b carried in the rest g fixed in any convenient manner above the
vessel a, and provided by preference with a soft or elastic lining for the bottle to
rest upon. The tube è is of such a diameter as to leave an annular space between
it and the neck of the bottle.
The pan a being charged with a mixture of sand or other fine grit and water,
the jet of water under pressure issuing from the nozzle d will draw this mixture
through the side openings C¹ into the interior of the trumpet mouth C and will
propell it with considerable force up the tube e. On issuing from the upper end of
the latter the mixture of sand and water will first strike, against the kick of the
bottle whereby it will be spread out against the sides thereof, down which it will
flow, issuing through the annular space between the tube and the neck of the
bottle into the pan again. By this action the bottom and sides of the bottle will
be effectually cleaned. In the top or cover of the pan are formed one or more
escape openings covered with fine wire gauze or perforated metal, so that as the
mixture of water and sand flows back into the pan from the bottle, the water can
run off through these openings leaving the sand behind to be again propelled into
the bottle by the jet. It will be evident that a pan or trough of some length may
have a row of the above described nozzles with their inverted funnels and rests so
that a number of bottles can be rinsed at the same time.
When the apparatus is only used for rinsing the bottles after cleansing, the
receptacle a will contain only water, which will be drawn up by the action of the
jet at d so that a comparatively small expenditure of water will suffice for causing
a flow of a comparatively large volume of rinsing water through the bottle.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. Constructing apparatus for washing or rinsing bottles and the like, wherein
a small jet of water under pressure is made to induce a larger current of water and
sand or of water only which is propelled up the inverted bottle to the bottom
thereof where it is spread by the impact and caused to flow downwards along the
sides of the bottle, substantially as herein described.
2. In apparatus operating as set forth in the preceding claim the combination
with the nozzle d of the trumpet mouth C with hole C¹ and tube e for producing
the current of water and sand or of water only substantially as herein described.
3. The construction of apparatus for washing and rinsing bottles combined, and
operating as herein described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 25th day of February 1885.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings,
London, W.C