An Improved Method of and Appliance for Scrubbing or Cleaning the Interiors of Jars, Bottles, and other Hollow Receptacles and for any analogous purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1899-Accepted, 8th July, 1899
CUALI LEIE DIEUITIVATION.
An Improved Method of and Appliance for Scrubbing or Cleaning the
Interiors of Jars, Bottles, and other Hollow Receptacles, and for
any analogous purposes.
1, FREDERIC HUGHES, of 20, Paget Road, West Dulwich, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The end of
My invention relates to an improved method of and appliance for scrubbing or
cleaning the interior of jars, bottles and other hollow receptacles and for any
analogous purposes. In carrying my invention into practice I proceed in or in
about the following manner making reference to the accompanying sheet of
drawings in which Fig. 1 is a part sectional side view, of the appliance shown out
of action in full lines and in action in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a cross section of
a portion of the apparatus. I provide a rod a having for the greater part of
its length the grooved sides b. To these sides are hooked the chains c of various
lengths according to their positions. The rod a is rounded towards its upper
end and runs in a bearing d provided within the bell shaped part c.
the rod a is prolonged and provided with a bevel or other pinion f operated by
the rotation of a toothed or other wheel g. The axle of 7 is carried in a suitable
bearing supported above the bell e by a convenient prolongation h, terminated
by a handle i which if desired may be put at the side as shown in dotted lines.
To further support the rod a its upper end may run in has at j. In use the rod a
& its chains are inserted into the receptacle such as k and rotated by turning
the wheel g, the bell e resting over the mouth of k. The rotation causes the
chains c to fly out by centrifugal force and coming into contact with the. interior
of k to thoroughly scrub or clean it. As a modified form of the appliance the
fluted part of the rod might be omitted and the several chains hooked to the
remaining part of the rod a or one of them to that rod and the others to each
chain in succession.
I do not confine myself to the precise forms or relative proportions shown in
the drawing nor to the particular mode of driving as they can be varied to some
extent without departure from the spirit of the invention.
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. The method of cleaning bottles jars and other receptacles by the centrifugal
action of chains rotated within the said receptacles substantially as described
in the above specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
2. The appliance for carrying into effect the method of cleaning jars and other
receptacles claimed in the above Claim 1, the said appliance consisting of the
combination of a rod having a fluted portion to which are attached chains, with
a bell shaped part to rest over the mouth of the receptacle and means for rotating

page_text: the said rod and cause the said chains to fly out by centrifugal force and clean
the interior of the said jar or other receptacle, the whole substantially as described
in the above specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
3. A modification of the appliance claimed in the above Claim 2, by which
modification is omitted the fluted parts of the rod and the chains attached to
the remaining part of the rod or partly to that remaining part and partly to
one another, substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of May 1800
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.