Year: 1886

page_text: I HARRY RICHMOND CHUBB of Greenwich in the County of Kent Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to facilitate and expedite the hand washing
cleaning and rinsing of bottles and to reduce the breakage which usually occurs in
the operations.
The machine as I prefer to construct it consists of two parallel troughs or tanks
placed a convenient distance apart. In each tank at the outer side is fixed a
framework of wood and on the upper part of this framework is fixed a row of
tubular cross pieces provided at their upper ends with wooden mouth pieces of
suitable sizes and shapes to receive the neck and shoulder of an inverted bottle.
To the bottoms of the tubular cross pieces are fitted flexible funnels and to each
funnel is fitted a taper copper spout the lower end of which is made sufficiently
small to enter the neck of a bottle. Through the row of the tubular cross pieces
in a horizontal direction a water pipe is passed it is supplied with water under
pressure, and on the top of the water pipe in the centre of each cross piece a
small nozzle is fixed to direct a jet of water straight into the mouth of the
inverted bottle above it. At the bottom of the framework there is a rack for
standing other bottles to soak.
The rack may be adjusted to any height according to the description of bottle
to be washed. This can be done by vertical screws working into nuts fixed in the
rack. To the top ends of the screw spindles are keyed small chain wheels
around which an endless chain works. By moving the chain in either direction
the rack may be lowered or raised as desired.
At one end of the machine on a suitable stand are placed cases containing the
dirty bottles to be washed and at the opposite end empty cases to receive the
cleaned bottles. Between the tanks at the end where the clean bottles are deposited
a small tank is provided for finally dipping the bottles in case the outsides require
rinsing. This tank is supplied with the waste water from the rinsing jets which
is led to it by a trongh. The water is conducted to the bottom of the tank and an
overflow hole is made in the side for the dirty water to run out.
The depth of water may be regulated by having another overflow hole and
stopping up the lower one when not in use so that a depth may be maintained
sufficient to totally cover the bottles when desired.

page_text: By reason of the continuous supply and overflow the water in the rinsing tank
will be always practically clean.
To work the machine the boy or operator stands between the two tanks and
having at one end the supply of dirty bottles and at the other the case to receive
the clean ones and having filled the two soaking tanks with the ordinary solution
and the small rinsing tank with clean water up to the level of the overflow
holes he proceeds to fill the two racks with dirty bottles. He then commences
to cleanse bottles in the usual way with shot and as they are done he inverts them
in the wooden mouth pieces on one side of the machine. The shot and solution is
thus transferred to the dirty bottles below. Then these bottles containing the
shot are taken out one by one, and the operator as he takes out the bottles places
the spout of the funnel over the trough at the back of the soaking tank. These
bottles he then washes outside and cleanses them within in the ordinary way by
agitating the shot.
These bottles he then puts into the mouth pieces on the opposite side. The next
stage is to turn on the water and rinse the bottles first emptied of shot for a few
seconds. This done the empty rack is again filled up with dirty bottles. Then
the rinsed bottles are removed and placed in the empty cases provided to receive
them. They are dipped in the rinsing tank if the outsides require it.
This com-
pletes the operation for one set of bottles and in continuing the operator works
next from the other side and so on being careful to observe the rotation of the
various steps to prevent waste of time and to give each set of bottles a proper time
to soak and drain.
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page_text: I, HARRY RICHMOND CHUBB of Greenwich in the County of Kent 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 object of this Invention is to facilitate and expedite the hand washing
cleaning and rinsing of bottles and to reduce the breakage which usually occurs in
the operations.
The machine as I prefer to construct it consists of two parallel troughs or tanks
placed a convenient distance apart. In each tank at the outer side is fixed a
framework of wood and on the upper part of this framework is fixed a row of
tubular cross pieces provided at their upper ends with wooden mouth pieces of
suitable sizes and shapes to receive the neck and shoulder of an inverted bottle.
To the bottoms of the tubular cross pieces are fitted flexible funnels and to each
funnel is fitted a taper copper spout the lower end of which is made sufficiently
small to enter the neck of a bottle. Through the row of the tubular cross pieces
in a horizontal direction a water pipe is passed it is supplied with water under
pressure, and on the top of the water pipe in the centre of each cross piece a small
nozzle is fixed to direct a jet of water straight into the mouth of the inverted
bottle above it. At the bottom of the framework there is a rack for standing
other bottles to soak.
The rack may be adjusted to any height according to the description of bottle to
be washed. This can be done by vertical screws working into nuts fixed in the
rack. To the top ends of the screw spindles are keyed small chain wheels around
which an endless chain works. By moving the chain in either direction the rack
may be lowered or raised as desired.
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At one end of the machine on a suitable stand are placed cases containing the
dirty bottles to be washed and at the opposite end empty cases to receive the
cleaned bottles. Between the tanks at the end where the clean bottles are deposited
a small tank is provided for finally dipping the bottles in case the outsides require
rinsing. This tank is supplied with the waste water from the rinsing jets which
is led to it by a trough. The water is conducted to the bottom of the tank and an
overflow hole is made in the side for the dirty water to run out.
By reason of the continuous supply and overflow the water in the rinsing tank
will be always practically clean.
The depth of water in the soaking tanks may be regulated by having another
overflow hole in each tank and stopping up the lower ones when not in use so that
a depth may be maintained sufficient to totally cover the bottles when desired.
To work the machine the boy or operator stands between the two tanks and
having at one end a supply of dirty bottles and at the other empty cases to receive
the clean ones proceeds to fill the two soaking tanks with the ordinary solution or
plain warm water and the small rinsing tank with clean water. As it is sometimes
desirable in washing certain kinds of bottles to use solution for the outsides of the
bottles only, or vice versa, this is provided for by having two sets of overflow holes

page_text: in the soaking tanks; these holes will regulate the height of the water and are
so arranged that when using the lower ones the water does not reach to the top of
the bottles and consequently does not run into them. But by plugging the lower
holes the level of the water is raised so as to totally immerse the bottles and the
insides and outsides are soaked alike with solution or plain water as may be
contained in the tanks.
He then fills the two racks with dirty bottles and inverts bottles containing the
usual quantity of shot and solution or water, and that have previously been washed,
in the wooden mouth pieces on one side of the machine so that the shot and
solution will be transferred to the dirty bottles below. The machine may now be
said to be ready for work. The complete operation consists of four stages as
follows:-
1. The bottles that contain the shot are taken out one by one-at the same
time placing the spout of each funnel over the edge of the shute at the back of
the soaking tank provided to carry off the waste water from the rinsing jets to the
small tank. The operator washes first the outside and then the inside of each
bottle in the usual way by agitation in the hand and then turns them upside down
in the mouth pieces on the opposite side when the shot and solution will run down
into the bottles below of their own accord whilst the boy proceeds to wash the
next bottle and so on until the whole row have been washed. These bottles are
now without further handling, in position for rinsing.
2. To rinse the inverted bottles first emptied of shot. This is done by opening
the water valve and the whole row is rinsed at one time.
3. To fill the empty soaking rack with more dirty bottles, placing a funnel in
each bottle.
4. To remove the bottles above these to the empty cases ready to receive them,
dipping them in the small tank if the outsides require it.
This completes the operation and in continuing the operator works next from
the other side and so on from each side alternately being careful to observe the
rotation of the various steps.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a plan of a bottle washing and rinsing machine constructed in
accordance with my invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation partly in section of the same; the section is taken
on the line 1. 1. in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an end elevation one half in section on the line 2. 2. in Figure 1.
a a are parallel troughs or tanks, there is a grated floor between them on which
the operator stands. bb are frames erected in these tanks. c c are hollow cast iron
cross pieces fixed beneath the upper rails of the frames bb. dd are wooden mouth
pieces fitted into the cross pieces c at their upper ends. ee are bottles inverted in
these mouth pieces. ff are india rubber or other flexible funnels with metal
spouts gg there are lugs on the exterior of the spouts to prevent the bottles
floating. hh are water pipes passing through the cross pieces c; there is a pipe for
each row of cross pieces. ¹¹ are nozzles on the water pipes centrally placed
beneath the mouth pieces d. ii are bottles standing in racks jj provided at the
lower parts of the frames b b. The racks jj can be adjusted in height by screws kk.
These screws are supported in bearings on the frames and they engage with nuts
or corresponding screw threads on the racks j j- The screws at each end of a rack
can be turned simultaneously by chains ll and chain pinions m m. n is a case in
which dirty bottles are brought to the machine and o is a case which receives the
bottles when washed. p is a small tank between the main tanks for finally
dipping and rinsing the exterior of the bottles. qq are troughs which lead the
water from the nozzles 7, when it descends out of the bottles, into the tank p.

page_text: A considerable economy in water is thus obtained. The partitions p' p¹ in the
tank p lead the water to the bottom of the tank before it enters the rinsing space.
p is an overflow hole.
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 arrangements which enable the shot and solution being transferred from
one bottle to another whilst the first is placed in position over a water jet ready
for rinsing.
2. The combination of the supports for the inverted bottles, the flexible funnels
beneath, the water jets beneath the mouths of the bottles and the trough or gutter
leading the water descending out of the bottles away to a tank or receiver.
3. The racks in the soaking tanks adjustable in the manner described.
4. The metal cross pieces with the wooden mouth pieces receiving the bottles
substantially as described.
5. The arrangements which permit of different liquids or solutions being
employed for the insides and outsides of the bottles; the same consisting in
providing outlets from the soaking tanks at different levels and in so arranging the
funnels that they serve to hold the bottles in place in the tanks and prevent them
floating substantially as described.
6. The general arrangement of washing and rinsing machines substantially as
described.