Improvements in Bottle-washing Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1899-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1899
Improvements in Bottle-washing Machines.
I, HENRY FERGUSSON, Merchant, Pitlochry, in the County of Perth, 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:-
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This invention relates to bottle washing machines and has for its object to
provide a simple and inexpensive machine, reliable in its working and adapted
to suit bottles of various sizes.
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 being a
side elevation, Fig. 2 a plan and Fig. 3 an end elevation of the improved
machine.
The apparatus consists of a series of receptacles A for holding the bottles to
be cleansed, which receptacles are mounted within the framing of the machine
upon V-shaped blade springs B, formed at their lower ends with square eyes
which are strung upon square tie rods C and slotted at their upper ends to form
The bottles
rests for the supporting pins D on the sides of the receptacles A.
are supported within the receptacles A by partition boards A¹ entered at their
ends into vertical notches A formed in the sides of the receptacle at such
distances apart as to render the partition boards A' entered at their ends into
vertical notches A2 formed in the sides of the receptacle at such distances apart
as to render the partition boards A¹, when placed in either one or other of these
The
sets of notches A², capable of supporting either long or short bottles.
receptacles A which are connected together by rods A³ are reciprocated hori-
zontally for the purpose of causing the water contained in them to cleanse the
bottles outside and in, and this motion is communicated to the various recep-
tacles, by means of a crank E on a crank shaft E, through a connecting rod F
attached to the bottom of the nearest receptacle A and to the crank pin, the
supporting spring blades B preventing any sudden shock upon the receptacles
and consequently upon the bottles. On the crank shaft E a small spur pinion G
is keyed with which gears a larger pinion H keyed on a spindle H₁, a handle I
for turning said spindle being also provided.
The receptacles A are provided with covers which are preferably closed down
during the washing operation.
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:
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1. A bottle washing machine the parts of which are constructed, combined
and arranged to operate, substantially as described.
2. In a bottle washing machine the combination of receptacles having vertical
notches into which removable partition boards are placed to suit bottles of

page_text: various sizes, and supports for these receptacles composed of spring blades sprung
upon square tie rods, which spring blades obviate all shock when the receptacles
are reciprocated by the action of the crank, substantially as described.
Dated this 7th day of June 1899.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.