New or Improved Machine for Soaking Bottles, Jars, and like Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 13th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Machine for Soaking Bottles, Jars, and like
Articles.
I, JAMES GIBSON BINNINGTON Engineer, of 102 Regent Street Hull do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In a suitable wood or metal vessel I employ a horizontal shaft or axle, on each
end of which I securely fix a suitable sprocket wheel, the ends of the said shaft
being free to revolve in bearings attached to each end of the said vessel, above the
said sprocket wheels, in a vertical line, and at each end of the said vessel I fix
another sprocket wheel, having a suitable arrangement for raising or lowering same,
and revolving freely on a fixed pin or stud. Round each pair of sprocket wheels
I fix a detachable link chain or band, with which the teeth of the wheels engage,
at equal distances apart on the said chain, or band I fix a certain number of studs
or pins, four six or more as required, and which project inwards at right angles in
such a manner that each pin or stud on one chain shall be in a parallel line with
the corresponding stud on the other chain, on each pair of said studs I suspend a
horizontal tray, divided into compartments to receive the bottles, or as required, in
such a manner that the said trays shall always maintain an upright position when
the apparatus is revolved, the apparatus can be arranged to take any number of
trays, and the trays to hold any number of bottles required.
Dated this 19th day of November 1894.
JAMES GIBSON BINNINGTON.
New or Improved Machine for Soaking Bottles, Jars, and like
Articles.
1, JAMES GIBSON BINNINGTON, of 102, Regent Street, Hull, in the County of
York, 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:-
This invention relates to a new or improved machine for soaking bottles, jars and
like articles, whereby the bottles or the like to be soaked arc revolved through the
cleansing liquid always in an upright position.
According to my invention I provide a suitable wood or metal vessel for
containing the cleansing liquid, and in bearings on two opposite sides of the said
vessel mount a shaft or axle. On each end of the shaft or axle I mount a
sprocket or chain wheel and vertically above each of the said wheels I arrange a
second similar wheel, the two upper wheels being loosely mounted on pins or studs
adjustably held in brackets or supports on the two opposite sides of the vessel.
Round each vertical pair of sprocket or chain wheels I pass a detachable link
chain or band engaging with the teeth of the sprocket wheels and I provide each
chain or band with a number of pins or studs arranged to project inwardly
perpendicular to the chains and at equal distances apart, a pin on one chain being
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page_text: directly opposite to a pin on the other chain. On each pair of opposite pins
I suspend loosely a horizontal basket or tray divided into compartments adapted to
receive the bottles or the like to be soaked.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bottle soaking apparatus constructed
according to my invention, one side of the vessel being shewn removed:
Figure 2 is a transverse section of the same.
a is the vessel for containing the cleansing liquid, 6 the shaft or axle mounted in
bearings c, c fixed to the two opposite sides a', a of the vessel a. d, d are the
sprocket wheels mounted on the ends of the shaft b.
e, e are the upper sprocket or chain wheels loosely mounted on the pins f, f
and g, g are the brackets in which the pins are held. The height of the pins can
be adjusted by means of the hand wheels i, i. In the drawing the brackets are
shewn made in one piece with the bearings carrying the shaft but it is obvious
that they can be made separate.
jjare the chains gearing with the two pairs of sprocket wheels and provided
with the studs k, k which project inwards perpendicular to the chain as shewn.
1, 1 are the baskets or trays, preferably made of wire and suspended by means of
wire hooks or supports m, m to opposite studs on the chains j, j. The said
trays 1, are divided, as shewn, into compartments adapted to receive bottles n, n
as shewn.
To soak bottles and the like by this apparatus the shaft is rotated by hand or
otherwise and the baskets l, I with the bottles pass up and down with the chains
round the sprocket wheels, the bottles always being kept in an upright position.
It is obvious that the sprocket wheels and chains can be replaced by pulleys and
belts or ropes but I prefer the sprocket wheels and chains as shewn. It will also
be obvious that the trays may be arranged to be moved horizontally instead of
vertically.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In apparatus for soaking bottles and like articles, suspending the trays so
that the articles to be soaked are kept in a vertical position as they are moved
through the cleansing liquid, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved apparatus
for soaking bottles, jars and like articles substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 13th dow of Aum 1005
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.