Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 1st June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th July, 1888
THOMAS TILL of negents ferrace, Cart Lane, mngston-upon-11am, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improved machine consists of a circular vessel of wood or metal, having a central
vertical spindle projecting upwards from the bottom, round the spindle a number of
triangular shaped soaking cases revolve, the outer lower edges of the cases when at
their lowest position run upon a series of rollers which revolve in bearing brackets
secured at intervals inside the vessel, the inner pointed end of each case is provided
with an eye piece which turns and slides up and down upon one of a series of vertical
rods, the upper and lower ends of which are secured in two flanges projecting from a
collar which revolve round the vertical spindle before named, the lowest collar rests
upon a second fixed collar secured to or forming part of the vertical spindle, cach
soaking case is provided with partitions to separate the bottles which may be placed
within them, with the necks upward through which the bottles will be filled with water
contained in the vessel, when the cases are in their lowest position, the bottles being
held down by a metal grating. When sufficiently soaked a case of bottles is raised
above the water by the attendant by the following means. Within the vessel one or
more slotted plates is or are secured to the side in which a bar slides, the lower end of
which is turned at a right angle towards the centre of the vessel and turns upward,
terminating in or being secured to a circular or triangular plate which lies under the
centre of the soaking case above it, the upper end of the bar is connected to one end
of a chain which is passed over a grooved pulley carried by a bracket secured to the
upper edge of the vessel, the outer end of the chain carries a weight to counter balance
the soaking case and the bottles it contains, upon the weight being lowered by the
attendant the circular or triangular plate will be raised lifting the case and its contents
to a convenient height and is kept from descending by the attendant turning outwards
a handle at the upper end of a vertical rod, turning in bearings within the vessel, the
lower end of the rod terminates in a short horizontal lever which is connected to a
similar lever turning on a stud within the vessel, when these levers are turned towards
the centre of the vessel the outer bottom edge of the soaking case rests upon them,
when the levers are not supporting a case they lie parallel to the sides of the vessel
clear of the cases, as each case in turn is caused to run on the rollers before named.

page_text: The central vertical spindle is provided on the top with a bearing plate in which a
horizontal spindle is revolved by a strap passing round a pulley secured upon it, the
outer end of the spindle carries a brush for cleaning the interior of the bottles. The
bearing of the spindle nearest the brush has a bearing bracket projecting from it upon
which a pulley is revolved by a strap passed round it, the outer side of this pulley has
one or more parallel stocks or rods provided with brushes, the space between them
approximating to the shape of the outside of the bottles to be cleaned.
When in use the attendant holding a bottle horizontally, pushes it onto the revolving
brush first named, and between the parallel brushes which remove any labels or dirt
from the outside of the bottle at the same time as the interior is cleaned. The parallel
brushes may each be made round and so arranged that each may be partially turned
and secured in position when the bristles or other material of which the brushes may
be made has been worn away in any part or instead of the parallel adjustable brushes
one hollow cylindrical brush may be secured to the outer side of the pulley revolving
on the hearing bracket.

page_text: 1, THOMAS HILL of 3 Regents Terrace, Carr Lane, Kingston-upon-Hull, 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:-
Figure 2 shows a front view of the machine.
Figure 3 a vertical sectional view.
Figure an enlarged plan of one soaking case, six vertical rods and their collar.
Figure 5 shows an enlarged sectional view of one soaking case and a side view of
the collar and vertical rods.
Figure 6 shows an enlarged view of the back of a brush stock plate, and
Figure 7 a view of the outer end of one brush stock.
Each machine consists of a circular vessel A of wood or metal, having a central
vertical spindle B projecting from the bottom, round the spindle a number of triangular
shaped soaking cases C revolve, the ends and sides of each case are formed of wood
and provided with partitions consisting of galvanized iron wires C₁ threaded through
holes in strips of galvanised metal C the wires and strips of metal being secured to
the sides and ends of the case, beneath the partitions are strips of wood C which form
the bottom of the case, and upon which the bottles to be soaked stand, the outer lower
edge of each case and the ends of the sides are protected from undue wear by a strip
of metal C, which when the case is at its lowest position in the vessel runs upon a
series of metal rollers D which revolve in bearing brackets secured at intervals inside
the vessel, at a short distance from the strip of metal the sides of each case is provided
with a strip of wood C³, these strips keep the cases at an equal distance apart and
prevent them locking while they revolve round the spindle B, the inner end of each
case is provided with an eye piece which turns and slides up and down upon one
of a series of vertical rods the lower ends of which are secured in a flange projecting
from a collar E which revolves round the spindle B, the flange of the collar resting
upon a fixed collar B' forming part of the spindle. Within the vessel two slotted
plates F are secured to the side in each of which a bar F¹ slides vertically a portion of
the bar is turned at a right angle towards the centre of the vessel and is secured to
either a circular or triangular plate or to two horizontal bars F2 which lie under the
centre of a soaking case above it, the upper end of the bar F¹ is connected to one end
of a metal cord or chain which is passed over a grooved pulley carried by a bracket
secured to the side of the vessel near its upper edge, the outer end of the cord or chain
is attached to a stirrup shaped weight F³ which counter balances one soaking case, and
the bottles it may contain.

page_text: Above the spindle B the vessel is provided with a bearing plate or cross bar G to
which a bearing bracket is secured in which a horizontal spindle G¹ is revolved by
means of a strap passed round a pulley secured on the spindle, the outer end of which
is made hollow to receive the stem of a central brush stock H, the hollow end is cut
crossways for some distance and is furnished with a tapered screw thread, on which a
nut or nuts work, so as to clamp the brush stock when placed in its proper position
and correctly centred. The spindle also carries a slotted metal disc H in which
brush stocks H2 are capable of adjustment to or from the central brush so as to
suit various sized bottles, a back view of the slotted disc, and a front end view of
one brush stock H2 are shown respectively at Figures 6 and 7.
The soaking and washing of bottles is effected as follows:-An attendant raises
the bars FF by pressure of the foot on the stirrup F3 shown at the left of
Figure 1, and places a case filled with soiled bottles upon them with the necks
upward, and after covering them with a wire guard or grate by removing his foot
from the stirrup, the case of bottles and guard descend, the bottles as they become
immersed fill with water, and continue to soak while they pass round the vessel, the
outer end of the case being supported in succession by the metal rollers D and the
inner end of the case by the eye C, turning with its rod which projects from
the collar E, by a lateral movement of the hand, the attendant passes case after
case of unwashed bottles to his left or right as the case may be until the first case
arrives over the bars F1 F2 at the front of the machine under the brushes then by
pressure of the foot on the stirrup the attendant raises the case of soaked bottles
up and taking out the bottles one at a time he presses the mouth of the bottle onto
the central brush H to clean the inside of the bottle, the outer brushes H² removing
any labels or dirt from the exterior of the bottle.
Two or more brushes H2 may be employed at the same time in the slotted disc H¹
if required.
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
The improved bottle soaking, outside brushing and washing machine, substantially
as described and illustrated in the Drawings annexed.
D01
1
T
1000
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.