Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Washing Syphons, Bottles, or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th July, 1895-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Washing Syphons,
Bottles, or the like.
1, GEORGE AMOS MERCHANT, of 59 Shakespeare Street, Southport in the
County of Lancaster Aürated Water Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for washing syphons, bottles or the like, and
is designed to greatly improve and quicken the process of cleaning.
In carrying my invention into effect, I provide a suitable frame containing
brushes arranged vertically in suitable guides or grooves. These brushes are so
arranged that they can easily be slid out at one end of the frame for convenience of
repair or renewal, and fixed in place in any suitable manner preferably by means
of a base board provided with a brush for cleaning the bottom of the syphon or
bottle. The vertical brushes are of course so arranged as to clean a bottle of any
required shape and a sliding brush at the top enables the top of the bottle to be
cleaned.
The mode of action is as follows-
The syphon or bottle is slid into the frame within the brushes, which is placed
in a vessel or vat containing water. The syphon or bottle is then rotated, the top
brushes pressed in, and the whole bottle is cleaned in one turn.
provided whereby the water has free ingress and access to the brushes.
Means are
I have described one way in which my invention may be carried into effect, but
it is obvious that various other plans may be adopted for arranging the brushes
inside the frame, and furthermore the brush at the top instead of being sliding may
be hinged or formed in any other suitable manner.
Dated this 9th day of October 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent. Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Washing Syphons,
Bottles, or the like.
I, GEORGE AMOS MERCHANT of 59 Shakespeare Street, Southport, in the
County of Lancaster, Aërated Water Manufacturer, 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 apparatus for washing syphons, bottles or the like, and
is designed to greatly improve and quicken the process of cleaning.
It will be understood from the following description, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved apparatus showing a syphon
inserted therein for cleaning; and

page_text: In carrying the invention into effect I provide a suitable frame A, having
brushes B, arranged vertically in suitable guides or grooves. These brushes B are
so arranged that they can easily be slid out of the grooves when required for
convenience of repairing or renewal or fixed in place in the grooves by means of
bolts and nuts. C is a base-plate on which the upright frames A are mounted and
fixed, the said base-plate being fixed on the rotary spindle E which is driven in
any suitable manner, a convenient arrangement being by means of a pair of bevel
wheels as shown arranged below the vat bottom J. "D is a brush for cleaning the
bottom of the syphon, fixed in a suitable cup El mounted on the top of the spindle E,
Fa spring adapted to form a resilient cushion for the brush D, and G a stud
projecting nearly to the top of the bristles of the brush D, I are bell crank levers
pivotted on the base-plate C. H brushes arranged to clean the top of the bottle,
these brushes being fixed on the end of the long arms of the bell crank levers I, the
short arms of said levers I engaging a slot under the cup E¹, so that they are
operated simultaneously with the rising or depression of the said cup, the tendency
of the spring being to spread the brushes H and keep them clear of the top portion
of the bottle. Kare projections on the cup E¹ engaging the upright frame A
which ensure the cup and brush D being rotated.
The mode of action is as follows:-
The machine being put into operation, all the brushes B, D and H rotate simul-
taneously and at a convenient speed, in the vat containing water. The syphon or
bottle is then slid down within the brushes B until it rests on the bottom brush D,
the stud G preventing it being pressed too hard on the bristles. The result of
the pressing of the syphon down causes the spring F to be depressed, also
depresses the short arms of the bell crank levers I closing in the brushes H against
the top of the bottle, all the brushes meanwhile being rotated by the spindle E.
The top of the bottle being held by hand from rotating, the whole bottle can be
cleaned in one turn. The brushes are arranged so that the water has free ingress
and access thereto. It is obvious that instead of rotating the brushes and holding
the syphon stationary, the brushes may be stationary and the syphon rotated. This
latter of course would be merely a mechanical equivalent of the other arrangement.
The side brushes B may be adjusted to take a sinaller or larger syphon or bottle
by employing liners or springs behind the brushes and a similar arrangement may
be adopted in connection with the bottom brush D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
1 claim is
nature of my said
declare that what
1. The improvement in apparatus for washing syphons, bottles or the like,
which consists in forming then with rotary brushes B mounted vertically in suitable
guides or grooves and arranged concentric with the bottle to be cleaned, in com-
bination with a rotary brush D for cleaning the bottom of the bottle or syphon,
said brush being provided with a spring underneath so as to have a certain vertical
movement, and top brushes H mounted on bell crauk levers I so arranged that
when the bottle is slid down within the side brushes and pressed onto the bottom
brush, the depression of the latter causes the bell crank levers to close in the
brushes H against the top of the bottle, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
2. In an apparatus for washing bottles, syphons or the like, the combination of
a rotary spindle and base-plate fixed thereto, a cup or its equivalent mounted
concentrically on the end of the said spindle, a brush mounted in the cup and
adapted to brush the bottom of the bottle, a spring arranged underneath the cup
in such manner as to form a resilient cushion for the bottom brush, bell crank
levers pivotted to the base-plate aforesaid, the long arms of which are provided
with brushes for brushing the top of the bottle and the short arms engaging a slot
under the cup, whereby the moment the bottle is pressed down onto the bottom
brush the latter will be depressed and the top brushes be closed in upon the top of

page_text: the bottle, and per contra when the pressure is removed, the top brushes shoot oft
clear of the top of the bottle substantially as described.
3. In a bottle washing apparatus, the arrangement of brushes for cleaning the
top of a bottle or syphon, and mechanism for actuating the same substantially as
described, whereby when the bottle is pressed down on to the bottom brush, the top.
brushes are closed in upon the top of the bottle to clean the same, but when the
pressure is removed, the brushes will spread outwards and be clear of the top of
the bottle so as to enable the bottle to be removed.
4. The general combined arrangement and construction of parts forming my
improved apparatus for washing bottles, syphons or the like, substantially as set
forth.
Dated this 9th day of July 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.