An Apparatus for Drying Bottles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Drying Bottles.
We, WILLIAM LEES, of 56, Union Street West, Wine Merchant, and MOSES
DICKINSON, of 23, Barlow Street, Engineer, both of Oldham, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of an apparatus designed principally
for drying glass bottles used for ale, porter or herb beer (after washing) but it is
also applicable to the drying of other glass or stone bottles or jars.
The drying apparatus is preferably placed near to the rinsing spigots of the cold
water washing apparatus so that the attendant, without altering his position, can
lift the bottles from the rinsing spigots and place them at once on the spigots of
the drying apparatus.
The drying apparatus consists principally in the combination with a hot air stove
of a propeller, fan, or equivalent device for forcing air through a coiled pipe in the
same, and a hot air discharge pipe leading from the stove into a horizontal pipe
provided with a suitable number of upright nozzles or spigots upon which the
bottles are placed in an inverted position, the shoulders of the bottles being
supported on a rack or perforated shelf so that the bottom of the bottles inside
shall be raised slightly above the upper ends of the nozzles or spigots.
The stove is heated by gas or oil and the air forced through the coiled pipe
becomes heated, and is delivered in that state by the nozzles or spigots into the
interior of the bottles, and dries them very quickly.
In order to prevent the admission with the hot air of any dust or organic or other
matter which might act injuriously upon the beer we prefer to draw the supply
of air from the fermenting room instead of from the outside atmosphere or other
source which might be contaminated with particles of dust, sulphur or other
extraneous matters, so that the interior of the bottles shall not only be perfectly
dry but absolutely clean also.
The following advantages are derived from the use of this drying apparatus.
First, the bottles can be placed directly from the rinsing spigots onto the drying
spigots and after remaining there about the same time as on the rinsers they will
be perfectly dry and can be placed in crates or boxes, and when cooled down,"
which takes only about ten minutes, they are ready for filling.
Secondly, as the time required for drying is so short there is an immense saving of
both time and space, and as the bottles are perfectly dry and absolutely pure, the
beer or other liquid is not deteriorated, there is also a great saving both of expense
and trouble caused by the returns of spoilt beer &c.
Thirdly there is also a considerable saving of yard room where the bottles

page_text: would otherwise have to be stacked several days for drying, and there is less
liability to breakage of bottles between washing and filling.
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Ostab 1907
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicants,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
We, WILLIAM LEES, of 56, Union Street West, Wine Merchant, and Moses
DICKINSON, of 23, Barlow Street, Engineer, both of Oldham, in the County of
Lancaster, 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 the construction of an apparatus designed principally
for drying glass bottles used for ale, porter, or herb beer or wines (after washing
the same) but it is also applicable to the drying of other glass or stone bottles or
jars.
The nature of our invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed
or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to the sheet
of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 on the drawings is an elevation (partly in section) of our improved bottle
drying apparatus complete, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rack or perforated
shelf for supporting the bottles.
This drying apparatus is preferably placed near to the rinsing spigots of the
cold-water washing apparatus so that the attendant, without altering his position,
can lift the bottles from the rinsing spigots and place them at once on the spigots
of the drying apparatus.
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This apparatus consists principally in the combination with a hot air stove a
of a propeller or fan b or equivalent device for forcing air through a coiled pipe
in the same, and a hot air discharge pipe & leading from the stove a into a horizontal
pipe e or pipes provided with a suitable number of upright nozzles or spigots f
upon which the bottles 9 (one of which only is shown) are placed in an inverted
position, the shoulders of the bottles 9 being supported on a rack or perforated
shelf so that the bottom of the bottles inside shall be raised slightly above the
upper ends of the nozzles or spigots f.
The stove a is heated by gas or oil, and the air forced through the coiled pipe c
becomes heated, and is delivered in that state by the nozzles or spigots f into the
interior of the bottles and dries them very quickly.
In order to prevent the admission with the hot air of any dust or organic or other
matter which might act injuriously upon the beer we prefer to draw the supply
of air from the fermenting room or other suitable and convenient room instead
of from the outside atmosphere or other source which might be contaminated with
particles of dust, sulphur or other extraneous matters, so that the interior of the
bottles shall not only be perfectly dry but absolutely clean also.
The following advantages are derived from the use of this drying apparatus.
First, the bottles g can be placed directly from the rinsing spigots onto the
drying spigots f and after remaining there about the same time as on the rinsers
they will be perfectly dry and can be placed in crates or boxes, and when cooled
down, which takes only about ten minutes, they are ready for filling.
Secondly, as the time required for drying is so short, there is an immense saving

page_text: of both time and space, and as the bottles are perfectly dry and absolutely pure, the
beer or other liquid is not deteriorated; there is also a great saving both of expense
and trouble caused by the returns of spoilt beer &c.
Thirdly, there is also a considerable saving of yard room where the bottles
would otherwise have to be stacked several days for drying, and there is less
liability to breakage of bottles between washing and filling.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
The improved apparatus for drying bottles (after washing or rinsing) consist-
ing in the combination with a hot air stove (heated by gas or otherwise) of a
propeller, fan, or equivalent device for forcing air through a coiled pipe in the
stove, and a discharge pipe therefrom leading from the said stove into a horizontal
pipe provided with a suitable number of vertical nozzles or spigots upon which
the bottles are placed in an inverted position, and a perforated rack for supporting
the shoulders of the bottles in such a manner that the bottom of the bottles inside
shall be raised slightly above the upper open ends of the said nozzles or spigots,
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
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GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicants,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.