IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WASHING BOTTLES AND LIKE VESSELS
Year: 1885

page_text: I EDWARD HODDINOTT of Stratton, Swindon in the county of Wilts, Aerated
Water Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WASHING BOTTLES AND LIKE VESSELS to be
as follows:-
:
My invention relates to improvements in machinery for washing bottles and like
vessels but is more especially applicable for washing mineral water bottles, whereby
both the inside and outside of the bottles or the like are washed simultaneously.
In carrying out my invention I employ a tub or trough of suitable construction
in which are mounted side by side a number (preferably five) of brushes such as
are usually employed for washing bottles; the said brushes are rotated at a high
speed by suitable means such as by pulleys fixed on the ends of their spindles
outside the tub or trough motion being communicated from a driving wheel to all
the said pulleys simultaneously by a strap or cord passing from the said driving
wheel alternately under one pulley and over the next and so on; the ends of the
brushes opposite those carrying the pulleys project inside the tub or trough.
The operation is as follows:-
The tub or trough is partially filled with water about up to the centres of the
said brushes and the brushes being rotated the operator taking a bottle in each
hand passes them over the brushes on each side of the centre brush and the inside
of the bottles will be cleaned by the said two brushes whilst the outside thereof
will be cleaned by the centre and two end brushes.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Washing Bottles and like
Vessels.
I EDWARD HODDINOTT, of Stratton, Swindon, in the county of Wilts, Aerated
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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in machinery for washing bottles and like
vessels but is more especially applicable for washing mineral water bottles whereby
both the inside and outside of the bottles or the like are washed simultaneously.
In carrying out my invention I employ a tub or trough of suitable construction
in which are mounted side by side a number (preferably five) of brushes such as
are usually employed for washing bottles; the said brushes are rotated at a high-
speed by suitable means such as by pulleys fixed on the ends of their spindles
outside the tub or trough.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1 represents a
sectional plan and figure 2 an end view of a machine for washing bottles and like
vessels constructed according to my invention only a part of one side (or bottom) of
the tub or trough being shewn. Similar letters in both the figures represent similar
parts.
a, represents a part of one of the sides (or bottom) of the tub or trough which
may be of any suitable construction; b, b, are the brushes five of which are shewn
in the drawing as being the number I have found it most convenient to employ but
which number can be varied according to requirements the said brushes projecting
inside the tub or trough a; c, c, are the pulleys by means of which the brushes b,
are rotated; the pulleys c, are fixed outside the tub or trough a on sleeves or
tubes d, by means of set screws 6; the said sleeves or tubes d, serve to receive and
hold the spindles f, of the brushes b, which are fixed therein by means of set
screws g; by unscrewing the screws g, the brushes b, can be easily removed when
worn and be replaced by new ones; the sleeves or tubes d, rotate in bosses or
bearings h, passing through the sides of the tub or trough a, and formed on a
plate i, screwed or otherwise suitably fixed to the outside of the tub or trough.
Motion is communicated simultaneously to all the pulleys c, from a driving wheel
(not shewn in the drawing) by a strap or cord passing from the said driving wheel
alternately under one pulley and over the next and so on.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows:
The tub or trough a, is partially filled with water about up to the centres of the
said brushes b, and the brushes being rotated by the hereinbefore described driving
wheel, strap or cord and pulleys c, the operator taking a bottle in each hand passes
them over the brushes b, on each side of the centre brush and the inside of the
bottles will be cleaned by the said two brushes whilst the outside thereof will be
cleaned by the centre and two end brushes,

page_text: 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
The combination of parts forming the improved machine for washing bottles and
like vessels operating substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore
described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 27th day of November love.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.