Improvement in Apparatus or Injectors for Cleaning Bottles and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 17th July, 1895-Accepted, 17th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Apparatus or Injectors for Cleaning Bottles
and the like.
I, JOHN STOW Thornton House Hessle East Yorks, Essence Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for cleaning bottles & the like & the
same is carried out as follows.
provide a tap or cock, the "plug" of which is
bored so as to admit water and steam. The position of the ports in the plug are
so arranged with regard to the ports or openings in the "body" that when the
plug is turned or operated the water enters first & then the steam & when
the plug is turned in the opposite direction the supply of steam is first cut off &
then the water, owing to the diameter of the water port in the plug being of a
greater size than the steam port. A suitable nozzle is attached to the tap or cock
through which the water & steam enter the bottle or the like to be cleaned.
Dated this 15th day of September 1894.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
and the like.
1, JOHN STOW Thornton House Hessle East Yorks, Essence 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 cleaning bottles and the like and the
same is carried as follows: :-
I provide a tap or cock the plug of which is bored so as to admit water &
steam.
The position of the ports in the plug are so arranged with regard to the ports or
openings in the "body" that when the plug is turned or operated the water enters
first & then the steam and when the plug is turned in the opposite direction the
supply of steam is first cut off & then the water, owing to the diameter of the
water port in the plug being of a greater size the steam port.
A suitable nozzle is attached to the tap or cock through which the water & steam
enter the bottle or the like to be cleaned.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I now refer to the annexed
drawing in which:
Figure 1. is a plan view of my invention.
Figure 2. section showing the position of the ports.
Figure 3. side elevation."
a is the plug bored at c for the passage of the water and at d for the passage of
the steam. e is the steam inlet or port and f the water inlet or port. g is the

page_text: outlet to which a suitable nozzle is attached for conveying the steam and water to
the bottle to be cleaned. The handle is shown in the inoperative position and
by moving same in the direction of the arrow 1 the water is first allowed to enter
the bottle as shown by the dotted lines i then the steam and water as shown by the
dotted lines and finally by 'turning the handle h back to its initial position
both steam and water are cut off. The pointer k indicates the position of the
handle h.
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:-
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1. The combined construction and arrangement of the various parts herein
described and illustrated.
2. In apparatus or injectors for cleaning bottles and the like a plug rotating in
the body of a valve and so bored that the water will first enter the bottle then be
mixed with steam and finally the steam supply will be cut off & then the water ;
the plug being rotated in the body by means of a suitable handle.
Dated this 16th day of July 1895.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.