Improvements in Apparatus for Rinsing and Drying Bottles, Jars, and similar articles
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 8th Jan.,
1898
TRUVIDIVAAL DITUITIVATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Rinsing and Drying Bottles, Jars,
and similar articles.
I, WILLIAM AKED, of 31 Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, in the County of Chester,
Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows:-
This invention is designed to provide a machine which will rinse and dry bottles,...
jars and similar articles before being removed therefrom.
The machine is constructed with a circular moveable top or turntable to which
are fixed a number of tubes, through which are forced successively first jets of
clean water, and secondly jets of hot or cold air. The water rinses or cleans the
interior of the vessel, and the air effects the drying of it.
The moveable top is divided into several sections from which the tubes project
vertically on the under side, and is capable of rotating over a lower table similarly
divided into sections, to one of which water is conveyed by a pipe, and to the other
air under pressure by another pipe. The moveable top is provided with rubber or other
packing to form a joint when in operation."
The operation of the machine is as follows--
Each bottle or jar when washed is placed in an inverted position over one of the
tubes, until the section is full. Assuming all the sections to be now full, the water
and air valves are turned and one set of bottles is rinsed with the water jets and the
other sets are dried by the air jets. When the rinsing is complete, the table is
rotated part of a revolution, and the rinsed bottles then come under the operation.
of the air jets during the time that a dried lot is being removed, and a fresh lot of
washed bottles is being placed over the tubes and rinsed. The operation is then :
repeated by washing another batch, rinsing them, moving forward the table, thus.
successively subjecting all the bottles to the action of water and air before removing.
them from the machine dry.
Dated this 4th day of August 1897
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
Improvements in Apparatus for Rinsing and Drying Bottles, Jars,
and similar articles.
I, WILLIAM AKED, of 31 Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, in the County of Chester,
Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
Price 803

page_text: The turntable or top A of the machine is preferably made circular, and rests
upon the plate or cover D of the chamber B. It is perforated with a number of
holes a into which on the upper side are fitted a number of tubes C, which project
upwards to receive a bottle G, jar or other article, a lug c being provided at the
lower end for the bottle mouth to rest upon.
The chamber B is divided into two or more sections, the section being
connected with a water supply under pressure, by the pipe. E, and the section 6*
is connected with an air supply, such as a fan or the like by a pipe F. The plate
or cover D of the chambers B is provided with slots d or other apertures through
which the water and air respectively pass, and the underside of the turntable A is
provided with a rib a¹ to form a joint through which the perforations a are drilled.
Rubber or other packing material may be employed to form watertight and air-
tight joints.
To facilitate the turning of the turntable A it may be raised by two (or more)
runners H by means of the eccentrics H on the shaft h. This raises the projections
or catches m on the under edge of the turntable A cut of the notches m¹ in the edge
of the ring M and these projections travel round the edge of the ring M until they
form into the notches again. The ring M supports the chambers B.
The two pipes K and K¹ lead from the centre of the turntable A to remove the
waste water.
I prefer to construct the machine with two chambers bb, one for water and the
other for air, the operation of rinsing being suspended whilst the removal and re-
placing of the bottles is being carried out."
Hot or cold water and hot or cold air may be employed as desired, suitable
appliances for heating either the air or water being provided.
The operation of the machine is as follows;-
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The bottles G or jars after having been washed are placed in an inverted
position over the tubes Cantil the section is full. The water valve is then turned,
and the bottles rinsed. The turntable A is then moved part of a revolution, and
the next section filled with bottles, the first set being brought over the air chamber,
and air admitted to dry them. When the second set are rinsed, the table is again
turned, and so on. After the table is filled and has completed its revolution, the
operation is then repeated by washing another batch, rinsing them, moving
forward the table, thus successively subjecting all the bottles to the action of
water and air before removing them from the machine dry.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. A machine for rinsing and drying bottles, constructed with a movable table
or turntable with a number of tubes to receive inverted bottles, rotating over a

page_text: number of chambers through which water and air are forced, so that the water
and air pass successively through the tubes to first rinse and then dry the bottles,
jars or other articles, substantially as described.
2. In a machine for rinsing and drying bottles, the combination with two or
more chambers through which water and air are respectively forced, of a rotating
perforated table carrying tubes to receive inverted bottles, jars or the like, through
which jets of water and jets of air are successively forced, substantially as and
for the purpose described.
3. In a machine for insing and drying bottles, the combination of a perforated
rotating table having projecting tubes to receive inverted bottles, of two or more
chambers over which the table rotates, one chamber being connected with a water
supply, and one with an air supply, water and air supply pipes (such as E and F)
waste or drainage pipes, and a shaft carrying two arms operating the runners H
for raising and facilitating the rotation of the table, substantially as and for the
purpose described and shown.
4. A machine for rinsing and drying bottles, constructed and arranged sub-
stantially as described and shown..
Dated this 23rd day of November 1897
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool & London, Patent Agents.