IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING BOTTLES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edwin Hickling, of Market Street,
Leicester, in the Borough of Leicester, for the Invention of "IMPROVED
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING BOTTLES."
Sealed the 2nd April 1867, and dated the 6th October 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edwin Hickling
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th October 1866.
I, WILLIAM EDWIN HICKLING, of Market Street, Leicester, in the
Borough of Leicester, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING BOTTLES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists of a machine or apparatus of the following con-
struction: To a suitable framing I connect the following mechanism. Near
the top of the framing and crosswise thereof a spindle is mounted; upon one
end of this said spindle a toothed wheel and handle are fixed, and upon the
other and opposite end of the said spindle a fly wheel is fixed to the outside
of the framing. Into the teeth of the above-mentioned toothed wheel a

page_text: pinion takes or gears; the axis of this pinion is short, and carries at its other
end a crank arm or disc crank fixed thereon; into the opposite end of this
crank arm one end of a spindle is fixed horizontally, and the opposite end of
the said spindle is fixed into another crank arm or disc crank of the same
throw as the former one, and is fixed on a short axis capable of revolving in
the opposite side framing of the machine. In connection with the above
mechanism is a rocking frame carrying two or more circular discs fixed upon
a spindle passed through the centres thereof; one end of this spindle has a
worm wheel fixed thereon which takes into a worm fixed to or formed upon
the spindle of the crank arms or discs before mentioned, so that these two
spindles are at right angles to each other. The rocking frame before men-
tioned is connected by its sides at one end to the aforesaid crank arm spindle
and supports this end of the worm wheel spindle. The opposite end of this
worm wheel spindle is supported by a suitable bearing fixed to the rocking
frame, and this end of the rocking frame is supported by an upright vibrating
arm or arms, the lower ends whereof are mounted upon pins or pivots con-
nected to the foundation plate of the machine at each side thereof, or the
said vibrating arms may be placed midway in the length of the rocking
frame. The circular discs above mentioned have holes formed through them
to receive and hold the bottles to be washed, one disc supporting the necks
of the bottles and the other disc the bodies of the bottles horizontally, so that
upon rotary motion being imparted to the handle of the machine the crank
arms thereof as they rotate will lift this end of the rocking frame carrying
the discs and bottles and cause it to rock to and fro upon the vibrating arms
thereof, and simultaneously with this rocking motion the discs will receive
rotary motion through the agency of the worm and worm wheel before men-
tioned, thus producing an undulating reciprocating motion combined with a
rotary motion, which has been found very effective in the washing of bottles,
and it is this combined motion that constitutes the peculiar feature of novelty
in this Invention.
by the said William Edwin Hickling in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 6th April 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWIN HICKLING, of Market Street, Leicester, in the Borough of Leicester,
send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Edwin Hickling, Her special licence that I, the said William
Edwin Hickling, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said William Edwin Hickling, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING BOTTLES,"
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Edwin Hickling, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
upon
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edwin Hickling, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :-
This Invention consists of a machine or apparatus of the following con-
struction: To a suitable framing I connect the following mechanism. Near
the top of the framing and crosswise thereof a spindle is mounted; upon one
end of this said spindle a toothed wheel and handle are fixed, and upon the
other and opposite end of the said spindle a fly wheel is fixed to the outside of
the framing. Into the teeth of the above-mentioned toothed wheel a pinion
takes or gears, the axis of this pinion is short and carries at its other end a
crank arm or disc crank fixed thereon; into the opposite end of this crank
arm one end of a spindle is fixed horizontally, and the opposite end of the
said spindle is fixed into another crank arm or disc crank of the same throw
as the former one, and is fixed on a short axis capable of revolving in the
opposite side framing of the machine. In connection with the above
mechanism is a rocking frame carrying two or more circular discs fixed upon
a spindle passed through the centres thereof; one end of this spindle has a
worm or bevil wheel fixed thereon which takes into a worm or bevil

page_text: the same throw as the crank arm b, and is fixed on a short axis' capable of
revolving in the opposite side framing A of the machine. In connection
with the above mechanism is a rocking frame I carrying four circular discs or
frames 1, 2, 3, 4, fixed upon a spindle & passed through the centres. of the
said discs; one end of this spindle has a bevilled wheel e fixed thereon, which
takes into a bevilled pinion K fixed upon the spindle H of the crank arms a, c,
or disc cranks before mentioned, so that the spindle d and H are at right
angles to each other. The rocking frame I is connected by its forked end f
to the crank arm spindle H, and supports at its forked end the end of the
shaft d, whereon is fixed the bevilled wheel e by the piece g fixed to or formed
upon f. The opposite end and centre of the spindle d is supported by
bearings at 5 and 6 fixed to the rocking frame I, and the rocking frame is
supported at its centre by an upright vibrating arm K', the lower forked ends
whereof are mounted upon pins or pivots h, h, connected to the foundation
plate L of the machine at each side thereof. The circular discs 1 and 4 are
formed hollow at i and lined with india-rubber to receive the bottoms or
bodies of the bottles to be washed, and the discs 2 and 3 support and hold the
necks of the bottles at Figure 2. m marks one of the bosses formed on the
dises 1, 2; n, a spindle or plug with india-rubber point passing through a
hole in m; o, o, endless bands of elastic material each held by a notch in the
end of the spindle n and pins p, p, as at Figure 3; q, a shoulder to prevent
the spindle moving inwards; r, an elastic collar to enter the hole in the neck
of the bottle. The bottle has simply to be supplied with shot and water, as in
washing by hand, and then be pushed in the direction of the arrow's flight, and.
the force of the bands o, o, will push the bottom of the bottle into the recess i
and hold it securely in that position whilst the bottle is being washed, so that
upon rotary motion being imparted to the handle D of the machine the crank
arms a and c as they rotate will lift the end of the rocking frame carrying the
discs and bottles, and cause the frame to rock to and fro upon the vibrating
arms K, and simultaneously with this rocking motion the discs 1, 2, 3, 4,
will receive rotary motion through the agency of the pinion and wheel
K and E, thus producing an undulating reciprocating motion combined with a
rotary motion.
"
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention for "Improved Machinery or Apparatus for Washing Bottles,"
together with the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into
practical effect, I would remark in conclusion that I hereby declare my
Invention to consist in and I claim the mechanical arrangements and com-

page_text: binations above described with reference to the accompanying Drawing for
producing the peculiar combined undulating, reciprocating, and rotary motion
above stated as constituting "Improved Machinery or Apparatus for Washing
Bottles."
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edwin Hickling, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
W. E. HICKLING. (L.B.)