Year: 1888

page_text: 1 THOMAS HILL, 4 Regents Terrace, Carr Lane, Kingston-upon-Hull, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I employ an oblong trough of iron or wood having one end deeper than the other,
so as to readily draw off water from it, inside at each end of the trough two ring
plates are secured by screws through lugs cast on the plates, the outer rings have a
portion cut away at the top to form openings wide enough to allow of the passage of
a roller through each, so that soaking cases may be lifted out of the trough when
necessary, between the two pair of ring plates is a spindle, from each end of the spindle
four arms project, which have their outer ends forked to clip a stud or axle pin, one
stud or axle pin is secured to each end of a metal or wood soaking case, the outer
end of each stud or axle pin, carries a roller which revolves upon it within the
circular space between the rings, each case is provided with divisions to keep the
bottles separate.
By means of a machine constructed as above described, I am enabled to place the
rollers carried by the soaking cases through the opening in the outer ring and
pass four cases full of bottles one after the other at equal distances under the
water in the trough, and when sufficiently soaked successively raise the soaking cases
and take out the bottles as required, for brushing and rinsing by an ordinary brushing
and rinsing apparatus.
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page_text: I THOMAS HILL 4 Regents Terrace Carr Lane Kingston upon Hull Engineer
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:
Figure 1 shows an interior view of a bottle soaking machine provided with two
spindles for brushes, and a rinsing case at each end, with the front of the trough
removed.
Figure 2 shows a cross sectional view of the same and
Figure 3 shows a plan of the soaking trough without the rinsing cases, but with
three of the soaking cases in position.
Figures 4 to 7 show'enlarged views of portions of the machine severally referred
to hereafter.
Each machine consists of the following parts.
An oblong trough A of metal or wood having one deeper than the other, the
deepest end having a hole through it close to the bottom to readily draw off water
from it, when in use the hole is closed by a plug A' shown at Figure 3, inside at each
end of the trough two ring plates D and Care, secured by screws through lugs cast
on the plates," shown in side view at Figure 4," the outer rings B have a portion cul
away at the top to form openings wide enough to allow of the free passage of rollers
through each.
Between the two pair of ring plates a hollow spindle D (one end of which is shown
at Figure 5) extends from end to end of the trough, each end of the spindle turns
upon a stud which projects from one side of a metal disk E, shown in side and edge
view at Figure 7 one being secured by screws to each end of the trough at the
centre of the ring plate C, upon each end of the spindle a collar is secured from which
four arms F project which have their outer ends forked so as to clip a stud or axle pin
which projects from a plate G which runs round the bottom and turns up at each
end of a metal or wood soaking case H provided with divisions to keep bottles
-seperated.
A side view of one of the collars with its four forked arms is shown at Figure 6, the
outer end of each stud or axle pin carries a grooved roller G¹ which revolves upon it
within the circular space between the ring plates.
By means of a machine constructed as above described I am enabled to pass the rollers
carried by the soaking cases through the openings in the outer rings B, and place four
cases full of bottles, one after the other at equal distances under the water in the trough,
and when sufficiently soaked successively raise the soaking cases and take out the
bottles as required, for brushing and rinsing in the usual way, as the cases become
empty they are passed round a quarter of a circle, and are again refilled with dirty
bottles to be soaked, and so continued as long as required.

page_text: 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 :-
The construction and employment of a stud or axle pin projecting from the top of
each turned up end of a plate G running at the bottom of each soaking case and
rising above the ends, each stud or axle pin carrying a grooved roller G¹ which
revolves upon it within a circular space formed by two ring plates B and C secured
interiorly to the ends of soaking troughs, each grooved roller being clipped by the
forked end of one of four arms F, substantially as described and illustrated in the
Drawings annexed for the purpose set forth.