Improvements in Bottle Washing Apparatus.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Bottle Washing Apparatus.
I, JOSEF WILD, of Nos. 24 to 27 Landsberger-Allee, Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany, Master Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improved bottle washing apparatus whereby the bottles
which are loosely placed on the nozzles of a continuously rotating wheel are caused
to first traverse a soaking reservoir and then pass between rotating brushes while
the central feed pipe of the nozzle wheel is placed successively in communication
with several conduits, through which cold and hot water together with compressed
air are alternately supplied to and forced through the nozzles at a high pressure,
whilst the bottles during the upper half of their circular motion with the wheel are
guided by brackets having inclined surfaces whereby a rotary motion around their
axes and an up and down or axial motion are imparted to the bottles.
A constructional form of the apparatus according to this invention, as applicable
in practice, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which.
Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section and
Figure 2 is a plan view of the apparatus,
Figure 3 is a transverse section looking toward the right in Figure 1, and
Figure 4 is a transverse section looking toward the left in Figure 1;
Figure 5 is a transverse section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1 on a larger scale,
and
Figure 6 is a view of a single nozzle likewise on a larger scale.
The pipes a a, are arranged to form a drum. Each pipe terminates in a common
feed pipe b at the driving end of the apparatus, and is provided with a series of jet
nozzles c which are supplied alternately with hot and cold water from a partitioned
chamber d surrounding the central feed pipe 6, such alternate feed being dependent
upon the position of the openings 6' of the feed pipe b relatively to the openings d'
of the chamber. d.
The drum or nozzle wheel a b c is supported at the right extremity in Figure 1
by rollers through the medium of the ring e which closes the pipes a, and the
lower half of the said drum or nozzle wheel is immersed in a soaking reservoir f
which contains semicircular brackets g corresponding in number to the number of
rings of bottles. Upon these brackets the immersed bottles, guided by their
respective nozzles, slide and become filled with water. The labels which become
detached after a few minutes treatment drop down between the bottles and settle
upon the bottom of the receptacle f.
Before the bottles leave the water contained in the reservoir f, they are
compelled to traverse several pairs of brushes whereby an exterior cleaning of the
body of the bottles and of the neck is obtained.
After the lapse of a suitable interval of time water is admitted to one of the
compartments of the chamber d aud for about five minutes the inside of the bottles
is subjected to a rinsing operation the water being supplied by means of a pump or
other appropriate device. Thereupon after a further lapse of a few minutes, the
bottles are subjected to the same treatment with hot water from the second
compartment of the chamber d, and are finally rinsed with cold water taken from
the third compartment of said chamber.

page_text: In order that the action of the jet nozzles c, already very reliable and effective,
may be rendered still more so, an axial rotation as well as an up and down
movement is imparted to the bottles during the upper half of the turning motion,
by causing the bottles to slide one pair at a time over an appropriately curved
bracket i provided with oblique or inclined ascending and descending surfaces,
whereby under the action of their own weight the bottles revolve around the nozzle
and moreover execute an up and down or axial movement. The lowermost holes
of the nozzles are thus enabled to send an efficient water jet into the neck and
underneath the shoulder of the bottle.
To further prevent the bottle, just rinsed from having either a partial vacuum
formed in its interior or from being filled with water, both of which circumstances
would counteract the efficiency of the water jet, compressed air is passed through
the nozzles, and in order that this compressed air may be simultaneously distributed
over all the holes of the nozzle the nozzle end is in addition inserted into a pipe
(see Figure 6), so that air may be always present in the latter above the feed
water, which air can thus be supplied to the bottle together with the water.
Although the medium efficiency is calculated to be such that one man is enabled
to wash 10,000 bottles in 10 hours, the effective capacity is by no means exbausted
by the above figures, since the latter merely indicate the work performed by one
single operator. If therefore double this number of bottles is required to be
washed in the same time, it is only necessary to employ a second attendant; the
drum will then execute a revolution in one half of the time, that is to say in about
22 and a half minutes, the water pressure being increased accordingly.
Dated this 8th day of July 1896
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Bottle Washing Apparatus.
I, JOSEF WILD, of Nos. 24 to 27 Landsberger-Allee, Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany, Master Brewer, 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 improved bottle washing apparatus whereby the bottles
which are loosely placed on the nozzles of a continuously rotating wheel are caused
to first traverse a soaking reservoir and then pass between rotating brushes while
the central feed pipe of the nozzle wheel is placed successively in communication
with several conduits, through which cold and hot water together with compressed
air are alternately supplied to and forced through the nozzles at a high pressure,
whilst the bottles during the upper half of their circular motion with the wheel are
guided by brackets having inclined surfaces whereby a rotary motion around their
axes and an up and down or axial motion are imparted to the bottles.
A constructional form of the apparatus according to this invention, as applicable
in practice, is illustrated in the drawing left with my Provisional Specification, in
which
Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section and
Figure 2 is a plan view of the apparatus.
Figure 3 is a transverse section looking toward the right in Figure 1, and
Figure 4 is a transverse section looking toward the left in Figure 1;
Figure 5 is a transverse section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1 on a larger scale, and

page_text: Figure 6 is a view of a single nozzle likewise on a larger scale.
The pipes a, a, are arranged to form a drum. Each pipe terminates in a common
feed pipe b at the driving end of the apparatus, and is provided with a series of jet
nozzles c which are supplied alternately with hot and cold water from a partitioned
chamber d surrounding the central feed pipe b, such alternate feed being dependent
upon the position of the openings 61 of the feed pipe b relatively to the openings d
of the chamber d.
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The drum or nozzle wheel a be is supported at the right extremity in Figure 1
by rollers e through the medium of the ring e which closes the pipes a, and the
lower half of the said drum or nozzle wheel is immersed in a soaking reservoir f
which contains semicircular brackets y corresponding in number to the number of
rings of bottles. Upon these brackets the immersed bottles, guided by their
respective nozzles, slide and become filled with water. The labels which become
detached after a few minutes treatment drop down between the bottles and settle
upon the bottom of the receptacle f.
Before the bottles leave the water contained in the reservoir, they are compelled
to traverse several pairs of brushes h whereby an exterior cleaning of the body of
the bottles and of the neck is obtained.
After the lapse of a suitable interval of time water is admitted to one of the
compartments of the chamber d and for about five minutes the inside of the bottles
is subjected to a rinsing operation the water being supplied by means of a pump or
other appropriate device. Thereupon after a further lapse of a few minutes, the
bottles are subjected to the same treatment with hot water from the second
compartment of the chamber, d, and are finally rinsed with cold water taken from
the third compartment of said chamber.
In order that the action of the jet nozzles c, already very reliable and effective,
may he rendered still more so, au axial rotation as well as an up and down movement
is imparted to the bottles during the upper half of the turning motion, by causing
the bottles to slide one pair at a time over an appropriately curved bracket i
provided with oblique or inclined ascending and descending surfaces i², whereby
under the action of their own weight the bottles revolve around the nozzle and
moreover execute an up and down or axial movement. The lowermost holes of the
nozzles are thus enabled to send an efficient water jet into the neck and underneath
the shoulder of the bottle.
To further prevent the bottle, just rinsed from having either a partial vacuum
formed in its interior or from being filled with water, both of which circumstances
would counteract the efficiency of the water jet, compressed air is passed through
the nozzles, and in order that this compressed air may be simultaneously distributed
over all the holes of the nozzle the nozzle end is in addition inserted into a pipe
(see Figure 6), so that air may be always present in the latter above the feed
water, which air can thus be supplied to the bottle together with the water.
Although the medium efficiency is calculated to be such that one man is enabled
to wash 10,000 bottles in 10 hours, the effective capacity is by no means exhausted
by the above figures, since the latter merely indicate the work performed by one
single operator. If therefore double this number of bottles is required to be washed
in the same time, it is only necessary to employ a second attendant; the drum will
then execute a revolution in one half of the time, that is to say in about, 22 and a
half minutes, the water pressure being increased accordingly.
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 :-
A bottle washing apparatus in which the bottles are loosely placed on a nozzle
wheel (a b c) having a continuous rotary motion and are first caused to traverse a
soaking reservoir and then pass between brushing devices, whereupon the central
feed pipe (6) of the nozzle wheel, on further rotation of the said wheel is successively
brought in communication with several openings (d'), through which hot and cold

page_text: water together with compressed air are alternately supplied to the nozzles (c) at a
high pressure, whilst the bottles during the upper half of their circular motion are
guided by brackets with inclined surfaces in such a way as to have imparted to
them a rotary motion around their axis as well as an up and down movement,
substantially as described.
Dated this 25th day of February 1897.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.