Improved Brush for Cleaning Bottles, Jars, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Brush for Cleaning Bottles, Jars, and the like.
I, HERMANN DELIN, of No. 9, Chorinerstrasse, Berlin, Prussia, in the Empire of
Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved brush for cleaning the interior of bottles,
jars and other receptacles of the kind having a contracted neck, and the
improvement of my invention particularly has reference to that class of brushes in
which two springs, bars or rods carrying the brushes are placed side by side to
spread out after having been introduced into the interior of the bottle or jar, while,
in being introduced or withdrawn, the said springs, bars or rods are forced together
and clasped by a suitable hook or other engaging means, which forms part or is
rigidly connected to one of the said springs, bars or rods.
The improvement of my invention consists in providing a clasp or engaging lever
to lock the two springs, bars or rods of the brush and to leave the same free, when
the brush has been introduced into the bottle, the said clasp or locking lever being
pivotted to one of the two springs, bars or rods and so bent to form an obtuse
angle, one leg of which projects from the said springs, bars or rods of the brush,
while the other leg carries a hook or hooks to engage the said springs, bars or
rods to lock the same against each other.
When the brush is in position to be introduced into the bottle, the two springs,
bars or rods of the brush are locked against each other, to enter the narrow neck
of the bottle. The brush having been inserted into the neck of the bottle, the said
neck will strike against the projecting leg of the locking lever and thereby turn the
same on its pivot. The other leg of said lever, carrying the hook or hooks which
engage the springs, bars or rods, is thereby turned to set the said springs, bars or
rods free and owing to the springy quality of one or both of said bars or rods, the
same will at once spread asunder and the brushes will come into contact with the
entire inside surface of the bottle or jar. On withdrawing the brush from
the bottle, the projecting leg of the locking lever, on the contrary, will be so
turned by the narrow neck of the bottle to cause the hook or hooks of the other
leg to again engage the springs, bars or rods, which, by passing through or out of
the neck, are forced against each other and thereby are in position to be engaged
and locked by the said hook or hooks.
L
1000

page_text: I, HERMANN DELIN, of No. 9, Chorinerstrasse, Berlin, Prussia, in the Empire of
Germany, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved brush for cleaning the interior of bottles, jars
and other receptacles of that kind having a contracted neck, and the improvement
of my invention particularly has reference to that class of brushes, in which two
springs, bars or rods carrying the brushes are placed side by side to spread out
after having been introduced into the interior of the bottle or jar, whilst when they
are being introduced into the neck, or withdrawn from the same, the said springs,
bars or rods are forced towards each other and clasped by a suitable hook or other
engaging means, which forms part of or is rigidly connected to one of the said
springs, bars or rods.
The improved construction of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying
drawings, in which
Figure 1 represents the brush in a closed state, shown in side view, and
Figure 2 the same in front view ;
Figures 3 and 4 represent the brush in similar views in the opened state.
A and B are the two rods or bars of the brush, one of which (according to the
drawings, the bar A) may preferably be rigid, and the other springy, with a
tendency to spread away from the rigid bar, as indicated in Figure 3; but both
bars A and B might as well be springy with the tendency to spread away from each
other in opposite directions.
The improvement of my invention consists in providing a clasping or engaging
lever C, pivoted to one of the two bars, preferably to the springy bar B. The
upper end of said lever C carries one or two hooks or clamps, c, which serve to
engage the two bars A and B and keep the same clasped to each other, as shown
in Figures 1 and 2, while the brush is being introduced into the neck of the bottle
or jar, or withdrawn from the same. The lower arm C₁ of lever C is bent at an
obtuse angle, projecting on one or the other side of the brush as the latter is open
or closed, as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 4.
In using the brush, which is rotating at a suitable speed, the bottle or jar to be
cleaned may be readily slid on to the brush in its closed state, as shown in Figure 1.
The narrow bottle-neck, advancing on the brush, will force the lever-arm C¹ towards
the brush, in the direction indicated by arrow in Figure 2, and thereby the lever C with
its clamps c is swung away from the edges of the bars A and B, setting the springy
bar B free to spread away from the bar A, into the position shewn in Figure 3. The
brush, accordingly, rotating within the bottle, will clean the same all around,
while the rigid bar A cleans the bottom of the bottle or jar, and also the sides
of the same.
When the bottle has been sufficiently cleaned; the same is withdrawn
from the rotating brush and the contracted neck, while forcing the two bars A
and B close to each other; also forces the lever-arm C¹ back in the direction of
the arrow, Figure 4, thereby shifting the clamps cover the bars A and B, to
engage the same and retain them in the position represented in Figure 1, until
another bottle or jar has again been put on. The brush, as will be readily seen,
opens and closes automatically by passing inwards and outwards through the
contracted neck of the bottle or jar.
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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 :-
A brush for cleaning bottles, jars and other receptacles with a contracted
neck, consisting of two springs, bars or rods, one or both of which are springy
to spread aside from the central line of the brush, a double-armed lever pivoted
to one of said springs, bars or rods, and forming an obtuse angle, the upper
part of said lever carrying one or more hooks or clamps to engage and hold the
two springs, bars or rods against each other and to set them free again, as the
lower part of the lever is being struck and shifted by the neck of the bottle or jar,
substantially as for the purpose described.
Dated this 15th day of November 1898.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.