IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR WASHING BOTTLES AND JARS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Johnson, of Plumstead, in the County of
Kent, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR
WASHING BOTTLES AND JARS."
Sealed the 23rd November 1860, and dated the 24th May 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Johnson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th
May 1860.
I, THOMAS JOHNSON, of Plumstead, in the County of Kent, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINES FOR WASHING BOTTLES AND JARS," to be as follows:-
I have a trough or cistern to hold water fitted in framework, and the bottle
or jar to be washed is placed on a bed of suitable shape and lined with sponge
or with bristles fitted as a brush, and the bottle is secured in its position by
means of a dog chuck with three or more dogs thereon actuated by a conical
piston so as to hold and release it when required; and I have also a saddle
carrying a brush to clean the inside of the bottle, and such saddle is worked
backwards and forwards by means of an endless band passing over rollers, so
that when the bottle is secured on its bed the brush connected with the saddle
is moved forwards and enters through the mouth of the bottle, and the dog
chuck with the bottle being caused to revolve rapidly by means of bands and
pulleys and other suitable arrangements, the outside of the bottle is cleaned by

page_text: the water and sponge or bristles in the bed, and the inside is cleaned by the
water and brush therein. The saddle then being moved backwards the inside
brush is withdrawn, and the hold of the dogs being loosened by the reverse
action of the conical piston the bottle may be removed. I have also a brush
or sponge at the head of the conical piston to clean the punt or bottom of the 5
bottle. One, two, or more of such machines may be constructed on the same
framework with one cistern.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Johnson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th November 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
JOHNSON, of Plumstead, in the County of Kent, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Thomas Johnson, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas Johnson, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas
Johnson, 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 Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINES FOR WASHING BOTTLES AND JARS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Thomas Johnson, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Johnson, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings accompanying
this my Specification and forming part thereof, and to the letters and figures
marked thereon, that is to say :-

page_text: I have a trough or cistern to hold water fitted in framework, and the bottle
or jar to be washed is placed on a bed of suitable shape and lined with sponge
or with bristles fitted as a brush, and the bottle is secured in its position by
means of a dog chuck with three or more dogs thereon actuated by a conical
piston so as to hold and release it when required; and I have also a saddle
carrying a brush to clean the inside of the bottle, and such saddle is worked
backwards and forwards by means of an endless band passing over rollers, so
that when the bottle is secured on its bed the brush connected with the saddle'
is moved forwards and enters through the mouth of the bottle, and the dog
chuck with the bottle being caused to revolve rapidly by means of bands and
pulleys and other suitable arrangements, the outside of the bottle is cleaned by
the water and sponge or bristles in the bed, and the inside is cleaned by the
water and brush therein. The saddle then being moved backwards the inside
brush is withdrawn, and the hold of the dogs being loosened by the reverse
action of the conical piston the bottle may be removed. I have also a brush
or sponge at the head of the conical piston to clean the punt or bottom of the
bottle. One, two, or more of such machines may be constructed on the same
framework with one cistern.
In order to make my said Invention better understood I refer to the said
Drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 is an end elevation; and
Fig. 3, a plan, or horizontal view of the same.
A, A, is the framework of the machine; B is the trough or cistern intended
to hold water; C is the bed of suitable shape to receive the bottle or jar
D to be washed. This bed is lined with sponge or with bristles formed as a
brush; E is the dog chuck with three or more dogs thereon (shewn detached
on a larger scale in Fig. 4), actuated by the conical piston F, by means of
which the dogs are made to hold and to release the bottle at the periods
required; f is a brush on the piston for cleaning the punt or bottom of the
bottle; G is a saddle carrying a brush (shewn detached on a larger scalo in
Fig. 5), which saddle is worked backwards and forwards, as required, by means
of the endless band H, (see Fig. 3,) passing over the rollers I, I, suitably
mounted, as shewn. This endless band H is worked in one direction or the
opposite, by means of the bevil wheel K or L being made to gear with the
wheel M on the axle of one of the rollers I; these wheels K and L are respec-
tively thrown into and out of gear, as required, by means of a clutch box acted
upon by the lever N; O is the lever for moving the conical piston F forward

page_text: and withdrawing it as required. This lever is kept in its position by dropping
into a spring rack P, which is depressed, when required, to let the lever pass
over it; Qis the driving wheel; R is the pulley for driving the wheel K and L
for working the endless band; S is the pulley for working the dog chuck. The
main driving wheel receives its motion from the crank axle T, worked by the
treadle V. The bottle D being placed on the bed C, the conical piston F is
brought forward by means of the lever O, so as to cause the dogs to lay hold
of the bottle, and the brush is made to enter the mouth of the bottle by the
saddle G being worked forwards by the band H, the proper wheel being put
into gear with the wheel M for the purpose. Then by the revolution of the
bottle it will be cleaned on the outside by the water and lining of the bed, and
on the inside by the brush connected to the saddle and the water in the bottle,
the punt or bottom of the bottle being also cleaned by the revolution of the
brush f.
Having described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not
claim as my Invention any of the parts above mentioned taken separately;
but that what I claim as my Invention is the combination or arrangement of
parts, so as to form a machine for washing bottles and jars, as herein-before
mentioned and described, with the right to alter or vary the details of such
combination or arrangement without departing from the nature of my said
Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Johnson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
(L.S.)
NOSNHOS SVIH
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