Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Ball Stoppered Bottles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Ball Stoppered Bottles.
I, THOMAS ELLERKER, of 86 Allhallowgate, Ripon, in the County of York,
Mineral Water Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The object of this invention is to arrange apparatus by which bottles having
ball stoppers inserted in the neck, may be washed without damage to the ball or
danger of splitting the bottle neck by the ball coming in contact with the stem
of the rotating brush.
I accomplish my object in the following manner. The rotating brush is
constructed in the manner as hitherto, and is secured to a rotating spindle. The
stem of the brush is protected by a tube, within which it revolves, and on the
insertion of the brush into the interior of the bottle, the non rotating tube
prevents the ball stopper coming in contact with the rotating stem, therefore the
ball is not caused to rotate and jam between the rotating stem and interior of
the bottle neck, thus reducing the liability of breakages of bottles having ball
stoppers in the necks when washing the interior of the said bottles with a rotating
brush.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Ball Stoppered Bottles.
I, THOMAS ELLERKER of 86, Allhallowgate, Ripon, in the County of York,
Mineral Water 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 :-
The object of this invention is to arrange apparatus by which bottles having ball
stoppers inserted in the neck, and known in the trade as "Codds" hottles, may be
washed and brushed without damage to the ball, or danger of splitting the bottle
neck by the ball coming in contact with the stem of the rotating brush as hitherto.
In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will describe the same in
detail by making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 represents a side view of a bottle washing and brushing machine having
my improvement added thereto.
Fig. 2 is an end view of same.
Fig. 3 an enlarged sectional detail of one end of the machine, and
Fig. 4 a detail view of a self centering chuck.
The machine is of the ordinary construction, driven by one of the pullies A. A.
in any convenient manner and no claim is made to same as forming part of this
invention.
The rotating brush B. is constructed as hitherto, and is secured to the rotating
spindle C. as hereinafter described, but the stem D. of the brush B. is protected
by, and revolves within, the metal tube E. secured to the machine frame by the
supports F.
Upon the insertion of the brush B. into the interior of a bottle, the non-rotating
tube E. prevents the ball stopper from coming in contact with the rotating stem D.

page_text: by which means the ball stopper is at rest, and therefore cannot jam between the
said rotating stem D. and interior of the bottle neck as hitherto, thus considerably
reducing the liability of breakages of bottles having ball stoppers within the necks,
when washing and brushing the interior of said bottles with a rotating brush, as is
the case with machines constructed as hitherto.
The machine may be provided at both ends with my improved protection tube E.
as shewn, such tube may be removed from either end and the brush inserted in the
self centering chuck Ġ. when washing and brushing ordinary cork stoppered
bottles.
The self centering chuck G. may be made in three parts as shewn by detail
Fig. 4 which embrace the stem D. and upon tightening the nut H. the segments
forming the chuck G. are forced into the conical recess formed in the rotating
spindle C. securely gripping the said stem D. which revolves along with the
spindle C. upon the machine being set in motion.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
A bottle washing and brushing machine, combined with one or more rotating
spindles, each within a stationary tube, the respective spindles carrying a brush at
one end, all for the purpose as herein set forth.
Dated this 25th day of Angust. 1894
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.