Improvements relating to the Cleaning or Washing of Bottles, and to Machinery or Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 6th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Cleaning or Washing of Bottles, and
to Machinery or Apparatus therefor.
We, WILLIAM CLARK and WILLIAM ALEXANDER CLARK, both of 34 Paget
Road, Plumstead, in the County of Kent, Engineers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Our invention is designed to provide in a more effective and expeditious
manner than heretofore, for the cleaning of bottles both internally and externally
in large or small quantities.
One feature of our said invention is the provision of improved means for
soaking the bottles in water or other suitable liquid. For this purpose we
suspend any desired number of boxes or trays for containing the bottles to be
soaked, at suitable intervals froin endless chains, which are passed over suitable
chain-wheels mounted upon shafts supported in bearings attached to the said
tank; and we provide suitable means for imparting movement to the said wheels
and chains as required. Any desired number of boxes or trays can be thus
arranged. The said chain-wheels are so placed that the boxes or trays will be
immersed in the liquid as they move from end to end of the tank, and will be suc-
cessively raised out of the liquid as they arrive at the supply end of the tank, so
as to permit the removal of the soaked bottles and the recharging of the said boxes
or trays.
Our said invention, moreover, comprises an improved method of cleaning the
bottles internally, by means of brushes arranged in a circular series in or upon a
frame or wheel, in combination with a tank containing water or other suitable liquid
in which the lower portion of the said frame or wheel is immersed, and with means
for slowly rotating the said frame or wheel about its axis, and for imparting rotary
motion at a high velocity to the said brushes about their respective axes, while
they are moving through the said liquid, the bottles being meanwhile held or
restrained from rotation with the brushes by automatically controlled grippers or
clamps, which are opened as the bottles and brushes are raised out of the liquid, so
as to permit the removal of the cleaned bottles and the insertion of other bottles to
be cleaned.
Our said invention also comprises an improved method of cleaning the bottles
externally and at the same time removing the labels therefrom. For this purpose,
we provide an inclined plane or chute upon which the bottles are placed and down
which they roll by gravity, so that they come successively in front of a recipro-
cating plunger, whereby they are thrust between suitable rotating rolls, which
impart rotation to the bottles, and a rotary brush which rotates at a high velocity.
Each bottle, after it is cleaned, is thrust from between the said rolls and brush upon
a travelling band, by the next succeeding bottle as the same is pushed into position
between the said rolls and brush by the said plunger; and the cleaned bottles are
removed or conveyed by the said travelling band towards the racks or boxes in
which the said bottles are to be stowed.
Our said invention further comprises improved means for rinsing the bottles after
they have been cleaned. For this purpose, we provide apparatus whereby a large
number of jets of water may be simultaneously directed into the bottles stowed in
the said racks or boxes; and we also provide means whereby the said racks or
boxes may be readily moved into and out of the required position in relation to the
said jets, so that they may be very expeditiously manipulated for the purpose of.
successively rinsing the bottles in the several racks or boxes.
In carrying our said invention into practice, we find it advantageous to proceed.

page_text: as follows, viz. We provide a rectangular soaking tank whereby any desired
number of bottles can be soaked or brought under the influence of the water or
other softening agent at the same time. This is a very important feature of our
invention and ensures that all bottles shall be well soaked in order to loosen all
impurities and also the old paper labels that are either pasted or gummed on the
bottles, for which purposes the bottles require to be kept for a long time in the
liquid. We make the said rectangular soaking tank of any desired size according
to the number of bottles to be treated at once. In the said soaking tank are placed
four grooved wheels or chain-wheels that revolve freely upon shafts or studs placed
in any suitable position, two at each end of the tank near the sides thereof. On
both sets of the grooved wheels or chain-wheels are fitted two endless chains
which can move frecly like a travelling band.
connected by cross-bars of any suitable metal, from which are suspended the
These travelling chains are
soaking trays filled with bottles, so that the suspended soaking trays are always
maintained in a vertical position. By these means, the bottles, which are placed
in the soaking trays with their mouth upward, are kept in that position, there-
fore any floating substance in the bottles rises therefrom.
At one end of the soaking tank is provided a novel and peculiar arrangement
of rotary brushes for cleaning the inside of the bottles. These brushes are
arranged in a circle and all slowly move around a common centre or axis, being
fitted in bearings near the periphery of a wheel or near the ends of the arms of a
rotary frame. Suitable clips or holders are provided for holding the bottles fast
while being brushed. Upon the outer ends of the brush-spindles are fixed grooved
pulleys, and above these grooved pulleys is placed a driving grooved pulley the
diameter of which corresponds with that of the circular series of brushes. On
motion being imparted to the driving pulley, all the brushes in the lower part of
the series are set in motion, each brushing a bottle under water. When the brushes
come out of the water and pass the centre line, the brushes stop running by reason
of their moving away from the driving-band. The clip or grip that holds the
bottles is then automatically opened, the bottle is removed and another bottle put
in its place; the latter rests loosely till it arrives near the other or driving side of
the band, when the grip or clip is automatically closed and holds the bottle fast.
This result is accomplished as follows, that is to say, the clips or bottle-holders are
arranged to be closed by a suitable spring, such as an india-rubber ring, and to be
opened by the lower end of one part of the clip travelling upon a suitable cam.
When the clip is getting near the point where the corresponding brush is to be set
in motion, the long tail of the clip slips down an incline of the cam and allows the
india rubber ring or other spring to close the clip and as the bottle rises out of the
liquid the said tail is acted upon by the said cam and the bottle is thus released.
Thus the bottles are brushed internally as fast as it is possible for the bottles to be
removed from the soaking trays and placed on the brushes.
The bottles as they are removed from the said brushes are placed one after
another on an inclined chute down which the bottles roll by their own weight. The
bottles are forced successively from this chute on to two india-rubber rolls rotating
in the same direction so that their adjacent surfaces are travelling in opposite
directions, thus causing the bottle lying on the top to revolve about its own axis at
a rapid rate. A suitable circular brush is provided which rotates at a greater
speed on the top of the bottle and thoroughly cleans the surface from all impurities
and removes the label or labels therefrom. The bottles follow each other down
the chute as fast as may be desired and are delivered by means of a side chute
sideways on to a travelling band that brings them to the hand of the attendant,
who places them on to a rinsing tray. We prefer to have two long and narrow
rinsing trays for the convenience and near the hand of the attendant; the said
trays move backward and forward upon suitable rollers, rails or guide-ways so that
the part thereof being filled with bottles can always be brought into the desired
position. Each rinsing tray, when full of bottles held with their mouth downward,
is pushed along to a stop that brings all the bottle-mouths over a set of nozzles

page_text: placed in lines of pipes so as to correspond to the number and pitch of the bottles
to be rinsed with clean water. The whole or any number of the bottles can be
rinsed by turning the handle of the water supply cock. While one tray is in
position for rinsing, the other tray is moved forward near the hand of the attendant
to be filled in its turn with washed bottles, and so on alternately.
It will therefore be seen that, by our invention, we are enabled to treat a very
large number of bottles in a short time and to carry on the operations continuously
without stoppage; and the work of cleaning is thoroughly and automatically
performed as fast as the bottles can be taken to and from the machine.
We sometimes provide for raising the temperature of the liquid in the soaking
tank by means of steam or in any other convenient manner.
Dated this 13th day of May 1892
D. YOUNG & Co.,
w.C.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Cleaning or Washing of Bottles, and
to Machinery or Apparatus therefor.
We WILLIAM CLARK and WILLIAM ALEXANDER CLARK, both of 34, Paget
Road, Plumstead, in the County of Kent, Engineers, 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 :-
Our invention is designed to provide in a more effective and expeditious manner
than heretofore, for the washing or cleansing of bottles both internally and
externally in large or small quantities.
Our said invention comprises an improved method of soaking the bottles in water
or other suitable liquid in order to soften and loosen or dissolve any deposited
matter and detach or facilitate the detachment of any labels or the like that may
have been pasted or gummed on the bottles. For this purpose we lower successively
into one end of a tank or vessel containing the water or other suitable liquid, any
desired number of boxes or crates filled with bottles to be soaked, and we slowly
move the said boxes or crates, whilst immersed in the said liquid, to the other end
of the said tank, and as each box or crate arrives at this end of the tank, we raise
it out of the liquid
so as to permit the removal of the soaked bottles and the
re-charging of the said box or crate. We make the said soaking tank of such length
that a very large number of bottles can be soaked or brought under the influence of
the water or other softening agent at the same time, and the bottles contained in each
box or crate will be immersed in the said liquid for a long period.
This is a very
important feature of our invention and ensures that all the bottles shall be well
soaked in order to loosen all foreign matter and also the old paper labels that are
either pasted or gummed on the bottles; for which purposes the bottles require to
be kept for a long time in the liquid.
Our said invention also comprises an improved method of cleaning the bottles
internally by means of brushes arranged in a circular series in or upon a rotary
frame or wheel, in combination with a tank containing water or other suitable
liquid in which the lower portion of the said frame or wheel is immersed. We
provide suitable means for slowly or intermittently rotating the said frame or
wheel about its axis, and for imparting rotary motion at a high velocity to the said.
brushes about their several axes while they are revolving through the said liquid
about the axis of the said frame or wheel. We also provide automatically con-
trolled grippers or clamps, whereby the bottles will meanwhile be held or restrained
from rotation with the brushes, which grippers or clamps are opened as the bottles
and brushes are raised out of the liquid, so as to permit the removal of the cleansed.
bottles and the insertion of other bottles to be cleansed.

page_text: Our said invention also comprises an improved method of cleaning the bottles
externally and at the same time removing the labels therefrom. For this purpose
we provide suitable means whereby the bottles are successively removed from the
said rotating frame and thrust between a rotary brush which is driven at a high
velocity and suitable rotating rolls which impart rotation to the bottles. Each
bottle, after it is cleaned, is thrust from between the said rolls and brush by the
next succeeding bottle as the same is pushed into position between the said rolls
and brush, after which the cleansed bottles are conveyed to the racks or boxes in
which they are to be rinsed or stowed.
Our said invention further comprises improved means for rinsing the bottles
after they have been cleansed. For this purpose, we provide apparatus whereby
a large number of jets of water may be simultaneously directed into the bottles in
the said racks or boxes; and we also provide means whereby the said racks or
boxes may be successively moved into position in front of the attendant so that
the said bottles and apparatus may be very expeditiously manipulated, for the
purpose of rinsing the same, and removing the rinsed bottles from the said racks
or boxes.
In the accompanying drawings we have shown how our said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a plan, and
Figure 2 a side elevation, some of the parts being removed, showing one form of
our improved apparatus.
Figure 3 is an end elevation of the machine for cleansing the bottles internally
and externally.
Figure 4 is a plan, partly in horizontal section, and
Figure 5 a side elevation both drawn to an enlarged scale, illustrating details of
construction.
Figure 6 is a plan illustrating a pushing-out device hereinafter described.
Figure 7 is also a plan of the said device, showing the parts in a different
position.
Figure 8 is a sectional side elevation, and
:
Figure 9 an end elevation, showing another form or modification of our improved
apparatus.
Figure 10 is a plan, and
Figure 11 a sectional elevation showing another form or modification of our
improved rinser.
Figure 12 is a plan, and
Figure 13 a side elevation showing another modification of our brushing
apparatus, and
Figure 14 is a side elevation of a further modification thereof.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
Referring to Figures 1 to 7, A is the soaking tank; B is the tank in which the
bottles are cleaned internally. C is the rinsing tank.
The bottles D to be cleaned are placed in superimposed rows in an inclined
position with their mouths upward in boxes or crates E provided with wheels a, a.
and arranged to travel along rails b and b¹, secured to the sides of the tank A.
Two pairs of the said rails are provided, one pair b, b serving to conduct the
boxes or crates E from one end of the tank A to the other under the surface of
the liquid therein, and the other pair 6', 6' to conduct the said boxes or crates in
the reverse direction above the level of the liquid. The said rails & and b¹ are
slightly inclined in such a manner that the boxes or crates E may travel thereon in
the required direction by the action of gravity.
Above the ends of the tank A are arranged windlasses F, F', one (F) for
lowering the boxes or crates E into, and the other (F¹) for lifting the said boxes
or crates out of the liquid, by means of ropes or chains c provided with eyes c¹
engaging with pins or studs attached to the sides of the boxes or crates E. The
portions 62, 63 of the rails & are pivoted at 64, 6' respectively so that they may

page_text: be turned aside when necessary to permit the lowering and raising of the said
boxes or crates.
The operation of the soaking apparatus is as follows, viz. :--The said boxes or
crates E are filled with bottles D at one end of the tank A, and are successively
lowered by the windlass F into the liquid and travel through the same along the
inclined rails, until they reach the other end of the said tank, where they are
successively raised by the windlass F', and after being emptied, are returned to
the other end of the tank along the upper rails b. They are then recharged with
other bottles to be soaked, and are again lowered by the windlass F into the liquid,
the above described operations heing repeated as often as may be required.
In the form or modification of our soaking apparatus shown in Figure 8, we
provide endless chains passed around wheels d, two of the said wheels being
placed at each end of the tank A. One pair of the said wheels is made adjust-
able for the purpose of taking up the slack of the chains, by supporting the axles d
of the said wheels in swinging arms e mounted on shafts e', on which are fixed
levers the position of which is regulated by means of adjusting-screws e³ and
nuts. The endless chains & are connected by cross-pieces fin which are placed
the boxes or crates E and which are suspended so that the said boxes or crates
always maintain a vertical position. By these means, the bottles in the said boxes
or crates are kept with their mouths upward, so that any floating substance in the
bottles rises therefrom.
In a separate tank B, Figures 1 and 2, is provided a novel and peculiar arrange-
ment of mechanism for cleaning the inside of the bottles. This mechanism
comprises rotary brushes g arranged in a circular series on a rotary frame or
wheel fixed on a shaft ¹ and arranged to be intermittently rotated about its axis
by means of a ratchet-wheel j and a pawl j mounted on a lever actuated by the
connecting-rod and a crank fixed on the main or driving shaft G of the machine.
The brushes g are mounted on short spindles fitted to rotate in bearings /³ in the
rotary frame h, see Figure 4 and provided with grooved pulleys y' arranged to be
driven by a belt or band g from a pulley G' on the shaft G. These parts are so
arranged that, on motion being imparted to the driving pulley G', all the brushes,
in the lower part of the series will be rapidly rotated about their several axes.
H, H are grippers or clamps for holding the bottles D while the brushes g are being
rotated. These grippers or clamps are so arranged in combination with a fixed
cam J that each gripper or clamp on rising out of the liquid will be automatically
opened to allow the bottle to be removed and another bottle put in its place; the
latter rests loosely in the said gripper or clamp till it is about to enter the liquid,
when the gripper or clamp is automatically closed and holds the bottle fast. This
result is accomplished as follows, that is to say :-Each gripper or clamp is com-
posed of an adjustable stationary arm H' and a movable arın H' connected by a
suitable spring k which tends to close the said gripper or clamp. The arm H³ is
made with a tail-piece H³ which is adapted to bear against the cam J, so that when
either gripper or clamp approaches the point where the corresponding brush will
be set in motion, the tail piece H³ of the said gripper or clamp moves down an
incline of the cam J and the spring closes the said gripper or clamp, and, as the
latter rises out of the liquid, the said tail-piece H³ comes in contact with the said
cam J and the gripper or clamp is thereby opened and the bottle released. Thus
the bottles are brushed internally as fast as it is possible to remove them from the
soaking boxes or crates and place them on the brushes. By making the arm H¹
adjustable we adapt the machine for use with bottles of different sizes.
We sometimes provide automatic mechanism, such as that shown in Figures 1 to 7,
for pushing the partly cleansed bottles out of the grippers or clamps H when the
latter are opened. This mechanism comprises a reciprocating claw or ejector K
pivoted to an arm or bracket K' and held by a spring K2 against a stop Kas
shown in Figure 6. The said arm or bracket K₁ is secured by means of a sleeve K
and set-screw to a sliding bar which slides in the brackets L, L secured to the
frame of the machine. The ejector lever K is so arranged in combination with un

page_text: inclined plate m that, in the two-and-fro movement of the said lever, its short arm
engages with the said inclined plate, which turns the said lever about its pivot,
thus extending the spring K' and withdrawing the ejector K from the path of the
next bottle in the rotating brush-frame h. Reciprocating motion is imparted as
required to the sliding bar 7 and ejector K by means of a lever n pivoted at n¹ and
connected with the end of a lever n' by means of an adjustable pin or bolt n
passed through slots in the said levers. The arm or lever n' is fixed on a shaft n'
mounted in bearings n and is actuated through the arm o and roller o¹ by means of
a cam p, fixed on the shaft G.
One form of apparatus which we employ for cleaning the exterior of the
bottles D is shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, and comprises two rolls r, covered with
india-rubber or the like and arranged to rotate in the same direction so that their
adjacent surfaces travel in opposite directions, thus causing the bottle Dlying upon
them to revolve about its own axis at a rapid rate. A suitable brush s is arranged
to act upon the bottle while being thus rotated, for the purpose of thoroughly
cleansing the exterior of the bottle from all impurities and removing the label or
labels therefrom, the bottles being successively pushed by the ejector K into the
space between the said rolls and brush. The axles of the rolls r, are provided with
grooved pulleys r which are connected by a belt or band with a pulley
mounted on a counter shaft, driven from the main shaft G through a belt or
band t and pulleys t', t. The brush s is driven by a crossed belt or bands from
a pulley on the said counter-shaft, and the axle of the said brush is supported
in an adjustable lever 3 pivoted at s*, whereby the said brush may be applied with
more or less force to the bottle or may be removed therefrom. The said lever
is adapted to be secured in position by means of a bolt and slotted segment s³.
In the form or modification of our improved apparatus shown in Figures 8 and 9,.
instead of providing a ratchet wheel and pawl as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 for
rotating the brush-frame intermittently, we provide for rotating the said frame
slowly and continuously from the shaft G by means of a belt or band u and
pulleys u¹, u, and we provide for the removal of the bottles D from the grippers
or clamps H by hand instead of automatically as shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3. In
this arrangement, the counter-shaft is driven by the band g' which also drives
the rotary brushes g through the pulleys g', the said band passing over the pulley r³
then under the pulley G and over a jockey-pulley or guide-pulley v mounted
on a shaft v', and then around the pulleys g¹ carried by the brush-frame, as shown
in Figure 9.
In another form or modification of our improved apparatus, the bottles as they
are removed by hand from the brushes g are placed one after another on an inclined
chute down which the bottles roll by their own weight. The bottles are forced
successively from this chute into the exterior-cleaning rolls and brush from
whence they are delivered by means of a side chute side-ways on to a travelling
band that brings them to the hand of the attendant, who places them in a
rinsing tray.
For rinsing the bottles with clear water, we sometimes use two long and narrow
rinsing trays Q, see Figures 1 and 2, for the convenience and near the hand of
the attendant; the said trays move backward and forward upon suitable rollers to
and rails or guide-ways w so that either tray can be brought into the desired
position to fill the same with bottles.
Each rinsing tray Q contains parallel branch-pipes communicating with a water
supply pipe y, which branch-pipes are provided with nozzles y' at equal distances
apart; above the said branch-pipes is placed a perforated board or plate Q¹ on
which the shoulders of the bottles rest. The whole of the bottles can be rinsed
simultaneously by turning on the water supply to the pipes y, which are connected
to the source of supply by flexible tubes so as to permit the required to-and-fro
movement of the trays.
In another arrangement the trays consist of racks only, in which case, each
rinsing tray, when full of bottles, is pushed along to a stop that brings all the

page_text: bottle-mouths over a set of nozzles placed in fixed rows of pipes so as to correspond
with the number and pitch of the bottles to be rinsed. The whole or any number
of the bottles can be rinsed by turning the handle of the water supply cock.
While one tray is in position for rinsing, the other tray is moved forward near the
hand of the attendant to be filled in its turn with washed bottles, and so on
alternately.
z each
In another form or modification of our improved rinsing apparatus shown in
Figures 10 and 11, we provide a frame consisting of radiating arms
consisting of two or more parallel branches. These arms are provided with jets
or nozzles y which extend into and serve to direct the water into the interior of
the bottles. The said arms are mounted on the shell or casing of a cock y' the
plug y' of which is secured to the supply-pipe y, so that the water is only admitted
to one of the arms at a time, and while the bottles are being removed from or
placed upon the nozzles of one of the arms, the bottles on the other arm can be
rinsed; or the rinsing may be effected during the partial rotation of the arms z;
and, by repeatedly turning the frame through the required angle the rinsing
operations can be carried on continuously.
In Figures 12 and 13 we have shown another form of our brushing apparatus in
which the bottles to be cleaned are successively pushed between rolls R covered
with india-rubber or the like, whereby the said bottles are fed first between one
pair of rotary brushes S, and then between another pair of rotary brushes S¹
arranged at right angles to the brushes S, one bottle pushing the preceding bottle
in front of it.
We can also use a pair of rotary brushes S arranged as shown in Figure 14, and
between which each bottle is in turn held by hand.
It is obvious, however, that our apparatus can be somewhat further modified if
desired, without departing from the nature of our said invention.
It will be seen from the foregoing description that, by our invention, we are
enabled to treat a very large number of bottles in a short time and to carry on the
operations continuously with but few attendants, the bottles being passed from one
apparatus to another, without stoppage; and the work of cleaning or washing the
bottles is thoroughly and automatically performed as fast as the bottles can be
taken to and from the machine.
We sometimes provide for keeping the liquid in the soaking-tank hot by means
of steam or in any other convenient manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we wish it understood
that we do not claim broadly or irrespectively of our improvements hereinbefore
described, the use in combination with a soaking-tank, of means for lowering into
and raising out of the liquid therein, boxes or crates containing bottles to be
soaked; nor do we claim apart from our improvements herein before set forth, the
use of 'means for conveying the bottles to be soaked from one to the other end of
the soaking-tank; but we claim :-
First. The improved method of soaking bottles, consisting in placing the same
with their mouths upward in boxes or crates, lowering the said boxes or crates
successively into one end of a tank or vessel containing water or other liquid,
moving them slowly to the other end of the said tank or vessel and then raising the
said boxes or crates successively to permit the emptying and re-charging of the
same, substantially as herein before described.
Second. A bottle-soaking apparatus comprising a tank or vessel and means sub-
stantially as herein before described for supporting the boxes or crates containing
the bottles to be soaked and moving the said boxes or crates successively through
the said tank from end to end thereof and then raising them to permit the removal
of the bottles and the re-charging of the said boxes or crates, as, and for the
purposes, above specified.
Third. The cleaning of bottles internally by a method, such as
we have

page_text: hereinabove described, wherein the said bottles are moved slowly through water
or other liquid and are simultaneously subjected to the action of rapidly rotating
brushes.
Fourth. A bottle-cleaning machine in which a frame or wheel carrying rotary
brushes and grippers or clamps, is arranged to be slowly rotated about its axis,
and is combined with suitable means whereby the alternate opening and closing of
the grippers or clamps and the rapid rotation of the brushes about their several
axes during a portion of each revolution of the said frame or wheel will be
automatically effected, for the purposes above specified.
Fifth. The combination of the rotary frame or wheel provided with the
grippers or clamps and with the rotary brushes, and a stationary cam whereby,
in the rotation of the said frame or wheel, the said grippers or clamps are
alternately opened and closed, substantially as, and for the purposes, above
specified.
Sixth. The combination, with a machine for cleaning bottles internally, of a
device for brushing the exterior of the said bottles, and suitable means for auto-
matically transferring the bottles from the said machine to the brushing device,
substantially as, and for the purposes, above specified.
Seventh. A bottle-brushing device comprising two rolls for rapidly rotating
the bottle about its axis and a rotary brush arranged to act upon the bottle
while the same is being thus rotated, substantially as, and for the purposes, above
specified.
Eighth. The improved device constructed and arranged to operate substantially
as hereinbefore described, for pushing the bottles out of the grippers or clamps into
the brushing device.
Ninth. A bottle-rinsing apparatus constructed with movable bottle-racks sub-
stantially as herein before described so that, while jets of water or other liquids
are being forced into the bottles in one rack, the other rack may be emptied and
re-charged.
Tenth. The improved bottle-soaking apparatus constructed substantially as
described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 or to Figures 8 and 9 of the drawings
and operating as above specified.
Eleventh. The improved bottle-cleaning machine (with or without the brushing
device), constructed substantially as described with reference to Figures 1 to 7
or with reference to Figures 8 and 9 of the drawings and operating as above
specified.
Twelfth. The improved bottle-rinsing apparatus constructed substantially as
described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 or to Figures 10 and 11 of the drawings
and operating as above specified.
Dated the 13th day of February 1802
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.