MACHINES FOR WASHING AND SOAKING BOTTLES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Sherwin Clarke, of the Corn Market, in the
Town of Derby, for the Invention of "MACHINES FOR WASHING AND SOAKING
BOTTLES AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Sealed the 29th December 1877, and dated the 2nd July 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Sherwin Clarke at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd July 1877.
JAMES SHERWIN CLARKE, of the Corn Market, in the Town of Derby. "MACHINES
FOR WASHING AND SOAKING BOTTLES AND OTHER ARTICLES."
This Invention consists in having a revolving drum on a horizontal axis having
various partitions or divisions, in which are placed the bottles or other articles to be
acted upon. This revolving drum is placed in a tank or vessel of water so con-
structed that the bottles placed inside the divisions of the revolving drum are
immersed to a height which may be regulated at pleasure, according to the quantity
of water inside the tank.
The method of carrying out this Invention is by slowly revolving the horizontal
drum, which works upon bearings in the afore-mentioned tank, and by this revolu-
tion, washing and soaking the bottles or other articles immersed in the water; the
bottles or other articles being placed so that their opening is nearest the axis upon
which the drum revolves. By this means the bottles or other articles fill and empty
themselves of the water placed in the tank.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Sherwin Clarke in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 2nd
January 1878.
JAMES SHERWIN CLARKE, of the Corn Market, in the Town of Derby. "MACHINES
FOR WASHING AND SOAKING BOTTLES AND OTHER ARTICLES."
This Invention consists in having a revolving drum on a horizontal axis having
various partitions or divisions, in which are placed the bottles or other articles to
be acted upon.
This revolving drum is placed in a tank or vessel of water so
constructed that the bottles placed inside the divisions of the revolving drum are
immersed to a height which may be regulated at pleasure, according to the quantity
of water inside the tank.
The method of carrying out this Invention is by slowly revolving the horizontal
drum, which works upon bearings in the sides of the tank, and by this revolution
washing and soaking the bottles or other articles immersed in the water; the
bottles or other articles are placed so that their openings is nearest the axis upon
which the drum revolves. By this means the bottles or other articles fill and empty
themselves of the water placed in the tank.
To prevent the drum (when empty of bottles) floating in the water contained in
the tank, I employ a slide with a slot in it, fixed by a nut and bolt to the inside of
the tank above the axle in the bearing. This slide when down prevents the axle
leaving the bearing. When it is required to remove the drum the nut.is loosened,
and the slide moved up; the drum can then be lifted out. This arrangement is only
required to machines Nos. 1 and 2.
I also in some cases place a jet or spiket in each bottle, such jet being attached
to the axle of the machine, which in this case is a perforated pipe working upon
another perforated pipe; these perforations, on coming opposite one another, allow
the water contained in the inner tube to enter and syringe the inside of the bottle
placed upon the spiket or jet, the water being stopped when the perforations are
closed by the revolution of the drum. The water which has been syringed into
the bottles is not allowed to mix with the water or solution in the tank, it being
carried away outside the machine by means of a fluted or corrugated casing placed
round the axle of the machine.
The fluted or corrugated casing is not applied in machine No. 3, the water from
the bottles being allowed to fall into the tank.
I also construct machine No. 4 with modifications as, shown on Drawing No. 4a,
in which each row of spikets or jets is fixed in a separate pipe. The ends of these
pipes work on a fixed pipe in the inside of the trough; this regulates the admission
of the water to syringe the bottles in a similar manner to machine No. 4.
To prevent the bottles falling out of the drum when revolving, I fix strips of
wood inside the trough or tank, concentric with the drum, so that the bottles run
on the strips and are prevented from dropping out.
I also fix a ratchet and catch to keep the drum from running backwards when
working.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood, I shall now proceed
more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer to the several
Figures on the annexed Sheets of Drawings, the same letters of reference indicating
corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Figure 1 of my Drawings is an isometrical view of my machine.
Figure 2 is a front view with one side removed.
Figure 3 is an end view.
Figure 4 is a plan.
Figure 5 is a front elevation.
Figure 6 is a plan.
Figure 7 is a longitudinal section.
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page_text: Figure 11 is a longitudinal section.
Figure 12 is a cross section.
A, A, Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, is the drum.
B, B, Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, is the trough or tank.
C, C, Figures 2, 3, 4, is the shaft-carrying drum.
D, D, Figures 2, 3, 4, are the bearings.
E, E, Figures 3, 4, slides to prevent drum floating.
F, F, Figures 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, are the strips to keep the bottles from
falling out of drum.
G, G, Figures 2, 3; 4, 6, 8, 10, is the ratchet or catch.
In Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, I, I, is the fixed perforated pipe with the other pipe
working on it.
K, K, Figures 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, are the spikets.
L, L, Figures 9 and 10, is the fluted or corrugated channel fixed in drum.
M, M, Figures 10, 11, 12, is the waste water channel.
N, N, Figures 11 and 12, are the pipes with spikets screwed into them.
O, Figure 12, is the pipe fixed in side of trough.
Having now described my said Invention and the manner in which the same is
or may be used or carried into effect, I would observe that I do not confine myself
to the exact shape or configuration of the several parts described and illustrated, as
these may be varied; but what I consider to be novel and original, and therefore clain
as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent
is, the machine or machines, substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Sherwin Clarke, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
JAMES SHERWIN CLARKE. (L.S.)
0.Witness to the signature of the
said James Sherwin Clarke,
5
N. W. NEED,
Articled Clerk to G. E. Webster, C.E.,
Central Chambers,
Nottingham.