Flower-pots, Bottles, Jars, and other similar Vessels.
Year: 1884

page_text: Flower-pots, Bottles, Jars, and other similar Vessels.
I, WALTER EDWARD BENNETT of Condover in the County of Salop, Gardener
do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE
OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING AND CLEANSING FLOWER-POTS, BOTTLES, JARS AND
OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS," to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved machine or apparatus for readily and
effectually washing flower-pots, bottles and other like vessels.
A
My improved machine or apparatus is provided with a frame of wood or other
Buitable material or materials, which may be fixed to any suitable tub or tank or
the machine may be made portable by the said frame being provided with means
whereby it may be readily attached to or removed from the tub or tank.
driving wheel is mounted in the said frame and the shaft of the said wheel is
provided with a handle, pulley or other means whereby the machine can be driven.
by hand, foot or steam power. One, two or more brushes project either vertically,
horizontally, or in any other suitable direction into the tub or tank. The said
brushes are mounted on shafts which have their bearings in the said frame. The
shafts of the brushes carry suitable toothed wheels the whole being so arranged as
to be revolved by the before-mentioned driving wheel. The brushes may be of
any suitable material and may take the form of the articles to be washed or the
said brushes may be of any other suitable shape. The wheels and bearings of
the shafts may be made to admit of adjustment so as to take up the wear of the
brushes.
The brushes can be so arranged that the inside and the outside of the vessels
may be cleansed at the same time, or the brushes may work independently so as
to cleanse only one side of the vessel at a time. The machine can also be used for
washing milk-cans, dairy utensils and other similar articles.

page_text: An Improved Machine or Apparatus for Washing and Cleansing
Flower Pots, Bottles, Jars, and other similar Vessels.
I, WALTER EDWARD BENNETT of Condover in the County of Salop, Gardener,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE
OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING AND CLEANSING FLOWER POTS, BOTTLES, JARS AND
OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this
specification:-
My invention relates to an improved machine or apparatus for readily and
effectually, washing flower-pots, bottles, milk cans, dairy utensils and other like
vessels.
My improved machine or apparatus is provided with a frame of wood or other
suitable material or materials, which may be fixed to any suitable tub or tank, or
the machine may be made portable by the said frame being provided with means
whereby it may be readily attached to or removed from the tub or tank. A driving
wheel is mounted in the said frame and the shaft of the said wheel is provided
with a handle, pulley or other means whereby the machine can be driven by hand,
foot or steam power. One, two or more brushes. project either vertically,
horizontally or in any other suitable direction into the tub or tank. The said
brushes are mounted on shafts which have their bearings in the said frame. The
shafts of the brushes carry suitable toothed wheels the whole being so arranged
as to be revolved by the before mentioned driving wheel. The brushes may be of
any suitable material and may take the form of the articles to be washed or the
said brushes may be of any other suitable shape. The wheels and bearings of the
shafts may be made to admit of adjustment so as to take up the wear of
the brushes, and the brushes can be so-arranged that the inside. and the outside
of the vessels may be cleansed at the same time, or the brushes may work
independently so as to cleanse only one side of the vessel at a time.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of my improved machine or apparatus

page_text: of a tub, tank or other vessel. The said frame may be of any suitable form and
construction and of iron or other suitable material, the form of the said frame
being necessarily varied according to the number of brushes it is desired to operate..
Between the standards a, a¹ of the frame is mounted a driving wheel C which may
be operated by a crank handle D or be provided with a pulley so as to be driven
by steam, or other motive power. Under the said driving wheel are two
wheels E, F keyed to shafts E F¹ mounted in bearings in the said frame, the said
shafts being extended outward in front of the machine, as shown in Figure 1. The
driving wheel C gears into the wheel E and thus imparts motion to both wheels E
and F and the shafts upon which the brushes are secured. The brushes G are bored
and
to fit upon the said shafts and are provided at their rear ends with collars
set screws g¹ by means of which they are securely held upon the shafts E' F¹, or
the said brushes may be secured upon the said shafts by any other convenient
means. The said brushes may be made of any suitable material and may take the
form of the articles they are intended to cleanse or they may be of any other
suitable form. The machine may be provided with a single brush or with any
desired number of brushes which can all be driven by one driving wheel, and the
said brushes may be arranged so as to cleanse both the inside and outside of the
flower pot or other vessel at one operation.
In figures 7, 8 and 9 I have shown an arrangement for taking up the wear of
the brushes. In this arrangement the wheels C and H are mounted within the
frame between the standards a, al the said wheels being secured upon their shafts C¹
and E which revolve freely in their bearings. The wheel E is also secured on the
shaft E but outside of the standard a. The shaft F is squared on its inner end
and inserted in a slot a² in the standard a the said shaft being securely held in the
said slot by a nut F2 screwing upon the end of the said shaft. The wheel Fis
secured upon the rear end of the brush by screws fas shown in figure 9 the said
screws entering the stock or core of the brush or a plate f¹ screwed or otherwise
secured on the said brush. The wheel F is retained in position on the said shaft
by a shoulder F³ formed on the said shaft. The wheel F and brush G thus revolve
on the shaft F1 by motion communicated from the wheel E on shaft E' and the
wheels E and F being formed with long cogs or teeth the wear of the brushes can
be taken up by adjusting the position of the shaft F¹ in the slot a² by means of
the nut F. Or the wheel H may be dispensed with and the shaft F¹ may revolve
in corresponding slots a formed in both standards a, a' both of the brushes and
the wheels E, F being secured upon and revolving with the shafts E', F' and the
position of the shaft F in the slots a being adjusted by a set screw or by any
other suitable means. Or any other suitable arrangement may be employed for
taking up the wear of the brushes.
The machine being clamped upon the side of a tub or other vessel with the
brushes within the said vessel, the said brushes can be revolved by turning the
handle D and the flower pot can be cleansed inside and outside by placing it
between the said brushes so that one revolves inside and the other outside of the
said flower pot. If desired the machine may be so constructed as to be permanently
fixed within the tub, tank, or other vessel.
In figures 4, 5 and 6 I have shown a modified form of my invention in which
the brushes work in a vertical position instead of horizontally as in figures 1 and 2.
A disc or table I (shown in plan in figure 5) is mounted upon a revolving standard J
having its bearings in a frame K. The disc I is formed with any desired number
of holes or sockets i arranged in any suitable manner and at any desired distances
apart. The brushes L are furnished on their lower ends with screw plugs which
are inserted into the sockets i and the brushes are secured in the said sockets by
nuts screwed on the said plugs from the underside of the disc I. The said brushes
may be arranged perpendicularly to the said disc or at any desired angle thereto.
5 The disc I and brushes L are revolved by a crank handle M or pulley carrying on
its shaft a bevel wheel N gearing into a bevel wheel O secured on the standard J.
The brushes arranged as shown in figure 4 are adapted for readily cleansing the

page_text: outside of a flower pot or other article of conical form while by reversing the said
brushes so that their points are towards each other (as in figure 6) they will
effectually cleanse the inside of the flower pot or other conically formed article.
I do not confine myself to the form and arrangement of details berein described
and shown as the same may be modified and varied in many ways without
departing from my invention. The form and number of the brushes may be varied
as desired and they may revolve horizontally, vertically or in any other desired
position and the arrangement of the gearing by which the said brushes are
driven, and the construction of the frame may be modified as circumstances may
require.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is
First. In a machine or apparatus for washing and cleansing flower pots, bottles,
jars, and other similar vessels, the combination of one or more suitably formed
brushes arranged to operate horizontally, vertically or in any other desired position,
and rotated by or upon separate shafts or spindles or revolved around a common
axis, so as to cleanse at one operation, both or either the inside and outside of
the vessel, with a suitable frame and means for revolving or rotating the said
brushes.
Second. In a machine or apparatus for washing and cleansing flower pots,
bottles, jars, and other similar vessels, the combination of one or more suitably
formed brushes arranged to operate horizontally, vertically or in any other desired
position, and rotated by or upon separate shafts or spindles or revolved around a
common axis, so as to cleanse at one operation both or either the inside and outside
of the vessel, with a suitable frame and means for revolving or rotating the
said brushes, and with any suitable means for taking up the wear of the said
brushes.
Dated this sixteenth day of Sentember A D. 1885