Improved Rinsing-apparatus for Bottles, Jars, and similar Receptacles.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Rinsing-apparatus for Bottles, Jars, and similar
Receptacles.
I, HERMANN DELIN, of No. 9, Chorinerstrasse, Berlin, Prussia, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of rinsing-apparatus
of that class, in which rinsing is performed by water introduced under pressure
into the bottle, jar or other receptacle and along with the jet of water a suitable
granulated, hard substance, such as sand, small-shot of lead, tin or other metal,
or the like is injected to perform a thorough cleaning of the interior of the bottle
or jar.
Rinsing-apparatus of this kind in general, is not new. The improved con-
struction of my invention has for its purpose to facilitate the work of hand to be
performed by the operator. The simplification in working this improved ap-
paratus essentially consists in combining the valve for the admission of water
under pressure with the valve for admitting the granular substance, such as
small-shot, sand or the like. In apparatus of the class described, the mouth of
the bottle, upside down, used to be pressed against an elastic ring through which
a pipe projects into the interior of the bottle for injecting water and a granular
substance, or water by itself.
While one hand of the operator holds the bottle, the other hand must be em-
ployed to control the admittance of water and of the granular substance, such
admittance being varied in a manner to temporarily inject water alone, or water
mixed with the granular substance, and the amount of water and of granular sub-
stance may equally be varied according to the requirements. The improved con-
struction of my invention has for its purpose to greatly facilitate the simultaneous
operation of supplying water and granular substance, or of water alone.
To obtain such facilitation, the water supply pipe containing the water feed
valve is arranged to slide in the direction of its length, its downward movement
serving to open said valve and close it again as it returns into the upper or normal
position. To impart to the said water supply pipe its downward movement, means
are provided, according to one modification of my invention, which, in being
turned to perform part of a revolution, thereby are forced into a downward direc-
tion, such as a screw guided in a corresponding nut, or a pin or arm sliding along
an inclined surface. Or the mechanism which receives part of a revolution may
be stationary and so arranged with reference to the sliding valve-pipe to force the
same down by the contact of helicoidal surfaces bearing against each other.
According to another part of my invention, the sliding valve-pipe is simply
forced in a downward direction by means of a pivoted lever engaging said pipe by
a fork or ring acting on a collar fixed to said pipe.
In the former modification, consisting of mechanism receiving part of a revolu-

page_text: tion, the operation of turning said mechanism simultaneously serves to open or
close the apertures through which the granular substance arrives to mix up with
the jet of water, which carries the said granular substance up into the bottle for
cleaning the same.
In the other modification consisting of a lever by which the water supply pipe
is forced down, the granular substance automatically mixes up with the jet of water
when the said sliding water pipe is so much forced down as to keep its lowest or
nearly lowest position, but when raised or partially raised again, the said pipe
prevents the granular substance from rolling into the jet of water and accordingly,
water alone is then being fed into the bottle.
Dated this 16th day of February 1898.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
Improved Rinsing-apparatus for Bottles, Jars, and similar
Receptacles.
I, HERMANN DELIN, of No. 9, Chorinerstrasse, Berlin, Prussia, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of rinsing-apparatus
of that class, in which rinsing is performed by water introduced under pressure
into the jar, bottle or other receptacle, and a suitable granulated, hard substance
as sand, small-shot of lead, tin or other metal, is injected along with the jet of
water, to perform a thorough cleaning of the interior of the receptacle.
Rinsing apparatus of this kind in general, is not new. The improved con-
struction of my invention has for its purpose to facilitate the work of hand to be
performed by the operator. The simplification in working this improved ap-
paratus essentially consists in combining the valve for the admission of water
under pressure with the valve for admitting the hard granular substance. In
apparatus of the kind described, the mouth of the bottle used to be pressed upside
down against an elastic ring through which a pipe projects into the interior of
the bottle, for injecting water and a granular substance or water by itself. While
the operator holds the bottle with one hand, the other hand must be employed to
continually control the admission of water and of the granular cleaning substance,
the amount of which may be varied separately, thus enabling the operator to admit
more or less of the granular substance, or to entirely cut off the supply of the
same, for temporarily rinsing with water alone.
The object of the improvements of my invention is to greatly facilitate the
simultaneous operation of the valves for supplying water and the granular clean-
ing substance, for simultaneous admittance of both, or of water alone.
The improvements of my invention are illustrated in the accompanying draw-
ings, in which,-
Figure 1 is a central vertical section of one modification of the rinsing apparatus
constructed according to this invention,
Figure 2 represents a modification in the construction;
Figure 3 represents, partly in vertical section, the upper portion of the apparatus
containing another modification of construction;

page_text: Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of detail parts belonging to the latter modifica-
tion;
Figure 5 is a central vertical section of another modification of construction of
the improved rinsing apparatus, and
Figure 6 is a cross-section on the line - of Figure 5.
Referring to Figure 1, A is the water supply-pipe connected to a suitable water-
tank or water pipe from which water is delivered under pressure. A pipe B hav-
ing perforations a, near its lower end, is arranged to slide within a hollow guide-
piece B', to the lower end of which the pipe A, is secured. To the upper end of
said tube B, a block J is formed or secured, guided within the tubular foot-piece H,
of the apparatus. A spring F, is arranged between the said block J, and top
of the guide-piece B'. Into the upper end of the hollow foot-piece H enters a
pipe D, the lower end of which forms or has secured to it a threaded block I,
turning within a nut provided within the upper portion of the bore of the foot-
piece H. The upper end of said pipe D, carries a handle E, by
which the said pipe D, may be turned in either direction. The
said pipe D, is guided within
a sleeve, integral with or secured
to the stay or cross d' of the funnel G. Within the said pipe D, there
is fitted a smaller pipe C or the pipe D may be extended upwards, to carry a sup
port G, lined with elastic material, such as india-rubber, the said support serving
to receive the mouthpiece of the bottle to be cleaned, placed upside down on said
support, with the upper end of pipe C entering into the interior of the bottle. The
lower end of pipe C, has a gap c, and a corresponding gap or gaps are provided
within the side of the sleeve d, the corresponding gaps c, of the pipe C, and
sleeve d, either register with each other or are closed according as the pipe D, is
turned by its handle E. The lower end of pipe D, contains a narrow tube b, hav-
ing small perforations through which the water enters and rises in a fine jet, the
pressure of which has sufficient strength to carry up through pipe C, all the
granular substance which enters through gap c, and comes into the path of said
jet. The
upper end of the hollow foot-piece H, forms a cup, carrying the funnel
G and serving to collect the granular cleaning substance to be used.
The operation is as follows;
The bottle to be cleaned is placed upside down on the support G, whereupon the
handle E is turned to the right by the other hand. The screw I, at the lower end
of said pipe D is thereby forced down in its nut and, accordingly, forces down the
pipe B compressing the spring F. The perforations at the lower end of pipe B
admit water under pressure which rises through pipe B, and tube b, and from
thence is thrown up in a powerful jet through pipe C into the bottle. On turning
the pipe D sufficiently to make the gap or gaps e of the pipe C and sleeve d register,
the granular substance contained in the cup formed by the top of the foot-piece H
will enter into the path of the jet of water and be hurled up into the bottle, thus
cleaning the same in the manner hitherto known and practised. The admission
of the water as well as that of the granular substance may easily be controlled and
changed as desired, by turning the handle E more or less in either direction and
no pressure by hand need by applied at all. Thus the operation causes no fatigue
at all, one hand of the operator holding the bottle and the other hand turning or
holding the handle with great ease.
The modification represented by Figure 2 consists in replacing the threaded
piston I by a cylindrical piece I', secured or formed on the lower end of the pipe D',
and in providing the said piston I¹ with an inclined or helicoidal surface, bearing
against a correspondingly inclined surface on the head-piece J¹ of pipe B. It
will be easily understood that, by turning the handle E and pipe D¹, the said
piston I will force the piece J¹ down, thus obtaining the same effect as accom-
plished by the screw I.
The same effect may further be obtained by the modification represented by
Figures 3 and 4. The downward movement of pipe D, on turning the handle E
to the right, in this case, is obtained by providing an arm or finger e projecting

page_text: from the collar which carries the handle E. To the lower surface of the sup-
port G an arc-shaped guide-piece L is cast or secured having an inclined lower
edge which forces the arm e and pipe D down as the handle is being turned to
the right. A lug or stop limits the path of the said arm or finger C. The lower
end of pipe D in this case may bear against the head I of pipe B, with a horizontal
surface.
Instead of employing a turning handle to force the pipe B down for admittance
of the rinsing current of water, a pivoted lever M may be used as represented in
Figures 5 and 6. The pipe B in this modification extends up to the delivering.
pipe C, and, in its normal position, takes the position indicated by dotted lines,
closing up to the pipe C. The lever M pivoted as at m, embraces the pipe B and
acts upon a collar secured to the pipe B. The said collar n when forced down by
lever M compresses the spring F and lowers the pipe to admit water into the per-
forations a at its lower end. The pipe C remains in a stationary position. On
lowering the pipe B for only part of its downward course the jet of water will rise
into the pipe C without any granular substance. But if the pipe B be lowered
down to its lowest position, as indicated in full lines, the granular substance will
roll to the lowest part of the cup and come into the path of the rising jet of water
which hurls the said granular substance up into the pipe C, and into the bottle to
be cleaned.
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:-
1. An apparatus for rinsing bottles, jars and other receptacles containing an
upper pipe D which by being turned, forces down a lower pipe B into the position
to admit water under pressure, and also opens or closes a valve or valves for ad-
mitting granular substance into the path of the water jet, substantially as and for
the purpose described.
2. An apparatus for rinsing bottles, jars and other receptacles, containing an
upper pipe D, which on being turned, acts with its lower, threaded end against the
upper, spring-supported head of a lower pipe B, to force the same down into the
position to admit water under pressure, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
3. An apparatus for rinsing bottles, jars and other receptacles containing an
upper pipe D, which on being turned, acts with its lower, inclined or helicoidal
face against the head of a lower pipe B, to force the same down into the position
to admit water under pressure, substantially as and for the purpose described.
4. An apparatus for rinsing bottles, jars and other receptacles, containing an
upper pipe D, which is capable of being forced down by the aid of an arm e, sliding
along an inclined, arc-shaped surface L, thereby admitting water under pressure
and adjusting a valve or valves for the admittance of granular cleaning substance
into the path of the water-jet, substantially as and for the purpose described.
5. Apparatus for rinsing bottles, jars or other receptacles, containing a pipe B,
capable of being forced down by the aid of a pivoted lever M, the upper end of
said pipe B, when sufficiently forced down, admitting granular cleaning sub-
stance into the path of the jet of water, substantially as described.
Dated this 15th day of November 1898.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool. Agents for the Applicant.