Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Cleaning Bottles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Sept., 1890-Accepted. 10th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Cleaning Bottles.
A communication from abroad by Witwe ANDREAS SAXLEHNER geb. EMILIE PELIKAN,
Proprietress of the firm of Andreas Saxlehner, of Budapest, Hungary.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE of No. 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
London, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a machine for cleaning simultaneously a large number of
bottles, and comprising an endless conveyor caused to travel continuously through
cleansing liquid in a trough. Upon this endless conveyor (hereinafter called the con-
veyor) the bottles are arranged in one or more rows between suitable devices and
are conducted against a cleaning surface in the trough, the arrangement being such
that the bottles roll along this surface and are thereby cleaned on their outer surfaces,
whilst the liquid passing in to them cleans their insides.
The ends of the trough where the bottles enter and leave the liquid, respectively,
are curved in such a manner as to prevent the bottles from falling out of the
conveyor.
The accompanying drawings illustrate a bottle cleaning machine constructed
according to this invention.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation,
Fig. 2 is a cross section through the middle,
Fig. 3 is a cross section near one end through the conveyor pairs of discs or
rollers.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of part of the machine to a larger scale.
Fig. 5 is an end elevation to the same scale.
Figs. 6, 7 and 8 illustrate portions of the travelling belt respectively in plan, cross
section, and longitudinal section.
The bottles to be cleaned are laid in parallel rows side by side on the conveyor B
which is stretched over two or more pairs of discs or wheels A. The lower part of
the conveyor dips into a trough C which is filled with water or other liquid serving to
clean the bottles. The side walls of the trough carry the bearings of the shafts a of
the discs or wheels A. The conveyor B consists, as can be seen in Figs. 6-8, of two
(or there might be more) strips or bands 6 of yarn clamped at certain intervals
between laths or slats 61 and 62. At both ends of the upper laths or slats 6¹ there are
corresponding to the outer form of the upper portion of the bottle small boards 63
provided with recesses. These boards are fixed by means of screws and fingers or
pins 6 having rounded ends.
The lower laths 62 are somewhat wider than the upper ones and are provided in
the middle with prismatic projections or small wooden blocks 66 which projec
through the intervals of the upper laths, and divide the upper portion of th
conveyor.
The ends of the laths 62 are received between the fingers or pins a projecting
from the peripheries of the discs or wheels A, whereby the conveyor is set in motion.
when one disc or wheel A is rotated.
The rotation of the driving discs or wheels A of the conveyor B is effected either
by hand by means of wheel gearing and crank handles, or by means of a belt from
hafting.
During the movement of the conveyor, the bottles are laid into those portions of
he same that are bounded by the fingers or pins 64, boards 63, and projections 6º, and
hey are conveyed on to the end discs or wheels A where in consequence of their own

page_text: weight, resting upon the before mentioned fingers or pins they slide down along the
circular are like wall c of the trough C, and finally are immersed by the fingers or
pins 6 which overcome their tendency to float in the liquid.
The bottles now rest against a flat wooden floor located in the trough, which
floor consists of narrow cross boards d' connected by longitudinal wooden pieces d;
the boards d¹ being arranged with the grain end upwards.
The bottles are rolled along between the travelling conveyor and the rough floor,
and are thereby thoroughly cleaned on their outsides, whilst the cleansing liquid
passes into the bottles.
As the immersed bottles contain air, their tendency to rise in the liquid due to the
displacement of the liquid, would tend to raise the travelling conveyor.
In order to prevent this, there is provided above that portion of the conveyor
which is in the trough below the surface of the liquid, a frame whose end is attached
at to the trough, and which carries weights k², whereby the bottles are pressed
against the rough floor D.
When the bottles have reached the end of the floor D, they rise by displacement,
and they are brought by the fingers or pins along the curved wall c¹ of the trough C
again to the upper part of the machine, where in a cleaned condition they are
removed and emptied.
That portion of the travelling conveyor which is for the time being outside the
trough, is supported between the discs or wheels A by pullevs or rollers c² mounted
on the trougli, in order to prevent excessive sagging of the conveyor.
The longitudinal walls of the trough Care prolonged in an upward direction in
order to prevent liquid from splashing out of the trough.
The cleaned bottles, and also the bottles to be cleaned, are arranged on a table c³
attached to the trough.
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W. LLOYD WISE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Cleaning Bottles.
A communication from abroad by Witwe ANDREAS SAXLEHNER geb. EMILIE PELIKAN,
Proprietress of the firm of Andreas Saxlehner, of Budapest, Hungary.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of No. 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
London, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, 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:-
This invention relates to a machine for cleaning simultaneously a large number of
boules, and comprising an endless conveyor caused to travel continuously through
cleansing liquid in a trough. Upon this endless conveyor (hereinafter called the
conveyor) the bottles are arranged in one or more rows between suitable devices and
are conducted against a cleaning surface in the trough, the arrangement being such
that the bottles roll along this surface and are thereby cleaned on their outer surfaces,
whilst the liquid passing into them cleans their insides.
The ends of the trough where the bottles enter and leave the liquid, respectively,
are curved in such a manner as to prevent the bottles from falling out of the
conveyor.
The drawings filed with my Provisional Specification illustrate a bottle cleaning
machine constructed according to this invention.
Referring to these drawings,
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation ;
Fig. 2 is a cross section through the middle;
Fig. 3 is a cross section Lear one end through the conveyor pairs of discs or
rollers;

page_text: Fig. 5 is an end elevation to the same scale;
Figs. 6, 7 and 8 illustrate portions of the travelling belt respectively in plan, cross
section, and longitudinal section.
The bottles to be cleaned are laid in parallel rows side by side on the conveyor B
which is stretched over two or more pairs of discs or wheels A. The lower part of
the conveyor dips into a trough C which is filled with water or other liquid serving
to clean the bottles. The side walls of the trough carry the bearings of the shafts a
of the discs or wheels A. The conveyor B consists, as can be seen in Figs. 6-8, of
two (or there might be more) strips or bands b of yarn clamped at certain intervals
between laths or slats 61 and 62. At both ends of the upper laths or slats b' there are
corresponding to the outer form of the upper portion of the bottle small boards or
pieces 63 provided with recesses. These boards are fixed by means of screws and
fingers or pins 64 having rounded ends.
The lower laths or slats 62 are somewhat wider than the upper ones and are provided
in the middle with prismatic projections or small wooden blocks 5 which project
through the intervals of the upper laths, and divide the upper portion of the
conveyor.
The ends 6 of the laths or slats 2 are received between the fingers or pins a¹
projecting from the peripheries of the discs or wheels A, whereby the conveyor is set
in motion when one disc or wheel A is rotated.
The rotation of the driving discs or wheels A of the conveyor B is effected
either by hand, by means of wheel gearing and crank handles, or by means of a belt
from shafting.
During the movement of the conveyor, the bottles are laid into those portions of
the same that are bounded by the fingers or pins 4, boards ³, or pieces and pro-
jections 65, and they are conveyed onto the end discs or wheels A where in consequence
of their own weight, resting upon the before mentioned fingers or pins, they slide
down along the circular are like wall c of the trough C, and finally are immersed
by the fingers or pins 64 which overcome their tendency to float in the liquid.
The bottles now rest against a flat wooden floor 1) located in the trough, which
floor consists of narrow cross boards or pieces of wood d¹ connected by longitudinal
wooden pieces d; the pieces d' being arranged with the grain end upward.
The bottles are rolled along between the travelling conveyor and the rough floor,
and are thereby thoroughly cleaned on their outsides, whilst the cleansing liquid passes
into the bottles.
As the immersed bottles contain air, their tendency to rise in the liquid due to
the displacement of the liquid, would tend to raise the travelling conveyor.
In order to prevent this, there is provided above that portion of the conveyor
which is in the trough below the surface of the liquid, à frame k whose end is
attached at to the trough, and which carries weights ², whereby the bottles are
pressed against the rough floor D.
When the bottles have reached the end of the floor D, they rise by displacement,
and they are brought by the fingers or pins along the curved wall c¹ of the trough C
again to the upper part of the machine, where in a cleaned condition they are removed
and emptied.
That portion of the travelling conveyor which is for the time being outside the
trough, is supported between the discs or wheels A. by pulleys or rollers c² mounted
on the trough, in order to prevent excessive sagging of the conveyor.
The longitudinal walls of the trough C are prolonged in an upward direction in
order to prevent liquid from splashing out of the trough.
The cleaned bottles, and also the bottles to be cleaned, are arranged on a table c³
attached to the trough.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A bottle cleaning machine having an endless travelling conveyor such as B

page_text: mounted on discs or wheels A, and adapted to be continuously moved through a
trough C containing cleansing liquid, the arrangement being such that bottles can
be laid upon the said conveyor and be by it carried over and pressed against a
rough surface such as that of the floor D, so that they roll along over the same, the
bottles being held to the travelling conveyor on entering and leaving the liquid, by
correspondingly curved trough-walls e, c¹.
2. In a bottle cleaning machine of the kind referred to in Claim 1, a travelling
conveyor upon which the bottles are laid, consisting of two strips or bands of yarn b
clamped between cross laths or slats 61, 62, the upper cross laths or slats carrying
small boards or pieces 63 and pins 64 having rounded ends for guiding the bottles,
and the lower and wider cross laths or slats 62 having projections or ears be
for propelling the travelling conveyor and carrying small blocks 65 in the middle.
3. In a bottle cleaning machine of the kind referred to in Claim 1, a floor in the
trough consisting of cross pieces of wood, d¹ having the rough end grain directed
upward and held together by longitudinal pieces of wood d against which cross
pieces d' the bottles are pressed and rolled along by the travelling conveyor.
4. In a bottle cleaning machine of the kind referred to, the arrangement of curved
walls cc of the trough adapted to the end form of the travelling conveyor for the
purpose of enabling the bottles to be readily immersed in and raised out of the trough
by the travelling conveyor or its fingers or pins &.
5. The arrangement of a wooden frame loaded with weights 2 above the portion
of the travelling conveyor within the trough for the purpose of causing the conveyor
to press the bottles underneath it against the rough floor or surface below them.
6. In a bottle cleaning machine of the kind referred to, a table c³ attached to the
trough above the travelling conveyor for the reception of bottles.
7. The combination of parts constituting the improved bottle cleaning machine
constructed arranged and operating as shewn in and described with reference to the
drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of Sentember 1890
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham.