AN APPARATUS FOR RINSING BOTTLES AND GLASSES."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Dollheiser, of Cologne, in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturer, for an Invention of "AN APPARATUS FOR RINSING BOTTLES
AND GLASSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Dollheiser at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th October 1881.
JOHN DOLLHEISER, of Cologne, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer.
"AN APPARATUS FOR RINSING BOTTLES AND GLASSES."
The apparatus used for rinsing bottles and glasses is a self acting machine, and
can be applied to any place where there is an artificial supply of water, either with
or without pressure.
The vessel or envelope marked a, a, Fig. 1 in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
can be made of sheet iron or any other suitable material, and is fastened by three
iron supports to an iron plate. At the bottom it has an orifice or outlet pipe k,
Fig. 1, to let off the waste water. In the centre of the envelope is a finely
perforated pipe or tube b surrounded at equal distances by three other pipes or
tubes c, d, e, Fig. 2, finely perforated, having junctions or connections at the base of
pipe b. At the top of pipe b is a steel tip or nozzle screwed or fastened on to be
used when bottles require to be cleansed. This is removed when glasses are
cleansed, and a tube h, Fig. 3, fitted on pipe b, having wires in the shape of a pear,
so that the glass may sit more easily when being cleaned; the pipe h is fastened to
the pipe b by means of a peg. For the purpose of using the apparatus a bottle is
placed on the steel tip, and on turning on the water the water enters the machine
through the orifice f, Fig. 1, passing into the pipes b, c, d, e, causing the machine to
turn round; the jets from the pipes c, d, e, Fig. 2, are directed against the bottle
in a tangentical direction, the bottle being turned round very rapidly, thus
cleaning or rinsing the bottle or glasses quickly and thoroughly, the waste or used
water passing out at the orifice or outlet pipe k, Fig. 1.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Dollheiser in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th April 1882.
"
JOHN DOLLHEISER, of Cologne, in the Empire of Germany, Merchant. AN
APPARATUS FOR RINSING BOTTLES AND GLASSES."
This Invention relates to an improved apparatus for rinsing bottles and glasses,
and has for its object to afford a ready means of thoroughly and effectually cleansing
these articles. Such improved apparatus is automatic in its operation, and can
readily be employed wherever there is an artificial supply of water either with or
without pressure.
And in order that my said Invention may be better understood and readily
carried into effect, I will now, with the aid of the accompanying Drawings, whereon
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, proceed more particularly
to describe and ascertain the same.
Figure 1 shews a view in side elevation of my improved apparatus for cleansing
bottles, and Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same taken on the line l, m,
Figure 1; Figures 3 shew similar views of a modification of such apparatus
suitable for rinsing glasses. a is a metal casing made of sheet iron or other
suitable material, and supported on standards a¹ fastened to a base plate a³.
The base of such metal casing is of a conical shape and terminates in a nozzle f,
through which the water enters, as presently described, when the machine is in use.
An outlet pipe k is also provided in one side of such conical base, in order to allow
of the waste water being let off, while fitted in the centre of such metal casing is a
finely perforated tube b, surrounded at equal distances by three other tubes c, d,
and e, each perforated in a similar manner, and connected at their bases with the
centre tube 6 by means of a junction b¹.
When it is required to clean a bottle, a tip 6' is screwed on to the top of the
centre tube b, upon which tip the bottle is placed, as indicated by dotted lines in
Figure 1. The water is then turned on, and entering the machine through the
nozzle passes into the perforated pipes b, c, d, e, from which it issues in jets,
which are forcibly directed against the sides of the bottle tangentially, and the
bottle being turned round very rapidly by the force of the jets it is thus quickly
and thoroughly cleaned, the jets from the centre tube cleansing the inside, while
the jets from the other tubes cleanse the outside thereof, as seen in Figure 2.
When it is desired to use the apparatus for rinsing glasses the steel tip b¹ is
removed, and instead thereof a tube h (Figures 3) is fitted on the tube b, to which
it is fastened by means of a peg h¹, while mounted upon such tube h are three
wires i, which together form a pear-shaped frame, whereon the glass rests easily and
securely (as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 3) while being rinsed.
Having thus particularly ascertained and described the nature and operation of
my said Invention, and the manner of carrying the same into effect, I would have
it understood that what I claim and desire to secure by the hereinbefore in part
recited Letters Patent is,-
1stly. For the rinsing of bottles, the improved apparatus consisting of metal
case a, standards and base plate a', a', perforated tubes b, c, d, e, junction b¹, nozzle f,
and outlet pipe k, in combination with the tip b³, all substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated.

page_text: 2ndly. For the rinsing of glasses, the improved apparatus hereinbefore mentioned
in combination with the tube h, peg h', and wires i, all as herein before described
and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Dollheiser, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.
JOHN DOLLHEISER. (L.s.)