US1245658A - Bottle-capping machine. - Google Patents

Description

H. E. ASBURY.

BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 2. 1.911.

1 ,245,658. Yatend Nov. 6, 1917.

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H.-E.A ASBURY.

BOTTLE cAPPlNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION flLED FEB. 2. 1911.

1,245,658. Patented N0v.6,1917.

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H. E. ASBURY; A

BOTTLE CAPFING MACHINE.

. APPLCATIO 1 ,245,658. Patented NQV. 6, 1917. 3 EEEEE s; S H E E T 3.

' tion 11 on which is mountedthe guide'itrame- UNITED sTAjTEs PATENT oPEIon HARRY E. AsEURY, 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENNsELvANIA, AssIGNoE To THE ENTER PRISE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0E PENNSYLVANIA, 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENN- sYLvANIA7 A .CORPORATION '0E PENNsYLvANIA. v

BOTTLE-CAPPING MACHINE.

Specifica-tion o'f Letters Patent.

Application led February 2, 1917 Serial No. 146,137.` v l To aZZ 'whom t may concern: [j Y Be it known that I, HARRY E. ASBUEY, a citizen of theUnited States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Bottle Capping Machines, of which the following 1s a speci fication. Y

a comparatively cheap and effective machine for capping bottles.

chine that it can be used in the household.

In the accompanying drawings :n

Fig. 6, is a detached` perspectivefviewlv illustrating ithe two parts `oi"- the Ymain frame; '-.A r. i

F ig. V7, is a detached perspective view illustrating the two' parts Aoi the guide fra-me; and

Fig. 8, 'is a perspective View of a crown cap used in my machine. g

My improvedbottle capping machine is adapted for securing crown caps to bottles, such as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 8,V in which 1 is the bottle having an annular recess 2.-

3 is the cap having a langeffi, Ywhich is crimped, the flange being ofrsucha depth-l that it will enter the groove 2 in the bottle when pressure vis applied by the machine. Y

Thefniain `frame V5 of the machine is adapted to be secured to a table or to aA shelf, as shown at m, and is made in halves 5EIL and 5", clamped together by transverse screws 6. On the main frame is an exten'- Y sion 7j, which projects over the table and below the table is an'extension 8 in which is clamped a nut 9. Through this nut passes a clamp screw10'whic'h secures'the'frame to'` the table.V The frame has a reduced-'Apor- 12. This guide frame is made in two parts,

as shownin Fig. 7, and the two parts are `secured to the main frame by means of partly by hinged clamps 14; the clamps are One objectief my invention is to construct Patenteuivov.' 6, i917.

connected together by a headed rod 15 which passesl through openings in the clamps and has a handlednut 16 thereonso that, on turning the nut, the clamps H are drawn toward each other and clamp the two vertical rods 17: in position.

AVi'cross head 18 is carried by the rods 17T and the rods are reduced in diameter andu are secured to the cross` head by nuts 19. Figure l, isv a front elevation, with the In the cross head is a cylinder 20located in stem 22 :which extends through the upper end ofthe cylinder, as shown, and surrounding the stein 22 is a spring 23 which tends to force the plunger downward toward the bottle. A- pin 24 limits the downward movement of the plunger. The opening fork thecylnider directly below the `plunger vis beveled, as shown, and at Vthe baclrofthe 4cross head is aV lug 25 forming a gage when setting the vcross head.

Mountedin the main frame is aplunger 26 carrying'the table 27 on which thebottle is mounted. The plunger is prevented from turning in the main frame by-a `rib 35 on the plunger, whichv is adapted'to agroove 36 in the frame. The plungerlis vmade cruciform in cross section, in the present instance,l to lighten the machine. On the tableis a V-shaped guide 28 having a stem 29 which passes through a lug on the table and is held`l n thecenter 'line of the machine and mounted -f i in this cylinderisa` plunger 21 havingv a in the adjusted position by a set screw' 30, j

sot-hat the guide can be adjusted-to accom# J modate bottles of different diameters in or-4` der to bring the center of the bottle in proper alinement with the `erosshead 18.

31 `is a Vhand lever having :trunnions 32 mounted in openings-32a in the main frame,

and the short --arm of this lever 31 is con;

plunger 21 in the i to their normal positions, I mount al coiledV spring Sli'within the casing ormedby the frame 5. One end ofthe coiled spring is attached to the trunnions 32 of the lever 3l and the other' end is hooked onto a projection 3l in the casing. Stops 37 and 37 limit the movement of the hand lever 31.

In machines of this type it is essential that the parts can be adjusted to a bottle so as to insure the proper capping of the bottle. rllhis is accomplished by limiting the movement of the lever so as to limit the elevation of the table and, in order to properly locate the cross head with respect to the table, the lug 25 is provided, and a bottle placed on the table without the cap is so located that the cross head can be forced down until the gage lug comes in contact with the top of the bottle, then rods carrying the cross head are clamped in position, thus setting the machine for bottles of a given height and, when the ca p is applied to the mouth of the bottle and the lever forced down until it comes in Contact with its stop 3T, the bottle will be raised to the proper distance to allow the cap to be crimped accurately and securely onto the mouth of the bottle.

The operation is as follows The cross head is adjusted vertically to the height of a bottle to be capped and the guide 28 is also adjusted to the diameter of the bot-tle. A cap, such as illustrated in Fig. S, is placed on the bottle and by merely depressing the lever to its full extent, the movement being limited by the stop 37, the bottle, with the cap thereon, is forced against the plunger 2l and the beveled edge of the cylinder forces the corrugated flange of the cap into the groove 2 of the bottle, securely fastening the capito the bottle. On releasing the lever it will be returned against the stop 37a by the spring and the bottle with the cap will be withdrawn from the cross head and can be removed and another substitutedl for it.

By making the main frame 5 in two parts, as shown inF ig. 6, and the guide frame also in two parts, as shown in Fig. 7, these elements can be made of simple castings without machining or elaborate fitting, as maehines of this type must be made cheaply so as to be sold at a reasonable rate to householders and to those who do a comparatively small amount ofl bottling.

I claim.:-

l. The combination in a bottle capping machine, of a. table; a cross head; means for adjusting the cross head; means for moving the table and cross head in respect to each other; and a gage lug on the cross head arranged to rest on the top of the bottle when the machine is being set so as to insure the proper adjustment ofthe machine to certain size bottles.

2. The combination in a bottle capping machine, of a frame; a table mounted on the frame; an operating lever for raising the table; means for limiting the movement of the lever; a cross head; means for adjustably securing the cross head to the frame; crimping means carried by the cross head; and a gage lug on the cross head so that when a bottle is mounted on the table the cross head is adjusted so that the lug will rest on the top of the bottle, insuring thel proper operation of the machine when the bottle is capped.

3. The combination in a bottle capping machine, of a main frame; a guide frame clamped thereto; rods mounted in the guide frame; means for adjustably holding the rods in position; a cross head carried by the rods; a spring-pressed plunger mounted in the cross head, said cross head being shaped so as to cause the flange of a cap to be pressed onto a bottle when the bottle vis forced against the cross head; a table mounted in the main fra-me; and a lever for forcing the table upward so that the vbottle and the cap will be clamped between the table and the plunger in the cross head.

et. The combination of a main frame made in two parts, each part having a clamp section arranged to extend over a table; a nut confined between the two parts of the main frame; a clamp screw adapted to the nut; a two-part guide frame clamped 'toV the main frame; vert-ical rods adjustably mounted in the guide frame; a table having a plunger adapt-ed to the main frame a lever connected to the plunger of the table; a cross head carried by the upper ends of the rods; and a spring-pressed plunger in the cross head, the cross head being shaped to act upon the ange of a cap, which is mounted on a bottlevcar-ried .by the table so that, when the lever is moved, the table will be raised and the flange of the cap will be forced onto the bottle.

5. The combination in a bottle capping machine, of a main frame made in two parts, each part having a bearing for a plunger and recessed to receive a lever and having a clamping member arranged to be secured to a table; a plunger mounted in the main frame; a' table on the plunger; means for preventing the plunger turning; a lever having trunnions mounted in openings in the main frame; a link connecting the lever with the plunger of. the table; a guide frame having a socket at each end; a rod mounted in each socket;a cross head carried by the rods, the-said cross head'having a cylinder formed therein; and. a spring-pressed plunger mounted in the cylinder and arranged to engage the cap on the bottle so that as the table is raised by the lever the cap will be forced onto the bottle and its flangev will enter the groove in the. bottle.

6. The combination in a bottle capping machine,of a main frame; a two-part guide :frame clamped to the main frame; a socket at each end of the guide frame; rods adapted to the sockets; pivoted clamps for securing the rods in the position to which they are adjusted; a bolt extending from one clamp to the other; a nut on the bolt for drawing the clamps together; a cross head carried by the upper ends of the rods, said cross head having a cylinder therein flared at its outer edge; a spring-pressed plunger located Within the cylinder; a table carried by the main frame; and means for vertically moving the table so as to cause the bottle with the cap thereon to be forced against the spring-pressed plunger of the cross head.

7. The combination in a bottle capping machine, of a two-part main frame having means for clamping the frame to the table, each part being shaped to receive a plunger and recessed to accommodate the operating lever; a connecting link; a guide frame made in two parts and secured to the reduced portion of the main frame; a clamp at each end of the guide frame forming a socket; a rod mounted in each socket; means for causing the clamps to engage the rods; a cross head carried by the upper ends of the rods, said cross head having a cylinder flared at its lower end; a spring-pressed plunger mounted in the cylinder; a table having a plunger located in the main frame; means for preventing the table from turning in the frame; an operating lever having trunnions mounted in the main frame; a link connecting the short arm of the lever with the plunger; a spring attached to one of the trunnions of the lever and to a lug on one section of the casing; a stop on the casing to limit the downward movement of the lever; and a guide on the table for the bottle so that, when the bottle is placed on the table withy the cap in position andthe lever is operated, the table Will be raised so as to force the cap in contact with the plunger of the cross head, and, on continuing the movement until the lever comes in contact with its stop, the flange of the cap will be clamped to the bottle.

In Witness whereof I aIiX my signature.

HARRY E. ASBURY.

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