US798986A - Bottle washing and conveying machine. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1904.

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BOTTLE WASHING AND CONVEYING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed May 16,1904. Serial No. 208,071.

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Be it known that I, CARI. VICTOR 'IUNnLIUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois. have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bottle \Vashin g and ConveyingMacl1ines,(G-ase No. 1,)of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to bottle washing and conveying machines; and its object is to provide a machine of novel construction having a more simplified arrangement and construction of parts and having greater efiiciency than has heretofore been attained.

Machines of this class have been constructed in which rotatable bottleracks are employed, thus necessitating a more or less complicated construction and arrangement of parts. Brush-spindles have also been employed that were raised and lowered into the bottles, which also required a complicated arrangement of actuating parts and of watersupply mechanisms.

The number of parts in my present machine is a minimum and arrangement thereof is such as to cause the machine to be easily and readily operated with great efficiency, conveying mechanism being also employed for receiving the washed bottles from the machine and conveying them therefrom.

My invention will be more readily understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation view of the machine, the right half thereof being in longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation view thereof. Fig. 8 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the mannerof controlling the water-supply. Fig. 5 is a detail view of an improved bearing employed in connection with the brush-spindles. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the connection of a cam-roller for actuating a valve-controlling lever. Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of a bearing through which spirally grooved shafts pass; and Fig. 8 is a sectional view of Fig. 7, taken on line 8 8 thereof.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the specification.

A bedplate 1 is mounted on legs 2 2 and 3 3, standards a 4: extending upwardly from the bed-plate 1 and terminating in bearings 5 5, in which is journaled a brush-shaft 6. A main driving-shaft T is journaled in adjustable boxes 8 8, supported between adjustingscrews 9 9, extending through the top and lower walls 10 11, respectively, of openings 12, a driving and idle pulleys 13 and 14, respectively, being mounted at the end of the shaft. The lower plates 11. are secured by means of bolts 15 15, whereby the drivingshaft and journal-boxes may be readily removed from the machine. A transmissionpulley 16 is secured to the other end of the driving-shaft and connects by a belt 17 with a pulley 18, mounted on the brush-shaft 6. Supporting or slide rods 19 and .19 are secured to the bed-plate and extend upwardly into engagement with a top plate 20. Bearing-boxes 21and 21 are disposed on the top of plate 20, the reduced ends 22 and 22 of the rods 19 19 preferably passing thcrethrough and through the plate and engaged by nuts 23, whereby the bearing-boxes may be securely clamped to the plate 20. Shafts 2i 24 are journaled in boxes 21 and 21, respectively, and at their forward end are engaged by crank-arms 2.5 and 25 and at their other end by gear- wheels 26 and 26, said gears having both bevel and circumferential teeth.

A bearing-frame 27 is secured to the top plate 20 and supports a shaft 28, carrying a bevel-pinion 29 and a sprocket-wheel 30, a chain belt 31 connecting said sprocket-wheel with a driving-sprocket 32 on brush-shaft 6. Pulley 18 has a greater diameter than driving-pulley l6, and sprocket-wheel has a greater diameter than driving-sprocket 32, and consequently the speed of brush-shaft 6 is reduced, and the speed of the pinion-shaft 28 is still further reduced. The peripheral teeth of gear-wheels 26 26 are in mesh, and upon actuation of the driving-shaft the pinion 29 causes these gear-wheels to rotate in the direction shown by the arrows. The mechanism actuated upon rotation of each gear-wheel is exactly similar, and it will be necessary to describe only one set of mechanism. Any number of sets, however, may be employed; but to provide for the operation of a machine-by a single attendant l preferably provide but two sets of mechanisms, each set adapted to receive and to wash two bottles, the crank- arms 25 and 25, however, being disposed one hundred and eighty degrees apart, whereby the mechanisms are alternately similarly actuated.

An upper cross-head 33 and a lower crosshead 34 are slidably mounted on the pairs of slide-rods l9 and 19, the bearings 33 and an,

respectively, at the ends of these cross-heads being provided with bushings 32 32. Side rods 35 35 connect together the upper and lower cross-heads, and a connecting-rod 36 is pivoted at its lower end to the upper crosshead and at its upper end to a crank-pin 37. The lower cross-head is provided with a pair of hollow bushings 38, each bushing having a .pocketed head 39 for receiving the mouth of a bottle. The bases of the bottles are adapted to be engaged by upper sockets 4O 40, each secured at the lower end of a bottleshaft 41. These bottle-shafts pass through bearings 42 in the upper crosshead and through bushings 43 and openings 44 through the plate 20 and bearing-frames 21, respectively. Each bushing 43 is provided with a feather 44, Fig. 7, adapted for engaging a spiral slot 45 about the bottle-shaft passing through the bushing, and thus as the crosshead frame is lowered and raised the bottleshafts will be given rotary motion, this rotary motion being transmitted to the bottles engaged by the upper sockets and to the bushings 38, which rotate in their hearings in the lower cross-head. Each bottle-spindle is provided above the upper cross-head with an adjustable collar 46, which uponupward travel of the cross-head frame is engaged by the upper cross-head to raise the bottle-shafts, while downward travel of the cross head frame causes the upper sockets to engage the bottles. Any variation of length of the bottles placed between the cross-heads is thus taken up by the bottle-shafts to the amount of play between the cross-head and sockets, according to the adjustment of collars 46.

To provide for the reception of varioussized bottles, I provide slots or notches 47 47 at the lower end of each of the side rods 35, and at the upper end of these rods I provide slots 48, tension-springs 49 being interposed between the upper and lower cross-heads. Pins 50, extending from the ends of the lower cross-head, are adapted to be engaged by the notches 47, and pins 51, extending from the ends of the upper cross-head, are adapted to engage in slots 48, secured to the lower crosshead. Springs 50 engage the backs of the side rods to hold the notches 47 in engagement with the pins 50. The end of each crank-arm is provided with a series of holes 52 52, adapted for the reception of the crankpin 37, and the end of each connecting-rod is also provided with holes 53 53, similarly spaced as holes 52 and also adapted for reception of the crank-pin. These holes 52 and 53 have the same spacing as the notches 47 at the ends of the side rods 35. The lowest notches on the side rods 35 are shown in Fig. 1 as engaging the pins 50, and the lowest hole through the connecting-rod and the end hole of the crank-arm are shown as engaged by the crank-pin, and consequently the machine is adjusted to receive the largest-sized bottle.

If it is desired to wash the next smaller sized bottle, for instance, the upper cross-head will be moved toward the lower cross-head one space distance and the second notch in the side rods will engage the pins 50, while the crank-pin will engage through the second openings of the connecting-rod and crankarm. Any number of notches and openings may be provided and the machine thus adjusted for different sizes of bottles. By this manner of adjustment the upper cross-head will at all times travel downwardly to the same lower position to carry the bases of the bottles at all times to the same position relative to brush-spindles which enter the bottles, as will be later described.

In Fig. l the left half of the machine shows the cross-head frame in its uppermost position, while the right half shows the frame in itslowermost position, the bottles 6 in the left half having been just released by the upper bottle-sockets, and as the entire machine is tilted forward, as shown in Fig. 2, the bottles willfall forwardlyinto receiving-troughs, as will be further explained hereinafter. After these bottles have fallen out the machine attendant places two other bottles on the lower bottle-sockets 39, and upon the downward stroke of the connecting-rod the upper crosshead will move downwardly and the bottlespindles will be rotated, as before described, there being no motion imparted to the lower cross-head as the pins 51 travel in the slots 48. When the upper sockets engage the bottles, the rotary motion of the shafts 41 is transmitted thereto and the bottles are rotated during the entire downward passage of the crosshead frame and are washed, as Will be later described. Upon the return stroke of the connecting-rod the tendency will be to raise the upper cross-head away from the lower cross-head owing to the slots at the upper end of the side rods 35, the pins 50 upon descent of the cross-head frame being disposed near the lower end of these slots. Thesprings 49, however, prevent separation of the crossheads, and thus upon upward travel of the frame the bottles are maintained between the cross-heads by the tension of these springs. When near the upper end of the stroke, the lower cross-head frame engages stop-pins 56, secured to the sliderods,the upper cross-head, however,continuingits upward travel until the end of the connecting-rod stroke is reached and the upper sockets are again removed to release the bottles, which fall forward, as before described.

1 shall now describe the manner in which the interior and exterior of the bottles are washed as. the cross-head frame is raised and lowered.

I provide stationary hollow brush-spindles 57 57, which terminate at their upper ends in brushes 58 58. These brush -spindles when the cross-head frame is in its uppermost position extend a slight distance into the hollow bushings 38, and in this position the brushes 58 are entirely disposed within these bushings. As the cross-head frame is lowered the hollow bushings 38 and the bottles pass over the spindles, which are rotated, water at the same time being admitted from the hollow spindles, as will be described later, to supply the brushes, which thoroughly scour the interior of the bottles. As the upper cross-head travels to the same lowermost position regardless of the size of bottle, the bottles will at all times be lowered so that the spindle-ln'ushes pass the entire length therethrough and engage the bottom of the bottles. The lower end of each brush-spindle is secured in a hollow shaft 59, which journals in a bearing-frame 60. (Best shown in Fig. 5.) This bearing-frame 60 is provided with a flange 61 and a threaded end 62, a nut 63 engaging this threaded end to securely clamp the bearing-frame to the floor of the frame 1. An additional bearing-frame 61 is secured to the lower end of the shaft 59, being clamped between a shoulder 65 on said shaft and a nut 66. This bearing-frame 61 has threaded engagement at its upper end with a flanged nut 67, and its lower end is provided with a shoulder 68. A bevel friction-pinion 69 may thus be clamped between the shoulder 68 and the flanged nut 67. The friction-pinions of each pair of spindles are disposed side by side, as shown in Fig. 1, and the driving-shaft T is provided with friction-gears 70, having bevel surfaces 71 for engaging between and against the friction-pulleys of each pair of spindles, and thus upon rotation of the driving-shaft rotation is imparted to the spindles. It will thus be seen that the two bearing-surfaces T2 and T3 are provided for the spindles, the friction-pinion frame bearing on the outside surface of the stationary frame 60, while the shaft 59, secured to the friction-pinion frame, bears against the interior surface of the stationary frame 60. This double bearing feature prolongs the life of the spindle-bearings, as the wear thereon is a minimum. The adjustable journal-boxes 8 enable adjustment of the driving-shaft and friction-wheels T0 to compensate for wearing of the friction-surfaces.

As before stated, the brush-spindles are hollow, and a pipe 75 extends upwardly a short distance into the lower end of each shaft 59, which is also hollow. Each pipe 75 from the pairs of spindles communicates with a pipe 76, leading to a two-way valve 77, fed from a supply-pipe 78. A valve-lever 79 extends from the valve and pivotally engages a slot 80 in the end of a Y-shaped lever 61, pivoted at an intermediary point 82 to the end of a depending support 83. The gears 26 .26 are provided upon their back with circular slots or grooves 85 85, in which cam-rollers 86 86 may be, respectively, adjustably secured, as best shown in Fig. 6. As the gear-wheels a the arms 87 87' of the lever 81 to rotate this lever about its pivot ('2 to open the valve to allow a flow of water to the corresponding brush-spindles. in Figs. 1 and *1 the camroller 86 is shown as having just moved the arm 87 to open wide the valve to allow the full water-flow through the spindles to feed the brushes, which at this point engage with the bottoms of the bottles, as shown in the right half of Fig. 1. The cam-roller 86 is just engaging the arm 87 to return the lever 61 to close the valve 2 the bottles are raised and subseqently will move the lever 81 and the valve-lever to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 to open wide the water-smJply for the bottles in the left side of the machine when they have reached the bottom of their stroke. This valve-controlling mechanism by means of the mljustable cam1'ollers is preferably adjusted so that when the brushes are just leaving the mouths of the bottles the water-supply will continue a short while and will flow into the bottles in a clear stream to thoroughly rinse from the bottles any hairs or other foreign substances which might remain after the brushes are withdrawn. To also thoroughly wash the exterior of the bottles, 1 provide cylindrical brushes 90, mounted upon the brush-shaft 6 and in the path of the rotating and reciprocating bottles. A continuous stream of water is supplied to these brushes through a pipe 91, which connects with the main source of supply at a point in advance of the valve 77. Thus as the bottles are raised and lowered by the reciprocating cross-heznl frame the revolving brushes 90 thoroughly scour the exterior thereof and the bottles fall from the frame thoroughly cleaned. As before stated. the entire machine is tilted forward to cause the bottles to fall forward upon release thereof, and I shall now describe the manner in which the bottles are guided and delivered to the conveying mechanism, this being best shown in Fig. 2.

Bearing-frames extend from the frame of the machine, preferably below the bedplate thereof, and support a shaft 96, upon which is mounted a ratchet-wheel 97 and sprocket-wheels 98 98, the sprocket-wheels being engaged by leather or chain endless belts 99 99. To these chain-belts are secured boards or supports 100, provided with tapered openings 101 for receiving the necks and shoulders of the inverted bottles I). A bellcrank lever 10). is pivoted at its elbow between bcarings 103 101, a pawl 105 being pivoted to the lower end of the arm 106 of the lever, a tension-spring107 connecting the lower end of the arm 106 with the machine frame. An actuatii'lg-rod 108 is pivoted at its lower end 109 to the end of the other bellcrank arm 110 and is adapted to be engaged by a stop 111, secured to either lower crosshead, in the figure being shown as secured to the lower cross-head at the right side of the machine. The rod 108 is guided through an opening in the end of a guide-rod 112, extending from the machine-frame. Upon upward travel of thelower cross-arm thestop 111 is carried upwardly away from the rod 108 and the tension-spring 107 will return the bell-crank lever, so that the pawl 105 will engage another tooth of the ratchet-wheel 97, and upon descent of the cross-head the stop 111 will again engage the rod 108 to revolve the bellcrank lever, whereby the ratchet-wheel is revolved the space between two teeth and the conveyer-belt advanced. A shaft 113 is pivoted in bearings 11 1 at the end of supportingrods 115, extending from the machine-frame. Troughs or scoops 116 116 are pivoted on this shaft, the troughs being disposed in position to receive the bottles as they fall from the machine after washing. A guiding-chute 117 leads from the troughs to the conveyer mechanism, the upper edge thereof being shaped to form a stop 118, against which the front edges of the troughs are normally held by counterweights 119, secured to the troughs. As a trough receives a bottle the increased weight causes the trough to swing downwardly to deliver the bottle mouth foremostv into the sockets or openings provided in the cross-boards of the conveyer-belts, the bottle being guided into said openings by the chute 117. Partitions 120 and a back shield 121 serve to guide the falling bottles into their respective troughs, these partitions and back wall being supported on the rods 115.

As best seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the bottles from the left side of the machine are just falling into their troughs to be delivered to the conveyer mechanism to assume the position shown in dotted lines. The cross-head frame at the right side of the machine is in its lowermost position and the bottles therein are being washed, the rod 108 being in engagement with the stop 111, the conveyerbelt having just been advanced to bring an empty cross-board into position to receive the bottles from the left side of the machine. The attendant replaces the bottles which fall from the left cross-head frame, which frame then descends, so that the bottles may be washed, while the right cross-head frame ascends to bring its bottles to the delivery position and to release the bell-crank lever. When at the upper end of its stroke the right crosshead frame releases its bottles-,which drop into their respective chutes and aredelivered into the other two openings in line with the bottles delivered from the left cross-head frame. After replacing the bottles the right crosshead frame again descends to engage the rod 108 and the-conveying mechanism is again advanced to bring the next vacant cross-board into position for receiving the washed bottles from the left cross-head frame, and so on.

The troughs may converge from the machine toward the shaft 113, and thus a more compact conveyer mechanism may be obtained.

A shield 122 may extend from the machineframe and about the exterior brushes 90 to protect the attendant from the water thrown therefrom.

I thus provide a bottle-washing machine which is very simple in construction and arrangement and which can be more readily operated than prior machines of this kind. As the speed of rotation of the gear-wheels 26 26 may be made very slow, the machine will be practically noiseless and the gears will be practically free from wear.

The machine herein described is particularly adaptable for operation by one attendant, it being only necessary for him to replace two bottles at each time in the cross-head frames, all other operations being automatically performed by the machine and the washed bottles being automatically conveyed therefrom. A greater numberof cross-head frames,-

however, might be provided for each machine and provision may be made for the reception of more than two bottles in each cross-head. I do not wish to be limited, therefore, to the exact construction and arrangement as described, as these changes and many other changes in construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

1 claim as new, however, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a bottle-Washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods, extending therefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said rods, means for reciprocating said frame on said rods, an upper and a lower cross-head for said frame, upper bottle-sockets carried by said upper cross-head for engaging the bases of the inverted bottles, lower bottle-sockets carried by said lower cross-head for engagingthe mouths of said bottles, hollow bushings attached to said lower bottle-sockets, stationary brushspindles adapted to enter said bottles through said hollow bushings upon descent of said frame, brushes at the end of said spindles, and means for rotating said upper bottle-sockets and said bottles only upon reciprocation of said frame, substantially as described.

2. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said rods, means for reciprocating said frame on said rods, an-

upper and a lower cross-head for said frame, upper bottle-sockets carried by said upper crosshead and adapted to engage the bases of the bottles, lower bottle-sockets carried by said lower cross-head and adapted to engage the mouths of the bottles, hollow rotatable, bushings extendingfrom said lower bottle-sockets, stationary spindles provided with brushes at their ends normally disposed in said hollow bushings, said spindles and brushes being adapted to enter said bottles upon descent of said frame, means for supplying water to the interior of said bottles, and means for rotating said spindles, substantially as described.

3. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom. a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said rods, means for reciprocating said frame on said rods, an upper and a lower cross-head for said frame, upper bottle-sockets carried by said upper crosshead adapted for engaging the bases of the bottles, lower bottle-sockets carried by said lower cross-head adapted to engage the mouths of the bottles, hollow bushings forming part of said lower bottle-sockets, stationary spindles provided with brushes normally disposed in said hollow bushings, said spindles and brushes being adapted to enter said bottles upon descent of said frame, means for supplying water to the interior of said bottles, means for rotating said spindles, and means for rotating said upper bottle-sockets and said bottles upon reciprocation of said frame, substantially as described.

4. .In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said rods, means for reciprocating said supporting-frame, an upper and a lower cross-head for said frame, upper bottlesockets carried by said upper cross-head for engaging the bases of the bottles, lower bottle-sockets carried by said lower cross-head for engaging the mouths of the bottles, hollow bushings attached to said lower sockets, stationary hollowspindles provided with brushes at their ends disposed in said hollow bushings of the frame in its upper position, descent of the frame causing said bottles to pass over said brushes and spindles, means for supplying water to the interior of the bottles through said hollow spindles, means for rotating said spindles, and means for rotating said upper bottle-sockets and the bottles engaged thereby, substantially as described.

In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said rods, means for reciprocating said supporting-frame, an upper and a lower cross-head for said frame, upper bottle-sockets carried by said upper cross-head for engaging the bases of the bottles, lower bottle-sockets carried by said lower cross-head for engaging the mouths of the bottles, hollow bushings passing through the lower cross-head to said lower sockets, stationary hollow spindles provided with brushes at their end disposed in said hollow bushings of the frame in its upper position, descent of the frame causing said bottles to pass over said brushes and spindles, means for supplying water to the interior of the bottles through said hollow spindles, means for rotating said spindles, and means for rotating said upper bottle-sockets and the bottles engaged thereby only upon reciprocation of said bottle-snpporting frame, substantially as described.

6. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of an upper supporting-plate, vertical guide-rods uniting said frame and plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, a crankarm pivoted at the top of said plate, a connecting-rod uniting said crank-arm and said bottle-supporting frame, means for causing rotation of said crank-arm whereby said bottle-supporting frame is reciprocated, an upper and a lower cross-head for said bottle-supporting frame, vertical shafts journaled in said upper cross-head and extending upwardly through bushings in said top-supporting plate, upper bottle-sockets secured to the lower ends of said shafts for engaging the bases of the bottles, lower bottle-sockets on said lower cross-head for receiving the mouths of the bottles, a spiral groove about each shaft, a feather in each bushing for engaging the groove of the corresponding shaft, whereby said shafts and bottles are rotated as the bottle-supporting frame is reciprocated, and means for washing said bottles upon reciprocation of the bottle-supporting frame, substantially as described.

7. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-framc, of an upper supporting-plate, vertical guide-rods uniting said frame and plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, a crank-arm pivoted on said top plate, a connecting-rod connecting said crank-arm with said bottle-supporting frame, means for causing rotation of said crank-aim whereby said bottle-supporting frame is rcciprocated on said guide-rods, an upper and a lower crosshcad for said bottle-supporting frame, means for securing the bottles between said upper and lower cross-heads, means for washing the bottles internally and externally upon reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frame, means for adjusting said cross-heads for the reception of different-sized bottles, and means for adjusting the lengths of the crank-arm and crank-rod to cause the lower cross-head to stop at all times at the same upper position, substantially as described.

8. In a l )ottle-\\"ashing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of an upper supporting-plate, guide-rods uniting said frame and plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said rods, a crank-arm pivoted on said top plate, a connecting-rod connecting supporting frame, means for rotating said crank-arm, whereby said bottle-supporting frame is reciprocatcd on said guide-rods, an

said crank-arm with said bottleupper and a lower cross-head for said bottlesupporting frame, side rods for said supporting-frame connecting said upper and lower cross-heads, means for adjusting the length of said side rods and of said connectingrods whereby said bottle-supporting frame may receive different-sized bottles, and means for washing said bottles internally and externally upon reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frame, substantially as described.

9. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of an upper supporting-plate, guide-rods connecting said frame and said plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, means for reciprocating said bottle-supporting frame on said guide-rods, an upper and a lower cross-head for said reciprocating frame, side rods for connecting said cross-heads, means for adjusting the length of said side rods between said cross-heads, whereby said bottle-supporting .frame may receive bottles of different sizes, tension-springs interposed between said cross-heads for retaining bottles between said cross-heads, and means for washing said bottles internally and externally up'on reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frame, substantially as described.

10. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of an upper supporting-plate, guide-rods connecting said frame and plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, a crankarm pivoted on said top plate, a connectingrod connecting said crank-arm with said bottle-supporting frame, means for causing rotation of said crank-arm, whereby said bottlesupporting frame is reciprocated on said guiderods, an upper and a lower cross-head for said reciprocating frame, upper bottle-sockets carried by said upper cross-head for engaging the bases of the bottles, lower bottle-sockets carried by said lower cross-head for engaging the mouths of the bottles, side rods for connecting said cross-heads, a tension-spring connecting said cross-heads for retaining said bottles between the sockets, and means for washing said bottles upon reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frame, substantially as described.

11. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of an upper supporting-plate, Vertical guide-rods connecting said frame and plate, a bottle-supporting frame on said guide-rods, a crank-arm pivoted on said supporting-plate, a connecting-rod connecting said crank-arm with said bottle-supporting frame, means for causing rotation of said crank-arm, whereby said bottle-supporting frame is reciprocated on said guide-rods, an upper and a lower cross-head for said reciprocating frame, upper bottlesockets carried by said upper cross-head, lower bottle-sockets carried by said lower cross-head side rods connecting said cross-heads, a slot at the upper end of said side rods, pins in said upper cross-head for engaging said slots, a tension-spring connecting said cross-heads, the bottles upon the downward stroke of the reciprocating frame being held in place due to the pressure thereon of the upper sockets, said bottles upon the upward stroke of the reciprocating frame being held between the sockets by said tension-spring, and means for washing the bottles upon reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frame, substantially as described.

12. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of an upper supporting-plate, vertical guide-rods connecting said frame and plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, an upper and a lower cross-head for said bottlesupporting frame, a crank-arm at the top of said supporting-plate, a connecting-rod connecting said crank-arm with said upper crosshead, means for causing rotation of said crankarm, whereby said bottle-supporting frame is reciprocated on said guide-rods, upper bottlesockets carried on said upper cross-head, lower bottle-sockets on said lower cross-head, side rods connecting said cross-heads, a slot at one end of said side rods, pins in the corresponding cross-head for engaging said slots, tension-springs connecting said cross-heads, the bottles upon the downward stroke of said reciprocating frame being held in position by the pressure thereon of the upper bottle-sockets, said bottles upon the return stroke of said reciprocating frame being held between the sockets by said tension-springs, a stop for limiting the upward travel of said lower crosshead, said crank-arm being adjusted to cause a continued ascent of the upper cross-head after said lower cross-head is stopped, whereby said upper sockets are removed from said bottles, and means for washing said bottles upon reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frame, substantially as described.

13. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extendingtherefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, means for causing reciprocation of said bottlesupporting frame, upper bottle-sockets journaled in said bottle-supporting frame, lower bottle-sockets in said bottle-supporting frame for engaging the mouths of the bottles, stationary brush-spindles adapted to enter said bottles through said lower sockets upon descent of said reciprocating frame, brushes at the ends of said spindles, frictioh-pinions at the lower ends of said spindles, a friction: wheel engaging said friction-pinions, whereby said spindles are rotated, spirally grooved shafts secured to and extending from the upper bottle-sockets, and stationary feathered bearings through which said shafts pass, whereby said bottles are rotated only upon reciprocation of said frame.

H. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, bottle-supporting frames mounted on said rods, means for causing reciprocation of said supportingframes. a pair of upper bottle-sockets journalcd in each bottle-supporting frame, a pair of lower bottle-siniporting sockets journaled in each bottle-supporting frame for receiving the mouths of the inverted bottles, a pair of stationary 'n'ush-spindles for each bottle-supporting frame adapted to enter the corresponding bottles through the lower bottlesockets as the reciprocating frame descends, stationary bearings in which the lower ends of the spindles are journaled, frictionpinions secured to the lower ends of tlle spindles, a friction-wheel for each pairof frictionpinions engaging between said pinions whereby said ln'ush-spindles are rotated, spirallygrooved shafts secured to the upper bottlesockets, and stationary feathered bearings through which said shafts pass, whereby the bottles are rotated only upon reciprocation of said frame.

15. In a bmtlc-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending there from, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, means for causing reciprocation of said bottlesupporting frame, upper bottle-sockets journaled in said bottle reciprocating frame for engaging the bases of the bottles, lower bottlesockets on said frame for engaging the mouths of said bottles, stationary mush-spindles adapted to enter said bottles through the lower bottle-sockets as the reciprocating frame (lescends, a stationary bearing for each spindle secured to said supporting-frame in which the lower end of the spindle is journaled, a cylind rical extension from each stationary bearing, a bushing secured to the lower end of each spindle adapted to bear about the cylindrical extension, a friction-pinion on said spindle, friction wheels engaging said friction pinions, whereby said spindles are rotated, spirallygrooved shafts extending upwardly from the upper bottle-sockets, and stationary feathered bearings through which grooved shafts pass, whereby said bottles are rotated only upon reciprocation of said frame.

16. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of an upper supporting-plate, two pairs of guiderods connecting said lower frame and said u pper plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on each pair of guide-rods, a gear-wheel pivoted on said upper plate over each of said bottle-supporting frames, said gear-wheels being in mesh, a crank-arm for each gearwheel, said crank-arms being displaced one hundred and eighty degrees, a connecting-rod connecting each crank-arm with the corresponding bottle-supporting frame, a piniongear engaging one of said gear-wheels, means I l l for causing rotation of said pinion-wheel, whereby both crank-arms are actuated to cause reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frames on said guiderods, upper bottle-sockets on each reciprocating frame, lower bottle-sockets on each frame for receiving the mouths of the bottles, hollow stationary brush spindles adapted to enter said bottles through said lower sockets upon descent of the reciprocating frames. a supply-pi pe for supplying water to the spindles, a valve in said supply-pipe, a separate branch pipe leading from said valve to the spindles associated with each reciprocating frame,a cam-roller on each gear-wheel, lever mechanism intervening between said cam-rollers and said valve, and means for causing engagement of said cam-rollers with said lever mechanismfor allowing water to flow through said valve alternately to said branch pipes, substantially as described.

17. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of an upper supporting-plate, two pairs of guiderods connecting said lower frame and said upper plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on each pair of guide-rods, a gear-wheel pivoted on said top plate over each bottle-supporting frame, said gears being in mesh with each other, a crank-arm for each gear-wheel, said crank-arms being displaced one hundred and eighty degrees from each other, a connecting-rod connecting each crank-arm with the corresponding bottlc-supporting-frame, a pinion-gear engaging one of said gear-wheels, means for causing rotation of said pinionwheel, whereby said crank-arms are actuated to reciprocate said bottle-supporting frames, upper bottle-sockets for each reciprocating frame for engaging the bases of the bottles, lower sockets for each reciprocating frame for engaging the mouths of the bottles, a set of stationary hollow brush-spindles for each reciprocating frame adapted to enter said bottles through said lower sockets upon descent of the reciprocating frames, a main water-supply pipe, a valve introduced in said pipe, a separate branch pipe leading from said valve to each set of hollow brush-spindles, a lever-arm for said valve, a Y-shaped actuatinglcver engaging said valve-arm at its lower end and pivoted intermediary of its end, and an adjustable cam-roller for each gear-wheel, each roller adapted to engage one of the ends of the Y-shaped lever. said cam-rollers serving to actuate said Y-shaped lever to control the valve-lever to allow water-supply through said valve alternately to said branch pipes, whereby water is admitted to the interior of said bottles upon reciprocation of said bottle-bearing supporting-frames, substantially as de scribed.

18. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with alowersupporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom,a bottlesu pporting frame mounted on said guide-rods,

upper and lower cross-heads for said bottlesupporting frame, means for causing reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frame, upper bottle-sockets on said upper cross-head and lower bottle-sockets on said lower cross-head between which the bottles are secured,means for washing said bottles upon reciprocation of said supporting-frame, means for separating the cross-heads at the upper part of the stroke of the supporting-frame whereby said bottles are released, said machine being tilted whereby said bottles tend to fall from the machine upon release thereof, bottle-conveying mechanism secured to and leading from said machine, and troughs for receiving the bottles as they fall from the machine and for delivering them to the conveying mechanism, substantially as described.

19. In a bottle-washing machine,the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, a bottlesupporting frame mounted on said guide-rods,

upper and lower cross-heads for said bottle-' supporting frame, means for causing reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frame, upper bottle-sockets on said upper cross-head and lower bottle-sockets on said lower cross-head between which the bottles are secured, means for washing said bottles upon reciprocation of said supporting-frame, means for separating the cross-heads at the upper part of the stroke of the supporting-frame,whereby said bottles are released, said machine being tilted whereby said bottles tend to fall from the machine upon release thereof, bottle-conveying mechanism secured to and leading from said machine, troughs for receiving the bottles as they fall from the machine and for delivering them to the conveying mechanism, and means for causing an advancement of the conveying mechanism upon each stroke of the reciprocating frame, substantially as described.

20. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rodsextending therefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, means for causing reciprocation of said bottlesupporting frame,upper bottle-sockets on said bottle-supportingframe for engaging the bases ofthe bottles, lower rotatable bottle-sockets on said frame for engaging the mouths of the bottles, stationary brush-spindles adapted to enter said bottles through said lower sockets upon descent of said reciprocating frame, brushes at the ends of said spindles, a bevel friction-wheel engaging said friction-pinions at the lower end of each of said spindles, a bevel friction-wheel engaging said frictionpinions whereby said spindles are rotated, a shaft secured to and extending upwardly from each upper bottle-socket, and means for causing rotation of said shaft only upon reciprocation of said reciprocating frame.

21. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, means for causing reciprocation of said bottie-supporting frame, a pair of upper bottlesockets on said bottle-supporting frame for engaging the bases of the bottles, a pair of lower rotatable bottle-sockets on said bottleframe for engaging the mouths of the bottles,

a pair of stationary brush-spindles adapted to enter said bottles through said lower sockets upon descent of said reciprocating frame, brushes at the ends of said spindles, a bevel friction-pinion at the lower end of each spindle, a bevel friction-wheel engaging between both bevel-pinions whereby said spindles are rotated, shafts secured to and extending upwardly from the upper bottle-sockets, and means for causing rotation of said shafts only upon reciprocation of said frame.

22. In abottle-washing'machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, means for causing reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frame, a pair of upper bottle.- sockets on said supporting-frame for engaging the bases of the bottles, a pair of lower rotatablebottle-sockets on said bottle-supporting frame for engaging the mouths of the bottles, two stationary brush-spindles mounted side by side and adapted to enter the corresponding bottles through the lower sockets upon descent of said reciprocating frame, brushes at the ends of said spindles, a bevel friction-pinion at the lower end of each spindle, a bevel friction-wheel extending between and engaging both of said bevel-pinions for causing rotation of said spindles, means for adjusting said friction-wheel with respect to said friction-pinions to compensate 'for wearing, spirally grooved shafts extending upwardly from the upper bottle-sockets, and stationary feathered bearings in which said shafts pass whereby said bottle-sockets and bottles are rotated only upon reciprocation of said frame.

23. In abottle-washingmachine, the combination with a lower supportingframe,of an up per supporting-plate, two pairs of guide-rods connecting said lower frame and said upper plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on each pair of guide-rods, a gear-wheel pivoted on said upper plate over each of said bottlesupporting frames, said gear-wheels being in mesh, a crank-arm for each gear-wheel, a connecting-rod connecting each crank-arm with the corresponding bottle-supporting frame, a pinion-gear engaging one of said gear-wheels,

and means for causing rotation of said pinion-wheel, whereby both crank-arms are actuated to cause reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frames on said guide-rods.

24:. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of an upper supporting-plate, vertical guide-rods uniting said frame and plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, an upper and a lower cross-head for said bottle-supporting frame between which bottles areheld, a crank-arm pivoted on the upper plate, a connecting-rod disposed between said crank-arm and the upper cross-head, means for adjusting the length of said connecting-rod and crankarm, and means for adjusting the distance between said cross-heads.

25. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of stationary vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, a bottle -supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, an upper and a lower cross-head for said bottle-frame between which the bot-- tles are disposed, bearings at the ends of each crosshead for engaging said guide-rods, means for adjusting the distance between said cross-heads and springs connecting the cross-heads for causing said bottles to be yieldingly clamped in said frame.

26. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of stationary vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, a bottle -supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, an upper and a lower cross-head for said bottle-frame, bearings at the ends of each cross-head for engaging said guide-rods, means for adjusting the distance between said cross-heads, and means for causing the lower cross-head to come to the same upper position for any adjustment of the distance between the cross-heads.

27. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of an upper supporting-plate, guide-rods connecting said frame and plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, means for causing reciprocation of said frame on said guide-rods, an upper and a lower cross-head for said reciprocating frame, bottle-sockets carried by said cross-head between which bottles are held, and means for automatically releasing the bottles from said sockets upon the upward stroke of the bottle-su p porting frame, substantially as described.

28. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of an upper supporting-plate, guide-rods connecting said frame and plate, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, means for causing said bottle-supporting frame to be reciprocated on said guide-rods, an upper and a lower cross-head for said sliding frame, upper bottle-sockets carried by said upper cross-head, lower bottle-sockets carried by said lower cross-head, means for causing bottles to be held between said upper and lower sockets upon descent of said sliding frame, and automatic means upon ascent of said frame for releasing the upper bottle-sockets from said bottles, the entire machine being tilted, thereby causing the released bottles to fall therefrom,

29. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, a bottlesupporting frame mounted on saidguide-rods, means for causing reciprocation of said bottlesupporting frame, an upper and a lower crosshead forsaid sliding frames, sockets carried by said cross-heads between which bottles may be held, side rods pivoted at one end to one of said cross-heads, notches at the other end of said side rods, and pins in the other cross-head for engaging said notches, whereby the distance between said cross-heads may be adjusted.

30. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-rods, means for causing reciprocation of said bottle-supporting frame, a pair of upper bottlesockets upon said supporting-frame for engaging the bases of the bottles, and a pair of lower bottle-sockets on said sup porting-frame for engaging the mouth of the bottles, two stationary brush-spindles mounted side by side and adapted to enter the corresponding bottles through the lower sockets upon descent of the reciprocating frame, brushes at the ends of said spindles, a bevel friction-pinion at the lower end of each spindle, a bevel friction-wheel extending between and engaging both of said bevel-pinions to cause a retation of said spindles, a shaft upon which said friction-wheel is mounted, bearings for said shaft, and means for vertically adjusting said bearings, whereby said friction-wheel may be adjusted with respect to the bevelpinions engaged thereby.

31. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of a vertical guide-rod extending therefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said guide-r01, means for causing the reciprocation of said .bottle-supporting frame, upper bottle-sockets on said frame for engaging the bases of the bottles, lower sockets on said reciprocating frame for engaging the mouths of the bottles, stationary brush-spindles adapted to enter said bottle through the lower sockets upon descent of the reciprocating frame, a stationary bearing for each spindle secured to said supporting-frame, a cylindrical extension from each stationary bearing, a bushing 6 L secured to the lower end of each spindle adapted to hear about said cylindrical extension, said extension and said bushing forming a double bearing for the spindles, a bevelpinion mounted on said bushing, and bevel friction-wheels engaging the friction-pinions to cause rotation thereof, and means for adjusting said friction-wheels with respect to the friction-pinions. A

32. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a lower supporting-frame, of vertical guide-r0ds extending therefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said rods, means for reciprocating said supportingframe, an upper and a lower cross-head for said frame having bearings for engaging said guide-rods, upper bottle-sockets in said upper cross-head, lower bottle-sockets in said lower cross-head, means for causing yielding connection between said cross-heads whereby the bottles are yieldingly held between the sockets, means for causing rigid connection between the cross-heads at the upper end of the stroke of the reciprocating frame and means for washing the bottles upon reciprocation of the frame.

33. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of vertical guide-rods extending therefrom, a bottle-supporting frame mounted on said rods, means for reciprocating said supporting-frame, an upper and a lower cross-head for said frame having bearings for engaging said rods, upper bottle-sockets on said upper cross-head, lower bottle-sockets on said lower cross-head, springs yieldingly connecting said cross-head whereby the bottles are yieldingly held between the sockets, side rods for rigidly conmeeting said cross-heads at the end of the upnecting said cross-heads at the end of the upper stroke of the bottle-supporting frame, means for adjusting the length of said side rods to adjust the distances between said bottle-sockets and means for washing the bottles upon reciprocation of said frame.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 13th day of May, A. D. 1904.

CARL VICTOR TUNELIUS. Witnesses:

CHARLES J. SCHMIDT, HARVEY L. HANSON.

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