US1560237A - Method of and apparatus for washing bottles - Google Patents

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Nov. 3, 1925.r

C. W, HOTTMANN METHOD OF AND APlf'ARATUS `FOR WASHING BOTTLES 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. e. 1923 yENToR= v YAT1 oRNEYs.

C. W. HOTTMANN A METHOD 0F AND APPARATUS Fon wAsHNG BOTTLES Filed' Aug. 6, 1923 2 Shets-Sheet 2 0N 1. veg-9 of f/o. l.

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Patented Nov. 3, 1925i.

"UNITED STATESI CHARLES` W. HOTTMANN, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

METHOD 0F AND APPARATUS FOR WASHING BOTTLES. i

Application led August 6, 1923; Serfal No. 655,801.,

To all whomct may conce/m Beit known that I, @Hannes W. Horr- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of `Philadelplria and StateA otPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Method o-f and Apparatus for lashing Bottles, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates in general to a class 0i devices employed for the cleansing or cleaningout of the interiors of bottles, jars, vessels and other liquid containers, from the insides of which it is desired to remove all traces or remainders of the contents after the bottles or` containers have been emptied. i

My invention further relates to the use for the purposes of such cleansing both of shot and of a fluid, such as for example, water; and its principal object is the construction of a washing apparatus to which an emptied, but internally dirty', bottle or other vessel is applied, and into the mouth, spout or discharging opening of which shot is introduced under' the) high pressure of a spout or column ofL injected fluid, preferably water, which occasionsnot only the introduction of the desired quantity' of shot through the mouth into the hollow interior of the bottle or other vessel, but also its circulation within and throughout said' interior, so that by the welll known action of the shot the entire interior is both rapidly and thoroughly cleansed,the shot, for further use, being returned to its original holder and the dirty water permitted to escape.

My invention further eornprehend's a novel method of effecting the circulation of the shot.

A further and important object of my invention is the construction of an inexpensive and simple deviceparticularly adapted, for instance, for household use, which can be placed near a sink, a water faucet of which can be utili-Zed for the water supply and the sink itself for the water discharge.

A further object in the same connection is that the device should bef small and of compact construction so that it can be easily carried and' easily moved from place tol place,A and which is adapted either to be stood upon a level surface such as a table or a drain' board, or, if desired, to be attached to a wall or` other upright surface.

I do not, however', of course,` confine my-v self to the use of a single Washingdevice` but contemplate the assen'iblagel of my bottle washers in any desired plurality and ar rangement, so that a large number of bottles can simultaneously befwashed.

With the foregoing', and other, objects: in view, my invention eomprehends a bottle washing device of the character hereinafter described and claimed.

For the purposeof illustrating my invention I have sho-wn in the accompanying drawings a certain type and embodiment 'of it which is at present preferred by me becausein practice it has given satisfactory and reliable results. i It is to be understood, however, that the various instrumenta'liti'es in which my invention is shown as embodied can be variously arranged and organized,

and that my invention is not therefore limit-- ed' tothe precise' arrangement and organization of the instrumental-ities shown in the drawings and hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a side elevational view of'a bottle washing apparatus embodying my invention.

Figure 2 represents the apparatus of Fig'- ure l centrally and vertically sectioned throughout, illustrati-ng' also a fragmentary and partially sectional Viewof a bottle in place in the Washer. y

Figure 31 represents` a plan of my Washer, the bottle not having been introduced.

Figure 4 represents a sectiony on the line f--a of Figure 2. Y

Figure 54 represents a perspective of the basket removed from the machine.

Figure Grepresentsa side elevation of the secondary injector removed from the ma chine.

Figure 7 representsa fragmentary view of a part of the shot container removed from the machine.

Figure 8` represents a section on the line 8-8 of Figure 2.

Figure 91 represents a section on the line 9-9 of Figure l. Y

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts. j

In the drawings, l designates the' base of my washer, of any preferred form and construction, upon which the machine itself rests Erected from this base is` a supporting standard 2, the hollow interior 3- ofI which at its upper part is formed into or* provided 4, below which and, in the construction through a gasket 8 to a pivotal connectionv at 9 with the inner end of a lever 10 fulcrumed at 11 to the base 1 and at its outer end pivoted at 12 to an operatingy rod 13 hereinafter described.

Below the valve 6 awater supply connection in the form of a nipple ltextends laterally from the hollow interior of the standardtoV a connection, conveniently being a water tube 15, with a faucet or other source of water supply. y

Surrounding the exterior of the supporting standard 2 is a fixed sleevev16 which at its upper end is formed into or connected with the basal portion of a preferably 'conical hopper 17 which I use.

19v designates what I call a casing or basket-container in the form of an opentopped cylinder, within which is contained a basket 20, being a cylindric body formed of wire gauze or equivalent foraminous mafor containing the shot 18 vterial and open at both top and bottom? The basket 2O is centered within its con'- tainer 19 preferably by peripheral beads 21 and 22 of which 21 bears against the inner walls of the container and 22 rests against the upper inner rim of the hopper on the line of its circular bend with regard t-o the container.

23 designates a diaphragm fixedly secured within the basket near its lower open end. This diaphragm serves as the article support upon which is adapted to rest the mouth 24 of a bottle or other container 25, and for convenience in centering the bottle in its introduction' into the basket I surround a central opening 26 in the diaphragm with a circular slope 27 as best seen in Figure 2.

Encompassing the nozzle of the primary injector 11 is what I call an injecting chamber 28, formed by conical extension 3() of a rotatable sleeve 29 which fits concentrically around and is rotatable within the outer fixed sleeve'16, as seen in Figures 2, 6, 8, and 9,-the said conical extension 30 being continued upward through the basket 2O to form what I call a secondary injector 31 which extends sufficiently beyond the basket to be entered within the neck of a bottle so as to terminate about within the bottle throat 32, as clearly seen in Figure 2.

In order to make possible the rotary movement of the sleeve 29 to `a given distance within the fixed sleeve, see Figures 6 and 7, I use a thumb-piece 34 being a rod fixed to and extending 'radially outward from the movable sleeve 29 through a slot 33 in the fixed sleeve, as seen in Figure 1.

rIhe purpose of rotating the movable sleeve 29with reference to the fixed sleeve 16 is to cause the closing or opening of shotopenings 35 in the fixed sleeve, see Figure 7, by the rotary movement of segmental webs 36 formed between the conical extension 3() and the movable sleeve 29 which are formed between shot openings 37 in the movable sleeve, as seen in separated relationship in Figures 6 and 7, and in closed relationship in VFigure 8.

Obviously,.when the shot openings 35 and 37 register, the shot in the hopper 17 will fall into the basal portion of the injecting chamber 28 and be subject to the suction of the water stream passing through the primary injector 4 and upwardly into the secondary injector 31.

The operation of my machine is due primarily to the control of the valve 6 with relation to its seat 5, and this control is effected by the operation of a lever 38 the inner part of which is located in the hopper, the fulcrum 39 of which Vis attached to the basket container 19,r and the extension 40 of which outside of the hopper is connected through the operating rod 13 with the lower lever 10 already described. Thus, in the voperating position illustrated in F igure'2,

the water valve 6 has been opened by the vvpressure of the mouth of the bottle when the bottle has been introduced between the bottle supporting arms l11 upon the lever 38 so as to `deflect it from the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2 into that shown in full lines in said figure.

/12 designates a plurality of water outlets through the side walls ofthe basket-container, which in conjunction, if desired, with lateral openings 43 in the diaphragm, see Figure 3, serve to `permit of the discharge of the water after it has performed its oiiice of cleansing and scouring a particular bottle. lIn the descriptionof the construction of the' apparatus, the operation and function of the several parts has` been so clearly described that a further description of the operation as such is, as I think, unnecessary.

I may add, however, that whatever be the character of the bottle, jar, or otherhollow article to be cleaned, it will be apparent that when it has been introduced into the basket, its action upon the then closed water valve, through the connecting lever devices will cause the opening of the valve andpermit of theinrush of the water through the injectors and the utilization of its inducting action to effect such a circulation in the injecting chamber as will draw the shot into said chamber and cause such a circulation throughout the hollow interior of the article to be cleansed as by the scouring action will occasion the very rapid cleansing of the entire interior of the article to be cleansed.

The withdrawal of vthe article after the cleansing operation has been completed, will effect the release of the upper lever and through the lever connection the closure of the valve to stop the supply of iuid and permit of the gravitative return of the shot through the opening in the diaphragm into the shot hopper, the dirty water discharging itself through the water outlets and openings oi' the container.

In operating the device it is, oi' course, necessary, before inserting the bottle, to cause the registry of the shot openings 35 and 37 by the thumb-piece 84, that the shot will be tree to return into the bottom ot the injecting chamber 28.

It is possible to operate the machine ff without opening and closing the shot openings, but it is of advantage that they be opened or closed. For example, in some cases it is desirable to rinse the bottles, in

which case the openings through which they shot passes may be closed.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful bottle cleaner which embodies the vfeatures of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the in vention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that "1 such embodiment issusceptible of modificaprovided with a vertical, hollow standard which standard Vhas a restricted passage forming a nozzle, a casing forming a shot receiving chamber, a basket within said casing which casing is carried by said standard, a control valve for said restricted passage, a lower lever 'ulcrumed to said base one end of which lever is connected with said alve, a rod connected to the other end or saidflever, an upper lever tulcrumed to said casing and having one end projected there? into and the other end connected to said rod, the free end of said upper lever normally being adapted to be tripped by a rbottle neck and means carried within said basket to support the neck of a bottle. l

2. In a bottle washing machine, a base provided with a vertical, hollow standard which standard has a restricted passage forming a nozzle, a casing forming a shot receiving chamber, a toraminous basket within said casing which casing is carried by said standard, a control valve tor said restricted passage, a lower lever ulcrumed to said base one end-ot which lever is connected with said valve, a rod connected to the other end ot' said lever, an upper lever tulcrunied to said casing and having one end projected thereinto and the other end connected to said rod, the tree end ci said upper' lever normally being in substantially horizontal position above said toraminous basket and adapted to be tripped by a bottle neck, and means carried within said oraminous basket to support the neck of a bottle.

" CHARLES W. HOTTMANN.

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