Bottle washing machine with improved rinsing means

Claim 1

IN A BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE, (A) A CONVEYOR HAVING BOTTLE RECEIVING POCKETS TO LOOSELY RECEIVE BOTTLES AND TO CARRY THEM INVERTED AS THE CONVEYOR MOVES ALONG A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL STRETCH, (1) THE POCKETS BEING EQUISPACED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE CONVEYOR; (B) A LOWER SPRAY HEAD MOUNTED BELOW SAID STRETCH OF THE CONVEYOR FOR BACK AND FORTH MOVEMENT ALONG A PATH SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID STRETCH OF THE CONVEYOR, (1) SAID LOWER SPRAY HEAD HAVING UPWARDLY FACING NOZZLES TO PROJECT STREAMS OF CLEANSING LIQUID INTO BOTTLES, THE MOUTHS OF WHICH ARE ALIGNED WITH THE NOZZLES, SAID NOZZLES BEING SPACED APART LENGTHWISE OF THE CONVEYOR THE SAME DISTANCE AS ARE THE POCKETS, AND BEING ARRANGED IN AT LEAST TWO GROUPS; (C) BOTTLE POSITIONING MEANS AT EACH OF SAID NOZZLES TO ENGAGE THE MOUTHS OF BOTTLES THEREABOVE AND ALIGN THE SAME WITH NOZZLES, (1) SAID BOTTLE POSITIONING MEANS AT SAID GROUPS OF NOZZLES BEING DISPOSED TO TILT THE BOTTLES ENGAGED THEREBY, IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS; AND (D) UPPER SPRAY NOZZLES MOUNTED ABOVE SAID STRETCH OF THE CONVEYOR, SAID UPPER SPRAY NOZZLES BEING ARRANGED TO PROJECT STREAMS DOWNWARDLY ONTO THE TILTED BOTTLES.