Machines intended for turning bottles flasks or the like

Abstract

Abstract A MACHINE FOR TURNING BOTTLES HAS A ROTATING DRUM WITH FIXED RADIAL ARMS BETWEEN WHICH THE BOTTLES ARE SEIZED ONE BY ONE AT AN INPUT ZONE AND BORNE TO AN OUTPUT ZONE. EACH BOTTLE IS SEQUENTIALLY TURNED PARTLY OR FULLY UPSIDE DOWN DURING THE TRANSIT. EACH ARM BEARS A PAIR OF PADS, ONE IS ROTATABLE AROUND A HORIZONTAL AXIS AND HAS A CONCAVE FACE CORRESPONDING TO THE CURVATURE OF THE BOTTLE NECK AND ACCOMPANYING THE BOTTLE AS IT TURNS, THE OTHER IS BORNE ON A RADIALLY OUTER END OF A BENT FINGER HINGED AT ITS ANGLE TO THE ARM SO AS TO BE ANGULARLY DISPLACEABLE. THE SHANK OF THE FINGER PROJECTS INTO AN AXIAL CYLINDRICAL CAVITY OF THE ARM AND IS ACTUATED BY A PUSH ROD SLIDING IN THIS CAVITY AGAINST A RETURN SPRING. THE PUSH ROD, CUSHIONED BY AN INTERMEDIATE SPRING, IS ACTUATED THROUGH A FURTHER ROD DRIVEN BY A CAM ON THE DRUM, SO AS TO GRIP A BOTTLE BETWEEN THE PADS. THE TURN PAD IS EQUIPPED WITH A NOZZLE FOR INJECTING WASHING LIQUID, INTO THE BOTTLE NECK AUTOMATICALLY AT SELECTED POSITIONS AND IS SUPPLIED THROUGH A CHANNEL AND TURNCOCK PROVIDED IN THE TURN PAD AND ARM. A VALVE COCK GOVERNED BY CAMS DRIVEN BY THE DRUM CONTROLS THE SUPPLY TO EACH ARM AND A TURNING JOINT IN THE AXLE OF THE DRUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LIQUID DISTRIBUTOR HAVING AN OUTLET TO EACH ARM.

Inventors

• 👤 Rene Perrier

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