US1109075A - Bottle filling and capping machine. - Google Patents

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y0. LANGB. BOTTLE FILLING AND CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLIGTIION FILED MAY 2B, 1913. l

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.v

4 SHEETS-sum1,

gmw e O. LANGE. n BOTTLE FILLING AND CAPPING MAGHINE.

AP/PLICATION FILED MAY 28113.

v Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2. l'

O. LANGE. BOTTLE FILLING AND GAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28,'l1913,

1,109,075. Patented lSep1;.1,1914y l 4 HEBT T s.

' @lime/Z355 L0. LANGE. BOTTLE FILLING AND OAPPING MACHINE.

APBLIQATION NLBD MAY 2a, 1913,

Patented sep1.1,1914.

4 SHQEETSwSHEET 4.

'NIT STATE@ OTTO LANGE, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE FILLING AND CAPIING MACHINE.

Liemers.

Application filed May 28,

Specification of Letters Patent Y Patented Sept. liv, Mbits.

1913. sei-mink. 770,409.

To all 107mm t may concern:

le it known that l, O'r'ro LANGE, a subject ol the Emperor of Germany, and a res'ident of Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Filling and Capping Machines, of which the followingkis a specification.

rThe primary object of this invention is to provide a machine for automatically filling and capping (or otherwise closing) bottles. ln the drawings, the bottles depicted are ordinary milk bottles and the closures which are adapted to be applied thereto are the customary caps or disks of wood pulp o1 similar material; but the machine, however, is adapted to operate upon bottles of any size or shape, milk` bottles being shown merely by way of example, and the ina-chine will apply any lorm ot' closure which can be lorced into place either within or upon the mouth of a bottle by pressure from above.

Most bottle-filling and capping machines now upon the market are very complicated and expensive, and, moreover, require several experienced attendants for each niachine. rl`hose bottlers transacting only a limited volume of business, therefore, could not prolitably heretofore employ a bottleiilling and capping machine, but continue to do the work by hand. The machine torming the subject-matter ot' this application, however, is .iiar more simple in construction than most ofi the machines now upon the market, and can be operated by a single attendant. In this machine, a case of empty bottles-is manually placed in position beneath the iilling head before the machine begins to operate, the case containing the empty bottles being set in the path of travel of a vertically-ieciprocating table which cai'- ries the bottles upwardly toward the iilling head.' rlhis table moves vertically but not longitudinally, and the single attendant places` the empty bottles above the table and then iemoves the same after they have been both l'illed and capped. The bottles are carried upwardly in Figs. .l and 2 toward the filling devices; and the mechanism for capping the bottles is carried toward the bottles and the caps applied thereto, the capping mechanism being thereafter automat- I ically \\itln lrawn from the capped bottles to starting position.l

'In'inost prior machines the bottles are irst moved into enga-gement with the filling mechanism and then the illed bottles themselves are transferred lo another part of the machine where the bottles come into engagement with the capping devices; hence such prior' machines require at least one attendant to feed the empty bottles to the machine at one end, another attendant or attendants being required to remove the filled and capped bottles at the opposite end of the machine; and if the attendants do not work i in harmony or if one continues to work while the other is idle, the bottles are frcquently broken and their contents destroyed. This machine, however, is an improvement upon the old-'style construction, and is so built that the capping` mechanism is moved toward and away from the stationary bottles.` A single attendant can wait upon this machine, for one man can both place the empty bottles and remove the full ones. The single attendant, moreover, can wait upon several machines, for while the bottles in one machine are being filled, he may busy himseltl by placing empties in a. second machine, and so on. This machine, too, can be driven with much less power than most prior machines, for it is easier to moveV the capping devices (which are relatively light in` weight) than it is to transfer the heav-y iilled bottles from one place to another.

lnl'he drawings, Figure lisa side elevation of the machine; Fig. l is an end elevation looking toward the left, Fig. l, some of the parts, however, being shown in section; Fig. 3 is a top plan view looking down from above, the milk tank and illing-head being removed: Fig. t is a detailed sectional view ot' a part of the apparatus Ytor selecting caps l'rom the magazines and forwarding the same; Fig. 5 is a sectional view oll one ot the valves in the iilling-head; Figs. (S, T, and 8 are diagrammatic views iniflieatingthe arrangement ot the teeth upon the mutilated gears 'forming part ot the driving mechay nis-m; Fig. S) is a diagrammatic view, indi- I, eating thel driving shafts which are belted to h the machine; Fig. l() is a detail ot the'clutch l shifting devices; Fig. 1.1 is a section on the line llll, Fig. l0; Fig. 12 is a vertical section on the line lf3-42, Fig. l0; Fig. '13

l is an enlargeddetailed view ot the parts l shown in the upper half of F ig. l2;- and i with either Fig. lt is a detailed view of the elutclrshitting mechanism taken at right angles to the view ot' l0.

The general organization oi the maehine ineludes the following' `groups of parts: (l) nuehanism to reeeive the empty bottles and to eause the same. to he engi-tied by the deviees for filling` the bottles with mill( or other liquid; (2) nlerhanism to seleet the raps to be applied trom suitable storage magazines and to feed the eaps 'forward to a point above the mouths of the bottles; (i3) mechanism to depress the eap-holdingdeviees to a point within reaeh of the mouths of the bottles, and to apply the eaps to the bottles; and meehanisin for aetuatinggl each o the above-mentioned `groups otparts. eaeh ot Said parts being; aetuated at the proper time, in the proper sequence, and during the period of time necessary tor sueh group properly to perform its part in the whole proeess of filling and rappingr the botties.

The Speeitie maehine whieh is shown in the drawings is adapted to fill and eap IB botitles sin'mltaneously, the bottles being arranged in three longitudinal and lour trans-- verse rows. The maehine is providedalso, with two separate manips of rappingr deviees, one upon eaeh .side of the Center of the maehine. This partieular maf-bine, therefore, is a doubleuvorliing maehine and, henee, has avery large eapaeity, buty a maehine with a single ,g'roup ot' rapping deviees ean be built, whieh maehine will be ample for the requirements ot a small establishment. Some ot the parts are described as being; provided three. or six pei-felations, this being the proper arrangement for a 12-bottle n'laehine, but is subject to change eorrespending to any variation in the number of bottles to be eapped at any one ol'ieration.

The maehine is provided with two side trames l, whieh support arms 2 (Figs. 2 and 3). whieh arms projeet inwardly from the sides l 'and earry the brarltets 3, Fig. 3. To said braeliets 3 are attaelmtl the rails or traelv' lY whirh hold the. ease 5 in position. rfhe bottles (i are plaeed within the ease 5, the si'f'ze of the ease and its exaet construeY tion being,r determined by the number, size, and shape ot the bottles. 'Ibe rails it e.\:- tend outwardly beyond the lett end ot the maehine, Fig. 3, and the ease is adapted to be plaeed upon the projecting ends ot the rails, after whieh the ease with the empty bottles is pushed by hand toward the renter of the machine until it reaehes the position shown in Fig. l. A suitable stop (not shown) limits the movement ot the ease 5 toward the right and thus makes sure that the various bottles (l come directly beneath the appropriate `nozzles of the tilting-head.

inee themachine is intended to'he used 'fox'.flling and rapping` bottles'of kt one end olf eranl; l) the ya l ves are l sizes, it is desirable to raise and lower the track t. for the traek t must be held higher i'or short bottlesl than is necessary t'or tall ones. Levers T, Fits. 2 and 3, are keyed upon a shaft S extending transversely of the, maehine, Fit'. i. Said .sba'l't H is jonrnaled in the side trames l and at one end is prw vided with a eranl-L tl by whieh it ean be rotated. rl`heratehet l() is fixed upon said .shaft and the loelv'ing,r pawl ll is pivoted to the side l. 'the guide bra -l ets Il are adapted to .slide i'reely upon the .studsl l), whiell studs are held rigidly by the arms L. uml the braelots il prevent binding' otl the parta when the trarlv' l and ease 5 are being raised. arm T is pivoted at 7". rl`he opposite end otE arm T is provided with a eroteh or noteh (Fig. l) whieh receives a pin 7C seein-ed to the rails 'l'. It will he obvious, therefore, that the rotation ot! the eranlv 9 is translated by means ot shatt S, eranlc T, and arm T into movement of the rails 4, and rotation ot' the eranlv in one direetior, therefore, will elevate the rails, whereas rotation 'in the opposite d'iree.- tion will depress them, and thus to adapt the maehine to bottles ot different heights.

'l`he ease when in the position depieted in Fig. bisimmediately above the \"ertieally reei]'noeatin; l table. 1K1-, and by means hereinafter deserihed in detail, said table can be elevated or depressed. As it moves npwardly, it lifts the ease 5 ott of the rails .4, and earries the mouths ot the bottles G into engagenienty with the valves 13 ot' the fillinghead. The filling-head used is ot' old and well-known et'mstruetioir and no partieular novelty lis elaimed for the llimgy meehanism, though it should be of that type in whieh the opened as the bottles are pressed into and retained iu engagement with them and autoimitieally elosed as the bottles drop out ot engaeenuuit with said valve li. The machine is adapted to hold the table ll and its rontents in elevated position :l'or a length ottime sutlieient to enable the millv or other lirpiid to till the bottles; and atter the bottles have. been so held lontr enough to he filled, the table. l-'l drops, and, as the mouths ot' the bottles pass out ol engagement with tl`e valves l, the lsame are automatie.: lly elosed. rlhe distanee between the floor ot' the table l-t in starting; position and the valves at the. tilliii;;lu\.^\d is always the same, and in order to am-onunodate the maehine to smaller bottles than those shown by way ol' example in the drawings, pieees or littsl ot' wood may be plaeed upon the table lil.

ln order to elevate and lower the table l i, there are two eye'` l5 (Fig. l) to whieh are eonneeted the arms lt. At iti the arms 16 are pivotally eonneetedl both to the erank arm 17 and to the left end of the, bell-erank t8, said bell-eranh' 1S being tixed upon the various shaft 19 journaled in side-frames l, havingits ends or one of them projecting out beyond the side-frame as shown on the right, Fig. 2. To said projecting end the lever' 2() is ixed, said lever 2O being pivoted to the crank 21, which, in turn, is pivoted to the smaller crank 22. Said crank 22 is fixed upon the shaft 23, which carries theA pinion 24, Fig. 2. Gear 24 meshes with and is driven by the mutilated gear 25, which gear 25 is fixed upon the main shaft 2G. When the teeth on gear 23 are in mesh with pinion 24, the two wheels will rotate in unison, lout when the toothed segment orarc of the gear has passed out of engagement with the pinion 24 the shaft 2G will rotate independently of the shaft 23.

Upon the left end, Fig. 2, is the gear 27, which gear is free-1y revoluble upon shaft 26, as an axis. Said gear 27 meshes with and is driven by the pinion 2S, which pinion 28 is provided with a long hub 29 to which the pulley 30 is secured and is adapted to rotate freely upon the projecting end ot shaft 23, this construction being shown in the lower left-hand corner ot' Fig. 2, and the lower right-hand corner ot Fig. 3. The pulley 30 and gear 28 are mounted upon the projeetingend of shaft merely as a matter of convenience and as tending to prmluee a stronger structure than would result were said pulley and gear to be mounted. upon a bracket or shaft supported only on one side of the machine. Upon its left end, Fig. 2, the shaft 2G carries a clutch 31, the construction of which is elsewhere explained in detail, and when said clutch 31 is shifted in one direction, it locks the gear 27 tol the shaft 2G, and a belt, not shown, passes over the pulley 30 and rotates the same continuously' in one direction. This rotation oli' the pulley 30 is communicated through pinion 28 to the gear 27, and the gear rotates continuously. Part oi the time said. gear is ro tilting idly upon shaft 2G, but when the clutch 31 locks the gear 27 and shaft 2G together, the rotation of the pulley 30 is communicated to the shaft 26. Assuming, for

example, that the clutch has been thrown to lock the gear 27 to the shaft 2G,

the mutilated gear 25 will thus be caused to rotate, and it will so rotate until the teeth at 100 (Fig. G) mesh with the pinion 24. The size of the parts and their arrangement is such that as the gear 25y rotates and the teeth at 100 mesh with the pinion 24, thecrank 22 will be turned 1S() degrees, and this rotation of the crank 22 operates the recil'iroeating table 14 and elevates the table 14 to its highest position. Since the mutilated gear 25 will continue to rotate, the mutilated are 102 (Fig. 6) is next presented to the pinion 24, during which time the shaft 23 will remain idle, thus permitting the reciprocating table 14 to be elevated long enough for the illing-head 13 to till the bottles 6. As the gear 25 continues to rotate, however, the toothed segment 101 (Fig. 6) will mesh with the pinion 2t, thus causing the shaft 23 again momentarily to rotate, which rotation will continue long enough to carry the crank 22 one 'hundred eighty degrees, thus Jforcing the table 1t to more downwardly to starting position, in which the ease 5 will rest upon the rails Ll. Dur ing the time that the toothless space 10S-S of the gear is presented to the pinion 2i the table 14 will remain in its lowest position, the capping operation being then perl formed. Y

To guide the reciprocating table 11i, the pins 32 slide within nipples 23?), which depend from the rails 4f and are Alhstcned thereto, this construction being desirable in order to prevent vibration of the table 11i. The milk. or other liquid with which the bottles are to be filled is retained within a tank 534, to the bottom of which the valves or nozzles, best shown in Fig. 5, are secured, there being as many nozzles in the iillinghead as there are bottles to be tilled at each operation. Various forms of nozzle. may be employed, but ,in the one depicted in the drawings there is a helical spring 35 encircling the nipple 3G, upon which nipple the sleeve 37 is adapted to slide. Said sleeve 3i' carries the iange 3S upon which the spring 35 rests, and at the lowest end there is a mouth-piece 39 of rubber. When a bottle G is Jtoi-ced upwardly, the mouth oi the bottle engages the mouth-piece 35) and lifts the. sleeve 3T high enough to carry the member 3S) (which acts also as a valve) clear ot' the perforations 40. The milk is then freeto pass through said apertures 40 and intothe bottle. wWhen the bottle descends, however, the spring 35 returns the sleeve il? and connected parts to the starting position, shown in Fig. 5, thus vclosing the mouths 4() and preventing the iurther passage oi3 milk into the bottle.

'lhe bottom ot each nipple 3G is closed (except for apertures 40)' and a pipe 41 extends through the bottom oi' the nipple and upwardly beyond the top oic the tank.l said pipe serving as au outlet for the air which is forced out ot' the bottle as the milloenters the same.

The mechanism for feeding the caps forward to a point where they are in p/osition to be applied to the bottles is best shown in detail in Fig. 4. The caps themselves are circular disks and are retained within the tubular magazines 42, there being as many such magazines as there. are bottles to be capped at each operation', each side ot the machine having two transverse rows o three magazines each. The caps within the magazines are pressed weights P, and the magazines are lixed upon plates 43 secured to the framework by anglesofr downwardly by lltlie mouths ol the bottles. lVhenever right, it will ride from beneath the plungerhead 58 until itreaches the full line position, Fig. il, whereupon the pins 5l will be engaged by the lett ends ot' the slots l'lOl; after which the members tl() will pull the plunger-head toward the right. ln other words, the plunger-head 53 is pushed toward the let'twhen the Cap-carrier at) bears upon the hangers 52, and is pulled toward the right by the cooperation oAt-he pins 6l and the slotted brackets G0. Then the parts are in the dotted line position, Fig. et, the Carrier elf) is suspended from the plunger-head 53, and the weight of the carrier is borne upon the plunger-diend 53 and movable tracks 5f), but when the parts are in full line position, the carrier is supported up. -n the rails 50.

'.l`he selector -l is actuated :trom the shat't Q3. t crank (Si). is keyed upon said shat't Q3, and the crank rods G3 (lett side, Fig. l) levers G-l, shaft G5, and link (lll (right si( e, Fig. l) move the link (37 back or toi-th, which said link (57 is pivoted to the ear 38 projecting upwardly trom the selector 45. ly this mechanism the rotation oif'the shat't 28 is converted into longitudinal reciprocation of the cap-selector its?. `he eapeearrier Ll-S) is actuated from the shaft 2o, which carries a mutilated Lejear (2S), Figs. 2 and 7, adapted to cooperate with the pinion 70,

said pinion heine lixed upon a shatt 7l journaled in the side trames 1 (rightdiand. Figs. l and 3). Upon the projecting end ot shaft 7l 'the e ank 72 is lixefl, same heilig; pivoted to the connecting rod 7?, which, in turn, is pivoted to a rod or har 714.. Said bar 7l, Figs. Q and -Lwextends At'ronr side to side ot the machine, being lient at 74a, Fig. 2, to clear parts which would otherwise inteilere withits movements. Depending from said liar 74 are pins 75, Figs. Z and 4f, and the strips 76 which are bolted at 76 to the cap-Carriers 4f), are perforated at their right-hand ends, Fig'. Ll'. lVhen the eapcarriers '19 are caused to reciprocate verti- 7(', slide upon the pins '75 cally, the strips without becoming' disconnected therefrom, and the pins are -tor while the hars 74 adapted to reciprocate longitudinally they are devoid of vertical movement. rThe bars 7i are provided with wheels or hearings 77, Fig. 3, whieli ride upon the rails 5S, and with other rollers or bearinejs- 7 7" which ride in the slots ot the guide strips 78, said meinliers 7Svl ein slotted at 7S and being' attached by brackets 78, Fig. C-, to trainework l.

'When the plunger-heads 53 are. held within the vertically-slidalfle trame 5i), they will more in unison therewith, and :is the plunger-heads 5?, descend they will carry there- :with the then suspended cap-Carriers fl-), until such time as the cap-carriers lil strike the i t'rom eaeh other than shown in with the under surface ot' either' cap-carrier ttl engages the bottles, further .lownward movement ot the cap-carrier is prevented,- but since the plunger-heads 53 are positively actuated downwardly by moving trame 59, the plungers 54e will continue to move oven though` the carriers Lltl'nniy have come to rest upon the bottles, and said pliuigers will press the caps through the perfo 'ations 5I and will seat the Caps within the mouths ot the bottles. Since the plungers 54 are spring-controlled, they can adapt themselves to minor irregularities in the sizes of the bottles. The plunger-heads 53 can more downwardly toward the companion earriei'.'-.y tf) when' the same are rendered immovable hy the bottles because otthe tact that the plunger-heads from their respective earriers vlil, and it is possible, theretore, ior

lsaid members to approach much more closely together than shown i `l"`ig. -t although they cannot beeome spared tarther apart said tigure. ln order to set-ure the vertiral reciprocat-ioi'i of the trat'ks 5S) and ot the parts carried thereupon, the mutilated gear til is lixed Aupon the slia'tt- 2G, said mutilated gear heinp; adapted to mesh willi and drive. the pinion S?) tixed upon the shaft. SQ, 1 and tl. crank St, Fig. 2, is secured to sli-.itt 82 and from said erank S-t a rod S5 extends and is pivoted to the lug tl which is secured Ato the trame The lun' hli is pei-toi'ated and a guide rod 90, which is lived to the `sides l, passes through the perforation in the lug S6. l' the parts are in starting' position as shown in Fig. l, and it tlie crank 3+ lbe Caused to rotate counterelockwise trom the position of said ligure, the pull ot' the erank tOi-t upon the. rod S5 will he converled Iinto downward movementl ot' the lug Htl, and, accordingly of the tracks 5) and ot' lsuch part or parts ol the machine as may be supported thereby.

'lhe mutilated 7gears 59, and 8l. Figs. (l, 7. and S, are each tour times llie diameter 'ot' the-pinions or `Q fears 211, 70. and S?, with which said mutilated gears respiatively cooperate. llach ot' .said mutilated gears is tixed upon the shal't 2G, and the exact. e.\' tent. ot the toothed vportion olf each mutilated f jear is indicated in degrees in the views aforesaid. rl`he partsl are, so arranged that each complete revolution ot the .sliat't lll produees one completo revolution ol each ot the Sliairts Q9, 7l, und HQ, Shalt Lvl will be r tated i3() degrees as the spare lll() ot' the mutilated gear FZ5 outrages llie pinion 2l. Said shaft 'nwill be idle while the, mutilated space 102 passes over llie small gear l-fl, and will rotate the remaining ISO degrees when the teeth a space. lillv mesh teeth upon the wheel El, shalt 2?, .lheretore, receiving' an intermittent rotation members 52 and G0 only loosely suspend thei and S2 are not rotated simultaneously hut receive their rotary movement each in the.

proper sequence. Shafts 23 and T1, moreover, are each adapted to rotate 180 degrecs, then to come to a full stop of sutlicient duration to permit the performance of some operation or the movement of some part or parts of the machine not dependent upon said shafts; after which said shafts rotate the remaining' 180 degrees. and again stop. The shaft 26 is the maindriving' shaft of the machine.y although the same does not rotate continuously.' Said shaft 2t; makes a complete revolution and then stops when the clutch is unlocked as hereinafter set forth. thus stopping the entiremachine upon' shifting of the clutch. Vheu the empty bottles are first inserted or placed in posi- .tion, the various operating' parts which either move the bottles or move the capping' devicesto operate upon the bottles are at rest. As will be evident from the detailed description of parts` each complete revolution of the shaft 2G-causes one, and only one, complete act-ion of every other movingr part; e.. each complete, revolution of the shaft 2G causes one complete vertical reciprocation of the table 14, one complete longitudinal reciprocationrof the plungerhead 53 and associated parts, one complete vertical reciprocation of the frame 59 and the parts carried thereby, etc. After the shaft 26 has made one complete revolution, therefore, it is obvious that everything has been done which it is necessary to do in order to fill and then to cap one set of bottles. The clutch 31 is constructed so that it will automatically release the wheel 27 from the shaft 26, after eaclnrevolution of the shaft 2G is completed. This construction is desirable in order that the machine may come to a complete stop after each set or case of bottles is completely both lled and capped so as to prevent both breakage of hotties, wast-e of milk, and the like. vThe devices for controllingthe clutch by which the shaft 2G and the gear 27 are locked to each other, are best shown in F igs. 1044 inclusive. The shaft 2G is provided with a key-way 110, in which the key 111 is adapted to slide, said key 111 being normally pressed toward the right by the helical spring 112. A pin 113 to the clutch-head 31, which head is adapted to slide upon the' shaft 26, together with the key 111. The clutch-head 31 is provided with an annular groove 114, in which the forked end 115 of the lever 116 rests; said lever 116 is pivoted at 117upon a bracket 1.18 which projects outwardly from the side frame 1. The side frame 1 is provided with 66 a notch or crotch 120 intol which the rightscrews t-he key 111.

hand end of the key 111 is adapted to project. Near its right-hand bend the key 111 is recessed at 121, which recess allows the gear 2T to rotate upon the shaft 2G. When the parts are in` the position most clearly shown in Fig. 13,the key 111 projects into the recess 120, and the gear 21' rotates idly upon the shaft 26. 1f the bottom end of the lever 116, (Fig. 10) be forced toward the right, the key 111 and the clutch-head 231 will thereby be pulled toward the left against the resistance of the spring 112.

This right-to-left movement of the key 111` carries said key to a point where the nose or stud 122 locks n1 a suitable. notch 123, u1 the hub of ,crear 2T, and 1n. this manner the key 111 locks the gear 27 to the shaft 26 and causes said members to rotate in unison. When the shaft 2,15 has made one complete revolution, the key will have returned to starting position, and when it reaches the startingr position the 'spring 112 will force the key toward the right (Fig. 121). the end of the key being thereby seated in the notch 120, the -position of the parts, under such circumstances, -being indicated in .Fig 13. The left-to-rightI movement of the key 111, which is caused by the spring 112 each time that the key comes into registration with the notch 120, will obviously release the gear 27 from the shaft 26, and the `rear 2T will continue to rotate while the shaft and all parts driven thereby are at rest. 1t is in this manner that they niachine is automatically stopped after each complete revolution of the shaft 2G. and the machine will not again operate until the lever 11G is shifted. The machine, therefore. will come to rest after each complete revolution.

1n order to reduce the time required for the performance of the entire filling and cappinlgr process, and thus increase the output of the machine, it is desirable to drive the machine faster during the capping operation than during the filling operation. There is practically no limit to the speed at which the capping devices may move, whereas it absolutely necessary to hold the bottles 6 against the filling nozzles (Fig. 5)

long enough to till them. The main power shaft 125 (Fig. 9), is belted at two places to the divided counter-shaft 126, one half of the countershaft running at a 'relatively high speed, the other at a relatively .slow speed. The two adjoining ends of the halves of the eountershaft carry pulleys 127 and" 128, and the belt 129 which passes over pulley 30, can be shifted from one pulley to the other. During;r the time that the 1nutilated are 102 (Fig. G) is presented to the pinion 24, the, belt 129 will be traveling upon the slow-speed pulley 127, but during the rest of thetime, the belt may be driven by the high speed pulley 123. rl`he belt is automatically shifted from one pulley to 'ion 24.

` space 101 reacties the gear 24, the shaft Q3 the other by a shitting device 130, actuated Fig. 4, unt-il the plungers 54 reach and act by the machine, the shitting` tothe fast side upon the caps. ',l`he selector -Lt is actuated being timed to occur justatter the toothed from the shaft 23 and will, of course, move are 101 leaves the pinion 21, and the shifting in accordance with the rotations of said shaft 23. but the cap-carrier l1t) derives its 70 to the slow side occurring asl the toothed are 100 comes into engagement with the pinlongitudinal reciprocations from the shaft 71. Said shaft 71 is driven from the shaft 2G, though the two shafts do not always rotate simultaneously. IThe toothed spaces 101 and 105 of the mutilated gear (it), Fig. T, 75 are so disposed that the shaft T1 is rotated and the cap-carrier 49 actuated while the shaft is at rest. After the selector -15 has moved toward the left. Fig. 4, one of the toothed parts ofthe gear of) is presented to the 50 gear 70, thus causing the shaft 71. to rotate 180 degrees and forcing the .carrier 45) toward the left, Fig. i. Ther. during the interval that the mutilated space 10S. Fig. his presented to the gear T0. the shat't T1 remains g5 idle and the cap-carriers` 10 remain in the center ot' the machine` being at thattinie snpported b v the vertically-moving frame Zit),4 and while the mutilated space 10o is being so presented to the'.,f;ear T0, said vertically' gn .moving guides 50 and the plunger-head 53 and cap-carrier -lt which are then retained thereby or siugported thereupon are tirst depressed. and then immediately elevated, there. being no interval of time elapsing he- 95- tween the depression and the elevation ot the veriieally-moving trame 59, because there is only one toothed space 10S, ltigp, to he presented to the gear S3 by means 0f which the shatt S2- is rotated and the frame 10a 5t) vertically moved. After the shaft 26 has made a complete revolution, the key 111 will slide from lett to right (Fig. 13) and thus stop the machine. Y

The sequence of operations may be otheij- 105 wi e stated as` follows: (1). The clutch 251 and the key 111 are manually shifted to start the machine. (il). `The table 1t is elevated simultaneously as the selector 45 moves toward thel right. Fig'. l. The 110 table 1t descends` and the. selector elf) ad-r vancesA toward the left. During both of these movements the. shafts i'lland 8:2, and the cap-carrier t-tl; 'frame 59. and associated parts remain' inoperative. (t). The cap- 115 carrier -t-tl and the plunger-head move toward the lett, Fig. t. to the center et. the machine or until they are supporte by the vertically-slid'able frame 5t), While the selector t5 and the table 1-1 both remain 120 inoperative. (5l. 'lhe shaft S2 is givena complete rotation. thi's causing the trame 59 The operation ot the machine may be summarized as follows: Assuming that-all of the parts are in the starting position, shown in Figs. 1. 2, and 3, and that the ltev 111 has been thrown toward the left (Figs. 10-13) to lool; the shaft QG to the continuously rotating gear 27, the mutilated gears 25, 69, and 81 also rotate. since they are keyed or fixed upon shaft 20Lv As the shaft 26 rotates, the toothed segment 100 of the gear Q5 engages the pinion 21, thus rotating the shaft 23 for 180 degrees and carrying the bottles t3 upwardly into engagement with the filling-head. During that interval of the time that the mutilated are 102 of gear 25 is presented to thevgear Q-lt. the shaft 23 will remain idle and the bottles G will be retained in elevated position, being illed While so retained; hut when the toothed will again be rotated half a revolution, thus causing the bottles 6 to descend to starting position. The shaft 23, in addition to actuating the reeii'irocatingr table 14, also produces the longitudinal reciprocation of the selecting device L15; and when shaft Q?) receives its first half-revolution, the selector 45 moves toward the right, Fig. 1. simultaneously as the table 1J: rises. `When the shaft 22?. receives its second half-revolution, the table 14 .is depressed at the same time that the selector l5 is advanced toward the let't, Fig. 4. As the selector 45 moves to the point where its perfor-ations :tti and 4i' come beneath the magazines 12, the bottom cap will drop out ot each magazine and into one perforation in the selector 45. Since the selector. and the caps are each of substantially the saine thiclniefs` only one cap at a time will pass into a perforation to or 47. and the pertorations 4G. t7. and t8 are each preferably larger in diameter than theI caps, in order to permit the .caps to pass therethrough by gravity. 'l`hc selector t-'i is adapted to move a short distance toward the lelt, Figl, beyond the position shown in that ligure, and when the selector has advanced to a point where its perforations tt and 1T are. respectively. in vertical registration with thc perforaticms 51. the Y caps drop by gravity trom the selector f and thel plonger-limiti Zlt'to he depressed and thrtumli pcrl'orations1SL in the plate 1S and inuceiliatily thereafter elevated again tothe into the pert'orations 51 in the cap-carricr height' shown 'in Fig, l. .while the devices 125 -l-. lthongh the top et pertorations 5l t'or longitinlinallv moving the capwarrier llare outwardly 51, the main `body ot each -ttl -and plunger-heaul t are idle. (t3). The pnrlration 5f, is ot' such diameter that the plunger-h ad l `end the cap-carrier 4) are cap must be. driven therethrough. and the withdrawn toiard the rightflfig. 4;.. (Y). caps will remain as indi lated at the left, 'lhe clutch Iillantomati'ally returns to start- 130 ing position, thus stopping the machine. (8). The clutch is manually shifted, as before, the table 14 is elevated simultaneously as the selector 45 is withdrawn also toward the right, and then the same sequence of steps or operations is repeated. A case of empty bottles is placed in the machine be fore the key 111 is shifted inthe first instance, 'which case is removed and a second case inserted while the machine is idle after the aforesaid automatic return of the key (111) to starting position. Since this machine ywill not again operate until the at` tendant shifts the clutch or otherwise positively acts to start the machine, the machine is kept idle except at those times when there are bottles in the machine read f to be filled and capped, and the danger of amage to or breakage of the bottles is thus reduced to the minimum.

As previously stated, the machine is built double; that is to say there are two carriers 4S), two plunger-heads 58, and the like, one of which moves from left to right simultaneously as the other moves from right to left. It is unnecessary, however, to provide more than one set of gears or devices for translating the rotation of the pulley 30 into movement of said duplicated parts. There are, for example, two bars 74 both actuated from the same shaft 71, one bar 74 being actuated by the crank 72 and a link 7 3 as shown in the lower part of Fig. 3, and the other bar 74 being actuated by the crank 79 and link S0. In a similar and obvious man ner the shafts are cross-connected to rotate simultaneously, though in opposite directions, and all of the devices constituting part of the capping mechanism which are shown on the right side, Figs. l and 3, or in Fig. 4, are duplicated on the left side by corresponding members, each member being adapted to move simultaneously with the corresponding part, though usually the corresponding parts move in opposite directions moving invariably in opposite directions during alllongitudinal movements but in the same direction when the frame 59 is moving `vertically, whetherr up or down. It will be obvious, moreover, that the specific machine shown and described in this application is only one embodiment of the invention, and that many changes in details of construction may be made Without departing from the scope of the various claims.

I claim my invention:

l. A machine of the character described comprising means for holding the bottles, said holding means being devoid of horizontal movement, means to elevate and lower said holding means, means to fill the bottles when in elevated position, means to move the caps to a point where said caps are above the filled bottles after-the same havev been lowered, and means to apply the caps to the bottles, said last-mentioned means being adapted to operate when the bottles are in lowered position.

2. A machine of the character described comprising means :for holding the bottles, said holding means being adapted to reciprocate vertically only, means to ill the bottles when in elevated position, laterally moving means to advance the caps to a position above the mouths of the bottles While said bottles are at rest and in lowered position, and a vertically-moving means to apply the caps to the bottles, said means being adapted to operate while the bottles are in lowered position.

3. A machine of the character described comprising means for holding the bottles, a fixed support, means for reciprocating the bottle-holder vertically within said fixed support, laterally-moving means adapted to advance the caps to a position above the mouths of the bottles, and means to apply the caps to the bottles, said last-mentioned means being adapted to operate whenthe bottles are in lowered position.

4. A machine of the character described comprising means to receive the bottles, said means being adapted to reciprocate verti-,

cally, means to fill the bottles when in elevated position,means to store a supply of caps to be applied to the bottles, laterallymoving means to feed said caps from said storage means to a point above the bottles, and means to apply the caps to the bottles, said last-mentioned means being adapted to 'operate when the bottles are in lowered position.

5. A- machine of the character described comprising means to receive the bottles, said -means being substantially free from horizontal movement, means to elevate and lower the same, means to fill the bottles when in elevated position, means to store the caps to be applied to said bottles, means to select the caps from said storage means, means to advance the caps to a position above the mouths of the bottles, means to depress the `cap-holding devices to a point adjacent the mouths of the bottles, and means to apply the caps to the bottles, said last-mentioned means being adapted to Ioperate when the bottles are in lowered position.

6. A machine of the character described comprising means to receive the bottles, said means being substantiallyl free from horizontal movement, means to elevate and lower the same, means to' fill the bottles when in elevated position, means to store a supply of caps t0 be applied to the bottles, means to select the caps individually from said storing means and to feed the selected caps to a point above the mouths of the bottles, and means to transfer the caps from said feeding means and apply the same to the bottles, said last-mentioned means being lli zental ii/iovenfien means illie saine, ineens te ll alie empty bottles 'when in elevated position, means to etere a supply 0i caps, means o select the caps in- 'cliviriusliy from saicl. storage devices, means te feed eacli. cap 'forward te a peint above "alle mouth of a bottle, said feeding means lieing adapted also io hold eacli cap in pesision above the monili of a bettle, means to depress the cap-holding means ce a point adjacei'iiI the bottles, and means to transfer the caps from lie/cap-liolciing means and apply saine to 4lle bottle, said last-mentioned means being aclapied to operate when the beetles are in lowered position.

8. A machine ef the character described comprisiiig means *se receive the bottles, said means being substantially free 'frein horizee'fel mevernen, i neans to elevate anal ioiver lie saine, a vaive to iill each bottle when lie same in elevated posi-ion, a pluraliy o' magazines Within which the caps io lie spzelie io i'zlie bottles are storedj a se leasing means aiap'eci to remove one cap at a iifie from each magazine, means to as.6 vence iie caps sirius selected co a peinil where each cap is in'aliiiement with the particular besle so which such eap is to be applied, sind `vertically meving means te appiy the oeps to iie ieex'ities, ssiei iastmeiitioned means being adapted to operaie when the beetles are iii lowered position.

A ieeeiiiiie el elle character described comprising means te receive the bottles, said ineens .eeiiig substaiiiially. ree 'from liori .ff/onal movement, means zo elevaae and lower saine, valve te ili each oe-tile when the' same is in elevatecl position., piuraiiy of magazines Within which the caps eo be applied le the beetles are storee a. selecting nieaiis ariaped io remove one cap at a. 1Inii/rie eaeli magazine, means Le advance the caps time seleeiefi to a point where each cap is in aliriement Wiizli 'ulie particular bei,- `le 'se which sach cap is se be applied, said cap-forwarding ineens oeii'ig provideci witi peiiersiens o receive and retain the espe, ami 's vei'iicallyanovinp; means adapted to eiee' sise caps frein sairl perorat-ions and sappige said caps to the xsettles, said lastinensimeri means "beingaclapte to @persi-e when iloe boiii'es are in lowerei position;

l0 A maci'iine of the character (lescribe comprising means to .receive the bottles, sail means being substantially free irom herito elevate enel lower saine, a valve te iill each lottlewlien tlie same .iii elevated posiiom al piuraii'lzy of irrifrasines .vitiiin which the caps sobe "e i appiierl to the berries are seared, s seiecrnig means adapted iio remove oiie cap at time from eacli magazine, means to advance alie caps tlius seleeterl le a peint Wliere eacli cap is to be applied, saiil cap-forwarding means being; provided with a plurality of 'apering; perforalions eacli adaped to receive a cap, and a plunger-lieafi carrying Ygluntafers adapled lo press sairl caps tlirougli said perfvraiions and to apply same to the bottles, said lastanenlioned means being adapted te operaie when the bottles are in lowered position.

ll. A inarliine ol" the character cleserilieil comprisingv means to receive the bottles said means being subsi'antially free from liorizental movement, a valve to .fill each bottle. a plurality of magazines'wiillin wliieli the raps to be applieil 'ro the botilcs are stel-HL a selectingy means adapted to remove one cap at a time from each magazine, means te`a ilmice the caps 'Lluis selected to a point Where each cap is in alineineiil with the particular ber-tie to which siicli cap is lo be applied, said cap-iorwarcling means being provided with a plurali'y of 'tapering pei1f iatioiis each aclapteci te receive a cap, a plungerlieari carrying plungers adapted o press said caps through said perforations anal 'to apply same so Clie lcoiles, said caporwarcier being provided Witl'i perioiiiions io receive anal retain tl'ie caps, a traclrceinpiising a fixed secieii and a vertically-movable section apen which said formuler is adapte@ izo irai/ei, means 'for depressing sai movable seieii thereby te carry falle caps Within reacii oi'f lie mouths of the boitles, and means te expel *elle caps from the perforatiens in said carrying means and place said caps in posiieii in the b'otles.

i2. lli machine ef the character clcseri'eeci comprising means io receive the "eoiles said means iieinp; substantially. free 'freni lio-rizoneai movement, a table aapieci to lield ziielaotitlese a plurality of veives adaptecl to iili the beetlesa a phiraiity of ,magazines adapted to retain he caps, a selector ada-pred to ceperate with saicl magazines mici rer nieve the saws one ai a time gliereirem, means for reciprocating the seieeter, a plaie upon which 'the seiecitor is aciapsecl iioslicie, saicl plate leaving 'perorafioiis iiroagli ivliicli the caps are adapted to pass, cap-carrier provided with perforatieiis Within which the sans are aclapteci so be received., means for advancing u'lie carrier to a poii'rc above the bottles io ivliieii the caps are to be applieil, and .ineens for pressing the espe' through the periorations in the carrier and ini-e position upon elle hotties,

i3. A machine oi die eiiaracter Liescrilcecl emnprising; ineens se 'receive the boitles, said means being substantially free freni liorizontai movement, means io elevae lower time saine, a pluraliy oi valves ie ili the be't'les when lie saine are elevated lowering said bottle-holding means, a plul rality of valves adapted to fill the bottles When the same are in elevated position, a holding means for the caps, a reciprocating selector having perforations into which the caps from said holder are adapted one by one to pass, a plate beneath the selector' having perforations therethrough through which the caps from the selector are adapted to ass, a reciprocating carrier provided wit recesses to receive the caps after same have passed through said plate, means for advancing the carrier to a point above the bottles to which the caps are to be applied, and means for removing the caps from the carrier and ap lying same to the bottles, said last-mentione means being adapted to operate when the bottles are in lowered position.

15. A machine of the character described comprising means to receive the bottles,.said means being substantially free from horizontal movement, means for elevating and lowering said bottle-holding means, a plurality of valves adapted to till the bottles when the saine ar'e in elevated position, a holding means for the caps, a reciprocating selector having perforations into which the caps from said holder are adapted to pass one by one,'a plate beneath the selector having perforations therethrough Athrough which the caps from the selector are adapted to pass, a carrier having perforationstherethrough within which perforations the caps are adapted to be received, means for 'advancing the carrier to a point above the bottles to which the caps are to be applied; and means yfor pressing the caps through the perforations in the carrier and into osition upon the bottles, said last-mentione means being adapted to operate when the bottles are in lowered position.

16. A machine of the character described comprising means to receive the bottles, said means being substantially free from hori `zontal movement, means to elevate and lower the same, a. plurality of valves to fill the bottles when the same are in elevated position, a holding means for the caps, a' reciprocating selector having perforations into which the caps from said holder are adapted one by one to pass, a plate 'beneath for depressing the carrier vertically to aI point where the caps are adjacent the bottles, and means for forcing the caps through sald peri'orations and into positicvi upon the bottles, said last-mentioned means being adapted to operate when the bottles are in lowered position. l

17. A machine of the character described comprising means to receive the bottles. said means being substantially free from horizontal movement, means for elevating and lowering the bottle-supporting means, means for fil-ling the bottles when in elevated position, means to store the Caps to be applied to the bottles, a reciprocating selector adapted to remove one cap at a time from the storage devices, a reciprocating carrier to which caps are transferred by the selector, and means to apply to the bottles the caps which have been fed forward by the carrier, said luist-mentioned means being adapted to operate 'when the bottles are in lowered position. f

18. A machine of the character described comprising means to receive the bottles, said means being substantially free from horizontal movement, means for elevating and lowering the bottle-supporting means, means for filling the bottles when in elevated osition, a plurality of storage devices wit in which the caps are retained, means for removing one cap at a time-from each storage device, means to feed' said caps forward horizontally to a point above the bottles, and means to force said caps thereafter vertically downwardly, thereby to apply7 the caps to the bottles, said last-mentioned means being adapted to operate when the bottles are in lowered position.

' 19. A machine of the character ',"Jscribed comprising means to receive the bottles, said means being substantially free .from horizontal movement, means for elevating and lowering the bottle-supporting means, means for filling the bottles when in elevated position, a plurality of storage devices within which the caps are retained, a reciprocating selector adapted to remove one ycap at a time from each storage device,'a

shaft adapted to aetuate'said selectorand said table-actuating means, a reciprocating carrier to which the caps are transferred from the selector, a shaft adapted to 'actuate said carrier, means to remove the caps from the carrier' and apply same to the bottles,`

and a shaft to control said last-mentioned the -i ii les, a plurality of storage devices within which die caps are retained, a reciprocating;

selector adapted to remove one cap at a time iroiii each storage device.7 a, shalt adapted to acuale lhe Aselector, a reciprocat ing carrier to which l-he caps are tranei'errecl from the selector, a `shai'ii to actu-ate the carrier, means to remove the caps from the carrier and apply same to the bottle1 a shaft to acruaie said laat-mentioned means. a inain shaft a plurality oi' iii-utilaieil `jcars upoii Sani main sliail;7- anrl nie-an` whereby said. mutilated genre produce rotation of eaid lirst-iiientioiieil,.eeennil-iiieiitioiieil, and iliir l-nicnliorieil rilia'lie.

2l, fi machine oi the character le eriiieil coinpriaiiig iiieaiirs to receive the bottles, Saiil means being subalanci-alliv l'ree from liori Zoiital movement.y means to lill llie lioillea, :i pluraliiivv oi mean,`4 [or storing ille, caps a reciprocaiiiig .ieleelor adapicii lo remove one cap ai a linie from `ach tera`gc nie-airs, a slialiV lo actuate the Selector, a recipriiigi' carrier adapted io receive 'Lhc ap from lhe eeleeioi'` there lieiiig- :'i perforated niemher iiilernieiliaie the eeleetor anil ihe farrier, a .eliallto activate the carl'ier. a veriically moving maual to remore, the caps from the carrier aiul applbv the salue lo the bottles, :i shaft controllingr lmil vertically-iiioviiig means` aii l means for aclu-.iiiiig will shafts siufcessively, but not imultaiicously.

iiiacliiiie of the hai-acier iiescrilieil eoiiiprieiiii;- ineaihl lo receive the lioil'les` saiii iiieanhl being` `enlistaiiiiall'vv free Vl'roiii hin-i- ;ioiial iiiovciiicnh meansy io elevate aiul lower 'the Haine, meanV io iill the hoiilce wiicii in elevarell pofzltioni; a. plurality ol: meaiibl for storing a reciproeaiiiigi' selector ailapieil io remove one cap ai a lime from cach Mirage inclina7 a recipi'izcaiiiiig' carrier o which ille cap are lraii ierre|l l'roiii Heleifror1 `sani carrier being proviileii willi perl'oralious ilirouii'h which the. caps are ailapeil lo be oreexl, a head carrying a pluialii)1 of pliiiiiijers ailapieil io prees een caps through saiil perforatiou, and means for moving; said plunger-heail` yaiii ieee nieritioiiefi means being ailapteilto operaie when the bottles are iii lowered 'posifioir Q3. .fi iiiariiiie 'of the rliarac'ier ileacribeel comprising means io receive ihe lioilles Saul means being subsi'antially ifree if'roiii horizontal niovenieniz:w means ioeievale ami lower ilie saine, means o iill the bottles when iii eievatcel posiiie i. :i pluraliy oi means igor ff'irir-fgj he er Yo lie applied lo ille bot i g caps,

filling,- the botiliel l l l l l ELE.

ties, a reciproeaing selector adapted to remove ene cap at a, time roin each sii-orage device, a recii'irocating carrier adapted to receive the cai s from. the select-or, a pliuigerhead carrying plungers adapted lo cooperar/e with said Carrier and said carrier being.r provided with perforations within which the caps are retained and through which they are aelaperl lo be. foi-ceri, nie-ans te riepresa lhe plunger-head and thereby appliv llie caps lo the bottle. anll means for suspeiul'ingr said :arrier 'liroiii saiil plungerhead, said depressing meanl being` ailzipieil lo operate while the. boitleh` are in lowered position.

l-l. machine of the characier described eoiiiprisinf; means to receive the beides-.Saul iiieaiia being` substantially 'free iiroiii horizoiilal iiioveiiieiil, iiieaii.`4 io clevii'i'e and lower the annie, iiiean io lill the bottles when iii elevated position. a plurality (if iiieaiil for lnoi'iiigf ilie caps to be supplied io the boules. a reciprocaiiir;r selector ailapr-l eil to remove oney cap at a iiiiie Jfrom cach orage ilevice. a reciprocatmf; carrier ailapieil to receive llie caps 'lroiii the selector. a plunger-head carrying' plungers ailapteil ro cooperale willi Saul carrier7 saiil carrier being;` proviileil with periorations within which the cape lare retained aiul through which liey are aclapteil to be forceih means to depress the plunger-heail` aiul thereby apply ihe caps to the bottles, and angle-brackets adapted lo suspend the carrier from the plunger-head, said depressing iiieaiiri being aclapecl io operate while the bottles are in lowered position.

25. ii machine of he character described comprising ineaiis io receive the bottles, saiii means being subetaiitialljv-7 free from riorizoiital iiiovenien, ineens io elevate and lower the saine, means ie lill he bottles when in elcvaeil position, a plurality of means for storing; the caps to be applied t0 the botlea, a reciprocating selector adapted to remove one cap at a time from each storage ilevice, a reciprocalinir carrier adaped to receive the caps `from the Selector. a plurgerlieail cariw'infY plunger?, adapted io Cooperate wili saiil carrier., Said carrier being proviileil with perfor-ations within which the caps are reaiiecl and through which 'they are aapied; to be forced, iiieaiis to depress the piunger-head and thereby apply the caps to the bottles when "che bottles are in lowered position angle-brackets :ulapteil to suspend said'eiirrier from saill plunger-heini, one of saiii braclceas the plunger-head through Said slot.

26. A machine 0i3 the character iileecriherl comprising means to receive the bottles, said means being substaiitiallj-,f ree freni hori icoiilai nievenieii, means for elevatingV and projecting` upwardly lieiiigr slotieil. aiiil a pin upon lowering the bottle-supporting means, valves to fill the bottles when in elevated position, a plurality of storage devices within which the caps are retainedl means for removing one cap at a time from each storage device, means to feed said'caps forward horizontally t0 a point above the bottles, a track or guide in which said feeding means is adapted' to travel, said guide comprising a fixed section and a movable section, and means to actuate said movable section, thereby to apply the caps to the bottles, said last-inentioned means being adapted to operate when the bottles are in lowered position.

27. A machine of the character described comprising means to receive the bottles, vsaid means being substantially free from horizontal movement, means to elevate and 'lower the same, means to fill the bottles when in elevated position, a plurality of storage devices within which the caps are retained, a carrier to feed the caps forward to a point above the bottles, a track or guide in connection with which said carrier is adapted to travel, said track or `guide comprising a iiX'ed section and a movable section, and means for actuating said movable section, thereby to apply the caps to the bottles, said movable section being adapted to move only after the carrier has passed beyond the fixed section, said last-mentioned means being adapted to operate when the bottles are in lowered position.

s *i* y Q8. A machine of the character deSCrlbed.

eoinprlsing means to -receivrl lhe bottles, said means being' substantially tree from horizontal movement, means to elevati! and lower the same, means to fill the bottles whenl in elevated position, a pluraltyof Storage devices within which the capsale ada )ted to be retained, a carrier adapted to feet the caps forward to a point in juxtaposition to the bottles, said carrier being provided with perforations through which the caps are adapted to b'e forced, a. plunger adapted to press the caps through said perforations, a head which carries said plunger, a gui-de or track in which said head is adapted to travel, said track comprising a fiXed section and a vertically moving section, means'to suspend said carrier from said head, means to actuate said movable track, thereby to depress the plunger-head and apply the caps to the bottles when the bottles are in lowered position, and means to reciprocate the carrier.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix'my signature in the presence of two Witnesses. OTTO LANGE.

lVitnesses:

ELLIOTT R, GoLnsmrrn, 4 Roar KLo'rz.

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