US1016610A - Egg-tester. - Google Patents

Description

J. CARR.

EGG TESTER.

Patented Feb. 6, 1.912.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1911.

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J CARR.

EGG TESTER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH CARR, 0F LAMONT, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO AMOS G. POLLARD, OF LAMONT, OKLAHOMA.

EGG-TESTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Feb. 6, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH CARR, citizen of the United States, residing at Lamont, in the county of Grant and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Testers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in devices for use in testing eggs, and the invention has for its primary object a simple and eflicient construction of device of this character, the parts of which may be cheaply constructed and easily assembled.

The invention also has for its object an egg tester embodying a tray, the parts of which are so constructed and arranged that the tray may be conveniently employed, not only in holding the eggs in the stand of the tester, for observation, but in the operation of transferring the eggs from the tester to the filler of a shipping case. And the invention also aims to generally improve this class of devices and to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of my improved egg tester; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, partly in section; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the tray; and, Fig. 4 is a sectional view thereof with the tray in inverted position.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a stand which may be of any desired construction and design and which is arranged to contain any suitable type of light, a kerosene lamp 2 being illustrated in the present instance, combined with a reflector 3 of any desired construction.

The stand 1 contains an upwardly facing reflector 4 of any desired formation, designed to throw the light upwardly upon the eggs mounted in a tray 5 which is designed to be detachably supported or rested upon the top of the stand, as clearly illustrated in the drawings. The tray 5 is constructed of any desired number of strips 6 of wood or metal laid edge to edge and hingedly connected together, as at 7, butt hinges being employed, whereby the strips will be limited in their movement in one direction when they all lie in the same plane. The strips 6 are formed at their abutting edges with substantially semi-circular recesses 8, the pairs of registering recesses forming openings 9 into which it is intended that the eggs will be inserted, and spring clips 10 are secured to the strips 6 on opposite sides of the openings 9, the clips being arranged in pairs as shown, and each in the present instance consisting of a single piece of spring wire embodying a bowed cross bar 10 and preferably curved arms 10 that are inserted in the normally upper face of the tray. If desired, the arms 10 may be formed with coils 10, in order to increase their resiliency. The strips 6 are prevented from breaking joint with each other, by means of stay rods 11 which are pivotally mounted at one end, as at 12, to swing laterally over the normally lower face of the tray 5, said stay rods being held in their operative positions by engagement with keepers 13 secured to some of the strips. It

will thus be understood that when the stay rods 11 are in engagement with their keepers 13, the strips 6 will be held in rigid relation to each other and all hinged movement will be prevented, butthat when the stay rods 11 are swung outwardly, so as to clear the edges of the strips, the strips may have their joints broken and swing each relatively to the others so as to spread apart the free ends (cross bars 10) of the complemental egg holding clips 10.

14 designates a curtain or hood with which the stand is equipped, whereby outside light may beexcluded and the operator view the eggs, said hood being mounted upon any suitable frame according to the taste or judgment of the designer.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation of my improved egg tester will be apparent. In the practical use of the device, the tray is placed upon the stand 1, the electric light or the like turned on and the tray filled with eggs by having the eggs inserted down into the openings 9, being securely held therein'by the spring clips 10. When the eggs have been examined, the bad ones are, of course, removed and replaced by others until the tray is full of fresh eggs, whereupon the tray, with the parts held rigid by means of the stay rods 11, may be easily removed from the stand 1 and placed in inverted position over the filler of a shipping case, so that, upon the subsequent release of the strips by swinging the said rods 11 outwardly, the strips may have a hinged or swinging movement relative to each other, so that the free ends of the clips 10 will be spread apart and the eggs thereby released and permitted to drop to their place in the filler as the tray is removed from the case.

' Preferably, a tray is employed having three dozen openings therein, as that is the size of the fillers usually used in cases, but it is to be understood that my invention is not limited in this regard and that various changes may be made in the construction, arrangement and proportion of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

If the stand 1 is made of wood, it should be lined with reflecting material or substance, or if it is made of metal, the inner walls should be highly polished, in order to increase the reflecting effect. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An egg tester, including a tray, provided with openings for the eggs and with clips designed to hold the eggs in said openings, the tray being constructed in sections movably connected together, and the clips being connected to the respective sections, whereby the movement of the strips will spread the clips apart and release the eggs,

- and means for holding said strips in rigid relation to each other.

2. An egg tester, including a tray constructed of strips hingedly connected together, means for holding said strips in rigid relation to each other, as against swinging movement, said means being arranged for manual release, the tray being formed with openings for the eggs, and spring clips connected to the respective strips at said openings and projecting from one face thereof, whereby a swinging movement of the strips relative to each other will spread apart the clips and release the eggs.

3. In an egg tester, a tray constructed in a plurality of strips hingedly connected together along their abutting edges, the strips being formed at said edges with registering recesses constituting egg receiving openings, spring clips connected to the respective strips at the recesses thereof, and projecting from one face of the tray, the clips embodying bowed cross bars and attaching arms,

and stay rods arranged for engagement with the strips and adapted to hold the same in rigid relation with each other.

4. An egg tester, embodying a stand provided with a reflector, a tray arranged for detachable support upon the stand in operative juxtaposition to the reflector, the tray being constructed of a plurality of hingedly connected sections and formed with egg receiving openings, spring clips secured to the tray and projecting from one face thereof on opposite sides of said openings, the clips being connected to the respective strips, whereby a hinge movement of the strips relative to each other in one direction will spread apart the clips to release the eggs, stay rods pivotally connected to the face of the trap opposite to the clips and arranged to swing laterally over the face of the tray to which they are connected, and keepers secured to sundry of said strips and designed for engagement by said stay rods.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH CARR. a 5.1

lVitnesses:

W. J. ROBINSON, E. G. PALMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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