US1029542A - Egg-carrier. - Google Patents

Description

J. B. HERMAN.

EGG CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1911.

1,029,542, Patented June 11, 1912.A

JOHN EDWARD HERMAN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

EGG-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1912.

Application filed June 30, 1911. Serial No. 636,175.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'JOI-IN EDWARD HER- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Egg-Carriers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates'to the class of eggcarriers which are designed for use by dealers in eggs in delivering the eggs to the consumers, and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide an egg-carrier that shall be flush on all sides, including the top and the bottom, whereby convenience in packing and stacking of the carriers is afforded; second, to provide an egg-carrier in which the cover shall be readily removable and serves as delivery receptacle of the eggs; third, to pro-vide an egg-carrier in which the eggs shall rest upon annular resilient bottoms, whereby accidental breakage of the eggs during their delivery to the consumer shall be obviated; fourth, to provide an egg-carrier in which the component parts can be conveniently assembled; any parts readily removed and replaced, and economically manufactured. I attain these objects by the apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top view of the carrier, with cover held in position by two transverse supporting rods. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the carrier, showing position of the eggs in the pockets, with surrounding supports of each egg, and the resilient bot-tom to each pocket. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the carrier, showing the form and position of the cover, and of the transverse rods provided with arms, together with the longitudinal grooves engaged thereby, whereby the cover is held in position and released. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of t-he resilient bottom of each egg-pocket.

Similar figures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, it will be seen that my improved egg-carrier comprises the casing side and end pieces 1, 2, 3 and 4, made preferably of wood; transverse partitions 5, 6

and4 7, which are intersected at `right angles by longitudinal partitions 8 and 9, which partitions together with base 10 and the inner-walls of said casing, constitute the egg-pockets of the carrier. Said partitions are made preferably of pasteboard, interlocked at their points of intersection by means of slits through which the integral portions of the partitions pass. (Not necessary to be shown). Base l0 extends across the entire bottom of the carrier. Said partitions are held in position by having their extended ends engage grooves 16 in the inner wall of the casing. Said grooves are so arranged and disposed as to form square pockets adjacent to the inner wall of the casing, corresponding to those in the center of the casing.

A removable cover 17, made preferably of paper, provided with an oval-shaped flange 18, extending to 19, whereby suflicient surface is provided to hold the eggs within the tray when inverted. Said cover rests for its supportupon the ends of'said intersecting partit-ions. This cover is held in position by two transverse rods 20 and 21, made preferably of spring wire, being provided with integral parallel disposed arms 22 and 23, which engage grooves 24 and 25, disposed that `the arms of said rods point toward the longitudinal center of said grooves and meeting, when closed-in at stops 26 and 27. An outward tension is given to said arms, whereby the said engaged grooves are pressed against preventing accidental displacement of the said rods, and assuring certain supportl to the cover over which they rest, when the carrier is closed. Said rods also provide protection of the cover against any weight that may be laid upon the carrier, and furthermore, serve as bill-holder, or address-slip holder, since such bill or slip is readily placed in position and held down upon the cover lby.

the said transverse rods. End- pieces 2 and 4 are provided at their inner-upper edge with rabbets 28 and 29, whereby the said transverse rods are afforded room teclear and make flush the interior walls` of the carrier, prevent-ing interference with the placing and removing of the Cover. Said end-pieces are also provided with thumbnotches 30 and 31, whereby the sliding of said rods interiorly is facilitated. One transverse rod instead of two may be used in securing and releasing the cover, when the single rod would be slid to the center of the cover; wherefore, I do not wish to limit myself to the construct-ion requiring two rods in securing and releasing the cover.

In using my improved egg-carrier, the eggs are placed, either end down, into the pockets; the cover is placed into position and the transverse rods slid toward the center until they meet at the central stops. On delivering the eggs, the said rods are slid back, the carrier inverted, when the cover will contain the eggs. The tray is left, the carrier returned.

What I claim is:

1. In an egg-carrier the cover securing and releasing construction, comprising two transverse rods, provided at their ends with arms extending at right-angles to the body portion thereof; horizontal grooves on the interior longitudinal walls of the casing of the carrier, engaged by said arms and limiting their sliding movement interiorly by longitudinally central stops within said grooves; rabbeted inner-upper edge of the end-pieces of said casing, whereby a flush interior wall to said casing is afforded, when said rods are slid exteriorly and engaging said rabbets; thumb-notches in said end-pieces of said casing, whereby the movement of said transverse rods interiorly is facilitated,-all arranged, constructed and disposed to readily secure and release a removable, tray-shaped, inverted cover, and'producing an egg-carrier, the outersurface of which is iush on all sides, substantially as set forth and described.

2. The combination in the cover-securing and releasing construction, as shown, of a casing, provided with interior horizontal grooves, transverse rods, provided with arms at their ends extending at right-angles to the body-portion of said rods, said arms engaging said grooves, being controlled and guided thereby, stops, whereby the movement of said rods interiorly is limited, and rabbeted inner-upper edges of the end-pieces of said casing, disposed to produce a flush interior wall when said rods are slid exteriorly,-all arranged, constructed and disposed to readily secure and release a removable tray-shaped cover.

3. The combination in the cover-securing and releasing construction, as shown, of a casing, provided with interior horizontally disposed grooves, transverse rods, providedwith arms at their ends extending at rightangles to their body portion, said arms engaging said grooves interiorly and being controlled and guided thereby, stops, disposed to limit said rods in their movement interiorly, rabbeted inner-upper edges of said end-pieces of said casing, disposed to afford a flush inner wall to said casing, when said rods are slid exteriorly and engage said lrabbets, and notches in the upper edge, centrally, of said end-pieces, disposed to facilitate the movement of said rods interiorly,- all arranged, constructed and disposed to readily secure and release a removable cover.

4. In an egg-carrier, the combination in the cover-securing and releasing construction, comprising a casing, provided with interior longitudinal horizontally disposed grooves; transverse rods, provided with parallel arms extending at right angles to the body-portion of said rods, and disposed to engage said grooves interiorly; exterior stops, whereby said transverse rods are limited in their movement outward and disposed to form an interior flush surface to said casing, bounding the cover, when said rods are slid exteriorly,-all arranged, constructed and disposed lto readily secure and release a removable tray-shaped cover, and producing a top and sides that are ush, substantially as shown.

5. In an egg-carrier the combination of a casing, provided with longitudinal, horizontally disposed grooves; transverse rods, provided with parallel disposed arms extending at right angles to the body-portion of said rods and engaging said grooves; rabbets on the inner-upper edges of said endpieces of said casing, whereby an interior iiush surface is afforded, when said rods are slid exteriorly, and limiting their exterior movement; intersecting partitions, disposed to form egg-pockets; a base-portion extending over the ent-ire bottom of the carrier and disposed to form bottoms to said egg-pockets; a removable cover, disposed to rest for its support upon the ends of said partitions, adjoining said casing and held in position and released by said rods,-all constructed, arranged and disposed to produce an eggcarrier that is flush on all its sides, substantially as set forth.

6. A cover securing and releasing construction, comprising a casing, provided interiorly with horizontal grooves, and transverse rods, provided with arms extending at right angles to the body-portion of said rods, disposedto engage said grooves and being guided thereby in the movement of said rods over a cover, whereby said cover is secured in position and released therefrom,-all arranged, constructed and disposed to provide, in conjunction with said casing, a iush top-surface, enabling perfect casing thereof, as set forth.

7. A cover securing and releasing construction, comprising a casing, provided with interior horizontal grooves, transverse rods, provided with arms extending at right angles to the body portion thereof, and disposed to engage said grooves and to be guided thereby in their interior and exterior movement over a cover, securing and top-surface, and a Hush interior surface, releasing the same, and rabbets on the lnnerboundlng the Cover, whereby the said cover upper edges of the end-pieces of said cas- 1s readily inserted and released, as set forth. l0

ing, disposed to be engaged by said trans- JOHN EDVARD HERMAN. Verse rods When slid eXteriorly, all arranged, Witnesses:

constructed and disposed to secure and re- GEO. E. TAYLOR,

lease readily a cover and to produce a flush WM. C. BAXTER.

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