US1049211A - Combined egg carrier and delivery tray. - Google Patents

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CUMMEE.

. COMBINED EGG. CARRIER AND DELIVERY TRAY.

' APPLICATION FILED APB.1, 1910.

1, i9 211, Patented Dec. 31, 191.2.

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COMBINED EGG CARRIER AND DELIVERY TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1910.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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OFFICE.

HERBERT HARVEY CUMMEB, 01? CADILLAC, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED EGG CARRIER AND DELIVERY TRAY.

siding at Cadillac, in the county of \Vexford, in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Egg Carriers and Delivery Trays, of which the following is a specification. I,

The object of the invention is to provide a substantial form of holder in which the eggs can be carried about, effectively protected against breakage, and the cover of which may constitute a delivery tray, readily put in place as a cover and becoming automatically locked to the body of the holder secure against accidental separationtherefrom, yet readily separable therefrom while the holder is held inverted, the cover then serving as a tray in which the eggs are delivered with despatch and without danger of breakage. While substantial and durable 'the holder may be inexpensively con- The combined cover and delivery tray requires only a single piece of cardboard or the like and.

the coacting formation of the holder for locking the cover in place is very simple and easy to produce as is also the formation which provides for unlocking.

In the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification Figure 1 represents a cross section of the complete holder inverted for delivery of the eggs by disengaging the tray from the holder in a manner here represented; Fig. 2 shows the holder in top plan view with the cover on but represented as partly broken away and a portion of the ho der also so represented; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 represents the holder in side elevation inverted and the body of the holder lifted away from the cover leaving the eggs deposited in the latter; Fig.

'5.represents a portion of one side of the holder viewed from the interior of the latter the section being on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3 with the cover omitted; Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 7 shows the combined cover and delivery tray in perspective viewed as a cover.

The body of the holder is made up of four side pieces A B, refer-ably of wood, two apertured plates 5 D, preferably of tin, and a number of separating and supporting Specification of Letters fatent.

their small ends downward.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

7 Application filed April 1, 1910. Serial No. 552,841.

posts E, preferably of wood. The plates are engaged around their edges with the sides A B and at interior points are secured agalnst opposite ends of the posts E, with their apertures in alinement as illustrated 1n Figs. 1 and 6. These alined apertures provide repositories for the eggsaccommodating one dozen as here shown though of course the number may vary. The apertures in the plate C are here shown as octagonal though their exact outline is immaterial, the purpose being merely to provide openings conforming in general to the largest cross-sectional area'of the eggs and calculated to readily receive the same and at the same time prohibit any considerable play thereof when deposited in the holder. When the eggs are to be placed in the holder the latter rests with the plate C uppermost (Figs. 2 and 6) and the eggs are dropped through the openings in said plate. The octagonal contour of these openings comes about by reason of the rentrant formation for confining the eggs in place. Thus the plate having been slit radially for each opening, the V-shaped portions between slits are bent inwardly forming a substantially circular series of fingers c to embrace the egg when dropped through the opening. The openings in the other or bottom plate D are similarly formed though smaller in area since the eggs are not to drop through these openings but seat in them. Thus V-shaped fingers (Z bent in around the latter are not brought substantially to right angles with the plate as are the fingers c with relation to the plate C, but the base portions of said fingers cl converge to contract the openings and their inner end portions are bent back so as to diverge and form conical or flaring seats for the eggs which are preferably dropped through the openings in the plate C with- It will be obvious that the points of the eggs will then protrude into the openings in the plate D and the eggsback of the points will settle in the flaring seats formed by the diverging portions of the fingers d (see dotted line Fig. 6). Thus the eggs will be held out of contact and against possibility of contact with any protuberances which could cause breakage of the shells, and lateral movement of the eggs will be limited to very slight rocking or rolling in said seats under cause and particularly confinement by th'e fingers '0 of the upper openings. The side pieces. A B extend. sulficlently beyond the plate D to protect the points of the eggs.

The egg compartments provided by the formations abovedescribed are of course relatively located to prevent any possible contact between the eggs. The supporting and separating posts E are located between the apertures so IS to firmly support the plates and stiffen the middle portion of the structure. A simple method of securing the plates to the posts is todrive nails, 'nl, through the tin intothe ends of the posts as illustrated in the drawings. At their margins the plates are firmly held through engagement with the side-pieces A B which formed with'grooves or slits g as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, 4i and 5, to'receive' the edges of the plates. These wooden side pieces A B are nailed or otherwise secured together around the-plates and together with the posts E,obviously serve to give stability to the whole egg holding structure. The said side pieces A 13' extend considerably beyond the upper plate C to receive a cover F for protecting the eggs and preventing them from being jumped out of the pockets or compartments-of the holder above described, or from falling accidentally when the holder is inverted, though said cover eventually constitutes a delivery tray, itbeling understood that it/is not a permanent portion of the holder but is left with the customer when the eggs are-delivered. Said;

cover is composed of a piece of cardboard cut across thecorners and scored and bent back all around -forming sides f, separated from each other at the ends. These, sides are creased or scored lengthwise and bent back to'form flaps or flanges f to frictionally engage the inner surfaces of the side pieces A B and interlock with the side pieces A'as presently explained. In bending the cardboard along the scorings or creases the sides f and flaps or flanges 7" will be left extending at an angle to the main portion of the cover and at angles to each other, so

that insertion of the cover between the side pieces A B of the holder,-will require forc ing back of the said cover portions f and fi against the inherent resiliency of the materi a-l composing the cover thus creating friction between the same and the inner surfaces of said side pieces of the holder so that there is a closeengagement all around and one calculated to retain the cover place, though not relied upon in the latter connection.

In order to eiiecti'vely. sec re the cover; from any against accidental displac lder ining itto through resiliis composed.

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1 it ni this extthe side pieces A o v the longer sides of the cover, will spring into posited and left, the sides f thereof sei- 'fingerswith sharp edgesoif the plate latter where it crosses the opening the "holder hein i the holder are grooved lengthwise throughout a limited area at the middle as shown at Q (Figs. and 5) the grooves tapering in depth at each end and in cross-section and whatnormally constitute the top sides of the grooves being abrupt shoulders a illustrated in Fig. I-l. The effect isthat when the pasteboard cover is forced into theh'older, middle portions of the-flanges or flaps f which extend along said grooves and under said aljn upt shoulders (Figs. 1, .2 and 3), owing'to the inherent resiliency of the cardboard. This will obviously lock the cover to the holder automatically and effectively. -.The proportion of'the parts is such that the folds be tween the sides f and flanges f contact with the upper plate C when the said flanges f so engage under said shoulders w.- .I'Icnce the cover will be firmly. heldtin place over' the eggs. I

It will be seen that the above described construction provides aweryQs'iniple and efiicient manner of securely-lo the cover to the holder without requiriru; any ten ing devices which have "to be specially manipulated. i

As before stated the {cardboard F to eventually constitute a tray on which to de liver the eggs and so provision made for unlocking the same from the holder in aconvenient manner. To this Lnd circular ope/[r ings a are made in the sides .atintercepting the grooves a. Whentlm eggs are to he dc livered the holder is turned upside d and with the hands grasping the side A; a finger will be inserted in'cacl r said holes a. (see Fig. 1) andtlu; ha pressed against'to disengage theni fro l the shoulders a,- whereupon the hold r will I'm 6 lifted as illustrated 111 Fig. 4; us the in rmittod to verted cover, on which the eggs will be t to confine.- the eggs so that the cardboaial piece then serves as a tr: y Wlll ll is left w ith thecustomer. To avoid encouuteeof the bent in as; illustrated at 0 What I claimzis: 1. A combined carrier and tray comprising a holder ith ments for the eggs and in tori:

"fronrthe can engage automa'i' flanges tr be lat. v gagement wlth the ShOHltiL.

-as and for the purpose described, r

' 2. A combined egg carrierand delivery tray comprising a holder with compartments for the eggs and interiorcover-retaining shoulders in opposite sides, and a coverpiece having sides adapted to form a tray 'for the eggs when inverted and flanges doubled back from the edges of said sides and adapted to engage automatically with said shoulders when the cover-piece is in troduced between the sides of the holder,-- the latter having openings in opposite sides intercepting the retaining shoulders wherebythe flanges may be laterally pressed out of locking engagement with such shoulders;

substantially asand for the purpose de-v scribed.

3. An egg holder comprising top and bot-- tom plates with alined openings'and fingers surrounding the openings bent inwardly toward each other, theopenings and fingers of the top plate being of' such size as to permit the entrance of an egg, and the fingers of the o enings in the bottom plate converging rom their bases for part of their.

. to form seats for the eggs, and separating Copies of this patent may be obtained for and supportingposts between and secured to the plates.

5. An'egg holder comprising top and bottom plates with alined openings and fingers surrounding the openings bent inwardly toward each "other,.the openings andfingers of the top plate being of such size as to per- ,mit the entrance of an egg, and the fingers of the opening in the bottom'plate conver ing from their'bases for part of their length seats for the eggs, and spacing members termediate said plates.

6. An egg holder comprising a frame and a horizontal bottom plate having openings surrounded by upwardly extending fingers forming seats for the eggs. said fingers being bent intermediate their bases and" tips and the tip port-ions diverging to form said seats, and means located above said seats for restraining lateral movement of the eggs.

7. An egg holder com'prising'top and bottom plates with alined openings, the openings of the top plate being of such size as to permit the entrance of an egg, and the openings in the bottom plate being surand diverging toward their tips to form rounded by upwardly extending fingers forming seats for the eggs, said fingers converging from their bases for part of their length and diverging toward their tips to .form said seats.

HERBERT HARVEY CUMMER.

Witnesses:

C. J. McHUeH, C. -A.-S'm.E s: v

five cents each, by addressing the-Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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