US1078396A - Cellular member for egg-cases. - Google Patents

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O. W. WISE. R MEMBER FOR E 17, 1913. 1,0?8396, Patented Nov. 11, 1913.-

CHARLES W. WISE, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CELLULAR MEMBER FOR EGG-CASES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 17, 1913.

Patented Nov. 1 1, 1913.

Serial No. 754,906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs W. lVIsn, a itizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cellular Members for Egg-Cases, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to foldable cellular members for use in connection with egg cases, and the primary object of my invention is to provide a light and durable fold.

able structure that can be advantageously used in connection with egg or other cases for transporting various kinds of merchandise by parcels post.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a strong, durable and inexpensive foldable cellular member or collapsible partition or filler that can be advantageously used in connection with a box for providing a plurality of compartments in which eggs and other fragile merchandise can be placed and safely transported by parcels post.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a foldable box provided with the improved foldable cellular member or partition. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the member or partition partly collapsed.

In the drawing there is illustrated a collapsible cellular member or partition comprising parallel longitudinal walls 1 having the upper edges thereof provided with equally spaced vertical slots or slits 2 that are approximately half the depth of said longitudinal walls. The endmost slots or slits are set in and removed from the ends of said walls, for a purpose that will presently appear.

Connecting the walls 1 are foldable transverse walls 3, said walls having the lower edges thereof provided with slots or slits 4 approximately half the depth of said transverse walls. The walls 1 and 3 correspond in depth, consequently the transverse walls 3 can be placed in engagement with the longitudinal walls 1 by interlocking said walls at the slotted or slitted portions thereof. The upper and lower edges of the walls are then flush and said partition can occupy a horizontal position in a box or inclosure 5 The transverse walls 3 are foldable, as at 6 at points intermediate the longitudinal walls 1 and the ends of the transverse walls 3 protrude from the sides of the outer walls 1, whereby the ends of the transverse walls will cooperate with the ends of the longitudinal walls in spacing the compartments 7* of said partition from the walls of the box 5.

In order that the partition can be collapsed, with the transverse walls 8 folded in between the longitudinal walls 1 it is necessary that one of the end transverse walls 3 have two folds the reverse of the other end transverse wall and these folds have been designated A and B, distinguishing the same from the folds of the other end walls.

To prevent the intermediate folds of the end transverse walls from protruding beyond the ends of the longitudinal walls 1, the intermediate folds are given an additional fold, as at C whereby the material of the end transverse walls will extend inwardly, as shown in Fig. 2. In other words, the end transverse walls have double folds between the centralmost longitudinal walls and when the size of the partition is increased beyond that shown in Fig. 2 every alternate space would accommodate the double fold of end transverse walls.

A collapsible cellular member or partition in accordance with this invention can be used in connection with other boxes, receptacles or inclosures, other than that shown and disclosed, and I desire it to be understood that the collapsible partition can be made of any suitable material and of various sizes.

What I claim is A cellular member comprising a series of slotted longitudinal walls and a series of slotted transverse walls interlocking with the longitudinal walls, said transverse walls having folds between said longitudinal walls whereby said longitudinal walls can be collapsed into parallelism with respect to each other, the folds of the outer walls of said series of transverse walls extending inwardly in opposite directions with respect to each other, the intermediate portion of the longitudinal Walls When the member is the outer transverse Walls of said series becollapsed. 10 ing provided With double folds, the double In testimony whereof I afiix my signature folds of one outer transverse Wall being opin the presence of two Witnesses.

positely disposed with respect to the double CHARLES W. WISE. fold of the other outer transverse walls, said Witnesses:

double folds providing means to prevent the J. P. APPLEMAN,

transverse Walls from protruding beyond MAX H. SROLOVITZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseaeh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

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