US1198792A - Egg-case. - Google Patents

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R. R. TRACY.

EGG CASE.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 2|. 19:5.

1 ,1 98,792 Patented Sept-1Q 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

R. R. TRACY.

EGG CASE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2'. 1915.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

RAYMOND R. TRACY, OF MORRISON, ILLINOIS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RAYMOND R. TRACY, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Morrison, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cases for shipping and transporting eggs and has as its object to provide a case of this class especially designed to receive and protect eggs contained within an ordinary egg carton disposed within the case and has as one aim to so construct the case as to effectually protect the eggs from becoming broken or cracked while being shipped or-transported.

Another aim of the invention is to so construct the case that the side walls of. the

-' carton will be spaced from the corresponding side walls of the case so that blows or pressure received by the side walls of the case will not be transmitted to the eggs in such manner as to result in their breakage.

, oAnother aim of the invention is to so con.- struct the case that it maybe repeatedly used and will be substantial although so light in weight; as not to add materially .to..the cost of transportation.

Another aim of the invention is to provide means for closing the case which means will serve effectually to prevent accidental opening of the case and loss of its contents and yet may be readily manipulated to permit of inspectionof the contents by postal authorities.

In theaccompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device embodying the present invention closed and ready for transportation. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the case opened and the egg cart'on partly withdrawn. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the device, the egg carton being, shownin eleva-- tion. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the inner section of the case. Fig. 5 isavertical transverse sectional view through the case and the carton housed therein. Fig. 6 is av perspective view of the carton open.

The egg case embodying the present invention includes an open ended outer section or'case and an intermediate skeleton .section or spacing member Wltllll'l, which latter is disposed the-inner; section or carton ,containingrthe eggs to be transported. The outersection comprises side walls 1, a

Specification of Letters Patent.

; EGG-CASE.

Patented. Sept. 19, 1916.

Application filed October 21, 1915. Serial No. 57,133.

top wall 2, and a bottom wall 3, the said section being open at' both ends as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The outer section of the case and in fact the case as a whole is preferably oblong so as to adapt it to receive the ordinary oblongj egg carton, although it may assume any de sired shape depending, of course, upon the shape and size of the carton which it is intended to receive.

The intermediate or spacing section of. the

egg case embodying the present 'inrvention as well as the outer section of the said case is preferably formed from strawboard and the said intermediate section is folded up from a blank cut from this material or such other material suitable for the purpose as may be employed, and comprises a bottom 4, a top 5, a connecting end 6, and an end 7. The lateral edge portions of the bottom 4 are folded 'up to form flanges 8Iand the corresponding edgeportions of the top 5 are folded to form flanges 9, the lateral or verticalledge portions of the end 6 being folded to form flanges 10 and the edge portions .of the blank constituting theedge portions of the said walls are cut or slit as indicated at 11 so that tlie ends of the flanges 8 and 9 ad aeent the end 6 of the said section will practically meet the ends of the flanges 10' at the corresponding sides of the-said section. trated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the intermediate section of the case is designed to be slidably fitted within the outer section thereof in the position shown in Figs. 3 and-'5 of the dl awings and with the sections thus assembled, the end wall 6 of the intermediate section closes one end of the outer section. The end 7 of the intermediate section is designed to be swung at its line of junc- When folded in the manner illusture with the bottom wall 4 of the intermediate section to open andclosed positions and in order that this member of the intermediate section may be-reinforced at its said line-of juncture with the bottom wall 4, a cloth or t'apebinding 12 is secured to the under side of the bottom wall 4 and the outer side ofthe-end wall 7 along the said line of jun ture between these parts. When the section have been properly assembled the inner section or egg carton to be housed within the case and of they form,- for example, shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings'and indicated in general by the numeral 13,

after having been.' filled with eggs is slidably fitted within the intermediate section of the case and the end 7 may then be swung to closed position and secured in a manner to be presently described.

Referring now to Figs. 2 and 5 of the "drawings, itv will be observed that when the the wall 6 of the said section and will be spaced by the flanges 8, 9 and 10, from the side walls 1 of the outer section of the case. Also, when the end wall 7 is swung to closed position it will rest against the other'end of the'egg carton and will serve effectually to close the case at its end opposite the end which is closed'by the wall 6.

In order that the end wall 7 of the intermediate section of the case may be held closed. as'shown' 'in-Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, a disk 14 is riveted or otherwise secured to the outer face of the said end wall, and passed about the shank of the rivet, which rivet is indicated at 15, is one end portion of a tying cord 16, the end of the cord being tied to form an open knot' 17 through which the cord is threadedafter having been passed about the said shank of the rivet 1 5 A metallic disk 18 is disposed against the upper surface of the top wall 2 of the outersection of the case near that end at which the end wall 7 of the intermediate section is located when the sections are assembled, and disposed upon the disk 18 is a disk 19 of any suitable friction material, the disks being secured together and to the said top wall 2'by a rivet 20. The upper surface of the disk 18 is preferably convex and the disk 19 is preferably substantially flat so that when the cord 16 is passed between the disks l8 and 19 and about the shank of the rivet 20 and is pulled taut it will be securely held against slippingand in this manner the end wall 7 is held closed.

In order that the ends of the flanges 8 and 9 may be prevented from becoming mutilated or spread in such' manner as to interfere wlth the ready insertion of the egg container, small staples or other suitable stiffening elements, indicated at 21, are secured in vertical position through the outer ends of the said flanges thereby compressing the layers between which the corrugated intermediate layer of the material from-which the intermediate section is formed-is located, so as to reduce the thickness of. the flanges at their said ends.

It will be understood that while from the foregoing description of the invention the walls 2 and 3 of the outer section are described as constituting the upper and lower walls of these sections and the walls 4 and 5 of the intermediate section are described" of the outer section may constitute the bottom and'top of thesaid section and the walls 4 and 5 of the intermediate section may 0011- stitute the. sides of the said intermediate section.

is claimed as new is:

1. A mailing case including an outer section open at one end, a container disposed within'the outer section, and an intermediate spacing section interposed between the outer section and the container and including spaced walls provided with inwardly projecting marginal flanges bearing against ad 'jacent walls of the outer section and container respectively.

2. A mailing case including an outer open ended section, a container disposed within the outer section, and an intermediate spacing section interposed between theoutersection and thecontainer and including spaced upper and lower walls pr ided with in" wardly projecting flanges the longitudinal edges of which are spaced apart, said flanges contacting with the adjacent walls of the outer section and container respectively.

3. A mailing case including an outer section open at both ends, a container fitted within the outer section, "and a removable intermediate spacing section interposed between the outer section and the container Having thus described the invention, what i a hinged end wall, the first-mentioned walls being designed to rest against corresponding walls of the outer section when the sections are assembled and the hinged wall when swung laterally being designed to close one end of the case as a whole, means for closing the other end of the case, and flanges formed upon said spaced walls' of the intermediate section and bearing against the outer section and containerrespectively'for spacing the container from the outersection.

4, mailing case including an outer open ended section, a container fitting Within the outer section, an intermediate spacing section interposed between the outer section,

and the container and provided with spaced inwardly projecting flanges adapted to bear against the outer wall of the container and the inner wall of the outer section respeee tively, and stifi'ening members piercingathe flanges.

5. A mailing case including an outer open ended section, a container fitted within the outer section, an intermediate spacing section interposed between the outer section and the container and including upper and lower walls connected by an integral end wall, thev opposite longitudinal edges of the upper and lower walls of the spacing member being bent inwardly to form spaced spacing section and adapted to extend over the container and close one end of-the outer section when swung upwardly to closed -position, and stiffening members piercing the flanges of the intermediate section near the hinged wall thereof.

6. A mailing case including an open ended outer section, a container fitting within the outer section, an intermediate skeleton spacing section interposed between the outer section and the container and including spaced upper and lower walls connected at one end by an integral end wall, there being a second end wall'hingedly connected to the bottom wall, flanges projecting inwardly from the top and bottom walls and the integr'al end wall of the spacing section andadapted to bear-against the outer wall of the container and the inner' wall of the outer section respectively, and a securing element fastened to-the hinged wall of the intermediate section and engaging the outer section near one end thereof for preventing withdrawal of both the container and intermediate spacing section.

In testimony whereof, I aflix mysignature.

RAYMOND R. TRACY. [L.S.]-,

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