US1210282A

US1210282A - Egg-shipping case.

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Publication number: US1210282A
Application number: US6659115A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph I Edwards
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-12-13
Filing date: 1915-12-13
Publication date: 1916-12-26
Anticipated expiration: 1933-12-26

Description

1.1.EDWARDS.

EGG SHIPPING CASE. APPLICATION man nan. 13, 1 915.

Paten'ted Dec. 26, 1916.

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EGG S'HI PPING CASE. APPLICATION FILED DEC.13, 1915v Patented Dec. 26,1916.

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1 Joseph .i/EDWARTQS, cs member, ciitrroiems. 4

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To all whom it mayconcern:

Be 1h known that l, JOSEPH I. EDWARDS,

a citizen; of the United States, residing Lirerniore in the county of Alameda and State of California; have invented new and useful 1 Improvements in Egg-,Ship'piug Cases, of

which the following is'a specification; v r

The present" invention relates to. improvementszi i'shipping cases for eggs audeuch like breakable articles, arid the object of the invention is tOgPlOVldB a casehaviug nests arrangedtherein each of a peculiar formatioirivherehy the eggs may be efiectively.

.strohg' and durable.

,whiehitlie hase is formed, Fig. i is a vertical With the above and other objects in view,

the improvement resides in the construction,

combination and aia'angemeut of parts set forthiu-the' followin s )ClfiCilillOn and fa1ling 'Withili the scope-of the appended claims,-

Iii the drawihg'silhigure 1 is a perspective ""iew of a shippi 1g4crate constructed in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is similar view showing the top in its open positiohrhigf a View oft-heblank from leng itudihalisectional view through the dethe pest sections, Fig. 8 is a' similar View of one of the Id ViSlOI} vplates or part tions, and

tron a single she vice'kisilliifstrated in Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a transverse leetioiial jgciv through the same Fig. 6 is'apeisliective new of portion of one of the trays;F ig'g, hisav similar View. of one of is a similar-view of one otthe I or: cas tig proper of l F eas 0 improved sill} same refeiiabl i;

pmeidd vjith aniimer lining and coi nfi sa einb ceseihemgiprefer bly cei sti fited heard orthe like. bendable but ofi'strong substance; .'1 hisi use 1. is providedovitli bot longitudinal isom r or loldclines a r d with traiisi erse fold lines 3-3--3, the spaces Specification of Letters yatentt boa l coh ipi isin o su able" wash: the a 2 t deneehe'e 6119i corrugated,-materiflh hg Saki X;

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' snugly, ireceiyerl between the flanges of the atray and;contact with, the -topfsurface or l o bodythereof, ar d. the said top vsurfaoe uis; i 3 provided'with a plurality of spaced op'e'i1-' l Patented wheelers;

Application filed December 13, 1915 Serial No. 66,591.

between, the loiigitudinal folds behigequal and the spaces betwe'en 'the outer foldsand 4 the ends of the blank being likewise equal.

the said slits, indicated by; thenumerals' H and respectively, are arrangedone oyer the other, hile the remaining flaps, iridloated by the numerals 6M6 and T? re spectively are bent over the outermost flaps e and 5 and the flap 6, o 'er the-fiapft, so' it will be'noted that two'of the opposite ends'ic of the substantially rectangular case is closed by four overlapping. flaps, it being under?" stood that the said "overlapping flaps are connected together in any "desired'ma'nnerand also that the said open corner provided bytwo of the sides are likewise connected,

rial 8. y y It is to be understood that the case I may be of any desired size to accommodate the number of eggs to be shipped therein,- and that thefiaps l, 5, 6 and 7 upon one of the ends" providing the top of said case are not I sealed until after the nests are arranged within the-Bald case.

I first arrange in the box'a pad which rests on the bottom of the box. This pad is I preferablyconstructed of some suitable soft material, comprising au outer casing such for instance as cheese cloth, and an inner lin 9Q mg of studding such, for instance, as exceL 'slor; I then place over the pad a trayiindr I cated by the numeral 10. This tray is pro-f vided with a contimlous.

flangev

11,1 and the said flange-is preferably formed by cuttingthe corners of the body of the tray andf" 'bendingithe same along a creasedline and the nieeting ends o't' the'flanged members are preferably connected byfle'xible strips 11 ,f 'llust'ated in Ifjig- 6 y of the drawings. l00

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e. .sg'a apart. and com ected l to s for instance, by a strip of adhesive mategether hy au linneig corrugated. member; the r 0 i i's;- i1i ?e to I that f 13 11 1.

/ lb s: to. M ander-st d that t e ed vvhen lplaced iii] the'casing ings 13 eorresponding'in number with the number of eggs to be shipped in the casin N ext I insert in the casing a nest 16 whic includes an outer cardboard frame of a size v to engage with the inner walls of'the casing and which is provided with a plurality of intersecting longitudinal and transverse partition members 17 dividing the said nest into a plurality of cells 17 I The cells correspond in number to the openings 13 in the tray 10.

Arranged in each of the cells 17% is a yield-;'

Each of these sleeves is formed of two separable strips of able sleeve 01" collar 17."

thin flexible material which embody sufficientresiliency to engage with the eggs 15 to hold the said eggs to prevent the. same contacting with the side walls of the cells of the nests, and'the said eggs arearranged in the cells to permit of either their points or butts being partially received. in the openings 17 to contact withthe outer lining of the pad 9, so it will be noted that the eggs while permitted a certain slight movement laterally or vertically in a downward direction, the same will be efi'ectivelyheld or yieldably supported to preventany injury being inflicted to the eggs when moved in either of such directions.

The sleeves 1'2 may be formed of paper or cardboard of the desired strength and yieldability. The strips from which the said sleevesare formed have their ends bent against the sides or ends ofthefbox as well as against the partitions and adhesively or otherwise securely connected thereto, and

.are, from thence bent at a slight angle form themselves to the shape of the egg with which eggs they effectively grip, as clearly illustrated in the. figures of the drawings. i

After the layer of eggs has been arranged, as just described, I arrange over the nest 16 a division. plate or partition 20,.the same preferably comprising two facings of suitable cardboard or the like which are divided from each other and spaced by an inner lining of corrugated material, and the spacing memberQO is provided with openings I 20 which correspond in number with the cells of, the nest 16-and whichare adaptedto receive the projecting ends of the eggs 15. Arranged over the plate or partit on 20 "is a spacer which is indicated by the charf acter A. This spacer memberjincludes an outer frame which has 1ts sides and ends connected by inner intersecting, longitudi:

11:11 and transverse partitions A dividing the same into a number 9f cells or compart--- ments corresponding ;W1tl1 the number of the layers of eggs, and/the end of the said eggs, extending through the openings 20 and above the plates or partitions 20am received in the respective cellsof the spaced member A. Onthe top of the spacer mem mentioned member 20- is'arranged a second and within this nest is arranged thesecond layer of eggs 15', the ends of the same'passor upper nest 16 similar to the nest16,

ing through the openings '20 in the upper plateor partition 20, but the ends of said second layer of eggs are maintained away from contact with the ends of the first layer of eggs; Next Ipos-ition over thee'nds of the upper layer of eggs-15' which project through the cells of the upper partition 16, a second-tray 10. In this instance, however, I arrange the flange 11' of the upper tray toward the mouth of the casing, so that the flat body will rest upon/ the upper nest 10, and'the projecting ends of the upper layer of eggs 15' will be received in the openings 13' of the said upper tray.-

Now I! arrange between the flanges 11 of the upper tray 10' a second or upper pad 9 which, as clearly illustrated in F i'g.' -r;4,

will yield to the pressure of'the ends- 0f the upper layer of eggs which project above the body of the upper tray 10. Then this is accomplished the upper flap members are folded one over the other and the overlying flaps 5 and Thave their ends connected by a strip of adhesive material which is indi- -cated by the numeral 10. Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: A i 1. A shipping case for eggs. comprising an outer casing including flaps which are adapted to overlie each other to provide the top and bottom of the casing, pads in the casing at the top and bottom thereof, perforated flanged trays arranged over the pads, nest"members arranged one against each of the trays, said nests having longi-=' tudinal and transverse intersecting memplurality of partitions corresponding in number and alining with the cells of the nests and the perforations in the partitions and trays.

2. A shipping case for eggs comprising an outer casing formed from a double thickness of material including flaps which are adapted to overlie each other to provide the top and bottom of the casing, pads in 3 the cells at the said top and bottom'thereof, forations in the plates, the nests and the perforated trays arranged over the pads, perforations in' the trays. v nest members arranged upon the trays, per- In"'testimony whereof I afiix' my signaforated partition plates for the nests, and ture in presence of two Witnesses. '5 a spacer-member disposed between the parp JOSEPH I. EDWARDS.

' tition plates, and said spacer. member being Witnesses: r

divided into a number of compartments, G. M. CHURCHILL, corresponding to and alining with the per- H. J 'CALLAGHAN.