US1610285A - Chick-carton liner - Google Patents

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Dec. 14 1926. f 1,610,285

l M. w. HODGE CHICK CARTON LINER 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed May 5.

Dec. 14 1926". 1,610,285 i M. W. HODGE CHICK CARTON LINER Filed May 5. 192e 2 sheets-sheet? Patented Dee. 14, 1926.71

vente iria'fzviss ivrnmjILLnV W. Honen, `or jen-AND niarrnsy MicnreAmfAssrGNon To n XcELsroR WRAPPER co., onennnnnnrrns, ivIIcHrGAn, A CORPORATION or ,wisconsin f crrrcKnnnron 'Linen ,-Atpiicationmea nay va', 192ev fsrilnjloaifiv. l

The present invention relates to cartons',

and more particularly to a liner for Vcartons intended for the shipment of chicks.

l Ordinarily, babychicks'alre shipped in cartons rvhaving a plurality 'of compartments,

each adaptedto receive 'adozen .-"or more The bottoms of these compa'rtments are covered with material, such as loose eXcelsior, which is leveledV byhand ,to form a bed for the chicks. These'vliners. are ordinarily produced by taking loose excelsior orlwolod wool, which is finely cutfexcelsior," and, .pat-

bottom liner. y Y I Y Anobjection to this practice is thatconrsliderable. timeV vand llabor is 'requiredto form a Vsatisfactorybed," and` furthermore', it is difticultgto mat and compress the eXcelsior by hand Vsuiicientl'yl to provide a uniformly tingiit downto provide a somewhat level dense and level bottoml liner. The Vresult is 4 that there will frequentlyr result uneven beds and compartmentswith unfilled corners. v

Moreover, by hand packing vof each compartf impossible to obtain a suiiicien'tly 'close matting of the fibers to produce a bed which will not disintegrate or become disarrangeddur `ing shipment.V The excelsior layer @frequently breaks up, and as aV result, Vchicks come into contact withV the bottom of the4 carton. Furthermore, the smaller chicks be# .come entangled in the loose, fluffy excelsior,

and also are .frequently smothered, due to theY piling up of portions of the layer.

An object of the invention is to provide a bottom liner of substantially carton or compartment dimensions, which is pre-formed, and may be readily placed in one of the comlaborv required for arranging the liner from loose eXcelsior.

A further object ofthe invention vistek provide a liner of eXcelsior-or the like material, which is closelywoven-or matted, and

` has sufficientinherent stability to avoid dis-- integration either beforeor during use.

A still further obj ect of the invention is to piles.

' ment with loose eXcelsior, it'is practically y of an improved liner.

tion openings, partments, thereby eliminating the tlme and still vfurther object fthe invention to provide a liner of eXcelsior o-r'similar mate# 'rial havingv `a readilyr'emovable:Wrapper whi'chassists in 'maintaining the liner in normal condition until use, the'matl or pad ofjeXcel'sior being preferably withdrawable freely from the wrapper, dueto the factthat the latter freely encirclesthe'same.

The above and ether objects ofthev invention will become clearer as the de'scri'pidenv proceeds in connection withapreferredlemwn'in the accompanying draw#V bodim'ent sho ingswh'ereiri'y j Y i Figure l is aperspective view of aconventional type 'of-chick carton." l

f Figure@ 1s La verticalsection ofl thesame withthe top in-positioni proved linen` ,l 4'Figure 4 'is transverse sectional view. Figure' 5is a perspective view showing a preferred manner of removing the wrapper.y

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' Figure v3 lis a yperspective-view of the irn- Figure 6 isa perspective view showing a f second method 'of removingv the wrapper l 'I so f from theliner. l l The carton Villustrated in Figures l and 2 forms no 'part of the present invention, 'and issimplyshown to illustrate the application The particu ar type of carton `shown comprises'a body portion 10 khaving a vseries ofcompartments formedof intersecting partitions 11. lThe'toprofthe, compartment has a perforated irmersection l.lfspaced by meansv ef wood strips 1 3 from' an outersection 14 to Vform vanv air chamber body portion may be provided, as illustrated in the severalvvlews, with suitable ventila- -Before the Vpresent invention, it was customary to vcover ythe bottoms `of the compartments with Vloose "eXcelsior which i was pressed down and leveled by hand. l The fliner of the present invention 'is illustrated in Figure 3,;and comprises a pad or wood wool is compressed and matted or interwoven to provide av 1pad having suffi#V cient. density to prevent t e formation of holes therein andthe feet of a baby. chick from 'coming contact with the bottom of a'carton. The interweaving or matting cf the ejacesor ia important, for the reason between the two sections. 1 Both `the top 'and or mat 15 ofexcelsior which, preferably, f f

is relatively line, and such' as 1s knownin,I the trade as wood wool. VThe eXcelsior 11ndV bottom of the boX.

that the chicks scratch the pad and unless it is relatively dense and of uniform thickness, will quickly form openings through which theirfeet come in contact with-the Y The relatively dense pad of the present invention will prevent vsuch contact. Moreover, the interweaving or matting of the excelsior will pro-vide a pad having a sufficient inherent-stability to retain its shape, both before and during use, thus ,eliminating the danger of the rchicks being .smothered as frequently occurs in lthe fluffy, loose excelsiorinserted by hand. Y

The con'ipacting of the pad also avoids dangerof the chicks becoming entwined or entangled inthe liner, which riot infrequently occurs when the loj'o'se eXcelsior is Aused and .laid by hand over the bottoms of the compartinents.

i llach pad iscnt to. substantially the dimensions Aof .the compartments of .the car- Ytoifi"s,vwith which it is to be used, and in thev present instance, as will be observed, is Y'of oblong shape. lt is enclosed by a wrapper 16,.;fo-rmed froinay strip 'of paper or suitable material which encircles .the liner rand has its ends 17 overlappedland adliesively secured together.

' Although thev form of the wrapper may be varied lwithout departing from tl'iesinvention, it is ,desirable that the. wrapper encircle the liner freely, and that particular careV betakento see 'that ,there is lno direct securing of the linert the pad,as byVV ad hesion, which is likely to occur unless particular care is takenwheii 'securing together .f Y the ends `17'V of the wrapper strip. llien' al wrapper of this form used, and it freely encircles the liner, the latter may be readily withdrawn through ,one open end Vofv the wrapper, as illustrated in Figure 5. Or,

, if preferred, the wrapper may be torn, as

illustrated in Figure 6. Y y ,l The matting `o V'nterweaving lof the wood wool audits compression, provides a pad of sufficient inherent stability to enable it to maintain its ferm after it is withdrawn from the.Y wrapper, and during use. By holding the liner in the position illustrated in Figure 5, i-t may befreadily'deposited in the compartment without handling, lthus maintaining the original integrity of the structure, although it will be understood that this deposition of the liner in the compartment when removing the wrapper is 'not necessary, due to the inherent stability of the structure.

Although the liner is described asbeing u body vofeicelsior mattedand compressed to o an inherently stabile condition, wherebyV the same doesfnot 'disintegrate in use, and cut to cartonV dimensions, and a wrapper in which said body is enclosed, whereby 'a mer-k cantile unit' is provided, 'saidl Wrapper being freely removabl'efor the purpose described.

' 2. As Va new v article of manufacture, a chick cartofn'bottom liner consistingof a body of excelsior matted and compressed to an inherently stable condition, whereby the saine does not disintegrate yin use and cut to carton dimensions, Vand an `openended` freely reifnovable` wrapper in whichjsaid body is enclosed whereby a'n'iercantil'e unit is provided, the body. being freely withdrawable from the wrapper through said open end. Y

' In testimony whereof Iv have hereunto s et 'my hand.V

' MELVILLE W. HDGE.

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