US1952625A - Egg cleaning device - Google Patents

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March 27, 1934. G. E. JOHNSON EGG CLEANING DEVICE Filed Dec. 10, 1951 INVENTOR Gustav E. Johnson ATTWE la Patented Mar. 27, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFECE EGG CLEANING DEVICE This invention relates to new and useful improvements in egg cleaning devices and has for its object to provide an apparatus that may be used with advantage for said purpose, as in this present instance a great number of eggs may be cleaned at the same time without any danger of breakage.

As the device is comparatively simple of construction the manufacturing cost may be considered so low as to assure a wide market for this invention.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts,

hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:-- Figure 1 is a top plan view of my device, while Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 10 indicates my device, which comprises two substantially flat, rectangular formed members 11, 11 hinged together, as shown at 12, the said hingemeans may, if desired, be secured to sort of a table 24, by lug-members 13, in order to make the device stationary, which may be desirable, if this device, or a number of devices, is used on a large scale. s

The said members 11, each consists of an outer layer 14 of a substantially hard material, such as wood or metal, and inside the latter of a somewhat softer and flexible material 15, such as a layer of rubber.

In the said members 11, 11 are formed registering holes or openings 16, for the placement therein of the eggs 17 to be cleaned, and in the said members 11, 11 are also arranged a great number of small apertures 18 to lead off the water or fluid used in cleaning the said eggs.

In order that the hard outer layer 14 of the members 11, 11 shall not touch or crush the eggs, when the latter are inserted into the openings 16, a small flange 19 of the inner and softer layer 15 is projecting outside and over the edges of the harder material at the openings 16. A separating member 20, made of any suitable material, is disposed between the said members 11, 11 at their free ends and rigidly secured to one of the said members; the purpose of the said separator being to prevent the members 11, 11 from getting so near together that they will crush the eggs inserted therebetween.

' 3 2 Claims. (01. 146-198) At the opposite ends of the members 11, 11 the relative distance between the latter is secured by the proper construction and arrangement of the hinging means 12 and their extending arms 21, 21.

A clasp 22, of the usual kind, will secure the device in locked position.

As, however, not all eggs are of an equal size, and accordingly may project more or less above the edges of the holes 16, a special feature has been added to this device in order to take care of this situation.

The said feature consists in a top-rim 23 attached to and slightly but sufiiciently projecting above the said outer layers 14, so that whatever size the eggs may be, or whether the said eggcleaning device is used in one position or the reverse position, the eggs, that is the top portions of the latter, will always be prevented from touching the surface 24 upon which the device proper may rest.

The eggs, when arranged and held in this device, may be cleaned by meansof a sponge or rag, or in any other suitable manner.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not therefore limit myself to the construction and arrangement shown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. An egg cleaning device, comprising, in combination, two substantially flat, oblong members, hingedly connected, the said members consisting each of an outer wooden layer, and an inner soft rubber layer, the said layers being formed with perforations therein to dispose of cleaning fluids, and with openings through the said inner and outer layers to permit portions of the contained eggs to project out from the said openings, the inner soft rubber layer projecting slightly over the edge of the wooden layer in the respective eggopenings to protect the said eggs from breaking, a projecting edge arranged around the boundaries of and upon the said wooden layer for protecting the projecting portion of the eggs from breakage during cleaning, and means for securing the ap- (I, paratus solidly to a supporting member.

2. An egg cleaning device, comprising, in combination, two substantially flat, oblong members hingedly connected, the said members consisting each of an outer layer of hard,.solid material and an inner layer of soft material, the said layers ing spacing means formed integral with the hinged joint at the opposite ends of the said oblong members to prevent too heavy pressure be.- ing exerted by the latter upon the eggs, a projecting edge arranged around the boundaries of and upon the said hard layer for protecting the projecting portion of the eggs from breakage during cleaning, and means for securing the said apparatus solidly to a support.

' GUSTAV E. JOHNSON.

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