US222595A

US222595A - Improvement in egg-carriers

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Publication number: US222595A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1879-12-16
Anticipated expiration: 1896-12-16

Description

A. J. MILLARD. .Egg-Carrier;

No. 222,595. Patented Dec. 16,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGEo ANDREW J. MILLARD, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN EGG-CARRIERS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,595 dated December 16, 1879; application tiled September 26, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. MILLARD, of Sioux City. in the county ot' Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Egg-Carriers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l ofthe drawings is a representation of a perspective view of a tray constructed according to my invention 5 Figs. 2 and 3, detail views of the strips from which the tray is composed; Fig. 4, a detail view, showing the manner of locking together the strips forming the outside walls of the tray.

This invention has relation to tha-t class of egg-carriers in which the side walls of the pockets for the reception ot the eggs are formed by intersecting strips of pasteboard or similar material. m

y rlhe invention therefore consists in the particular manner of forming the different strips of pasteboard, and slitting them, whereby they are securely fastened together to form the pockets of the trays.

In the accompanying drawings, A represen ts the strips, of straw-board or other suitable material, which form the ends and sides of the tray-or, in other words, the outside walls thereof; and B, the inner strips, which, when properly connected together, form the desired number of pockets for the reception of the eggs. These strips may be of any desirable length and width, in accordance with the depth and size ot' tray required, and are of uniform size.

The outside strips, A, of the tray, at their corners and diagonally opposite each other, have tongues b e, formed by right-angle slits d, and on the opposite edge ot' the strip are slits e, on the same line with the vertical portion ofthe right-angle slits d. The strip A` is provided with interlacing slits j g, respectively, extending alternately from the upper and lower edges of the strip inward, as illustrated in Fig.2, the slits g being somewhat shorter than the slits f, but directly opposite thereto. The lslits e g are dispensed with on the strips B, as they are not required.

The adjoining strip, A, which forms one of the outside walls of the tra-y, is connected in the following manner, viz: They are rst laid Hat upon each other, with the tongue of the upper strip in the slit eof the under strip, and the tongue ot' the under strip in the slit e ot' the upper strip, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and afterward the strips B are secured together and to the four sides or strips A.

The strips B have tongues t' 7c, right-angle slits t, and slits m, they being arranged diagonally opposite each other, similar to the tongues b c, right-angle slits d, and slits f of the strips A.

The strips A B, by the peculiar manner oi' slitting them, when together, are securely locked, and all liability of the tray coming apart when lifted from the packing-box is e11- tirely avoided, as it is impossible to pull the strips apart with ordinary usage.

After. the strips are connected together, a strip of metal or cloth is secured around the outer edge of the tongues b and a portion ot' the edge of the strip, thereby forming a binding-clip,l1., which prevents the tongue from breaking off. Y

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An egg-carrier tray consisting of the strips A, having tongues b c and right-angle slits d,

arranged or disposed diagonally opposite each p other, and the slits fg e, similarly disposed with relation to each other, in combination ANDREW J. MILLARD.

Witnesses:

S. T. DAVIS, J. I?. BLOOD.