US392628A

US392628A - mohan

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Publication number: US392628A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-11-13
Anticipated expiration: 1905-11-13

Description

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J. MORAN.

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J. MORAN.

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No. 392,628, Patented Nov. 13, 1888.

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JOHN MORAN, OF ADAIR, MISSOURI.

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PECJPCATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,628, dated November 13, 1888.

Application tiled August 14,1888. Serial No. 282.731?. (Nomcdcl.)

To all whom, t may concern-.-

Be it known that I7 JOHN MORAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Adair, in the county of Adair and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Carriers; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of shipping-cascsknown as knockdown77 or folding cases, audit is moreparticularly adapted for use in the transportation of eggs.

rlhe invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in whieh- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved case, showing the same in a position ready for use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken in the plane indicated by the dotted line :v m on Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of one of the double-lock rods, and Fig. 5 is a View showing-all the parts unfolded.

In carrying out my invention I take a suitable number of plates of an equal size, such as A, to form the top and bottom and longitudinal sides of the case, which may be of wood, paper, metal, or other suitable material, and hinge them together so that they may fold upon each other to form a parcel of fiat contour and occupy in outline only the size of one of the sections. These sections are united by strap-hinges B, which are eX- tended the full width ofthe sections A, and, as well as serving as hinges, they serve the additional function of strengthening the case. Care should be taken in uniting these parts to have them snugly fold upon each other; and the bottom section, A', is provided on one of its longitudinal edges with an upturned flange, e, of a height equal to the combined thickness of the end walls and partitionwall, so that when the end walls and partition and single side section have been folded down upon the bottom they will reach a height equal to the top of the ange. The opposite longitudinal edge of the bottom section, A', is also provided with a vertical flange, m, which is of a less height than the ange e, so that the single side section, A, may be folded in upon the end walls and partition-wall and be brought flush with the upper edge of the flange c.

It will also be observed that the eye portion of the hinge -straps are bent at a sufcient angle from the main body to allow the parts to fold.

D D indicate the end walls, which are hinged at one edge to the opposite transverse edges of the bottom section, so that they may fold thereon. These end walls are provided on their sides with lug journals or bearings k for the lock rods or bolts E. These lock-rods are of a form substantially as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, having a central loop-handle, F, and locking ends g, which are bent relatively at right angles to the main body.

Thelongitudinal sections adjacent to the bottom sections are provided near opposite ends with elongated apertures h, which are designed to receive the locking ends of the rods E when the said sides have been brought up in aclosed position, thereby serving as a secure means of locking the side walls to the end walls.

G indicates the partition-wall, which is of a height and size equal to an end wall. This partition-wall is hinged centrally to the upper side of the bottom section, so that it may be folded thereon and raised to a vertical position.

Vhen this device is used for shipping eggs the cell-frames will serve to sustain this partition-wall in a proper upright position.

In operation it will be seen that by raising the side walls vertically and entering thelocking portions g of the rod E in the apertures 7L and then letting down the loop-lever f against the end walls the sides and ends will be locked to the bottom. The case may then be filled with eggs or the like,at`ter which the hinge-top can be turned over so as to have the eyes of its free edge register with the eyes S on the edge of the opposite side, and a lock rod or pin, 'such as H, employed to fasten 'the same.

This device is very simple in its construction, it is durable, and after transporting its contents the parts can be conipactly folded and returned for reshiprnent.

Having described my invention, what I claim ism IOO The improved shipping oase heroin described, eonsisting,essential1y,of the four longitudinal sections hinged together, the bottom one of which is provided with the vertical flanges e and m, and the side sections having loeking'apertures h, the end Walls, D, hinged to the bottom section, so as to fold thereon Within the langes, the locking-bolt of the form shown, with the angular ends g, and the eentral loop portion, F, journaled on the inside of the end Walls, and a partition, G, hinged to the inner side of the bottom section about midway of its length, the whole adapted to be folded into a flat parcel about equal to the eontour of one section.

In testimony whereof I affix my Signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JOHN MORAN.

Witnesses:

[-I. E. PATTERSON, W. L. SMITH.