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US464122A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D51/00Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/26Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with means for keeping contents in position, e.g. resilient means
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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  • the invention relates to improvements in egg-crates.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an egg-crate which will be cushioned and be capable of a limited vertical movement and a longitudinal swing to take up shocks and prevent its contents being'injured.
  • Figure l is a perspective View of an egg-crate constructed in accordance with this invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a side elevation, the frame being partly broken away to show the disposition of the springs.
  • Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view.
  • Fig. 4 is alongitudinal sectional view.
  • 1 designates an egg-crate, which is suspended in a frame 2 by springs 3, and is adapted to move or ⁇ oscillate vertically and horizontally to take up shocks to prevent its contents being injured, and it is provided with a cover 4f, which has one end hinged and the other end provided with a spring-catch 5, adapted to lock the cover closed and arranged to engage a recess in the body of the crate.
  • the frame 2 which incases the crate and forms a permanent part thereof, is composed of four vertical corner-posts 6, longitudinal top and bottom bars and S, whichhave their ends secured to the posts 6, transverse top and bottom bars 9 and 10, and top and bottom cleats 11 and 12, extending longitudinally of the frame and secured to the top and bottom bars and extending inward opposite the top and bottom of the crate to retain the latter within the frame.
  • the bottom cleats extend inward a considerable distance, While the top cleats extend inward and cover only the upper edges of the sides of the crate, thereby providing an unobstructed wayfor the lcover 4, which may be opened and closed, and the contents of the cratemay be inspected without removing the crate from the frame, which construction is exceedingly more advantageous and convenient than those crates which are arranged within a supplemental frame or box and have to be removed or the lid of the supplemental box or frame has to be opened in order to inspect the contents of the crate proper.
  • the springs 3 may be of 'any desired construction; but they are preferably constructed as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which they are V-shaped, and are provided at their apexes with coils 13, and each has its upper leg provided with a hook and secured to a staple 14 of the body of the crate or hooked in an eye in the end of a wire passedaround the bottom of the crate from the end of one springto another on opposite side of crate and fastened in same Way, and the other leg is arranged in the socket or opening of the adjacent vertical post 6 at or near the bottom end.
  • These springs serve ascushions, and While the crate is being handled it has an easy swaying motion in the frame, and all shocks are cushioned and injury to the contents of the crate is prevented.
  • the parts are strengthened by metallic straps 15 and wires 16, the former of which are secured to the vertical posts and the top cleats, and the latter are secured to the body of the crate and extend across the bottom thereof and part vvay up the sides to the other end of springs and fastened to the same; but other straps maybe employed, if desired and greater strength is required.
  • the crate is simple and inexpensive in construction, that its contents are cushioned against shocks, and that the frame forms a permanent feature and does not necessitate the removal of the crate in order to open the cover and examine the contents.
  • the cover and the bottom of the crate may be provided on their inner faces with suitable cushioning material, or such material may beA interposed between the contents and the top and bottom of the crate and may form no permanent fixture thereof.
  • y Spiral springs 17 are interposed between IOO the ends ot' the crate and the frame, andthey are secured to the former or the latter, or both.

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J'. L. REEVES.
CRATE.
No. 464,122.- Patented Deo. 1, 189,1..
STATES Nirn ATENT FFICE.
JAMES L. REEVES, OF COLLINSVILLE, ALABAMA.
Y SPECFXCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,122, dated December 1, 1891.
Application tiled ,Tune 25, 1891. Serial No. 397,453. (No model.)
T0 a/ZZ whom, it may concern:
Be it known that I, JAMES L. REEVES, a citizen of the United States, residing atCollinsville, in the county of De Kalb and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Egg-Case, of which the following is a specilication.
The invention relates to improvements in egg-crates.
The object of the present invention is to provide an egg-crate which will be cushioned and be capable of a limited vertical movement and a longitudinal swing to take up shocks and prevent its contents being'injured.
The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated l in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure l is a perspective View of an egg-crate constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, the frame being partly broken away to show the disposition of the springs. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal sectional view.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates an egg-crate, which is suspended in a frame 2 by springs 3, and is adapted to move or `oscillate vertically and horizontally to take up shocks to prevent its contents being injured, and it is provided with a cover 4f, which has one end hinged and the other end provided with a spring-catch 5, adapted to lock the cover closed and arranged to engage a recess in the body of the crate.
The frame 2, which incases the crate and forms a permanent part thereof, is composed of four vertical corner-posts 6, longitudinal top and bottom bars and S, whichhave their ends secured to the posts 6, transverse top and bottom bars 9 and 10, and top and bottom cleats 11 and 12, extending longitudinally of the frame and secured to the top and bottom bars and extending inward opposite the top and bottom of the crate to retain the latter within the frame. The bottom cleats extend inward a considerable distance, While the top cleats extend inward and cover only the upper edges of the sides of the crate, thereby providing an unobstructed wayfor the lcover 4, which may be opened and closed, and the contents of the cratemay be inspected without removing the crate from the frame, which construction is exceedingly more advantageous and convenient than those crates which are arranged within a supplemental frame or box and have to be removed or the lid of the supplemental box or frame has to be opened in order to inspect the contents of the crate proper.
The springs 3 may be of 'any desired construction; but they are preferably constructed as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which they are V-shaped, and are provided at their apexes with coils 13, and each has its upper leg provided with a hook and secured to a staple 14 of the body of the crate or hooked in an eye in the end of a wire passedaround the bottom of the crate from the end of one springto another on opposite side of crate and fastened in same Way, and the other leg is arranged in the socket or opening of the adjacent vertical post 6 at or near the bottom end. These springs serve ascushions, and While the crate is being handled it has an easy swaying motion in the frame, and all shocks are cushioned and injury to the contents of the crate is prevented.
The parts are strengthened by metallic straps 15 and wires 16, the former of which are secured to the vertical posts and the top cleats, and the latter are secured to the body of the crate and extend across the bottom thereof and part vvay up the sides to the other end of springs and fastened to the same; but other straps maybe employed, if desired and greater strength is required.
It will be seen that the crate is simple and inexpensive in construction, that its contents are cushioned against shocks, and that the frame forms a permanent feature and does not necessitate the removal of the crate in order to open the cover and examine the contents.
The cover and the bottom of the crate may be provided on their inner faces with suitable cushioning material, or such material may beA interposed between the contents and the top and bottom of the crate and may form no permanent fixture thereof.
y Spiral springs 17 are interposed between IOO the ends ot' the crate and the frame, andthey are secured to the former or the latter, or both.
What I claim isl. The combination of the crate provided with a'cover, the frame receiving the crate and forming a permanent part and provided With an opening in its top arranged opposite the said cover to permit the cover of the crate to be opened and closed Without removing the crate from the frame, and cushioningsprings attached to the crate and the frame and. supporting the former Within the latter, substantially as described.
2. The combination of the crate having a hinged cover, the frame receiving the crate and provided with top and bottom cleats proj ecting inward and contining the crate within the frame, the top cleats terminating over the upper edges of the sides of the crate, whereby an opening or passage is formed for the cover to enable the latter to be opened and closed Without removing the crate from the frame, and suitable cushionin g-sprin gs, substantially as described.
3. The combination ot' the crate having a 25 hinged cover, the frame receiving and confining the crate Within it and provided With an opening or passage for the cover of the crate, and the V-shaped springs provided at their apexes With coils and having their legs se- 3o JAMES L. REEVES.
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