US744842A - Egg-crate. - Google Patents

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No. 744,842. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903. D. T. WHITE & M. J. WAGNER, JR.

EGG CRATE.

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Be it known that We, DANIEL T. IVHITE and MIOHIAL J. WAGNER, J12, citizens of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Egg-Grate,

' of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to egg-crates.

The object of the invention is in a ready, simple, inexpensive, and practical manner and with a minimum of danger of breakage of the eggs in handling to facilitate their removal from the fillers in distributiugin small quantities, to provide for disposing of the tills as fast as emptied, and to effect a large saving in time in the delivery of eggs.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of an egg-crate, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of an egg-crate constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing one of the tills partly removed. Fig. 2 is a View in vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a view in transverse section.

The crate of this invention is designed more particularly for use by farmers and grocers in delivering eggs in small quantities to customers.

With the ordinary crate in use the eggs are taken from the top till, and when this is emptied it has to be laid to one side to expose the next succeeding'till. In other Words,

- the eggs are always taken from the top till.

With the crate of this invention when a till is emptied it is not removed, but the bottom till of the series is withdrawn and placed on top of the one just emptied, the lowermost till then remaining being disposed upon the bottom of the crate. By this arrangement it will be seen that the time lost in removing the empty tills and disposing in a place of safety and also the loss resulting from the destruction of the fillers is obviated.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body of the crate, which may be constructed of any preferred size and is provided with two hinged lids 2, having finger-openings 3, and with a pivoted bail 4. The front of the body is provided near its lowerend with a hinged door 5 of a height somewhat greater than the depth of the tills 6, a suitable fastening device 7 in the nature of a hook carried by the body and engaging a catch 8 on the end of the door 5 operating to hold the latter closed.

The tills 6 are of the usual construction and are provided with removable fillers 9 and partitions 10, of pasteboard or any other suitablematerial. Each of the tills is provided at its front with an opening 11, by which it may be removed from the body, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1.

In order to prevent breakage of the eggs when the lower till is removed and those above it dropping to the bottom of the body, the said bottom is cushioned at 12 for this purpose, said cushion consisting of any suitable yielding material, such as felt or cottonbatting covered with a suitable textile fabric.

In distributing the eggs after the upper till is emptied the door 5 is unfastened and swung upward and the lowest till is withdrawn and placed upon the empty upper till, and so on until all of the tills are emptied. It will be seen from this simple and highly ingenious arrangement that the delivery of eggs will be greatly facilitated and that danger of loss of the tills and distribution of the fillers is positively obviated.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is The combination with an egg-crate having a top opening, a cushioned bottom, and a side opening provided in the lower portion of one of its sides, of a plurality of removable superposed egg-carrying tills housed within and filling the crate with the uppermost till situated adjacent to and accessible through the our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

DANIEL T. WHITE. MICHIAL J. WAGNER, JR.

Witnesses:

M. O. WADMOND, .T. GRAHAM KIDDLE.

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