US97129A - Improvement in device for packing eggs for transportation - Google Patents

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dilated States patent @twine AUSTIN S. SMITH, 0F LAWRENCE, MASSACIIUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 97,129, dated November 23, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent :mi making part of the same To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTIN S. SMITH, of Lawrence, in the county ot` Essex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Mode of Packing Eggs, Fruit, 85e.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying dawings, forming part of this specification.

This intent-ion relates to an improved mode of packing eggs, fruit, and other substances requiring to be prevented from coming in contact, in the case, or

incapable ot' resisting any considerable pressure, as

when packed en masse.

The invention consists in the employment of pockets, made in pairs, of strips ot' st-il paper, leather, or-

ba-rk, fol/ded or joined in a way to make two pockets of one strip, and by one fastening, and of the proper size to receive one article each., the said pockets being openat each end, and arranged in tiers -in a box, barrel, or case, with dividing-boards between each tier, constituting the end walls of the said pockets, when in position, all as hereinafter specified.

Figure l represents a sectional elevation of a package of eggs, arranged according to my improvement;

Figure 2 represents a top View 4of a pair of pockets containing eggs; and

Figure 3 represents a plan view of a pair of pockets, when empty, showing the compact form in which they may be packed for transportation, in return shipping, or otherwise.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

These pockets A re made by' bending strips of sti paper, leather, bark, or other substance, and of the. proper length and breadth for the article to he packed, in the form represented in top View, fig. 2, that is, one

end is bent to the right, and the other to the left, and both lapped against the centre at a, where the two ends and centre part are. all connected together by one set of tastenings, ot' cords passing through holes, and tied, or other suitable means.

They are then pressed or folded down into the form represented in iig. 3, for convenience and economy ot' packing for transportation, so that 'when expanded for use and packed, they 'assume the elliptical form represented in tig. 2, and may be arranged in rows, so that the points of one row will wedge into the angle's of the adjacent row, the said pockets standing on end in tiers in the case or barrel in which they are placed, so that the bottoms and tops of the cases form the one end wall for the upper and lower tiers, and the other end walls of the tiers are formed by boards or other dividing-plates, placed between each tier.

By this mode of packing, each tier is supported by the pockets below, ,and the weight ofthe articles above is entirely ,taken o' those below, while but little lateral pressure will exist if the case is not turned ou the side.

There is also an economy of space and weight over i \Vitnesses Trios. A. PARSONS, (.rmnmrs Aven,

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