US979192A - Egg-crate filler. - Google Patents

Description

A. NELSON.

EGG CRATE FILLBR.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 2s, 1910.

Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

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EGG CRATE FILLER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 2s, 1910.

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STATES PATENT FFQ.

ANDRE/V NELSON, OF GRACE, WASHINGTON.

EGG-CRATE lLLER.

To all whom it may conce/ra:

Be it known that I, ANDREW NELSON, a

subject of the King of Beninarl, residing at Grace, in the county of King and State of iVashington, have inventedccrtain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Crate Fillers, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to egg crates, and particularly to the fillers for the saine, and is designed to construct a filler wherein the partitions forming the compartments between the longitudinal walls are constructed of ears or flaps cut from one of said walls, the opening formed by said flap forming a retainingrecess for the egg.

vWith the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the construction, combination and arrangement of parts all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of filler constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof illustrating the filler collapsed; F ig. 3 is a section taken along line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 1 is an elevation of one end of the longitudinal wall, illustrating the position of the slots therein with the flaps engaging the saine; Fig. 5 is an elevation of the oppositely disposed wall to that illustrated in Fig. a, setting forth the construction of the flaps; Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 1, omitting the flaps; Fig. 7 is an end elevation of a crate, parts thereof being broken away, illustrating a plurality of .tillers therein; Fig. S is a top plan view of the end filler illustrating the protecting strip; Fig. 9 is a section taken along line 99 of Fig. S; Fig'. 10 is an elevation of the vertical side of the end filler illustrating the position of the openings by means of which the protecting strip is secured to the filler; F ig. 11 is a similar view of the protecting strip; Fig. 12 is a top plan view of a crate, parts thereof being broken away, illustrating the relative positions of the fillers therein.

The egg iiller forming the subject matter of the present invention comprises, the longitudinal walls 10 and 11, the wall 10 being adapted to rest in substantially a vertical position while the remaining wall 11 slopes toward the base thereof. This relative position of the walls 1() and 11 is due to the construction of the flaps formed in the wall 10 and engaging the wall 11.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 23, 1910.

Patented nee. 2o, 1ero. Serial No. 551,213.

The vertical wall 10 has a plurality of flaps 14 cut therefrom, said aps forming the openings 13 in said wall. As the flaps are of approximately elliptical formation, the openings will consequently be of a similar contour, and as a resultl conform to a certain extent with the shape of the egg. @ne vertical side of each flap is pivoted to the wall 10 while the opposite side thereto is provided with the sloping slots 16 and 16, said slots forming a lug 17. The slots 16 and 16 extend a portion of the distance toward the central horizontal line of the tlap and as a result form the neck of the locking lug 17 in such a manner that the same rigidly secures the wall 10 to the sloping wall 11. The end opening 13 is provided with the Haps 111 and let which are disposed on opposite sides of the opening 13 and are placed diagonally to each other.

The wall 11 is provided with a plurality cf vertical alined slots 12, each slot being provided at its lower terminal with the curved slit 12C. rfhe locking lugs 17 pass through the slot 12 and the slit 12C after which they are turned and the neck of said lug between the recesses 16 and 1G is engaged in the slot 12. At the terminals of said wall are provided slots 12 and 12, said slot 12 being superposed above the slot 12, while the slot 12 is located slightly below the alined slots 12. The slot 12 is provided with an upwardly curved slit 12a and the slot 12 is provided with a similarly formed downwardly extending slit 12b. These eX- treme slots and slits are adapted to engage the locking lugs 17 of the flaps 14 and 14 in such a manner that the compartment is formed between said flaps.

It will be understood that the slope of the wall 11 is obtained from the construction of the slots 1G and 16 at an angle, inasmuch as the wall normally rests in said slots.

In placing a plurality of fillers heretofore described in a crate indicated as A, said crate being of the usual construction, the alternate layers are placed transversely and longitudinally, thus preventing any displacement of the same. The vertical wall 10 of each filler is placed adjacent the sloping wall 11 of the adjacent filler, thus leaving suflicient space between each filler for the reception of the portion of the egg which projects through the strip 11.

The end filler on each side is provided with a longitudinal protecting strip 18 locking lugs l' carried by the flaps l-l whichA are adapted te be received in the angular slots 19. Frein this coiistruction itr will readily be seen that the proteetinoY strip it? is spaced troni the Vertical wall l0 and consequently protects the entire layer ot tillers troni sudden shocks,

-laving thus described iny intention, what is elainied as new is:

l. ln a cell case, a plurality of binding?)l strips, partitions interposed between said bindingl strips, and a ln'otecting strip carried by each end binding` strip, said protecting strip being provided with a plurality ot flaps adapted to engage the end binding strip.

2. ln a cell case, the combination with a plurality of bindingl strips, one ot' said binding strips being, placed at an angle to the eooperatingy strip, partitions interposed between each pair oft binding strips, said partitions being torined trein one ot said binding strips, and ineans whereby Vthe terminals ot each pair of binding strips are doubly secured.

3. In a cell case, the combination with a plurality ot' binding strips, one ot' said bindnip` strips being` placed atI an anp/le to the eooperating strip, partitions interposed between each pair of binding strips, said partitions beingl l'ferined troni one olE said bindingl strips, and double partitions orined troni one ot said binding` strips at the extrei'nities ot said strips, leavinga single epenini.

l. In a cell ease, a till coinlnisin in coniliiination a plurality7 ot' binding strips, a series ot tiaps torined .troni the body ot one ot' said binding' strips, adapted to engage the body ot' the opposite bindingv strip in an interlocking engagement.

In testimony7 whereof l allix niy signature in presence ot two witnesses.

ANDREl/V i\` IMLSON.

Witnesses H. Nlaiiions, F. DAnLs'rnoAr.

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