Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1887
Complete Left, 5th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th July, 1888
I ALBERT HARLEY STOREY of 38 Lindore Road Wandsworth in the county of
Surrey Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is so to fit boxes or receptacles for eggs and other fragile
articles that the same shall be in no danger of being broken while at the same time iny
arrangements for this purpose shall be very cheap and simple in construction.
To carry out this object I take a block of wood or other suitable material of the
desired shape and size on two of the opposite sides of which I secure two small plates
of cardboard sheet metal or other material that while being rather stiff will still slightly
bend and in these two plates I make apertures corresponding to the articles that are
to be placed therein thus for eggs I should make circular apertures and these apertures
are a little smaller than the largest part of the article. The block and the plates are
so proportioned that when an article is to be placed in this apparatus the free edges of
the plates are first opened out sufficiently to allow the article to be passed in between
them until each end of the article is received in and by one of the apertures when the
plates can be allowed to return to their normal position and the article is very safely
held in two places by the two plates and to increase this security the box in which the
article is to be placed is so fitted with grooves or shelves or other appliances as when
this apparatus is placed in position therein the free edges of the plates are caused
slightly to approach each other.
Any number of these apparatus may be combined together in accordance with the
box or receptacle in which they are to be placed. For example when the box is a
rectangular one the block can be a long bar whereon the plates are secured it may be
in such wise that an aperture may be made on each side of the bar in a similar manner
and the plates may be continuous or more preferably may be divided between each
aperture or otherwise or may be entirely separate. Thus a number of eggs or articles
may be placed as aforesaid in this apparatus which can then be slid along the grooves
or shelves or other appliances made therefor in the box or receptacle and two or more
of these apparatus can be placed in the one box or receptacle. Again when the box
or receptacle is a circular one the block can also be circular or annular and the plates

page_text: would be secured thereon radially in a similar manner and in like manner when the
box or receptacle is of any other shape the block would be made and the plates would
be attached to the block in accordance therewith in every case such appliances prefer-
ably being fitted as will slightly compress the free edges of the plates or bend them
nearer each other.
Though I preferably make only one aperture in each plate on the one side of the
block yet when it may be expedient so to do I can also make two or more apertures in
a similar manner.

page_text: I ALBERT HARLEY STOREY of 38 Lindore Road Wandsworth in the county of
Surrey Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of this my invention is to provide and fit the boxes or receptacles in
which eggs and other fragile articles are packed for transmission or otherwise with
such means and appliances that these articles shall be in no danger of being broken
while at the same time these my means and appliances are very cheap and simple in
construction.
In the accompanying drawing I have shewn my improved means as formed and
arranged for packing eggs in manner as will hereinafter be more particularly
described.
I take a block A of wood or other suitable material and of the desired and necessary
shape and size as is hereinafter explained and on the side or the sides of this block A
the proper distance apart I secure in such wise that they project therefrom in the same
direction and parallel or thereabouts with each other in end view two small plates B
made of cardboard sheet metal or other material or materials that while being rather
stiff will still slightly bend. For example I may make these plates by a frame of wire
or metal or wood which frame would be covered or closed by a sheet of canvas or
calico or other textile material. In the two plates B I make apertures C corresponding
to and suitable for the articles that are to be placed therein thus for eggs I should mako
the apertures circular as is shewn in the drawing and these apertures C are a little
smaller than the largest part of the article. The block A and the plates B are so
formed and proportioned that when an article is to be placed in this apparatus the free
edges of the plates B are first opened out sufficiently to allow the article to be duly
passed in between them until each end of the article is received in and by one of tho
apertures C when the plates B can be allowed to return to their normal position and
the article is very safely held and sustained in two places by the two plates B as is
shewn in the drawing.
Any number of these apparatus may be combined together so as to form a rack for
holding the eggs or other fragile articles and such combination is effected and carried
out in accordance with the box or receptacle in which the same are to be packed.
In Figure 1 I shew the plan of part of an ordinary rectangular wooden box for
packing eggs fitted with this my invention. Figure 2 is the elevation of part of one
of the racks in the same.
The block A aforesaid is made in the form of a long bar about the depth of the box
on which bar A the plates B are secured in such wise that the apertures C can be
made therein in manner as hereinbefore described on each side of the bar A and the
plates B may be continuous the whole length of the bar A or as is preferable and as is
shewn in the drawing may be divided between each aperture C or may be otherwise
fitted and formed as may be desirable in each particular case and the apertures C may
be as close together as is consistent with the safety of the eggs to be placed therein.

page_text: In the sides of the box D a series of parallel and corresponding grooves are formed it
may be as is shewn in the drawing by the blocks E and these grooves may also be as
close together as is consistent with the safety of the eggs when packed in the box.
When one of the racks has been duly loaded in manner as hereinbefore described with
the eggs it is slid into and along one pair of the grooves in the box until it has reached
its proper position and this procedure can be repeated until the box is duly loaded and
the eggs are very safely held and sustained and packed in the box and to increase this
security it is very convenient so to form the grooves in the box and of such a breadth
that the free edges of the plates shall be caused slightly to approach each other as is
shewn in the drawing whereby the eggs are still more tightly held in and between the
plates.
In the same manner I should proceed when the box is of any other shape. For
example when the box or receptacle is of a cylindrical shape the block would also in
in plan view be circular or annular and the plates would be secured thereon radially
and when one of the racks so made had been duly loaded and placed in the box a ring
of wood or other material would preferably be placed thereabove to compress as afore
said the free edges of the plates when the next rack would be placed in position and
so on.
Though preferably make only one aperture in each plate whether on one or both
sides of the block yet when it is expedient or desirable so to do I can also make two
or more apertures in a similar manner.
In Figures 3 and 4 I shew a modification of this my invention which is suitable for
use when only a small number of eggs or other articles are to be packed in a lighter
and smaller box or receptacle which in this case may be made of cardboard or other
light material.
In Figure 4 I shew the plan of a box for packing eggs fitted with my invention
according to this modification. Figure 5 is a transverse section thereof taken at A B
in Figure 4.
According to this modification the block or bar A is prolonged beyond the positions
where the plates B as hereinbefore described are secured thereto in order to strengthen
and support the sides of the light box D and the plates B which having been made in
manner as hereinbefore described are prolonged and bent backwards and outwards and
then returned to the block or bar A as shewn at F in Figure 4 are secured on the
edges of the block or bar A and when as is preferable and as is shewn in the drawing
an aperture C is made on each side of the block or bar A one and the same plate can
form and constitute the prolongations F as well as the plates B on both sides of the
central block or bar A. This rack so made as hereinbefore described when duly loaded
can be slid into and along the light box D until it has reached its proper position and
this light box D so supported and strengthened by the prolongations both of the
central bar A and of the plates B will be found quite strong enough safely to carry
the eggs.
In the same manner I should proceed when other fragile articles are to be packed
and no further description is or can be needed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
The improved means for packing eggs and other fragile articles substantially as
herein before described and set forth.