Improved Case for Preserving and Transporting Eggs.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Case for Preserving and Transporting Eggs.
I, JOSEF MOTZ, of Lettowitz, Austria, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
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The present invention relates to a case intended for preserving and transporting
eggs, and which for this purpose, is provided with interior frames with holes, in
which the eggs are placed.
This case is very simple and can be made in all dimensions, to contain as many
eggs as desired; it will consequently be of great use to all households and especially
to merchants and farmers.
The exterior appearance of this case is that of an ordinary case with hinged
lid. The interior of the case is provided with a certain number of frames or
partitions arranged horizontally.
The frames are made of any suitable materials and have a number of holes
equal to that of eggs to be placed in the case, however the number of holes is
not the same for two successive frames; the frames of odd row, having for
instance 5 rows of 10 holes each, whilst the frames of even row are only provided
with 4 rows of 9 holes, in such a way that the holes of the successive frames do
not correspond; on the contrary, they face the solid part of each other so that
the upper part of the eggs of the one frame are between the lower parts of the
eggs of the other frame, placed above.
The frames are held apart from one another by means of pegs fixed in the
frames of odd row and which project on both sides of the frame.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1898.
L. DUVINAGE,
Patent Agent, 8, Rue des Princes, Brussels, Belgium.
improved Case for Preserving and Transporting Eggs.
I, JOSEPH MOTZ, of Lettowitz, Austria, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The present invention relates to an invention, which consists in a case intended
for use in packing, preserving and transporting eggs. This case is provided for
such purpose, with inside frames, in which holes are formed for receiving the
eggs.

page_text: The said case is very simple and inexpensive. It can be made in all cases
suitable for holding any desired number of eggs, and will thus prove extremely
useful in every househoid, and especially so to egg-merchants and farmers.
In the accompanying drawing, one form of the invention is illustrated by
way of example.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the case, open.
Figs. 2, 34 and 5 are plan views of the frames.
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A is the box or case, B its cover C and C¹ "odd" or uneven row frames;
D D¹ even row frames, a and a¹ indicating holes formed in the frames for holding
the eggs, and b pegs or pins upon both sides of the "odd" frames for keeping
the frames apart from each other. The frames C and D, C and D, are made of
wood, or of metal, and furnished with a number of holes corresponding to the
number of eggs which are to be placed in the case. However the number of
holes is not the same in the odd row frames as in the even ones. Thus, the odd
row frame C shown in Fig. 2, comprises 5 rows, in each of which there are
12 holes (a) whilst the even row frame (Fig. 3) has but 4 rows, each comprising
11 holes (a).
The holes a in the even row frames do not correspond with those in the odd
row frames on the contrary, they are opposite to the parts of the latter which are
intact (that is to say, where the holes are not situated) so that the upper portions
of the eggs in the even row frame come between the lower parts of the eggs in
the odd row frame placed above.
It is obvious that the frames D (Fig. 3) might be arranged as odd row frames
and the frames C (Fig. 4) as even row frames; but, in such case, it is the
former that should be furnished with pins or pegs 6. Moreover, the holes and
the pins or pegs may be arranged in any manner, the only precaution necessary
being to alternate the hole arrangement in two successive frames; for instance,
the arrangements represented by Figs. 2 and 3 may be replaced by those shown
in Figs. 4 and 5 or by any other suitable combination.
The empty spaces between the frames, as also those between the latter, and
the cover, and the bottom of the case, are filled with chopped straw, bran,
ashes etc., in fact by any material that will protect the eggs from the air, so as
to assist in preserving them.
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:
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In a case for packing, preserving, and transporting eggs, the combination, with
the actual case, of frames provided with holes of suitable shapes and sizes for
holding the eggs, and with pins or pegs for keeping the frames apart; the arrange-
ment of the holes being different in the successive frames, so that those of one
frame correspond to the parts remaining intact in the next frame, and the empty
spaces between the said frames, as well as between the last-named and the sides
of the case, being filled with chopped straw, bran, ashes, or any other material
which keeps the eggs from the air, so as to assist in preserving them.
Dated this 5th day of December 1898.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.