Improvements in Packing Eggs, Game, Fruit, Flowers and such like Fragile and Perishable Goods.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1999
Complete Specification Left, 25th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1899
Date of Application, 22nd FED., 1999
Complete Specification Left, 25th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Packing Eggs, Game, Fruit, Flowers and such like
Fragile and Perishable Goods.
I, JOSEPH RICHARD O'REILLY, of Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland, Deputy
Lieutenant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in packing eggs, game, fruit,
flowers, and such like fragile and perishable goods, whereby the same may be
packed for storage or transit in a secure and simple manner and also the deli-
very from the retailer to the consumer, considerably facilitated.
In carrying out my invention I take in the first instance, a rectangular piece
of corrugated paper, card-board, straw-board, or such like analogous substance
which I roll into cylindrical form. The roll or cylinder may be of any con-
venient length, and diameter according to the class of goods to be packed; for
instance in the case of eggs I consider the most suitable size to be, that necessary
to hold six; each egg being placed lengthwise and parallel to the axis of the roll
or cylinder.
I next prepare a number of discs of similar or any suitable substance which I
arrange transversely at suitable intervals along the interior of the roll or cylinder
so as to form six compartments or cells.
These discs are secured in position by means of cords or wires threaded through
their thickness, or they may be held by strips of solutioned paper, or by other
suitable means as may be found convenient in practice.
A portion of the longitudinal edge of the roll or cylinder is unattached to the
discs for the purpose of forming a cover to close down over the compartments
or cells, and slightly overlaps the opposite longitudinal edge in which condition
it is retained by an elastic string attached to a convenient part of the roll or
cylinder.
Each end of the roll overlaps the end discs to prevent accidental knocks or
jars, and is serrated for the purpose presently described.
We have thus a neat and handy roll, or cylindrical envelope in which six
eggs may be conveniently and safely packed and this feature constitutes the first
and essential part of my invention.
The second part consists in arranging the rolls or cylinders thus prepared in
a suitable case for transit, or storage.
This I accomplish by preparing a case according to the quantity of eggs required
to be packed, in which the rolls or cylinders are placed on end, or vertically in
order that the eggs will rest on their ends.
Should it however be found more convenient to pack them longitudinally, it
may be done, but I prefer the vertical arrangement as being safer.
According to this system of packing it will be obvious that each roll or cylinder
is complete in itself and may be removed from the packing case and carried about
safely and independently, and since each roll or cylinder contains a known number
of eggs it is obvious that the work of counting is greatly facilitated.
Thorough ventilation is also secured by the system, as owing to the interior

page_text: corrugations of the roll or cylinder forming a serrated contact with the discs,
the air passes freely through;-a result which is especially desirable in the case
of packing eggs, game, and such like perishable goods.
The serrated ends of the rolls or cylinders facilitate the circulation of air
through same, when a number are placed in a packing case as described.
Indeed the question of ventilation should form an important disideratum in
any system of packing eggs, game, and fruit, whether for transit or storage.
Another important advantage of my invention is that the roll or cylinder may
be used by the farmer or agent in collecting the eggs, which being forwarded
thus made up to the retailer and delivered from the latter to the consumer, there
is obviously no unnecessary handling of the eggs, and the danger of breakage is
consequently reduced to a minimum.
The roll or cylinder also lends itself specially to advertising purposes since
the traders' name may readily be impressed thereon.
It is also admirably adapted for transmission through the post, for which pur-
pose it may be strengthened, if necessary, by using a double fold of paper, and
a suitable binding string, which latter may be sealed or otherwise secured to
prevent the contents being tampered with.
Dated this 17th day of Februar 1800
J. K. FAHIE & SON,
Agents for Applicant, 9, Westland Row, Dublin.
Improvements in Packing Eggs, Game, Fruit, Flowers and such like
Fragile and Perishable Goods.
I, JOSEPII RICHARD O'REILLY, of Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland, Deputy
Lieutenant, 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 ;-
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This invention has reference to improvements in packing eggs, game, fruit,
flowers, and such like fragile and perishable goods, whereby the same may be
packed for storage and transit in a secure and simple manner, and also the deli-
very from the retailer to the consumer considerably facilitated.
In carrying out my invention I take in the first instance, a rectangular piece
of corrugated paper, card-board, straw-board, or such like analogous substance
which I roll into cylindrical form as shewn in Fig. 1 of the accompanying draw-
ings.
The roll or cylinder may be of any convenient length, and diameter according
to the class of goods to be packed; for instance in the case of eggs I consider the
most suitable size to be, that necessary to hold six; each egg being placed
lengthwise or parallel to the axis of the roll or cylinder.
I next prepare a number of discs of similar or any suitable substance as shewn
in plan and section Figs. 2 and 3, which I arrange transversely at suitable in-
tervals along the interior of the roll or cylinder as shewn at a, Fig. 4 so as to
form six compartments or cells.
These discs are secured in position by means of string or wire threaded through
their thickness, or they may be held by strips of solutioned paper, or by other
means as may be found convenient in practice.
The corrugations of the paper facilitate this threading through, with string or
wire fastening.

page_text: A portion of one of the longitudinal edges b, Figs. 1 and 4 of the roll or cylin-
der is unattached to the discs for the purpose of forming a cover to close down
over the compartments or cells, and overlaps the opposite longitudinal edge c,
in which condition it is retained by an elastic string , the looped end of which
is hooked to a button or other suitable fastening device e.
Both ends of the roll or cylinder overlap the end discs to prevent accidental
knocks or jars, and are serrated for the purpose presently described.
We have thus a neat and handy roll, or cylindrical envelope in which six
eggs may be conveniently and safely packed, and this feature constitutes the first
and essential part of my invention.
The second part consists in packing the rolls or cylinders thus prepared, in
suitable cases for transit or storage.
This I accomplish by preparing a case according to the quantity of eggs
required to be packed.
For example à usual transport case as at present adopted by the trade contains
360 or 30 dozen eggs.
To carry this number according to my improved system of packing would
require a case about 21 inches long by 13 inches wide and 18 inches deep (inside
measurement). In this case sixty rolls or cylinders are placed vertically as
shewn in Fig. 5 so that the eggs will rest on their ends, and since each roll or
cylinder holds six eggs, the case contains a total of 360.
According to this system of packing it will be obvious that each roll or cylinder
is complete in itself and may be removed from the packing case and carried
about safely and independently; and since each roll or cylinder contains a known
number of eggs it is obvious that the work of counting is considerably faci-
litated.
Thorough ventilation is also secured, as owing to the interior corrugations of
the roll or cylinder forming a serrated contact with the discs a, the air passes
freely through a result which is especially desirable in the case of packing
eggs, game, and such like perishable goods.
The serrated ends of the rolls or cylinders as indicated by the dotted lines
facilitate the circulation of air through same, when placed in a packing case as
described.
Another important advantage of my invention is, that the roll or cylinder
may be used by the party who collects the eggs, and being forwarded thus made
up to the retailer may be delivered from the latter to the consumer, thus avoid-
ing. unnecessary handling of the eggs, and reducing the danger of breakage to
a minimum.
The roll or cylinder also lends itself specially to advertising purposes since
the traders' name may readily be impressed thereon.
It is also admirably adapted for transmission through the post, in which case
the binding string may be sealed or otherwise secured to prevent the contents
being tampered with.
A modified form of utilizing the roll or cylinder for packing purposes is illu-
strated in Fig. 6.
Here each roll or cylinder is equally divided longitudinally and the respective
halves are sewn transversely on to a rectangular piece of corrugated paper f,
folded transversely at g.
In the cells or compartments of one half the eggs are placed and the other
half constitutes the lid which being closed down over the filled half is secured
by fastening the ends of the straps h, h, to the buckles h¹, h¹. A kind of tray is
thus formed consisting of 10 rolls or cylinders and containing 60 eggs, and six
of these trays packed in a case will contain the total number of 300 eggs as in
the example illustrated in Fig. 5.
To impart rigidity to the tray, it is placed on a layer of strong card-board j,
to which it may be sewn or solutioned or otherwise secured.
This layer prevents the tray bending or sagging, and being cut to the dimen-

page_text: sions of the packing case will preserve the sides and ends of the tray from con-
tact with the shell of the packing case,
The tray is lifted by means of suitable straps k, sewn or otherwise attached to
the layer of card-board j.
According to this arrangement, immediately upon raising the lid the number
and condition of the eggs contained in the tray is visible at a glance,
Having now particularly, described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1
First: In the packing of eggs, game, fruit, flowers, and such like perishable
goods, the use and application of a cylinder of corrugated paper, or other suit-
able substance, constructed and arranged, substantially in the manner herein
specified and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Second: In the packing of eggs, game, fruit, flowers, and such like perishable
goods, the use of a cylinder as claimed in Claim One, in combination with pack-
ing cases, constructed and arranged, substantially as herein specified and illu-
strated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of September 1899.
J. K. FAHIE & SON,
Agents for Applicant, 9, Westland Row, Dublin.