Improved Means of Packing Cheese for Exportation.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1190-Accepted, 6th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Packing Cheese for Exportation.
I, OSWALD JAMES ALLEN, of Evercreech, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improved means of packing cheese for exportation, and
has for its object the packing of cheese for exportation in such a manner that it will
keep for any length of time in any climate. According to my invention I provide a
round or other shaped case of fin or other suitable metal, formed with four or more
indentations or hollows around the sides of same.
This case I form somewhat larger than the cheese which is to fit into it, so that
space will be left between the sides of the case and the contents of same.
1 partly fill the said case with thin plaster of paris mixed with water, and then
press the cheese, (which I provide with a coating of pure fat to prevent the plaster
from extracting the fat out of the said cheese), well into same, so that the
plaster will flow all round the cheese and over the top of sime, thus providing the
said cheese with a perfectly air-tight coating.
After sufficient time has elapsed for the plaster to set and dry, I place a cover over
the top of the case and solder same down.
The cheese can be tested upon arrival at its destination or at any time, by inserting
a steel wire through one of the indentations or hollows before-mentioned, as the
plaster is necessarily thinner around same than at any other parts.
Dated this 4th day of September 1890
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Packing Cheese for Exportation.
I OSWALD JAMES ALLEN, of Evercreech, in the County of Somerset, Engineer,
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:-
My invention relates to improved means for packing cheese or other similar
perishable food for exportation and has for its object to enclose cheese or the like in a
case or box in such a manner that it will be preserved in any climate for any length
of time.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a case or box corresponding in
shape with that of the chee-e for instance and made of tin, or other suitable metal.
In the case of a circular box for instance, the same is formed with four or more
openings, arranged at equal intervals upon its outer periphery and is somewhat larger
than the cheese it is intended to enclose, so as to leave a certain amount of space
between the two, which space is partly filled with an aqueous solution of gypsum or
plaster of paris, the latter spreading evenly all over the cheese which is thus covered
by an air tight coating. After the plaster is set and dry a lid or cover is soldered
to the upper edges of the case so as to form a top thereto and render the case or box
air-tight.
And in order that my inventions may be more fully understood I have shewn the
same in the accompanying drawing in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation.
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page_text: Bis the box, C the cheese, and I. the lid. The spaces is filled with liquid gypsum,
or plaster of paris, as represented by the stippling, oooo are the perforations
formed as above stated in the periphery of the box B. These openings aro tapered,
there being a thinner layer of plaster interposed between the inner edges and the
cheese (than around and above the latter. These openings have for their object to
allow the introduction of a wire or small cheese scoop through the thin layer
of plaster into the cheese in order to withdraw a small quantity therefrom for tasting
purposes, when the boxes or cases have reached their destination, and the cheeses
are exposed for sale.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to bo performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In air-tight packing cases or boxes, for transporting cheese and other similar
articles of food, the combination of the case or box B, lid L, cheese (1, spaces and
a plaster coating, substantially as and for the purpose described and shown in the
drawing.
2. In nir-tight packing cases or boxes for transporting cheese, and other similar
articles of food, the combination of the ease or box B, lid 1, cheese C, space 8, ind
openings o o² o² ², substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. In air-tight paeking cases or boxes for transporting cheese, and other similar
articles of food, the combination of the case or box 13, lid I, cheese (1, space s,
openings ooo² o³, and a plaster conting substantially as and for the purpose
described.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.