Improvements in Packages for Eggs, Fruit, and other Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Packages for Eggs, Fruit, and other Articles.
I, JAMES ROBINSON, of Brooklands, Clitheroe, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton
Manufacturer and Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
This invention is designed to provide a package suitable for containing a limited
number of eggs or other fragile articles in which each article will be secured out of
contact with the others and protected against injury.
It consists essentially of a package of tubular form constructed of two parts and
divided transversely into a number of compartments by dividing pieces of wire,
strips of metal, paper, string or other material stretched or placed across from side
to side..
I at present prefer to make the appliance of millboard or other form of cardboard
but it may be made of tinned sheet metal or other suitable material either moulded
or otherwise shaped.
It comprises two trough shaped pieces approximately semi-circular in cross sec-
tion though either part may be rather greater or rather less than a semi-circle.
The two parts are placed together to form a tube to receive or enclose the egg or
other article to be packed and may be kept separate or joined together along one
edge by a strip of canvas-paper or other material or by wires or the like to form a
hinge.
One or both parts of the package are divided into compartments by strips or
pieces of material laid or stretched across from one side to the other. These pre-
vent the longitudinal movement of the eggs or other articles and prevent their
coming into contact with each other. at present prefer a strip of sheet metal or
wire stretched across and secured by clinching or turning over the ends.
A pad
of cardboard or soft material such as felt or other fabric may be inserted instead
of or in addition to the metal or wire strips if found desirable.
The outside may be covered with a printed wrapper with advertisements or other
printed matter thereon and a flap or the like with a gummed face may be left for
securing and sealing the package when filled.
The ends may also be scaled with a cap or cover of paper or other material.
This will be found a handy compact and safe package for eggs and other fragile
articles.

page_text: in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention is designed to provide a package suitable for containing a limited
number of eggs or other fragile articles in which cach article will be secured out
of contact with the others and protected against injury.
It consists essentially of a package of tubular form constructed of two parts,
and divided transversely into a number of compartments by dividing pieces of
wire, strips of metal, paper, string or other material stretched or placed across
from side to side.
I at present prefer to make the appliance of mill board or other form of cardboard,
but it may be made of tinned sheet metal or other suitable material, either moulded
or otherwise shaped.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
it is shown in perspective.
The board or other material of which the package is made is preferably scored
or creased longitudinally from toy along one side, and open at the other side,
forming two trough shaped parts B and B hinged together.
Instead of forming the package of a single piece of material, it may be made
of two separate pieces placed together to form a tube. These may be kept separate
or may be jointed together from a to y. by a strip of canvas or other material
cemented thereto, or by wires or the like inserted to form a hinge.
The package is divided into a number of narrow cells or compartments A by
division pieces a¹ inserted therein at intervals, extending across from side to side.
The division pieces a¹ may be made of cardboard or pieces of metal, or wire or
string may be stretched across from side to side. These prevent the longitudinal
movement of the eggs or other articles and prevent their coming into contact
with each other. The ends may be sealed or closed with a cap or cover of paper,
and the outside may be covered with a printed wrapper with advertisements or
other printed matter thereon.
This will be found a handy, compact and safe package for eggs and other
fragile articles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
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1. A packing case or package for eggs or other fragile articles of cylindrical or
tubular form, creased or hinged along one side and opening at the other, and
divided into a number of cells or compartments by transverse pieces inserted therein
substantially as described.
2. A packing case or package for eggs or other fragile articles constructed sub-
stantially as described and shown.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1897