New or Improved Means, Devices, or Apparatus for Packing Eggs, Bottles, and other Fragile Articles in Cases, Boxes, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Means, Devices, or Apparatus for Packing Eggs,
Bottles, and other Fragile Articles in Cases, Boxes, and the like.
We, ROGER FREDERICK SECCOMBE, Paper Makers' Clerk, of Lindford,
Liphook, Hants, and WILLIAM WEEKS, Paper Makers' Foreman, of Passfield
Common, Liphook, Hants, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
follows:-
Radial, serrated, parallel or transverse slits are formed in cardboard, metal, or
other suitable material, in connection with orifices formed of the shape and size to
suit any particular article for which our invention is to be used, in such a manner
that on the resulting tongues of material being depressed they present a number
of elastic springs or supports which conform to the size and shape of the article
placed thereupon.
Elastic wires suitably fixed may be used instead of the tongue shaped springs
or supports.
Slings of cloth, felt, paper or other suitable material may be used instead of the
elastic tongues or wires or in conjunction with either.
The orifices, elastic tongues of material, elastic wires or slings are suitably
supported, fixed or fitted within boxes, cases or other receptacles in such a manner
that the particular articles to be packed therein are supported or protected on two
or more sides; when such supports or fittings take the form of trays their continua-
tions may be folded or bent into splayed or curved supports, feet or standards,
impinging upon the interior surface of the box etc. in order that further protection
may afforded against jars or shocks.
Any combination or modification of the devices or apparatus before named may
be used to suit any particular article for which our invention is to be used.
The drawings shew our invention as it may be applied to eggs :-
Figs. 1 and 2 are in plan.
Fig. 3 represents in elevation an egg packed within a box.
a, a, are slits made in the material A.
b, b, represent the tongues so formed.
c, c, are elastic wires suitably fixed to the material A', in connection with the
orifice g.
d, d, represents a sling attached beneath the egg B.
x, x, x, are the interior surfaces of the box.
e, represents a splayed support formed in the tray A².
f, represents a curved support formed in the tray A'.
ROGER F. SECCOMBE.
WILLIAM WEEKS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Means, Devices, or Apparatus for Packing Eggs,
Bottles, and other Fragile Articles in Cases, Boxes, and the like.
We, ROGER FREDERICK SECCOMBE, Papermakers' Clerk, Lindford, Liphook,
Hants, and WILLIAM WEEKS, Paper Mill Foreman, Passfield Common, Liphook,
Hants, 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 :-
Our invention relates to new, or improved means, devices, or apparatus, for

page_text: packing eggs, bottles, and other fragile articles, (such as choice fruit or glassware)
in cases, boxes, and other receptacles of a like nature, (which may take the form
of tins, baskets, hampers, or casks, as may be most suitable) so that the same may
be secured and protected from injury or damage in course of transit. by post, rail or
other means.
Radial, serrated, parallel, or transverse slits are formed by a suitable tool or
machine in cardboard, metal, or other suitable material in connection with orifices
formed of the shape and size to suit any particular article for which our invention
is to be used, and in such a manner that on the resulting tongues of cardboard,
metal, or other material being depressed by the weight of the egg, bottle, or other
article placed thereupon, or by superincumbent pressure, they present a number
of elastic springs or supports which conform to the size and shape of the egg,
bottle, or other article.
Elastic wires, suitably fixed, in connection with orifices of the desired shape and
size, may be used instead of the tongue-shaped springs or supports.
Slings of cloth, felt, paper, or other suitable material, suitably fixed, may be
used in connection with orifices of the desired shape and size instead of the elastic
tongues of material, or elastic wires before mentioned, or may, when desired, be
used in conjunction with either.
The cardboard, metal, or other material (in which suitable orifices have been
formed in connection with the elastic tongues of material formed
as before
described, or elastic wires suitably fixed, or slings of suitable material, or any
combination of these devices that may be desirable) is suitably supported, fixed or
fitted within boxes, cases, and the like, in such a manner that the particular articles
to be packed therein are supported or protected on two or more sides, and are
thereby effectually secured from damage through jars or shocks of any ordinary
nature.
Trays or partitions are very convenient and suitable forms in which the card-
board, metal or other material may be fitted within boxes or the other receptacles
named, and when fitted in this form the continuations of the trays or partitions may
be folded, turned back, or bent into splayed or curved supports, feet or standards
impinging upon the interior surface or angles of the box or other receptacle, in
such a manner that the additional elasticity thus afforded is a further protection
against shocks or concussions.
And in order that our invention may be more readily and thoroughly understood,
we now proceed to describe the drawings, (being those accompanying our Pro-
visional Specification) which shew how it may be applied to eggs; reference being
had to letters and figures marked thereon. Like letters represent like parts.
Figs. 1 and 2 shew the cardboard, metal or other material in plan.
Fig. 3 represents in elevation an egg packed within a box.
A, A', A is the cardboard, metal or other suitable material in which orifices g,I,
of suitable size and shape are formed.
a, a, are radial slits formed in the material A, A³, in connection with the
orifice g.
b, b, are the resulting tongues formed in the material A, A' by the slits a, a.
c, c, are elastic wires suitably fixed to the material A¹ in connection with the
orifice
9.
In Fig. 3 the cardboard or other material takes one of many alternate forms,
viz., that of trays, A1, A2, and when pressure is brought to bear on the tongues b, b,
or the elastic wires c, c, by the weight of the egg and the approach or placing of
the trays into their proper positions from the two opposite sides or ends of the egg,
the tongues b, b, and the wires c, c, become depressed and present a number of
springs or supports which conform to the shape of the egg.
d, d, represents a sling of cloth, felt, paper or other suitable material, suitably
attached to the tray A beneath the egg B, to partially or wholly sustain the
weight of the egg, or to prevent the same from being forced by a shock or concussion
against the hard interior surface of the box.

page_text: e represents a splayed support, and f represents a curved support, impinging on
the interior angles and surface of the box, and formed respectively by the
continuations of the trays A', A', and which, by the additional elasticity they
afford to the trays A', A¹, ensure further protection against jars or shocks.
x, x, are the interior surfaces of the box.
The object of our invention is to provide means for the safe transit of eggs, bottles
and other fragile articles, such as glassware and fruit.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration, and that
each of the means, devices and apparatus herein described may be used each by
itself without combination with any other, or in any combination or modification
as may be desirable, and that the shapes, materials, and proportions of any of the
parts may be varied in many ways within the scope of our invention, as may be
desirable for any particular article for which it may be used. We do not bind
ourselves to any particular number of trays, or other suitable supports or fittings
necessary for the application of the various devices described, to be contained or
fitted within any one box, case, or other receptacle, nor to the capacity of each of
such trays or fittings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The combination of elastic tongues of material formed by radial, serrated,
parallel, or transverse slits in cardboard, metal or other suitable material, with
orifices of any suitable size and shape, substantially as herein described and for the
purpose named.
2. The combination of elastic wires, suitably fixed to cardboard, metal or other
suitable material, with orifices of any suitable size and shape, substantially as
herein described, and for the purpose named.
3. The combination of slings of cloth, felt, paper, or other suitable material,
suitably fixed, with orifices of any suitable size and shape formed in cardboard,
metal, or other suitable material, substantially as herein described, and for the
purpose named.
4. The combination of splayed or curved supports, feet or standards formed in
the cardboard, metal, or other suitable material when fitted or used in the forms
of trays or partitions, substantially as herein described and for the purpose
named.
5. Any combination or modification of the elastic tongues of material, elastic
wires, slings of material, splayed or curved feet or supports, with cardboard, metal
or other suitable material having orifices formed therein of any size and shape,
substantially as herein described and for the purpose named.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1892.
ROGER. F. SECCOMBE.
WILLIAM WEEKS.