An Improved Apparatus for Holding or Packing Eggs and other Fragile Articles for Transit through the Post or otherwise.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 12th Feb., 1898
An Improved Apparatus for Holding or Packing Eggs and other
Fragile Articles for Transit through the Post or otherwise.
WILLIAM WEEKS, of Passfield Common, Liphook, Hants, Clerk, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
A frame, of wood or any suitable material, the ends of which are jointed by two
traverse slips or bars, morticed nailed, or fastened as may be most convenient. . To
the top & bottom slip or bar is fastened a number (preferably six, three on each
side) of pieces of muslin or other like material, at proper distances, and so cut &
folded, or gathered, that each will allow an egg to pass through an elongated open-
ing, and be securely lodged or enveloped in the folds of the material. The sides
of the frame are squared & made to project beyond the slips or bars, in order to
protect the eggs & to facilitate the packing.
When packing, the frame is turned up, so as to stand on the projections bringing
the nests or envelopes into a horizontal position for loading.
In order to effectually secure small eggs a piece of string is run in the material
that encloses the egg, with ends left out to tie, or a fine wire may be used instead of
the string.
The frames are made of a uniform size, so that one, or more, may be used in any
ordinary box.
Dated this 15th day of February 1897
An Improved Apparatus for Holding or Packing Eggs and other
Fragile Articles for Transit through the Post or otherwise.
I, WILLIAM WEEKS, of Passfield Common, Liphook, Hants, Clerk, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to an improved apparatus for holding or packing eggs and
other fragile articles, such as honey, fruit, and the like, which consists of a frame
or box of wood or other suitable material between two opposite sides of which pieces
of linen, muslin or any other suitable or like material are secured, attached, or
suspended at proper intervals, and so shaped, cut and secured as to form pockets
or receptacles in which are longitudinal openings for the passage of the eggs or
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page_text: other like articles, the same being securely lodged and carried within the pockets
or receptacles.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the same, as it would be constructed for the purpose of packing or hold-
ing eggs, having reference to the accompanying drawing:
I take a piece of linen, muslin or other suitable material of such a shape and
size as may be convenient and fold two opposite edges together. I then fold,
pleat, gather or so secure the remaining edges as to form an elongated pocket or
receptacle, C, with closed ends, e e, the two edges firstly folded together forming a
longitudinal opening therein, F. The closed ends, e c are so constricted that, when
the pocket or receptacle is properly secured, attached, or suspended to the opposite
sides of a frame or box, A A A, an egg contained therein is prevented from
approaching the points of attachment and so protected from injury through
shocks or jars.
The pockets or receptacles so constructed are secured, attached
or suspended to the opposite sides of a frame or box by their closed ends, e e, by any
suitable means, and at such distances apart as will prevent them, when filled with
eggs, from touching one another; and when necessary, and in order to prevent an
egg from falling or being forced through the longitudinal opening I attach mid-
way between the supported ends of the pocket or receptacle, a piece or pieces, dd,
of string or other suitable material, so that the opening may be secured thereby.
I construct a frame or box, A. A A, of wood or other suitable material of a suit-
able and convenient size to receive any desired number of eggs, or other articles,
and secure, attach or suspend by any convenient means to two opposite sides there-
of, B B, the closed ends of the pockets or receptacles, e c, as before described and
in the manner before indicated. When a frame is so used I use such, (either singly
or together with one or more similar frames) in conjunction with an outer box,
casing, or envelope of wood or any other suitable material, and I construct the
frame so that the sides, A A, adjacent to those, B B, from which the pockets or
receptacles, CC, are secured, attached or suspended, project sufficiently to prevent
the contained articles from coming into contact with the interior surfaces of the
outer box, casing or envelope or with the articles contained in any neighbouring
frame.
I do not particularly bind myself to the use of such pockets or receptacles attached
singly and independently as before described and I construct such pockets or recep-
tacles in pairs or series as may be found convenient.
The object of my invention is to provide a ready means for the safe transit of
eggs, honey and other fragile articles.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration and that
the materials and proportions of any of the parts may be varied in many ways
within the scope of my invention.
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:-
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1. The pocket or receptacle for holding or packing eggs, and other fragile articles,
such as fruit, honey & the like, substantially as herein described.
2. The combination of one or more pockets or receptacles, and either in pairs
or series, with frames or boxes of wood or other suitable material substantially as
herein described.
3. The combination of any number of pockets or receptacles with any number of
frames or boxes and to be constructed in any suitable proportions or of any material
substantially as herein described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 12th day of November 1897.
WILLIAM WEEKS.