New or Improved Egg Box or Case.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th July, 1899-Accepted, 12th Aug., 1899
New or Improved Egg Box or Case.
I, EARLE HUGH MATHEW-LANNOWE, of Stone Cross, Ashurst, Tunbridge Wells,
in the County of Kent, Dairy Farmer, 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 tlie following statement:-
This invention relates to a new or improved egg-box or case in which eggs
may be securely held in place and prevented from being broken or coming into
contact with one another or with the sides of the box or case when stored or while
being carried from place to place, notwithstanding any ordinary concussion or
vibration to which such box or case may be subjected.
In the accompanying drawings Figures 1 and 2 illustrate in plan and side view
respectively a box, case, or tray intended to contain twelve eggs, and Figures 3
and 4 are detail views in transverse section and plan respectively of parts of the
same, drawn to an enlarged scale.
Similar letters of reference relate to like parts in all the figures of the drawings.
The box, case, or tray, consists of sides a, ends b, and an open bottom formed
of laths or strips c. These laths or strips c are placed at suitable distances apart
and are grooved or rebated along the entire length of their adjacent edges as
shewn at d. They have also at convenient distances apart saw-cuts or kerfs e
disposed transversely to the grooves or rebates d, as shewn clearly on the right
hand side of Figures 3 and 4. fare wire-clips bent at their central parts into
such a shape that an egg can be conveniently received and retained between any
pair of them as is illustrated at g in Figures 1 and 2. It will be seen that the
lower ends of the loop-shaped parts of the clips are sprung into the saw-cuts
or kerfs e in the edges of the laths and that the extreme ends of the clips are
so bent that they extend more or less to the full depth of the grooves or rebates d
and then along such grooves or rebates in the direction of the length of the latter.
The clips are thereby secured in a more or less vertical position, and at
exactly the required distance apart, in a simple and effectual manner, without
the aid of screws, nails, or other fastenings. The necessary amount of resiliency
is also secured for the loop-shaped part of the clips without any risk of displacing
the same at the points of attachment to the laths c. The clip rises directly from
the bottom surface of the box, case, or tray without any means of attachment
being visible or projecting from such surface.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would have it
understood that I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to employ wire
clips for scouring eggs in boxes or cases, and I make no general claim thereto,
but what I do claim is:-
First. A box, case, or tray for packing, storing, or carrying eggs, the bottom of
which consists of laths c with longitudinal grooves or rebates d and transverse
saw-cuts or kerfs e in their edges, adapted to receive and retain in place the lower

page_text: ends of wire clips f for the reception and retention of the eggs, substantially as
described with reference to the drawings.
Second. In a box, case, or tray for packing, storing, or carrying eggs the
combination of laths chaving grooves or rebates d and saw-cuts or kerfs e in
their adjacent edges, with wire clips f having their lower ends specially bent and
sprung or inserted into the said grooves or rebates and saw-cuts or kerfs, sub-
stantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Third. A box, case, or tray for packing, storing, or carrying eggs, constructed
and arranged substantially as described.
Dated this 7th day of July 1899.
F. H. M. LANNOWE.
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.