IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR CONTAINING AND PROTECTING EGGS OR OTHER ARTICLES "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Wright of Southend-on-Sea in the County of
Essex for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR
CONTAINING AND PROTECTING EGGS OR OTHER ARTICLES "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Wright at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents ou the 4th April 1883.
EDWARD WRIGHT of Southend-on-Sea in the County of Essex
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR CONTAINING AND PROTECTING EGGS OR OTHER
ARTICLES
"
My Invention has for its object to provide a box or receptacle in which eggs or
other articles can be packed or stored in such a manner as to preserve them from
injury
I will explain my Invention with regard to a box or receptacle for eggs-
I provide an outer box or framing (which may be circular) in which I place layers
of cup-like receptacles each of the shape of half an egg-These layers are reversoly
placed so that when put together they form complete receptacles for the eggs-The
mid-layers may have recesses formed both underneath and above; those underneath
serving as the upper part of the cup-like receptacles for one layer of eggs and those
above serving as the lower part of the cup-like receptacles for the layer of eggs
next above-The said layers of cup-like receptacles may be formed in any con-
venient way but preferably they are stamped up out of cardboard or other
material-A layer or piece of India rubber or yielding material may be interposed
between the halves of the cup-like receptacles; there being holes in the said layer
or piece slightly smaller than the receptacles so as to project thereinto and forin a
packing for the eggs-Under a modification the half cups may be formed by metal
wires or strips coiled into a cup-like form
For preserving purposes or for purposes of incubation the box may be fitted
with pivots mounted in a frame so that the box can be readily reversed to turn
the eggs-When the boxes are used in incubators the layers of cup-like receptacles
may be made of metal with holes therein for the circulation of air The cup-like
receptacles may be lined with a soft or yielding material or be furnished with
yielding springs to accommodate different sized eggs or articles
Where the boxes or receptacles are to be used for articles other than eggs the
cup-like receptacles may be made of a shape corresponding to the articles to be
contained therein

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edward Wright in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
4th October 1883.
EDWARD WRIGHT of Southend-on-Sea in the County of Essex
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN BOXES OR RECEPTACLES FOR CONTAINING AND PROTECTING EGGS OR OTHER
ARTICLES
"
My Invention has for its object to provide a readily and cheaply constructed
box or receptacle in which eggs or other articles can be packed or stored in such a
manner as to preserve them from injury
In order that my said Invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed
particularly to describe the same as applied to a box or receptacle for eggs and for
that purpose shall refer to the several Figures on the annexed sheet of drawings
the same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the figures―
From this description its application to boxes or receptacles for other articles will
be readily understood. Figure 1 represents in sectional plan and Figure 2 in
longitudinal section a box or receptacle constructed according to my Invention
I provide an outer box or framing A (which may be circular rectangular or of
any other suitable shape) in which I place layers of cup-like receptacles beach of
the shape of half an egg-These layers are reversely placed so that when put
together they form complete receptacles for the eggs as shewn clearly in Figure 2-
The midlayer or layers may have recesses formed both underneath and above,
those underneath (6³) serving as the upper part of the cup-like receptacles for one
layer of eggs and those above (6³) serving as the lower part of the cup-like
receptacles for the layer of eggs next above-The said layers of cup-like receptacles
may be formed in any convenient way but preferably they are stamped up out of
cardboard or other material, A layer or piece of India rubber or yielding material
may be interposed between the halves of the cup like receptacles (as at c) there
being holes in the said layer or piece slightly smaller than the receptacles b so as
to project therein to and form a packing for the eggs; or there may be a packing
piece as at d for the same purpose. Under a modification the half cups may be
formed by metal wires or strips coiled into a cup-like form and fastened together
at their small ends either directly or with the intervention of a board or sheet of
mill-board, or the like, they being reversely placed as in Figure 2-For preserving
purposes or for purposes of incubation the box may be enclosed in an outer case A
and be fitted with pivots as at e mounted in a frame or on standards f so that the
box can be readily reversed to turn the eggs; a³ are springs to prevent sudden
shocks When the boxes are used in incubators the layers of cup-like receptacles
may be made of metal as shewn in Figure 3 with holes g therein for the circulation
of air-The cup-like receptacles may be lined with a soft or yielding material or be
furnished with yiolding springs to accommodate different sized eggs or articles—
Where the boxes or receptacles are to be used for articles other than eggs the
cup-like receptacles will be made of a shape corresponding to the articles to be
contained therein.
I do not limit myself to the number of layers of eggs or other articles for which
the box or receptacle is constructed it being understood that the layers at top and
bottom may be single layers of cups, and that the intermediate layers may be
either in similar single layers of cups, or in double layers of cups reversely placed
as shewn in Figure 2 and that the series of cups in each layer may be either
stamped or moulded or otherwise formed out of a layer of material (such for
example as papier maché) or they may be made separately and attached thereto
Figure 4 shews a form of cup made of cardboard afterwards attached to a shoet of

page_text: material with holes therein one for each cup the notched cardboard rim serving to
support the eggs or articles by acting as light springs. Figure 5 shews & cup for
being similarly attached but made of thin metal with slots h and tongues i formed
therein so that the metal of the said cups may have a springing action to grasp the
egg or article placed therein Similar tongues are shown in Figure 3
It will be understood that although I have shewn an outer casing A² as used for
an incubator yet that the simple box may consist of the casing A containing the
cups or divisions. For conveyance a strong outer box like A³ in Figure 1 may be
found useful
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original
and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the hereinbefore in part
recited Letters Patent is-
First Boxes or receptacles for containing and protecting Eggs or other articles
the said boxes being constructed with layers of cups or depressions reversely
placed so as to contain the eggs or articles between them and protect the same from
injury substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings
Second-Boxes or receptacles for eggs constructed as claimed by the precoding
claiming clause and provided with pivots by means of which the said boxes or
receptacles can be mounted so as to be capable of being readily reversed as
herein before described
Third The box or receptacle for eggs or other articles constructed as herein-
before described under various modifications and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings the cups or compartments being made of a shape suited to the articles to
be received thereby
In witness whereof I the said Edward Wright have to this my Specification set
my hand and seal this first day of October One thousand eight hundred and
eighty three