US973429A - Fruit-case. - Google Patents

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J. A. HILLIKER.

FRUIT CASE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN} 20, 1910.

978,429 v Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

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7 FRUIT BASE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1910.

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

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J. A. HILLIKER.

FRUIT CASE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JAN. 20, 1910.

Patented 0ct.18,1910.

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JOEE? At'HILLIKER, OF EVANSTGN, ILLINOIS.

FEUIT CASE.

Application and January at, 1am. Serial No. ssaoaa To all whom it may concern: i Be it known that l, J QHN A. HILLIKER, a citizen of the United States, residin at Evanston, in-the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Cases, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention embodies certain novel improvements in that t pe of cases or carriers l tlon and on the several figures of the drawshown and describ in my Letters Patent, No. 937805, patented Oct. 26, 1909, and designed especlally for use in the transportation of fruit, or the like.

The objects in the provision of the several improvements hereinafter more fully described are to accomplish a saving of material in the manufacture of the case or carrier, afiord'much greater facilit in putting together the various parts of t e case preparatory to placing the articles tobe shipped therein, and to secure a construction which possesses advantages of especial merit over my previous carrier in respect particularly to the yielding or cushioning manner in which the fruit is retained within the cells or pockets; provided by the construction.

further aim of the present invention is to reduce the amount of folding necessary in order to set up or assemble the several parts of the fruit case by the elimination of certain folds rovided in my patented construction, an the substitution therefor of other means for accomplishin the purpose thereof in a more simple, so stantial, and conveniently o' erable manner as will be pointed out ful y as the description roceed s. In the accompanying drawings igure'jl is a perspective view of a case, carrier, or tray made in accordance with the present invention; Fi s2 is a planview of'the blank from .which tie body ofthe case is formed; Fig. 3 is a plan View of the blank which is folded to form the longitudinal partitions; Fig. i is a view similar to Fig. 3 of the blank that when folded constitutes a transverse. partition; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view showin a'corner portion of the carrier and illustrating more clearlythe manner in which such portion is formed; Fig. 6 is a fra mentary perspective View showing. an' en portion 0 one. of the transverse partitions; Fi 7 is a transverse sectional view I through t e carrier; Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view through the carrier, articles of fruit being illustrated in dotted llnes in interlocking portions of a corner of the carrier and illustrating the manner of spacing the walls of the ends and sides thereof.

Throughout the following detail descrip- Zin a similar parts are referred to by like Q re erence characters.

11 general construction the hereinafter described is quite similar to mypatented invention before referred to in that the improved construction embodies the pro- VlSlOIl of a shallow receptacle, tray, or case,

fruit carrier composed of a bottom 1, sides 2, and ends 3.

Thereis received in the receptacle aforesaid a filler or series of longitudinal and transverse partitions 4 and 5 respectively, the said partitions as well as the sides and ends of the receptacle being of doublewalled structure. At opposite central points in the sides 2 are provided finger openings 6 to facilitate lifting the receptacle in handling the fruit, it being contemplated that each of the receptacles or carriers'consti tuting the present invention shall be placed with others in a box or lar e case, disposed one u on the other an transported in such con ition.

rovided with any suitable number of open- 1ngs 7 for the purpose of ventilation. The body of the receptacle or carrier is preferably made from a single blank .of material such as straw-board, chip-board, or'the like, the blank being folded at its edges to pro 'vide the inner and outer walls of the sides 2 and ends 3. In like manner the several.

partitions 4 and 5 consist of folded material such as used for. making the body of the The bottom 1 may bereceptacle, and the folding providing spaced walls for said partitions. As shown thelongitudinal partitions 4 are provided with notches 4- at their lower ed es and the central portions of said notches lave tongues 4" projecting downwardly therefrom, said tongues being ada ted to enter the space between thewalls-o the partitions 5 and constituting spacing members near the lower edges of said walls which permit, however, the yielding of the walls under pressure caused by placing fruit in the cells of the receptacle. -The partitionsfi are formed with slots leading from their upper edges. and terminating a short distance above their of the artitions 4 and 5 as well as fort-hm walls 0 the sides and ends of the receptacle, be adjacent to the lower edge portions of said parts becausethe most flexibility of the walls is required at points about midway between their lower and upper edges, or where the articles of fruit when in the cells have their largest diameter, ordinarily speaking.

The above is illustrated very clearly in Fig. 7 of the drawing.

At their ends the partitions 4 are formed with the auxiliar tongues 4 the width of I which is one-hal that of the tongues 4",

said tongues 4 passin throu h openings 3 in the inner walls 0 the en s of the receptacle and thus engaging between the two walls of such ends forming spacing memhers therebetween, the end portions of the walls of said partitions 4 being in turn held separated by tongues 3" acting in a manner similar to the action of the tongues 5 of the partitions 5. In a similar way the transverse partitions 5 have the tongues 5 at their extremities which en age in openings 2' of the inner walls 0 the sides 2, said walls of the partitions 5 at the extremities being spaced by the tongues 2" which coact similar to the tongues 5".

In view of the foregoing it will be a parent that the artitions forming the ce ls in 1 the present orm of fruit receptacle coact with the sides and ends to hold the walls of the latter spaced, but yieldable to afford the desired advantages. The walls of the sides and ends, however, are held spaced by means other than that above set forth, and referring particularly in this connection to Fig. 5 it will be observed that a peculiar corner folding is provided. The outer wall of the end 3 is formed with an end extension 8, and the inner wall of the side 2 overlaps said extension 8 and'itself is. formed with a locking tongue 9 which engages with a slit 10 in the end 3. After the tongue 9 has been interlocked with the end 3 the inner wall of the end is folded over the tongue and said inner wall has a projection 11 at its extremity adapted to be received in a slit 12 at the point where the tongue 9 bends from the side 2. 'By the tongue 9 the walls of the side 2 are held in spaced rotation at the extremities. In other words the manner of connecting the sides and ends of the receptacle at the corners is especially advantageous in that the connecting means increasesthe flexibility of theinner walls, or in otherwords 1'. A fruit carrier comprising sides and ends composed of integral double walls, and

a filler wlthin saidcarrier so connected. withthe sides and ends as to hold the walls of the latter in spaced relation.

2. A fruit carrier comprlslng sides and ends composed of integral double walls, partitions. separating the carrier into cells or pockets, and means connecting the partitions with the sides and ends in such a manner as to hold the inner walls of the sides and ends in yielding spaced "relation ito the outer walls.

3. A fruit carrier comprising sides and ends composed of double walls, partitions separating the carrier into a plurality of cells or pockets, each partition being composed of double walls, means carried by the partitions for holding the walls of the sides and ends in spaced relation, and means carried by the sides and ends for holding the walls of the partitions in spaced relation.

v4. A carrier for fruit comprising sides and ends. composed of double walls, a connection between the sides and the ends for holding the same in operative positions, said connection also constituting positive means for holding the walls of each side and end spaced. w y

5. A fruit carrier comprising sides and ends, each com osed of double walls, interlockin means etween the sides and ends for ho ding them in operative positions, said interlocking means also holding the walls of each side and end in spaced relation.

6. A fruit carrier comprising sides and ends, each side and end consisting of double walls, a ton e carried by one side and having interloc ing connection with a wall of the end to hold the double walls of the side in spaced relation. .7

7. A fruit carrier comprising sides and ends. each composed of double walls, the

inner wall of a side being provided at an end thereof with a tongue-interlocking with the outer wall of the adjacent end to hold the sides and ends in operative osition and at the same time positively holding the walls of each side and end spaced.

. 8. A fruit holding carrier comprising sides and ends composed of integral double walls, means at the corners of the carrier for holding the walls spaced at the corner portions, and a plurality of crossed partitions in the carrier interlocking with the inner esseee walls of the sides and ends at intermediate so interlocking withthe sides and ends as points, the interlocking means coasting te to hold the walls thereof yieldably apart. 10 I hold the walls in spaced relation. In testimon whereof I aflix my signature 9. A fruit holding carrier comprising a in presence 0' two Witnesses. 5 bottom, the edge portion of which is folded JGHN A. HILLIKER.

upwardly and thence downwardly to pro- Witnesses: vide integral sides and ends eomposed'of CLAIR E. Mons,

double Walls, and a filler within the carrier CHAs. KING SHERMAN.

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