Device for loading stacked eggs into an egg carton
Abstract
Abstract A DEVICE FOR LOADING A PLURALITY OF STACKED EGG FLATS INTO AN EGG CARTON INCLUDING AN UPPER FRAME MEANS HAVING FOUR ROTATABLE LEGS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE EGG FLATS THEREBETWEEN. A HANDLE MEANS IS PROVIDED ON THE FRAME MEANS AND IS OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTED WITH THE LEGS BY A LINKAGE MEANS TO PERMIT THE HANDLE MEANS TO ROTATE THE LEGS FROM A FIRST POSITION TO A SECOND POSITION. EACH OF THE LEGS HAVE A FOOT MEMBER EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THEREFROM AT THE LOWER END THREAD THE FOOT MEMBERS ARE ADAPTED TO EXTEND BENEATH THE LOWERMOST EGG FLAT TO SUPPORT THE STACKED EGG FLATS WHEN THE LEGS ARE IN SAID FIRST POSITION. WHEN THE LEGS ARE ROTATED TO SAID SECOND POSITION, THE FOOT MEMBERS ARE MOVED OUT OF ENGAGED WITH THE EGG FLATS TO PERMIT THE FRAME MEANS AND THE LEGS TO BE RAISED WITH RESPECT TO THE EGG FLATS.
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- 👤 Charles A Borrowman
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