Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of colored egg packages, apparatus for carrying such a method into effect and egg packages manufactured by this method. The invention concerns a method for the manufacture of colored egg packages (6) made from wood pulp and/or waste paper (paper pulp) in which the egg package receives its final outside color only after the moulding phase by subsequently spraying-on (3) a dye, an apparatus for the carrying such a method into effect and egg packages manufactured by this method.

Abstract: In an egg box made from slitted cardboard blanks of which one provides wave strips joined only at their wave crests for folding around to make pockets for the eggs and the other blank provides flat bottom and side panel or cover strips which brace the wave strips by being glued to the wave trough bottoms of the wave strips, top cover strips respectively glued to the half width wave strips that come together (when the top wave strips are folded around the eggs already packed in the pockets previously formed,) do not both correspond in width to the top wave strips, but one of them has an overlapping free edge the underside of which is bonded adhesively to the other top panel strip. The adhesive bonding is done with a hot-sticking adhesive which when cooled without being covered is no longer sticky. The adhesive is laid down in strips on the wider and shorter blank which provides the cover strips at locations corresponding to the wave trough bottoms that are to be glued on.

Abstract: A cardboard pack for eggs, or the like, is made of two slitted blanks, the longer one of which is bent into flat-topped and flat-bottomed waves. After the wave bottoms are bonded by adhesive to the flat blank, the wave tops are tucked in and the waves flattened mechanically. After the adhesive bonding, the solid cross-strips at the ends of the flat blanks become unnecessary and are cut off. Precautions are taken to avoid undesired adhesion of strips previously separated by slitting. With the waves flattened, the blanks can be easily stored or transported. The blanks are set up at the place of filling by mechanically raising the waves, bending up the sides of the back to form pockets, inserting the goods, bending over the top strips, and securing them together on their line of abutment. The shorter set of blanks is preprinted.