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The Vertical Egg Holder can be glued to the side of your fridge or be supported with the flat stand attachment so that your eggs can be stored in little hemispherical voids on the side of your fridge.
A finger sized hole is left in the bottom of the hemispherical void to let you pop the egg out of
its holder.
Vertical Egg Holder
http://www.geocitie...ail/HB/eggwall.html
PDF of [Zimmy]'s idea [Worldgineer, Aug 01 2005]
My attempt at an illustration
http://jinbish.mult...hotos/photo/8/1.jpg
Sorry if this isn't accurate Zimmy and forgive me for my light-heartedness but it's been a long day at the office. [Jinbish, Aug 01 2005]
A different approach...
http://bz.pair.com/fun/eggrack.jpg
Well, my intention was to illustrate this invention for [Zimmy] but, I went off on a tangent along the way: a chainlink egg holder. Hangs on the inside of the fridge door. Folds up for storage. Throw in the dishwasher to clean. [bristolz, Aug 02 2005]
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the fridge is ovi-depositing. |
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oh my gawd, I think I understand and I wish I didn't. |
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Well, I don't and I wish I did. Can you
share your concerns? |
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I think I understand, [po] & I'd like to say that this is only a space saving - daily utilitarian idea. Nothing more. |
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I'm way confused. Are you talking about storing your eggs on the outside of your fridge, where it is hot, due to the motor? Confused. Picture? |
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No, on the inside. on the vertical surface (let's say right hand side) will be a group of pockets that will hold eggs. |
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I know that a hole in a void is a very strange concept, but I cou'n't think of how better to describe it. |
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Baked. If I understand you correctly, this is a series of approximately hemispherical dips in a piece of plastic held on the inside of the fridge. |
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I have this in my kitchen - it is very useful (unless you have more than 7 eggs). |
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Yeah I was thinking this was baked but was sure I must have been missing something. Maybe I still am, I'm not sure. |
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I've drawn up a front & side view on autocad, If I convert that to a PDF would someone be able to link it? - I'm very specialized in my computer skills. |
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I think my Granny might be able to knit one of these - you could hang it from one of the shelves. |
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If I read this correctly [Zimmy] intends to try to utilize potentially unused space for egg storage in a vertical format instead of the typical horizontal egg-tray a lot of refrigerators come with (as mentioned by [dbmag9]). In order to hold the eggs without breaking them he is suggesting some kind of plastic "egg-cup" arrangement with a small opening on its bottom side to allow for easier removal of the egg. I just have a couple of questions before I bun this: if the holders are arranged vertically where is the hole located? If it is on the bottom it will be blocked by the next egg below. And will the egg holder allow for all sizes of eggs? |
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On the fishbone side: If the goal is to acquire more storage space why couldn't you do this right now by standing the egg carton on its end? If you're afraid of it falling over you could prop it up with the ketchup bottle. |
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Given that eggs are very strong in
compression, you could just have a long
1-egg-diameter 6-eggs-high tube,
vertically mounted with stiffish rubber
fingers forming a sort of, errr, sphincter
at the bottom. When you pushed the
seventh egg into the top, the bottom
one would be expelled. I can only see
two flaws with this design: |
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a) It is unappetisingly reminiscent of the
Happy Hen Crap Packer in its general
sphinctral characteristic |
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b) You have to put an egg in the top to
get one out of the bottom. But on the
other hand, this seems only fair. |
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c) Loading the tube with the first two
eggs would be hazardous. |
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[Zim] send me an e-mail and I'll post your drawings. |
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I'm picturing something similar to [base], except you pull eggs out the front. This allows the unit to operate even when it isn't full. Also, have alternating bumps on the side, so eggs have to zigzag down and not come crashing down when you fill it. |
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Eventually, you'll need to clean this. + |
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//c) Loading the tube with the first two eggs would be hazardous.// |
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If it was shipped with a number of ping-pong balls, you could solve that problem. |
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//If it was shipped with a number of ping-pong balls// |
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Blasphemy!! Er, anyway... |
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This is a great Halfbakery idea. I don't know why this isn't bunned within an inch of it's life. |
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The idea would probably be much better if it worked like [Worldgineer]'s description.
I usually buy eggs in a 2 1/2 dozen box that has a slide out piece of cardboard, so I can't use that vertically. |
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//Eventually, you'll need to clean this.//
No, I think it was meant to be part of
the fridge. Therefore, you get a new
one when you get a new fridge,
avoiding the whole cleaning issue. |
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I like your drawing, [bris]. Kind of an industrial look that would likely go well with a stainless steel 'fridge. |
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I should've formed the wire to cup the eggs a bit more but you get the idea. Hangs from a door shelf. Probably impractical because it'd cover shelves. |
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I'm seeing the chainlink thing or the original idea hanging from the side of a shelf, like a wine bottle hangar. |
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It's funny how I feel quite a lot of people have better ideas than I did about how to store eggs in a space efficient manner. |
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cool drawings - [bris] & [Jinbish]. |
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