US 10,870,545 B2 · Device and method for safely and quickly transferring new glass sheets from the production line to a transport vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to a device and to a method for safely and quickly transferring new glass sheets from the production line to a transport vehicle, having the following features; a) a glass-sheet roller conveyor (8) having a glass-rack gripping and stacking device (7) for receiving glass sheets (9) from a production line, b) two parallel running rails (12) extending centrically at a right angle toward the glass-sheet roller conveyor (8), an underfloor energy supply rail (24) being arranged in the region between the running rails (12), c) at least one glass-rack carriage (3), which moves on the running rails (12) and which has at least one glass rack (4, 6) lying on said glass-rack carriage, a glass rack (4, 6) being able to be loaded with obliquely positioned glass sheets (9) and the glass racks (4, 6) being fixed in the oblique position by means of a pivoting device (14), and d) a rotary device (2) arranged in the course of the running rails for rotating a glass-rack carriage (3) by 180 degrees for loading one glass-rack carriage (3) at a time.

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Dependent claims

A device for safely and quickly transferring a glass sheet from a production line to a transport vehicle, comprising:

a glass sheet roller conveyor (8) having a glass rack gripping and stacking device (7) for receiving a glass sheet (9) from the production line,
two parallel rails (12) running at right angles to a longitudinal direction of the glass sheet roller conveyor (8), wherein an underfloor energy supply rail (24) is arranged in a region between the rails (12),
at least one glass rack carriage (3) moving along the two parallel rails (12) having at least one glass rack (4, 6) supported thereon, wherein a glass rack of the at least one glass rack (4, 6) can be loaded with obliquely positioned glass sheets (9) and wherein the glass rack of the at least one glass rack (4, 6) is fixed in an oblique position by a pivoting device (14), and
a rotary device (2), arranged within a course of the parallel rails, for rotating a glass rack carriage (3) of the at least one glass rack carriage by 180 degrees for loading the glass rack carriage (3) of the at least one glass rack carriage on the transport vehicle, wherein said rotary device rotates about a vertical axis.

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A device for safely and quickly transferring new glass sheets from a production line to a transport vehicle, comprising:

a glass sheet roller conveyor (8) having a glass rack gripping and stacking device (7) for receiving glass sheets (9) from the production line,
two parallel rails (12) running at right angles to a longitudinal direction of the glass sheet roller conveyor (8), wherein an underfloor energy supply rail (24) is arranged in a region between the two parallel rails (12),
at least one glass rack carriage (3) moving along the two parallel rails (12) having at least one glass rack (4, 6) supported thereon, wherein a glass rack of the at least one glass rack (4, 6) can be loaded with obliquely positioned glass sheets (9) and wherein the glass rack of the at least one glass rack (4, 6) is fixed in the oblique position by a pivoting device (14),
a rotary device (2), arranged within the course of the two parallel rails, for rotating a glass rack carriage (3) by 180 degrees for loading a glass rack carriage of the at least one glass rack carriage (3),
wherein said rotary device is adapted so that said obliquely positioned glass sheets (9) maintain an oblique position during the 180 degree rotating.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Device and method for safely and quickly transferring new glass sheets from the production line to a transport vehicle

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Device and method for safely and quickly transferring new glass sheets from the production line to a transport vehicle

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Abstract

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