Shipping system for shipping glass sheets
AssigneeVitro, S.A.B. de C.V.
InventorsFarzad Behafarid, Erin A. Casci, Adam D. Polcyn, Lewis P. Bevans
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Abstract
A shipping system for shipping planar substrates includes a plurality of planar substrates stacked to form a pack and a plurality of interleaving material including substantially spherical beads positioned between the substrates of the pack and configured to carry a load. Substantially all of the beads have a diameter within 25% of Dmax, where Dmax is a diameter corresponding to a size of an opening of an upper limit sieve used in the shipping system. Also disclosed are a spacer for use in a shipping system for shipping planar substrates, a wrapped system for shipping planar substrates, a method of wrapping a system for shipping planar substrates, and a powder applicator.
Claims22
A shipping system for shipping planar substrates comprising:
- a plurality of planar substrates stacked to form a pack;
- and
- interleaving material comprising substantially spherical beads positioned between the substrates of the pack and configured to carry a load,
- wherein substantially all of the beads have a diameter within 25% of Dmax, wherein Dmax is a diameter corresponding to a size of an opening of an upper limit sieve used to prepare the shipping system, and wherein
- the beads have diameters with respect to each other such that at least 75% of the beads are load carrying beads,
- and wherein at least some of the spherical beads are configured to roll with respect to the substrates located adjacent thereto.
A shipping system for shipping planar substrates comprising:
- a plurality of planar substrates stacked to form a pack;
- and
- interleaving material comprising substantially spherical beads positioned between the substrates of the pack and configured to carry a load,
- wherein substantially all of the beads have diameters with respect to each other such that at least 75% of the beads are load carrying beads, the shipping system comprising a plurality of packs, each of the packs comprising an exposed face,
- wherein the shipping system further comprises a spacer positioned between two of the packs, wherein the spacer comprises an area in contact with the exposed faces of the packs,
- wherein each of the packs and substrates comprise a first region, a second region, and a third region between the first region and the second region, and wherein the spacer is in contact with the exposed faces of at least one of the first regions and the second regions of the packs.
A shipping system for shipping planar substrates comprising:
- a plurality of planar substrates stacked to form a pack;
- and
- interleaving material comprising substantially spherical beads positioned between the substrates of the pack and configured to carry a load,
- wherein substantially all of the beads have a radius at or above Dmin according to the following formula:
- Dmin≥Dmaxμ2,
- wherein Dmax is a diameter corresponding to a size of an opening of an upper limit sieve used to prepare the shipping system and μ is a friction coefficient between the beads and the substrate, and wherein
- the beads have diameters with respect to each other such that at least 75% of the beads are load carrying beads,
- and wherein at least some of the spherical beads are configured to roll with respect to the substrates located adjacent thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.