Spacer separation for coated glass sheets such as first surface mirrors
AssigneeGuardian Industries Corp.
InventorHal Savakus
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Abstract
Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to an apparatus, system and/or method for holding coated glass sheets (e.g., mirrors) during transport, storage and/or the like. In certain example, embodiments, spacers are used between adjacent glass sheets so as to reduce the amount of contact between the spacers and the glass sheets when such glass sheets are stored and/or transported.
Claims17
An system for holding a plurality of glass sheets in substantially parallel spaced-apart relation to each other, the system comprising:
- a plurality of resilient and/or flexible substantially U-shaped strips, each said substantially U-shaped strip being disposed around at least part of a first edge of every other glass sheet of the plurality of glass sheets, wherein the substantially U-shaped strips comprise a base from which two legs extend downward in a substantially parallel manner along opposing major sides of the corresponding glass sheet;
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- a plurality of second strips, each said second strip being disposed at or proximate a second edge, opposite the first edge, of every glass sheet of the plurality of glass sheets so as to form air gaps between adjacent glass sheets of the plurality of glass sheets.
A system for holding a plurality of glass sheets in substantially parallel spaced-apart relation to each other comprising a plurality of discrete and spaced apart flexible and/or resilient tabs disposed proximate at least a portion of each glass sheet's perimeter such that the tabs separate the glass sheets so as to create air gaps between adjacent glass sheets.
A system for holding a plurality of glass sheets in substantially parallel spaced-apart relation to each other, comprising:
- a plurality of spaced apart first spacers;
- a plurality of spaced apart second spacers,
- wherein each second spacer is associated with at least one first spacer so as to define air gaps between adjacent glass sheets of the plurality of glass sheets, and
- wherein the first spacers and second spacers are disposed proximate at least opposite edges of the glass sheets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.