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US 2025/0019146 A1Published application
Racking system and method
AssigneeIntegrated Automation Systems, LLC
InventorsMichael E. PETERS, Wesley SCOTT, Michael P. McHUGH
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Abstract
Manual and automated racking systems and associated methods for loading/unloading glass panels (e.g., insulating glass units (IGU), laminated glass units, glass composites. monolithic glass, and the like) onto/from a transportable rack, and a rack for use with the manual and automated racking systems.
Claims9
A method for producing glass panels comprising:
- providing a rack having plurality of slots, wherein each slot is dimensioned to receive a glass panel;
- moving the rack along a travel path to a first position using an automated rack indexing assembly, said travel path associated with the processing equipment for a glass panel production line;
- loading a first glass panel onto the rack;
- moving the rack along the travel path to a second position using the automated rack indexing assembly;
- and
- loading a second glass panel onto the rack.
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A method for producing glass panels comprising:
- providing a rack having plurality of slots, wherein each slot is dimensioned to receive a glass panel;
- loading said rack with at least first and second glass panels;
- moving the rack along a travel path to a first position using an automated rack indexing assembly, said travel path associated with the processing equipment for a glass panel production line;
- unloading the first glass panel from the rack onto the processing equipment;
- moving the rack along the travel path to a second position using the automated rack indexing assembly;
- and
- unloading the second glass panel from the rack onto the processing equipment.
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A method for producing glass panels comprising:
- providing a rack having plurality of slots, wherein each slot is dimensioned to receive a glass panel;
- loading said rack with at least first and second glass panels;
- moving the rack along a travel path to a first position using an automated rack indexing assembly, said travel path associated with the processing equipment for a glass panel production line;
- unloading the first glass panel from the rack onto the processing equipment;
- loading the first glass panel onto the rack after processing thereof;
- moving the rack along the travel path to a second position using the automated rack indexing assembly;
- unloading the second glass panel from the rack onto the processing equipment;
- and
- loading the second glass panel onto the rack after processing thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.