Television panel package
AssigneeCorning Glass Works
InventorMelvin C. Schlicker
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Abstract
A support column for carrying a plurality of TV panels in a stack, wherein each column has spaced axial niches for receiving and supporting the corners of the panels therein.
Claims16
A support column for securely supporting a plurality of objects in a column wherein said support column comprises an integrally formed rigid quadrant portion of a cylinder having adjoining sides meeting at an axial corner and free ends thereof terminating at a selected radial distance from said corner, and a cylindrical surface joining the free ends of the adjoining sides, said support column formed with a plurality of axial spaced niches for receiving therein a corner portion of an object to be supported, each niche is formed radially inwardly of the cylindrical surface of the quadrant portion and includes a lower support surface for receiving thereon a corresponding lower part of said corner portion of the object disposed in said niche in spaced relation to an axial adjacent one of said objects, and a locating boss located in opposition to the lower support surface for axially engaging a corresponding upper part of the corner portion of the object in opposition to the said lower part for securing said object axially against said lower support surface upon application of a radial force of the object against the column.
A package assembly for securely supporting a plurality of axial spaced rectangular TV picture tube panels in a plurality of columnar stacks on a pallet forming a base support for the stacks the package assembly comprising a support column for each of four corners of each stack of panels, each support column being an integrally formed rigid quadrant portion of a cylinder having adjoining sides lying in planes meeting near an axial corner and free ends of said sides terminating at a selected radial distance from said corner and a cylindrical surface joining the free ends of the adjoining sides, said support column formed with the plurality of axially spaced niches for receiving therein one of each of the four corners of a panel, each niche formed radially inwardly of the cylindrical surface of the quadrant portion and including a relatively lower support surface for receiving a lower rim portion of the panel thereon in spaced relation to an axial adjacent one, and a locating boss for engaging an opposed upper face portion of the panel for urging the panel axially against the support surface upon application of a radial force against the panel and support column, the stacks being located on said pallet in a rectangularly arranged group of stacks;
- securing means circumferentially located about each stack and group of stacks and the pallet for securing the package into a unitary rigid structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.