Method of and storage rack for storing glass sheets
AssigneeTamglass Oy
InventorsEero S. K. Sipila, Erkki P. J. Yli-Vakkuri
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of and a storage rack for storing glass sheets in a substantially upright position spaced at a small distance from each other. Intermediate supports (2), together with a lever arm (4), form a bell crank whose angular point is linked to a carrier beam (8) by means of a pivot (9). The free end of each lever (4) carries a roller or a sliding surface (5), positioned at a location between intermediate supports (2). As the glass sheets are placed on the rack in a manner that the lower edge of glass sheet (7) is set upon rollers (5), the dead weight of a glass sheet lifts up the intermediate supports (2) for separating the glass sheets from each other.
Claims14
A storage rack for glass sheets comprising:
- a framework having at least two carrier beams for bearing glass sheets and a plurality of intermediate supports for holding glass sheets in a substantially equally spaced, upright position on said at least two carrier beams, said plurality of intermediate supports being mounted on said at least two carrier beams;
- a plurality of means for lifting said plurality of intermediate supports according to the weight of said glass sheets so as to hold said glass sheets in a substantially equally spaced, upright position, each of said plurality of means for lifting being disposed below the edges of said glass sheets.
A method of storing glass sheets in a substantially equally spaced, upright position comprising the steps of:
- setting glass sheets on a storage rack in a sequential manner;
- lifting intermediate supports so as to separate each sequentially placed glass sheet, said lifting performed in response to the weight of each glass sheet being placed onto the storage rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.