Method of transferring and storing glass sheets and tray used in method
AssigneeNippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
InventorsToyoo Segawa, Sinkichi Syono, Syuichi Suzue
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Abstract
A number of glass sheets of given size are stacked flatwise on a tray having on its upper surface dampers for preventing the glass sheets from slipping. The stacked glass sheets are fixed relatively to each other, and the fixed glass sheets are transferred with the tray to a storage location. The transferred glass sheets and the tray are stored in the storage location.
Claims2
A method of transferring a plurality of flat glass sheets from a first location to a second location utilizing a tray having disposed on its upper surface at least one slippage inhibiting damper, comprising the steps of;
- horizontally stacking the plurality of glass sheets one by one on the tray at the first location such that the lowermost surface of the lowermost glass sheet is held in contact with the slippage inhibiting damper for resisting displacement of said lowermost glass sheet relative to the damper;
- helically wrapping packaging film around the sides of the horizontally stacked glass sheets without wrapping said tray so as to resist surface displacement of the stacked glass sheets relative to each other when transferred and to form a unitary package thereof;
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- transferring the unitary package together with said tray to the second location, said glass sheets being horizontally stacked on said tray during transfer.
A method of transferring from a loading location and storing at a storage location a plurality of glass sheets utilizing a tray having disposed on its upper surface at least one slippage inhibiting damper, comprising the steps of;
- (a) horizontally stacking at the loading location, the glass sheets one by one on the tray, such that the lowermost surface of the lowermost glass sheet is held in contact with the slippage inhibiting damper for resisting displacement of said lowermost glass sheet relative to the damper,
- (b) helically wrapping solely around the sides of the horizontal stack of glass sheets and not around the tray a packaging film to resist displacement of the stacked glass sheets relative to each other without securing the stacked glass sheets to the tray;
- (c) transferring the stack together with said tray to the storage location, said storage including a plurality of vertically spaced racks;
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- (d) placing the stack on one of the racks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.