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US 6,588,605 B1Granted
Planar article rack having closeable holding members
AssigneeCardinal CG Company
InventorsVern W. Volkert, Charles E. Groth, Douglas F. Cox
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AssigneeCardinal CG Company
InventorsVern W. Volkert, Charles E. Groth, Douglas F. Cox
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A shipping container for holding a plurality of parallel panels, the shipping container including a floor, a generally upright rear wall, and a frame supporting the floor and the rear wall at right angles to each other for vertically supporting the parallel panels. The edges of the panels can be supported by the floor and rear wall, with the panels being supported in parallel planes perpendicular to the planes of the rear wall and floor. The floor can have numerous parallel grooves for receiving the panel edges and numerous upwardly protruding holding members slidably disposed along a direction transverse to the floor grooves and received panel edges. The holding members can have a relaxed position for permitting removal of the panels and the gripping position for inhibiting movement of the panels. One shipping container has three sets of holding members each slidably disposed along a direction transverse to the floor grooves and received panel edges, with one of the three sets being disposed on an opposite side of the received panel edge, for holding the received panel edge therebetween. Each set of holding members can be coupled to a respective transverse carrying member, wherein the holding member can be more pliable and resilient than the carrying member. In some shipping containers, the transverse carrying members are slid transversely by being operably coupled to cams disposed and carried on a camshaft. The shipping containers provide secure, releasable containment of various sizes of glass panels in the same container, together with simultaneous release of multiple panes.
A rack to support a plurality of panels therein, the rack having a back and a floor at right angles to the back, the back and floor each having a plurality of slots adapted to receive the peripheral bottom and side edges of the respective plurality of planar panels, the slots on the back or the floor or both comprising, a plurality of grippers moveable perpendicularly to the slots to capture and support peripheral edges of the panels therein, and means for moving the grippers between an open position enabling removal of the panels from the slots, and a closed position in which the panels are supported in the slots.
A shipping container for shipping a plurality of parallel, rectangular panels, the container comprising a floor and a rear wall lying in generally perpendicular planes and providing a support structure for bottom panel edges and adjacent side panel edges, respectively, the support structure comprising a first plurality of spaced grippers movable in unison between a first gripping position in which the grippers supportively grip surfaces of the panels adjacent their edges and a second, non-gripping position.
A shipping container for shipping a plurality of parallel, rectangular panels, the container comprising a floor and a rear wall lying in generally perpendicular planes and providing support structures for bottom panel edges and adjacent side panel edges, respectively, the support structure comprising a first plurality of spaced grippers movable in unison in one direction from a first gripping position in which the grippers engage one surface of each of the panels adjacent its edges to a second, non-engaging position, and a second plurality of grippers movable in unison in a direction opposite to said one direction from a first position in which the second plurality of grippers grip the opposed surface of each of the panels adjacent their edges to a second, non-engaging position.
A shipping container for holding a plurality of parallel panels, wherein the panels have a length dimension, a height dimension, and a width disposed orthogonally to the length and height dimensions, the panels having parallel major surfaces terminating at peripheral side edges, the shipping container comprising:
A shipping container for holding a plurality of parallel panels, wherein the panels have a length dimension, a height dimension and a width disposed orthogonally to the length and height dimensions, the panels having parallel major surfaces terminating at peripheral side edges, a shipping container comprising:
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