Method and device for loading a container with products comprising thin sheets of glass of a large surface area
AssigneeGrenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorHelmut Weigl
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Abstract
Method and device for loading a container with products which are made up of individual thin sheets of glass (1) of a large surface area or with individual sheets of glass (1), in particular photovoltaic modules, TFT screens or component parts thereof, comprising the following features: a) means for respectively bringing into place individual sheets of glass (1) or products made up of various sheets of glass (1), b) a vertical adjuster with a sliding carriage (16) and supporting forks (12), c) a transverse transporting device (18) for loading, d) a device for transferring force from the transverse transporting device (18) to a transporting belt (8) respectively of the container.
Claims20
A device for loading a container with products, the device comprising:
- a) a placement device configured to bring into place individual sheets of glass,
- b) a vertical adjuster with a displacement carriage and supporting forks,
- c) a transverse conveying device, and
- d) an assembly configured to transmit force from the transverse conveying device to a respective conveyor belt of the container.
A method for loading a glass product into a container, the method comprising:
- receiving a glass product in a horizontal orientation by supporting forks of a vertical adjuster, wherein the supporting forks are movable horizontally on a displacement carriage of the vertical adjuster,
- pivoting the glass product into a substantially vertical position by the vertical adjuster,
- displacing the glass product by a conveying device of the vertical adjuster on a transporting belt towards a loading compartment, by moving the supporting forks of the vertical adjuster, and
- transferring the glass product from the vertical adjuster to the loading compartment by engaging a conveyer belt of the loading compartment with the transporting belt of the vertical adjuster.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium with instructions executable by one or more processors, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising:
- instructions to pivot a glass product from a horizontal position to a substantially vertical orientation using supporting forks of a vertical adjuster;
- instructions to place the pivoted glass product on an endless transporting belt of a conveying device of the vertical adjuster;
- instructions to move the glass product towards a compartment of a container by moving the conveying device of the vertical adjuster;
- instructions to transmit force from the conveying device of the vertical adjuster to a conveyer belt of the container by engaging the conveying device of the vertical adjuster with the conveyer belt of the container;
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- instructions to transfer the glass product from the vertical adjuster to the compartment of the container by displacing the glass product from the conveying device of the vertical adjuster to the engaged conveyer belt of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.