PLATE MATERIAL PACKING BOX, PLATE MATERIAL TRANSPORTING METHOD, AND PLATE MATERIAL LOADING OR UNLOADING METHOD

• US 20070131574A1
• Filed: 01/22/2007
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Inventors: AOKI, Kazuhiro
• Application Number:
  US11/625,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20070131574A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/454
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/0086 Protection against environmental hazards, e.g. humidity, bacteria, fire
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/052 filled with fluid, e.g. inflatable elements

Abstract

A plate material packing box capable of preventing dirt from entering thereinto, easily storable in a storage room with a low ceiling by reducing the height dimension during transportation, and capable of transporting plate materials efficiently and constantly; a plate material transporting method using such a plate material packing box; and a plate material loading or unloading method. The packing box comprises a pedestal 3 having an upper lining, a plate material storage box 14 put on the pedestal 3, and an upper cover 2 enclosing the plate material storage box 14 on the pedestal 3 and being detachable from the pedestal 3, wherein the plate material storage box 14 is an upwardly open support having a bottom plate 15 to have a plurality of plate materials G put thereon in a substantially horizontally stacked state, and side plate 16a to 16d along four sides of its periphery, the upper cover 2 is a downwardly open box having a top plate 6 covering the upper surface of the plate material storage box 14 and side frames 5 along four sides of its periphery; a vibration damper 17 is interposed between the pedestal 3 and the bottom plate 5; and a cushion material 20 is installed between the top plate 6 and the plate materials G put on the bottom plate 15.

Claims

1. A plate material packing box comprising a pedestal having an upper lining, a plate material storage box put on the pedestal, and an upper cover enclosing the plate material storage box on the pedestal and being detachable from the pedestal, wherein the plate material storage box is an upwardly open support having a bottom plate to have a plurality of plate materials put thereon in a substantially horizontally stacked state, and side plates along four sides of its periphery;

the upper cover is a downwardly open box having a top plate covering the upper surface of the plate material storage box and side frames along four sides of its periphery;

a vibration damper is interposed between the pedestal and the bottom plate; and

is a cushion material is installed between the top plate and the plate materials put on the bottom plate.

3. The plate material packing box according to claim 1, wherein the bottom plate is formed to have a rectangular shape and inclined at a prescribed angle to the upper surface of the pedestal with one or two corners thereof being at the lowest point.

5. The plate material packing box according to claim 1, wherein the bottom plate has a surface curved in a concave shape to have the plate materials put thereon.

7. The plate material packing box according to claim 1, wherein the bottom plate is downwardly curved or bent in a convex shape.

9. The plate material packing box according to claim 1, which has a positioning means to set the position of another plate material packing box to be put on the top plate, wherein the positioning means comprises a plurality of guide members projecting upwardly from the top plate and fixed to the top plate, and a plurality of openings formed at the pedestal to engage with such guide members.

11. A plate material transporting method which comprises stacking a plurality of plate materials in the plate material storage box of the plate material packing box as defined in claim 1 and transporting the plate materials.

13. A plate material loading or unloading method which comprises, in such a state that the upper cover of the plate material packing box as defined in claim 1 is removed, lifting the plate material packing box so that the bottom plate be at a prescribed angle to the horizontal plane, and loading a plurality of plate materials in the plate material storage box or unloading such plate materials from the plate material storage box.

2. A plate material packing box comprising a pedestal having an upper lining, a plate material storage box put on the pedestal, side frames fixed along the periphery of the plate material storage box on the pedestal, and an upper cover detachable from the side frames, wherein the plate material storage box is an upwardly open support having a bottom plate to have a plurality of plate materials put thereon in a substantially horizontally stacked state, and a side plate provided along one side of its periphery;

the upper cover is a top plate covering the upper surface of the plate material storage box;

a vibration damper is interposed between the pedestal and the bottom plate; and

a cushion material is installed between the top plate and the plate materials put on the bottom plate.

4. The plate material packing box according to claim 2, wherein the bottom plate is formed to have a rectangular shape and inclined at a prescribed angle to the upper surface of the pedestal with one or two corners thereof being at the lowest point.

6. The plate material packing box according to claim 2, wherein the bottom plate has a surface curved in a concave shape to have the plate materials put thereon.

8. The plate material packing box according to claim 2, wherein the bottom plate is downwardly curved or bent in a convex shape.

10. The plate material packing box according to claim 2, which has a positioning means to set the position of another plate material packing box to be put on the top plate, wherein the positioning means comprises a plurality of guide members projecting upwardly from the top plate and fixed to the top plate, and a plurality of openings formed at the pedestal to engage with such guide members.

12. A plate material transporting method which comprises stacking a plurality of plate materials in the plate material storage box of the plate material packing box as defined in claim 2 and transporting the plate materials.

14. A plate material loading or unloading method which comprises, in such a state that the upper cover of the plate material packing box as defined in claim 2 is removed, lifting the plate material packing box so that the bottom plate be at a prescribed angle to the horizontal plane, and loading a plurality of plate materials in the plate material storage box or unloading such plate materials from the plate material storage box.

15. A plate material packing box comprising a pedestal having an upper lining, a plate material storage box put on the pedestal, and a vibration damper interposed between the pedestal and the plate material storage box, wherein

the plate material storage box comprises a rectangular bottom plate to have a plurality of plate materials put thereon in a horizontally stacked state, side plates provided along mutually opposing two sides of the bottom plate and inserting paper hold-down rolls provided along other mutually opposing two sides of the bottom plate;

the bottom plate is downwardly curved or bent in a convex shape, and the bending line at the apex of the bent surface or the generating line of the curved surface is in parallel with the side plates;

the pedestal is provided with a positioning means for stacking plate material packing boxes.

16. The plate material packing box according to claim 15, wherein the side plates are provided along the long sides of the bottom plate;

one side plate is fixed to the bottom plate; and

the other side plate is rotatably or separably hinged to the bottom plate so that the side provided with this side plate is openable and closable.

17. The plate material packing box according to claim 15, wherein stacking members consisting of pillars or walls are installed on the pedestal around the plate material storage box, and the positioning means comprises guide members provided at upper ends of the stacking members and openings provided on the bottom surface side of the pedestal to engage with the guide members.

18. The plate material packing box according to claim 15, wherein the vibration damper comprises a stretch absorber and a shrink absorber, and the stretch absorber and the shrink absorber are provided as regularly distributed over the entire lower surface of the bottom plate.

19. A plate material transporting method which comprises stacking a plurality of plate materials in the plate material storage box of the plate material packing box as defined in claim 15 and transporting the plate materials.

20. A plate material packing box comprising a pedestal having an upper lining, a plate material storage box put on the pedestal, and a vibration damper interposed between the pedestal and the plate material storage box, wherein

the plate material storage box comprises a rectangular bottom plate to have a plurality of plate materials put thereon in a horizontally stacked state via inserting paper sheets, and hold-down plates are provided along the respective four sides of the bottom plate to press the plate materials from their side surfaces via inserting paper sheets protruding from the plate materials.

21. The plate material packing box according to claim 20, wherein each hold-down plate is detachable from the bottom plate or openable as it falls down outside of the bottom plate.

22. The plate material packing box according to claim 20, wherein a cushion material is provided between the inserting paper sheets and the hold-down plates.