EP1623933B1 - Separator for glass sheets - Google Patents

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EP1623933B1
EP1623933B1 EP05356131A EP05356131A EP1623933B1 EP 1623933 B1 EP1623933 B1 EP 1623933B1 EP 05356131 A EP05356131 A EP 05356131A EP 05356131 A EP05356131 A EP 05356131A EP 1623933 B1 EP1623933 B1 EP 1623933B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D57/00—Internal frames or supports for flexible articles, e.g. stiffeners; Separators for articles packaged in stacks or groups, e.g. for preventing adhesion of sticky articles
    • B65D57/002—Separators for articles packaged in stacks or groups, e.g. stacked or nested
    • B65D57/003—Separators for articles packaged in stacks or groups, e.g. stacked or nested for horizontally placed articles, i.e. for stacked or nested articles
    • B65D57/004—Separators for articles packaged in stacks or groups, e.g. stacked or nested for horizontally placed articles, i.e. for stacked or nested articles the articles being substantially flat panels, e.g. wooden planks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/48—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for glass sheets

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  • the invention relates to a separator for plates of fragile material, especially for glass plates, comprising a strip of material equipped, at least at one end, with a wedging member whose one face is generally perpendicular to a main plane of the glass plate, the face being adapted to bear on an edge of a plate.
  • Such separators are used to keep apart fragile plates from each other.
  • separators generally cardboard, are used to maintain the plates during their transport and thus avoid any risk of shock between them.
  • EP-B-1 075 435 a strip of material, made of cardboard honeycomb structure, a length corresponding to one of the dimensions of the plates to be separated.
  • This strip is equipped at one end with a square made of rigid cardboard, which has a branch extending perpendicularly to the honeycomb cardboard strip. This branch is located near the end of the strip.
  • the bracket is arranged in such a way that the branch extending perpendicularly with respect to the strip of material bears on one end of the glass plate. In other words, the square works in compression.
  • Such a separator must be adapted to the glass plate that must be kept apart.
  • WO-A-97/12818 relates to a separator made of honeycomb material.
  • This separator comprises a band whose one end is folded on itself and forms a nose bearing on one end of a glass plate.
  • Such a separator does not allow spaced apart glass plates of different thicknesses.
  • the invention more particularly intends to remedy by proposing a separator of small size, easy to achieve, offering a high resistance when in place and suitable for all types of glass plates.
  • the subject of the invention is a separator for plates of fragile material, in particular for glass plates, comprising a strip of material intended to be interposed between two successive plates, which is equipped, at least at one end, with a wedging member whose one face is intended to be generally perpendicular to a main plane of a plate, the face being adapted to bear on an edge of a plate, the wedging member comprising at least two first parallel sails , adapted to be oriented in a direction generally parallel to the main plane of the plate, one of the first webs bearing against the web of material, the first webs being interconnected by a transverse web clean to come into bearing against the edge of the plate, characterized in that the wedging member is hollow and in that one of the first parallel sails is connected only to the transverse sail, so that the parallel sails are suitable for undergo, in use, a lateral movement so that the wedging member has a lateral flexibility, in order to be able to adapt to plates of different thicknesses.
  • a wedge member forming a volume allowing a damped separation between two plates and adapting to the different thicknesses of the plates.
  • This relative flexibility of the wedging member is accompanied by a lightness due to the mere presence of the sails without any filling material between them.
  • the wedging member 1 shown in Figure 1 is rectangular, hollow, formed by four webs.
  • Two sails 2, 3 form the short sides and are interconnected by a sail 4 forming one of the long sides.
  • the other veil 5 forming the second large side is connected to the veil forming the short side 3, so that the wedging member 1 has a certain lateral flexibility.
  • the webs 2, 3, 4, 5 are made of a light and rigid material, while having a certain flexibility. They may be, for example, metal, polymer or cellulose fiber based, especially cardboard.
  • the wedging member 1 is made by folding a strip of cardboard or by gluing the webs 2, 3, 4 and 5 previously cut in a strip of cardboard.
  • the wedging member 1 can be easily fixed by the web 4, connected to the webs 2 and 3, on a front face F 1 of a strip of material 6 formed of a material lightweight and rigid, for example metal, polymer or cellulose fiber based, especially cardboard.
  • the strip 6 is made of cardboard with a honeycomb structure.
  • Fixing the wedging member 1 on the strip 6 may be made by techniques known per se, especially by hot gluing.
  • the wedging member is removably retained on the strip, for example by hook-and-loop strips or a non-polymerizable adhesive.
  • Fixing the member 1 on the strip 6 can be done, as shown in Figure 2, by the web 4 or in an unillustrated configuration, by one of the other webs 2 or 3.
  • the same setting member 1 allows to make separators adapted to different thicknesses of the glass plates.
  • such a member 1; 1 ' is supported by one of the sails, in this case the veil 3; 3 ', on a terminal edge B; B 'of a glass plate 7; 7 '.
  • This support is made to maintain the largest dimension of the strip 6; 6 '; 6 "of cardboard oriented in a direction generally parallel to a main plane P; P 'of the glass plate 7; 7'.
  • the veil 5; 5 'connected to the sole 3; 3 ' is, in this configuration, bearing on a face F' 2 ; F " 2 of another band 6 ', 6".
  • This face is the opposite face to that F 1 ; F 1 'supporting the veil 4; 4 'of an organ 1; 1 '.
  • the separators are effectively maintained in position so that they exert, generally, always the same effort of separation between the plates, whatever their thicknesses.
  • the web 104 connected to the two short sides of the wedging member 101 is connected to a web 108 parallel to the large webs 104, 105 of the member 101.
  • This connection is made by extending the web 102 forming, in the previous configuration, a small side.
  • a hollow wedging member 101 having two webs 105, 108 parallel between which is formed a housing 109 generally configured U.
  • the arms of the U formed by the webs 105 and 108 deviate by a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the strip of material 6.
  • the member 101 is itself configured in two U nested one in the other, head to tail.
  • One of the U is defined by the sails 104, 103, 105 and the other U by the sails 108, 102, 105.
  • the sail 102 connects the two U bearing, at its ends, the sails 104 and 108.
  • the wedging member 101 thus produced can be easily positioned on a cardboard strip 6, for example at one of its ends and / or along its length. This installation can be done definitively by techniques known per se, for example by hot gluing or, removably, by inserting force of the cardboard strip 6 into the housing 109 formed between the two webs 105 and 108.
  • separators equipped with setting member 101; 101 '; 101 "as shown in Figure 4 can be arranged 101 101 '101', so that the web 108; 108 '; 108 "is pressing respectively on a face F 2 ; F 1 "; F 1 "'strips 6 respectively 6";
  • the separators can be arranged indifferently in one direction or the other.
  • the wedging member 101 is arranged so that its web 104 bears on the face F 2 'of the strip 6'; In this way, the wedging members 101 and 101 'are arranged in mirror with respect to the cardboard strip 6' and they keep separate plates 7 and 7 'of the same thickness.
  • the advantage of the second embodiment, illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, lies in the removable nature of the wedging member 101; 101 '; This allows for reusable and adaptable wedging members of different lengths and / or thicknesses or type of material strips 6; 6 '; 6 ". In addition, transport, storage and handling are facilitated, the different parts of the separators can be handled separately.
  • the wedging member 1; 101 is used to hold and block in translation the strip of material to which it is connected.
  • the wedging member prevents the strip of material from sliding between two glass plates, these being held so as not to compress the strip of material.
  • the wedging member 101 is positioned on several material strips contiguous to each other.
  • a wedging member, 1; 101 may be supported on several glass plates 7 contiguous to each other.

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Abstract

The separator has a blocking unit (1) including webs (4, 5) that are connected by a transversal web (3), which is supported against an edge of a glass sheet. The webs (4, 5) are oriented along a direction parallel to a principal plane of the glass sheet. One of the webs (4, 5) is supported against a material strip. The webs (4, 5) are subjected to lateral clearance for adapting to the sheets of different thicknesses.

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L'invention a trait à un séparateur pour plaques de matériau fragile, notamment pour plaques de verre, comprenant une bande de matière équipée, au moins à une extrémité, d'un organe de calage dont une face est globalement perpendiculaire à un plan principal de la plaque de verre, la face étant adaptée pour être en appui sur un bord d'une plaque.The invention relates to a separator for plates of fragile material, especially for glass plates, comprising a strip of material equipped, at least at one end, with a wedging member whose one face is generally perpendicular to a main plane of the glass plate, the face being adapted to bear on an edge of a plate.

De tels séparateurs sont utilisés pour maintenir écartées les unes des autres des plaques fragiles. En particulier, dans l'industrie du verre, de tels séparateurs, généralement en carton, sont utilisés pour maintenir les plaques lors de leur transport et éviter ainsi tout risque de choc entre elles.Such separators are used to keep apart fragile plates from each other. In particular, in the glass industry, such separators, generally cardboard, are used to maintain the plates during their transport and thus avoid any risk of shock between them.

On connaît par EP-B-1 075 435 une bande de matière, réalisée en carton en structure en nid d'abeilles, d'une longueur correspondant à une des dimensions des plaques à séparer. Cette bande est équipée, à une extrémité, d'une équerre, réalisée en carton rigide, qui a une branche s'étendant perpendiculairement par rapport à la bande de carton en nid d'abeilles. Cette branche est située au voisinage de l'extrémité de la bande. Dans un tel séparateur, l'équerre est disposée de manière à ce que la branche s'étendant perpendiculairement par rapport à la bande de matière soit en appui sur une extrémité de la plaque de verre. En d'autres termes, l'équerre travaille en compression.We know by EP-B-1 075 435 a strip of material, made of cardboard honeycomb structure, a length corresponding to one of the dimensions of the plates to be separated. This strip is equipped at one end with a square made of rigid cardboard, which has a branch extending perpendicularly to the honeycomb cardboard strip. This branch is located near the end of the strip. In such a separator, the bracket is arranged in such a way that the branch extending perpendicularly with respect to the strip of material bears on one end of the glass plate. In other words, the square works in compression.

Bien que l'équerre soit collée sur la bande de carton, il arrive, du fait des efforts qu'elle subit lors du travail en compression et/ou de la qualité du collage, qu'il y ait un arrachement de l'équerre par rapport à la bande de carton.Although the square is glued on the cardboard strip, it happens, because of the efforts it undergoes during the work in compression and / or the quality of the bonding, that there is a tear of the square by compared to the cardboard tape.

De plus, un tel séparateur doit être adapté à la plaque de verre qu'il doit maintenir écartée. En d'autres termes, il est nécessaire d'avoir autant de séparateurs, préfabriqués, qu'il y a de plaques d'épaisseurs différentes, ce qui oblige à transporter chaque séparateur à l'état final. Outre l'encombrement du produit lors du transport, ceci peut provoquer des dégradations sur le séparateur, notamment au niveau de l'équerre en appui sur la plaque de verre.In addition, such a separator must be adapted to the glass plate that must be kept apart. In other words, it is necessary to have as many separators, prefabricated, that there are plates of different thicknesses, which requires transporting each separator to the final state. In addition to the bulk of the product during transport, this can cause damage to the separator, particularly at the bracket resting on the glass plate.

WO-A-97/12818 concerne un séparateur réalisé en matériau en nid d'abeilles. Ce séparateur comprend une bande dont une extrémité est repliée sur elle-même et forme un nez venant en appui sur une extrémité d'une plaque de verre. Un tel séparateur, comme celui précédemment décrit, ne permet pas de maintenir écartées des plaques de verre de différentes épaisseurs. WO-A-97/12818 relates to a separator made of honeycomb material. This separator comprises a band whose one end is folded on itself and forms a nose bearing on one end of a glass plate. Such a separator, such as that previously described, does not allow spaced apart glass plates of different thicknesses.

C'est à ces inconvénients qu'entend plus particulièrement remédier l'invention en proposant un séparateur de faible encombrement, facile à réaliser, offrant une importante résistance lorsqu'il est en place et adapté à tous types de plaques de verre.It is these drawbacks that the invention more particularly intends to remedy by proposing a separator of small size, easy to achieve, offering a high resistance when in place and suitable for all types of glass plates.

A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un séparateur pour plaques de matériau fragile, notamment pour plaques de verre, comprenant une bande de matière destinée à être interposée entre deux plaques successives, qui est équipée, au moins à une extrémité, d'un organe de calage dont une face est destinée à être globalement perpendiculaire à un plan principal d'une plaque, la face étant adaptée pour être en appui sur un bord d'une plaque, l'organe de calage comprenant au moins deux premiers voiles parallèles, adaptés pour être orientés selon une direction globalement parallèle au plan principal de la plaque, un des premiers voiles étant en appui contre la bande de matière, les premiers voiles étant reliés entre eux par un voile transversal propre à venir en appui contre le bord de la plaque, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de calage est creux et en ce que l'un des premiers voiles parallèles n'est relié qu'au voile transversal, de telle sorte que les voiles parallèles sont propres à subir, en service, un débattement latéral de manière à ce que l'organe de calage présente une souplesse latérale, afin de pouvoir s'adapter à des plaques d'épaisseurs différentes.For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a separator for plates of fragile material, in particular for glass plates, comprising a strip of material intended to be interposed between two successive plates, which is equipped, at least at one end, with a wedging member whose one face is intended to be generally perpendicular to a main plane of a plate, the face being adapted to bear on an edge of a plate, the wedging member comprising at least two first parallel sails , adapted to be oriented in a direction generally parallel to the main plane of the plate, one of the first webs bearing against the web of material, the first webs being interconnected by a transverse web clean to come into bearing against the edge of the plate, characterized in that the wedging member is hollow and in that one of the first parallel sails is connected only to the transverse sail, so that the parallel sails are suitable for undergo, in use, a lateral movement so that the wedging member has a lateral flexibility, in order to be able to adapt to plates of different thicknesses.

Ainsi, grâce à l'invention, on réalise un organe de calage formant un volume permettant une séparation de manière amortie entre deux plaques et s'adaptant aux différentes épaisseurs des plaques. Cette relative souplesse de l'organe de calage s'accompagne d'une légèreté due à la seule présence des voiles sans aucun matériau de remplissage entre ceux-ci.Thus, thanks to the invention, there is provided a wedge member forming a volume allowing a damped separation between two plates and adapting to the different thicknesses of the plates. This relative flexibility of the wedging member is accompanied by a lightness due to the mere presence of the sails without any filling material between them.

Selon des aspects avantageux mais non obligatoires de l'invention, le séparateur peut incorporer une ou plusieurs des caractéristiques suivantes :

  • L'organe comprend un voile supplémentaire relié par un voile de liaison à au moins un des deux premiers voiles parallèles tout en étant parallèle à ceux-ci, de manière à définir un logement de réception d'une extrémité de ladite bande de matière.
  • Le logement est globalement configuré en U, les voiles formant les ailes du U étant espacés d'une distance sensiblement égale à l'épaisseur de la bande de matière.
  • L'autre des deux premiers voiles parallèles est propre à venir en appui contre une autre bande de matière appartenant à un autre séparateur.
  • L'organe de calage est fixé de manière amovible sur une partie de ladite bande de matière.
  • L'organe de calage est fixé de manière permanente, notamment par collage, sur une partie de la bande de matière.
  • La bande de matière est équipée de plusieurs organes de calage répartis sur la longueur d'un de ses bords.
  • La bande de matière est réalisée en carton à structure en nid d'abeilles, l'organe de calage étant réalisé en carton multicouches.
  • Les deux premiers voiles et le voile transversal forment un U.
According to advantageous but non-mandatory aspects of the invention, the separator may incorporate one or more of the following features:
  • The member comprises an additional web connected by a connecting web to at least one of the first two parallel webs while being parallel thereto, so as to define a housing for receiving an end of said web of material.
  • The housing is generally configured in U, the webs forming the wings of the U being spaced apart by a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the web of material.
  • The other of the first two parallel sails is able to bear against another band of material belonging to another separator.
  • The wedging member is removably attached to a portion of said web of material.
  • The wedging member is fixed permanently, in particular by gluing, on a part of the strip of material.
  • The strip of material is equipped with a plurality of wedging members distributed along the length of one of its edges.
  • The strip of material is made of cardboard honeycomb structure, the wedging member being made of multilayer cardboard.
  • The first two sails and the transverse sail form a U.

L'invention sera mieux comprise et d'autres avantages de celle-ci apparaîtront plus clairement à la lumière de la description qui va suivre de deux modes de réalisation d'un séparateur conforme à l'invention, donnée uniquement à titre d'exemple et faite en se référant aux dessins annexés dans lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un organe de calage seul, conforme à un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention,
  • la figure 2 est une vue de face de séparateurs équipés chacun d'un organe de calage tel que représenté à la figure 1, en position d'utilisation,
  • la figure 3 est une vue en perspective d'un organe de calage conforme à un autre mode de réalisation de l'invention et
  • la figure 4 est une vue de face de séparateurs équipés chacun d'un organe de calage tel que représenté à la figure 3, en position d'utilisation.
The invention will be better understood and other advantages thereof will appear more clearly in the light of the following description of two embodiments of a separator according to the invention, given solely by way of example and made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a soleing member according to a first embodiment of the invention;
  • FIG. 2 is a front view of separators each equipped with a wedging member as shown in FIG. 1, in the position of use,
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a wedging member according to another embodiment of the invention and
  • Figure 4 is a front view of separators each equipped with a wedging member as shown in Figure 3, in the use position.

L'organe de calage 1 représenté à la figure 1 est rectangulaire, creux, formé par quatre voiles. Deux voiles 2, 3 forment les petits côtés et sont reliés entre eux par un voile 4 formant un des grands côtés. L'autre voile 5 formant le second grand côté n'est relié qu'au voile formant le petit côté 3, de manière à ce que l'organe de calage 1 présente une certaine souplesse latérale. Ainsi, il existe une possibilité de débattement latéral entre les voiles 4 et 5, selon la flèche F. Les voiles 2, 3, 4, 5 sont réalisés en un matériau léger et rigide, tout en ayant une certaine souplesse. Ils peuvent être, par exemple, en métal, en polymère ou à base de fibres de cellulose, notamment en carton.The wedging member 1 shown in Figure 1 is rectangular, hollow, formed by four webs. Two sails 2, 3 form the short sides and are interconnected by a sail 4 forming one of the long sides. The other veil 5 forming the second large side is connected to the veil forming the short side 3, so that the wedging member 1 has a certain lateral flexibility. Thus, there is a possibility of lateral deflection between the webs 4 and 5, according to the arrow F. The webs 2, 3, 4, 5 are made of a light and rigid material, while having a certain flexibility. They may be, for example, metal, polymer or cellulose fiber based, especially cardboard.

Avantageusement, l'organe de calage 1 est réalisé par pliage d'une bande de carton ou par collage des voiles 2, 3, 4 et 5 préalablement découpés dans une bande de carton.Advantageously, the wedging member 1 is made by folding a strip of cardboard or by gluing the webs 2, 3, 4 and 5 previously cut in a strip of cardboard.

Comme représenté à la partie gauche de la figure 2, l'organe de calage 1 peut être aisément fixé par le voile 4, relié aux voiles 2 et 3, sur une face frontale F1 d'une bande de matière 6 formée dans un matériau léger et rigide, par exemple en métal, en polymère ou à base de fibres de cellulose, notamment en carton. Avantageusement, la bande 6 est réalisée dans du carton à structure en nid d'abeilles.As shown in the left-hand part of FIG. 2, the wedging member 1 can be easily fixed by the web 4, connected to the webs 2 and 3, on a front face F 1 of a strip of material 6 formed of a material lightweight and rigid, for example metal, polymer or cellulose fiber based, especially cardboard. Advantageously, the strip 6 is made of cardboard with a honeycomb structure.

La fixation de l'organe de calage 1 sur la bande 6 peut être faite par des techniques connues en soi, notamment par collage à chaud. Dans une variante, non représentée, l'organe de calage est maintenu, de manière amovible, sur la bande, par exemple par des bandes autoagrippantes ou un adhésif non polymérisable. La fixation de l'organe 1 sur la bande 6 peut se faire, comme représenté à la figure 2, par le voile 4 ou dans une configuration non illustrée, par un des autres voiles 2 ou 3. Ainsi un même organe de calage 1 permet de réaliser des séparateurs adaptés à différentes épaisseurs des plaques de verre.Fixing the wedging member 1 on the strip 6 may be made by techniques known per se, especially by hot gluing. In a variant, not shown, the wedging member is removably retained on the strip, for example by hook-and-loop strips or a non-polymerizable adhesive. Fixing the member 1 on the strip 6 can be done, as shown in Figure 2, by the web 4 or in an unillustrated configuration, by one of the other webs 2 or 3. Thus the same setting member 1 allows to make separators adapted to different thicknesses of the glass plates.

Comme représenté à la figure 2, un tel organe 1 ; 1' est en appui par un des voiles, en l'espèce le voile 3 ; 3', sur un bord terminal B ; B' d'une plaque de verre 7 ; 7'. Cet appui est fait de manière à maintenir la plus grande dimension de la bande 6 ; 6' ; 6" de carton orientée selon une direction globalement parallèle à un plan principal P ; P' de la plaque de verre 7 ; 7'.As represented in FIG. 2, such a member 1; 1 'is supported by one of the sails, in this case the veil 3; 3 ', on a terminal edge B; B 'of a glass plate 7; 7 '. This support is made to maintain the largest dimension of the strip 6; 6 '; 6 "of cardboard oriented in a direction generally parallel to a main plane P; P 'of the glass plate 7; 7'.

Le voile 5 ; 5' relié au seul voile 3 ; 3' est, dans cette configuration, en appui sur une face F'2 ; F"2 d'une autre bande 6' ; 6". Cette face est la face opposée à celle F1; F1' recevant en appui le voile 4 ; 4' d'un organe 1 ; 1'. Ainsi, il y a une certaine souplesse du séparateur permettant une adaptation de la résistance de l'organe de calage 1 ; 1' lors des contraintes exercées par une plaque 7 ; 7' sur les plaques voisines. On maintient, de manière efficace, en position les séparateurs pour que ceux-ci exercent, globalement, toujours le même effort du séparation entre les plaques, quelles que soient leurs épaisseurs.The veil 5; 5 'connected to the sole 3; 3 'is, in this configuration, bearing on a face F'2; F " 2 of another band 6 ', 6". This face is the opposite face to that F 1 ; F 1 'supporting the veil 4; 4 'of an organ 1; 1 '. Thus, there is some flexibility of the separator allowing adaptation of the resistance of the wedging member 1; 1 'during the stresses exerted by a plate 7; 7 'on the neighboring plates. The separators are effectively maintained in position so that they exert, generally, always the same effort of separation between the plates, whatever their thicknesses.

Dans un autre mode de réalisation de l'invention représenté à la figure 3, le voile 104 relié aux deux petits côtés de l'organe de calage 101 est relié à un voile 108 parallèle aux grands voiles 104, 105 de l'organe 101. Cette liaison se fait par le prolongement du voile 102 formant, dans la configuration précédente, un petit côté. On obtient ainsi un organe de calage 101, creux, possédant deux voiles 105, 108 parallèles entre lesquels est ménagé un logement 109 globalement configuré en U.In another embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 3, the web 104 connected to the two short sides of the wedging member 101 is connected to a web 108 parallel to the large webs 104, 105 of the member 101. This connection is made by extending the web 102 forming, in the previous configuration, a small side. Thus, a hollow wedging member 101 having two webs 105, 108 parallel between which is formed a housing 109 generally configured U.

Les bras du U formés par les voiles 105 et 108 s'écartent d'une distance sensiblement égale à l'épaisseur de la bande de matière 6. L'organe 101 est lui-même configuré en deux U emboîtés l'un dans l'autre, tête bêche. Un des U est défini par les voiles 104, 103, 105 et l'autre U par les voiles 108, 102, 105. Le voile 102 relie les deux U en portant, à ses extrémités, les voiles 104 et 108.The arms of the U formed by the webs 105 and 108 deviate by a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the strip of material 6. The member 101 is itself configured in two U nested one in the other, head to tail. One of the U is defined by the sails 104, 103, 105 and the other U by the sails 108, 102, 105. The sail 102 connects the two U bearing, at its ends, the sails 104 and 108.

L'organe de calage 101 ainsi réalisé peut être aisément positionné sur une bande de carton 6, par exemple à une de ses extrémités et/ou sur sa longueur. Cette mise en place peut se faire de manière définitive par des techniques connues en soi, par exemple par collage à chaud ou, de manière amovible, par insertion en force de la bande de carton 6 dans le logement 109 ménagé entre les deux voiles 105 et 108.The wedging member 101 thus produced can be easily positioned on a cardboard strip 6, for example at one of its ends and / or along its length. This installation can be done definitively by techniques known per se, for example by hot gluing or, removably, by inserting force of the cardboard strip 6 into the housing 109 formed between the two webs 105 and 108.

Avec un tel organe de calage 101, on peut insérer dans un même logement 9 des bandes de carton 6 de différentes épaisseurs. En effet, le voile 105 n'étant relié que par une de ses extrémités au seul voile 103, on a ainsi une certaine souplesse latérale des branches du U, ce qui permet aisément d'adapter l'organe de calage 101 à différentes bandes de carton 6 en utilisant la possibilité de débattement latéral des branches du U.With such a wedging member 101, it is possible to insert into the same housing 9 strips of cardboard 6 of different thicknesses. Indeed, the web 105 being connected only by one of its ends to the sole sail 103, there is thus a certain lateral flexibility of the branches of the U, which makes it easy to adapt the wedging member 101 to different bands of cardboard 6 using the possibility of lateral deflection of the branches of the U.

Lors de la mise en position de séparateurs équipés d'organe de calage 101 ; 101' ; 101" comme représenté à la figure 4, on peut disposer ces organes 101; 101'; 101", de manière à ce que le voile 108 ; 108' ; 108" soit en appui sur respectivement une face F2 ; F1"; F1"' des bandes 6 respectivement 6" ; 6"'. Dans une même série de plaques 7 ; 7' ; 7" à séparer, on peut disposer les séparateurs indifféremment dans un sens ou dans l'autre. Dans l'exemple illustré à la figure 4 ; trois organes de calage 101 ; 101' ; 101" sont utilisés, en coopération avec quatre bandes de carton respectivement 6 ; 6' ; 6" et 6"', pour séparer trois plaques de verre, respectivement 7 ; 7' et 7". En l'espèce, les voiles 108' ; 104" des organes respectivement 101' ; 101" sont en appui mutuel, le voile 108' étant également en appui sur une face F1" de la bande 6".When placing separators equipped with setting member 101; 101 '; 101 "as shown in Figure 4, can be arranged 101 101 '101', so that the web 108; 108 '; 108 "is pressing respectively on a face F 2 ; F 1 "; F 1 "'strips 6 respectively 6"; In the same series of plates 7, 7, 7 "to be separated, the separators can be arranged indifferently in one direction or the other. In the example shown in Figure 4; three locking members 101; 101 '; 101 "are used, in cooperation with four strips of cardboard respectively 6, 6 ', 6" and 6 "', for separate three glass plates, respectively 7; 7 'and 7 "In this case, the sails 108', 104" of the members respectively 101 '; 101 "are in mutual support, the web 108 'also being supported on a face F 1 " of the strip 6 ".

Cette disposition, où deux organes de calage 101' et 101" sont en appui mutuel, permet de maintenir une plaque de verre 7" séparée d'autres plaques 7 et 7' d'une épaisseur inférieure. Ainsi, avec des séparateurs de même dimension, on maintient séparé des plaques 7', 7" d'épaisseurs différentes : l'extrémité libre E du voile 108' est adjacente au voile 103" en appui sur le bord B" de la plaque 7", augmentant ainsi la longueur de la zone d'appui sur la plaque 7" de la valeur de l'épaisseur du voile 108'.This arrangement, where two wedging members 101 'and 101 "are in mutual support, keeps a glass plate 7" separate from other plates 7 and 7' of a lower thickness. Thus, with separators of the same size, plates 7 ', 7 "of different thicknesses are kept separate: the free end E of the web 108' is adjacent to the web 103" resting on the edge B "of the plate 7 ", thus increasing the length of the bearing area on the plate 7" of the value of the thickness of the web 108 '.

L'organe de calage 101 est disposé de manière à ce que son voile 104 soit en appui sur la face F2' de la bande 6' ; De cette manière, les organes de calage 101 et 101' sont disposés en miroir par rapport à la bande de carton 6' et ils maintiennent séparés des plaques 7 et 7' de même épaisseur.The wedging member 101 is arranged so that its web 104 bears on the face F 2 'of the strip 6'; In this way, the wedging members 101 and 101 'are arranged in mirror with respect to the cardboard strip 6' and they keep separate plates 7 and 7 'of the same thickness.

On retrouve, comme dans le mode réalisation précédent, une certaine souplesse latérale permettant de maintenir efficacement les plaques 7 ; 7' ; 7" séparées, quel que soit l'effort exercé par celles-ci sur les séparateurs grâce au débattement latéral des branches des U constitutifs des organes 101, 101' et 101".We find, as in the previous embodiment, a certain lateral flexibility to effectively maintain the plates 7; 7 '; 7 "separated, regardless of the force exerted by them on the separators through the lateral movement of the branches of the U constituting the organs 101, 101 'and 101".

L'avantage du second mode de réalisation, illustré aux figures 3 et 4, réside dans le caractère amovible de l'organe de calage 101 ; 101' ; 101 ". Cela permet d'avoir des organes de calage réutilisables et adaptables à différentes longueurs et/ou épaisseurs ou type de bandes de matière 6 ; 6' ; 6". De plus le transport, le stockage et la manutention s'en trouvent facilités, les différentes pièces constitutives des séparateurs pouvant être manipulées séparément.The advantage of the second embodiment, illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, lies in the removable nature of the wedging member 101; 101 '; This allows for reusable and adaptable wedging members of different lengths and / or thicknesses or type of material strips 6; 6 '; 6 ". In addition, transport, storage and handling are facilitated, the different parts of the separators can be handled separately.

Dans une autre configuration non représentée, l'organe de calage 1 ; 101 est utilisé pour maintenir et bloquer en translation la bande de matière à laquelle il est relié. Dans ce cas, l'organe de calage évite que la bande de matière glisse entre deux plaques de verre, celles-ci étant maintenues de manière à ne pas comprimer la bande de matière.In another configuration not shown, the wedging member 1; 101 is used to hold and block in translation the strip of material to which it is connected. In this case, the wedging member prevents the strip of material from sliding between two glass plates, these being held so as not to compress the strip of material.

Dans une autre configuration non représentée, l'organe de calage 101 est positionné sur plusieurs bandes matière accolées les unes aux autres.In another configuration not shown, the wedging member 101 is positioned on several material strips contiguous to each other.

En variante, un organe de calage, 1 ; 101 peut être en appui sur plusieurs plaques de verre 7 accolées les unes aux autres.Alternatively, a wedging member, 1; 101 may be supported on several glass plates 7 contiguous to each other.

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  1. Separator for sheets of fragile material, in particular for glass sheets, comprising a strip of material (6, 6', 6", 6''') intended to be interposed between two successive sheets (7, 7', 7"), which is provided, at least at one end, with a wedging member (1, 1'; 101, 101', 101"), one face thereof being intended to be generally perpendicular to a principal plane (P, P') of one sheet (7, 7', 7"), said face being adapted to bear against one edge (B, B', B'') of a sheet, said wedging member (1, 1'; 101, 101', 101") comprising at least two first parallel webs (4, 5, 4', 5' ; 104, 105, 104', 105', 104", 105"), capable of being oriented in a direction generally parallel to said principal plane (P, P') of the sheet (7, 7', 7"), one of the first webs (4, 5, 4', 5'; 104, 105, 104', 105', 104", 105") bearing against the strip of material (6, 6', 6", 6'''), said first webs (4, 5, 4', 5'; 104, 105, 104', 105', 104", 105") being connected to one another by a transverse web (3, 3'; 103, 103', 103") capable of bearing against said edge (B, B'; B") of said sheet (7; 7'; 7"), characterised in that the wedging member (1, 1'; 101, 101', 101") is hollow and in that one (5, 5'; 105, 105', 105") of the first parallel webs (4, 5, 4', 5'; 104, 105, 104', 105', 104", 105") is only connected to the transverse web (3, 3', 103, 103') such that the parallel webs are capable of undergoing, during use, a lateral displacement (arrow F) so that said wedging member (1, 1'; 101, 101') has a lateral flexibility in order to be able to adapt to sheets (7, 7', 7") of different thicknesses.
  2. Separator according to Claim 1, characterised in that said member (1; 101, 101', 101") comprises an additional web (108, 108', 108") connected by a connecting web (102, 102', 102") to at least one of the two first parallel webs (104, 104' 104"), whilst being parallel thereto so as to define a housing (109) for receiving one end of said strip of material (6, 6', 6" 6''').
  3. Separator according to Claim 2, characterised in that said housing (109) is generally U-shaped, the webs (108, 105, 108', 105', 108", 105") forming the arms of the U shape being spaced apart at a distance which is substantially equal to the thickness of the strip of material (6, 6', 6'', 6''').
  4. Separator according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the second of the two parallel first webs (4, 5, 4', 5'; 104, 105, 104', 105', 104", 105") is capable of bearing against a further strip of material (6', 6", 6''') belonging to a different separator.
  5. Separator according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that said wedging member (101, 101', 101") is removably fixed to one part of said strip of material (6, 6', 6", 6''').
  6. Separator according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that said wedging member (1) is fixed permanently, in particular by bonding, to one part of the strip of material (6, 6', 6").
  7. Separator according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that said strip of material (6, 6', 6", 6''') is provided with a plurality of wedging members (1; 101, 101', 101") distributed over the length of one of its edges.
  8. Separator according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that said strip of material (6, 6', 6", 6''') is made of honeycomb cardboard, the wedging member (1; 101, 101'; 101") being made of multilayer cardboard.
  9. Separator according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the two first webs (4, 5, 4', 5'; 104, 105, 104', 105', 104", 105") and the transverse web (3; 103, 103', 103") form a U shape.
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