EP1836095A1 - Spacer element - Google Patents

Spacer element

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EP1836095A1
EP1836095A1 EP05790412A EP05790412A EP1836095A1 EP 1836095 A1 EP1836095 A1 EP 1836095A1 EP 05790412 A EP05790412 A EP 05790412A EP 05790412 A EP05790412 A EP 05790412A EP 1836095 A1 EP1836095 A1 EP 1836095A1
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Prior art keywords
spacer element
soft portion
spacer
glass
glass sheet
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French (fr)
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Lars Eriksson
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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
    • B65D57/005—Separators for vertically placed articles
    • B65D57/006—Separators for vertically placed articles the articles being substantially flat panels, e.g. wooden planks or photovoltaic panels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G49/00—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for
    • B65G49/05—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for fragile or damageable materials or articles
    • B65G49/06—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for fragile or damageable materials or articles for fragile sheets, e.g. glass
    • B65G49/068—Stacking or destacking devices; Means for preventing damage to stacked sheets, e.g. spaces
    • B65G49/069—Means for avoiding damage to stacked plate glass, e.g. by interposing paper or powder spacers in the stack
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
    • 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
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • 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

Definitions

  • the present invention refers to a spacer element intended to be used as creating a distance between sheet units, preferably glass sheets in a packaging arrangement, said spacer element being manufactured as a longitudinal profile that comprises elongated soft portions for a careful contact against the surface of the glass sheet.
  • Spacer elements are currently used with commercially available arrangements of the design under con ⁇ sideration that they create a distance in the form of longitudinal profiles between glass sheets and extending mainly in a vertical direction in order to obtain access to unload several glass sheets, in the form of glass packages, at once.
  • the spacer elements also absorb loads, pressure, relative motions be ⁇ tween the glass sheets, when they are packaged in or on a packaging arrangement, preferably a support.
  • These spacer elements are currently manufactured from paper board. During transport of these glass packages on preferably supports damages often occur on the surfaces of the glass sheet such as e.g. effects of damp, which is not ventilated away, when wet paper board is contacting directly against the surface of the glass sheet and which in this way creates annealing.
  • the spacer elements can create mechanical damage at their contact areas against the glass on the surfaces of the glass sheets in the form of scratches and marks.
  • Coated glass sheets e.g. low emission glass, light and heat reflecting glass have very sensitive coatings, which are especially easy to scratch.
  • the spacer elements also are moving during transport of the glass sheets when they are packed in packaging arrangements on lorries or during internal transport and unloading of said glass sheets in a factory, whereby the glass sheets can hit each other when the distance between the spacer elements is too large. In this case crackings and scores easily arise in the glass sheets.
  • the object of the present invention is to solve the problems described above in providing the spacer elements with a soft portion on their contacting surfaces extending in divided lengths or in whole lengths along the spacer elements for contacting against the surface of the glass sheets, whereby a careful contacting and an increased friction of the spacer element against the surface of the glass sheet is achieved.
  • a spacer element is provided that is careful to the surface of the glass sheet and which also can be in its position in a better way especially during transport and furthermore minimize the condense risk.
  • the spacer element is formed as a longitudinal profile which is manufactured from plastic, rubber or the like or combinations of these materials.
  • the spacer element has supporting areas for contacting directly or indirectly against the surfaces of the glass sheets in a glass package or between glass sheets.
  • the supporting area comprises at least one or several soft portions extending mainly along the longitudinal direction of the spacer element in divided lengths or in whole lengths, for contacting the surface of the glass sheets.
  • the soft portions protrude a certain height, which creates a distance between the spacer element and the glass sheet, whereby the contacting area against the glass will be very small, when the same only corresponds to the extension area of the soft portion.
  • the soft portion is made as a resilent, damping and shockabsorfoing rubberlike element having one or more lips, extensions, rills or the like preferably made of a polymer such as plastic, rubber, silicone or combinations of these material in order to protect the glass sheets from mechanical damage.
  • the spacer element is extruded with longitudinal cavi ⁇ ties and walls in forming a framework in the spacer element, said soft portions being extruded together with the spacer element, so called “co-extruded” and thereafter said spacer element is cut into lengths in a fast and rational manufacturing, so that said length is adapted to correspond mainly to the height and/or width of the glass sheet.
  • the soft portions can also be fastened to the spacer elements by gluing, heat embossing, clamping, arranging into grooves, tapeing, shrinking on the whole or parts of the spacer element.
  • the spacer element can also, according to the invention, consist of a foamed profile, built up from a foamed polymer material, which forms bubbles or extruded cavities and walls in forming of a framework in the spacer element. If the spacer element is manufactured of the same material as the soft portion a soft portion automatically will be formed having the desired form and extension.
  • Fig. 1 shows a view in perspective of a spacer element viewed obliquely from below from one side and which is provided with soft portions
  • Fig. 2 shows a packaging arrangement with glass packages with intermediate spacer elements viewed from one end
  • Fig. 3 shows an alternative embodiment example of a spacer element in a vertical section
  • Fig. 4 shows a part of a spacer element in a vertical cross-section contacting a glass sheet.
  • a spacer element 1 is formed as a longi ⁇ tudinal profile. Spacer elements are placed in position for creating a distance 2 between glass sheets 3, packed against each other on a packaging arrangement 5, which can be in the form of a support
  • the spacer element 1 comprises a contact area 7 for contacting directly or indirectly against the surface 8 of the glass sheet 3.
  • the contact area 7 for contacting directly or indirectly against the surface 8 of the glass sheet 3.
  • the spacer element 1 comprises soft portions 9 extending along the longitudinal direction of the spacer element 1 for contacting against the surface 8 of the glass sheets 3.
  • the spacer element 1 consists of an extruded profile having longitudinal cavities 10 and walls 11 in forming of a framework 12 in the same.
  • the soft portion 9 extends a certain height from the contact area 7 during contacting against the surface of the glass sheet 3, so that a distance 13 and a space 16 are created between the spacer element 1 and the surface 8 of the glass sheet 3 at the same time as the extension area 15 of the soft portion 9 is limited towards the glass sheet 3, whereby an air circulation in the space is made easier and a moisture gathering and annealing in the surface of the glass sheet are decreased.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Buffer Packaging (AREA)
  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)

Abstract

The present invention refers to spacer element formed as a longitudinal profile and intended in its using position for creating distance (2) and/or for absorbing loads, pressures, relative motions between preferably glass sheets (3) and/or between glass packages (4) containing several glass sheets (3) , when they are packed against each other preferably in or on a packaging arrangement (5) , such as e.g. a support (6) , wood boxes, paper boards. Said spacer element (1) comprises at least one contact area (7) for contacting direct or indirect against the surface (8) of the glass sheet (3), said contact surface (7) having at least one soft portion (9) extending divided into separated lengths or into whole lengths along the longitudinal direction of the spacer element (1) for contacting against the surface (8) of the glass sheets (3) , said spacer element (1) and said soft portion (9) being extruded together, during so called co-extruding.

Description

Spacer element
The present invention refers to a spacer element intended to be used as creating a distance between sheet units, preferably glass sheets in a packaging arrangement, said spacer element being manufactured as a longitudinal profile that comprises elongated soft portions for a careful contact against the surface of the glass sheet.
Spacer elements are currently used with commercially available arrangements of the design under con¬ sideration that they create a distance in the form of longitudinal profiles between glass sheets and extending mainly in a vertical direction in order to obtain access to unload several glass sheets, in the form of glass packages, at once. The spacer elements also absorb loads, pressure, relative motions be¬ tween the glass sheets, when they are packaged in or on a packaging arrangement, preferably a support. These spacer elements are currently manufactured from paper board. During transport of these glass packages on preferably supports damages often occur on the surfaces of the glass sheet such as e.g. effects of damp, which is not ventilated away, when wet paper board is contacting directly against the surface of the glass sheet and which in this way creates annealing. Further the spacer elements can create mechanical damage at their contact areas against the glass on the surfaces of the glass sheets in the form of scratches and marks. Coated glass sheets e.g. low emission glass, light and heat reflecting glass have very sensitive coatings, which are especially easy to scratch. The spacer elements also are moving during transport of the glass sheets when they are packed in packaging arrangements on lorries or during internal transport and unloading of said glass sheets in a factory, whereby the glass sheets can hit each other when the distance between the spacer elements is too large. In this case crackings and scores easily arise in the glass sheets.
The object of the present invention is to solve the problems described above in providing the spacer elements with a soft portion on their contacting surfaces extending in divided lengths or in whole lengths along the spacer elements for contacting against the surface of the glass sheets, whereby a careful contacting and an increased friction of the spacer element against the surface of the glass sheet is achieved.
Thanks to the invention a spacer element is provided that is careful to the surface of the glass sheet and which also can be in its position in a better way especially during transport and furthermore minimize the condense risk. The spacer element is formed as a longitudinal profile which is manufactured from plastic, rubber or the like or combinations of these materials. The spacer element has supporting areas for contacting directly or indirectly against the surfaces of the glass sheets in a glass package or between glass sheets. Accord¬ ing to the invention the supporting area comprises at least one or several soft portions extending mainly along the longitudinal direction of the spacer element in divided lengths or in whole lengths, for contacting the surface of the glass sheets. The soft portions protrude a certain height, which creates a distance between the spacer element and the glass sheet, whereby the contacting area against the glass will be very small, when the same only corresponds to the extension area of the soft portion. In the space, which the distance has pro¬ vided a good air circulation occurs, so that moist¬ ure gathering and annealing in the surface of the glass sheet decreases. According to the invention the soft portion is made as a resilent, damping and shockabsorfoing rubberlike element having one or more lips, extensions, rills or the like preferably made of a polymer such as plastic, rubber, silicone or combinations of these material in order to protect the glass sheets from mechanical damage. In a pre¬ ferred embodiment example of the invention the spacer element is extruded with longitudinal cavi¬ ties and walls in forming a framework in the spacer element, said soft portions being extruded together with the spacer element, so called "co-extruded" and thereafter said spacer element is cut into lengths in a fast and rational manufacturing, so that said length is adapted to correspond mainly to the height and/or width of the glass sheet. The soft portions can also be fastened to the spacer elements by gluing, heat embossing, clamping, arranging into grooves, tapeing, shrinking on the whole or parts of the spacer element. The spacer element can also, according to the invention, consist of a foamed profile, built up from a foamed polymer material, which forms bubbles or extruded cavities and walls in forming of a framework in the spacer element. If the spacer element is manufactured of the same material as the soft portion a soft portion automatically will be formed having the desired form and extension.
The invention will be described in more detail below with the aid of some preferred embodiment examples in view of the drawings enclosed, in which
Fig. 1 shows a view in perspective of a spacer element viewed obliquely from below from one side and which is provided with soft portions,
Fig. 2 shows a packaging arrangement with glass packages with intermediate spacer elements viewed from one end,
Fig. 3 shows an alternative embodiment example of a spacer element in a vertical section and
Fig. 4 shows a part of a spacer element in a vertical cross-section contacting a glass sheet.
As can be seen from fig. 1 and 3 a spacer element 1 according to the invention is formed as a longi¬ tudinal profile. Spacer elements are placed in position for creating a distance 2 between glass sheets 3, packed against each other on a packaging arrangement 5, which can be in the form of a support
6 according to fig. 2. According to fig. 1-4 can be seen that the spacer element 1 comprises a contact area 7 for contacting directly or indirectly against the surface 8 of the glass sheet 3. The contact area
7 comprises soft portions 9 extending along the longitudinal direction of the spacer element 1 for contacting against the surface 8 of the glass sheets 3. The spacer element 1 consists of an extruded profile having longitudinal cavities 10 and walls 11 in forming of a framework 12 in the same.
As can be seen from fig. 4 the soft portion 9 extends a certain height from the contact area 7 during contacting against the surface of the glass sheet 3, so that a distance 13 and a space 16 are created between the spacer element 1 and the surface 8 of the glass sheet 3 at the same time as the extension area 15 of the soft portion 9 is limited towards the glass sheet 3, whereby an air circulation in the space is made easier and a moisture gathering and annealing in the surface of the glass sheet are decreased.

Claims

Claims
1. A spacer element formed as a longitudinal profile and intended in its using position for creating distance (2) and/or for absorbing loads, press¬ ures, relative motions between preferably glass sheets (3) and/or between glass packages (4) containing several glass sheets (3), when they are packed against each other preferably in or on a packaging arrangement (5), such as e.g. a support (6), wood boxes, paper boards, characterized in that the spacer element (1) comprises at least one contact area (7) for contacting direct or indirect against the surface (8) of the glass sheet (3), said contact surface (7) having at least one soft portion (9) extend¬ ing divided into separated lengths or into whole lengths along the longitudinal direction of the spacer element (1) for contacting against the surface (8) of the glass sheets (3), said spacer element (1) and said soft portion (9) being extruded together, during so called co-extruding.
2. A spacer according to claim 1, characterized in that the soft portion (9) is manufactured of a material, which during a pressure from the surface (8) of the glass sheet (3) has at least some of the following properties such as non- rigid, spring back, damping, shock absorbing, gives a friction against the surface (8) of the glass sheet (3), liquid tightening, said soft portion (9) has at least one of the following formations, such as one or several lips, extensions, rills or the like, and which are manufactured of preferably a po±ymer plastic, rubber, silicone or combinations of these mate¬ rials .
3. A spacer according to claim 1, characteri zed in that the spacer element (1) is manufactured of metal, plastics, rubber, textile, board, paper or the like or combinations of these materials.
4. A spacer according to claim 1, characteri zed in that the soft portion (9) is arranged on the spacer element (1) by at least one of the follow¬ ing examples such as gluing, heat embossing, clamping, arranging in grooves, tapeing, shrinking on around the whole or parts of the same.
5. A spacer according to claim 1, characteri zed in that the spacer element (1) is an extruded profile having mainly longitudinal cavities (10) and walls (11) for creating a framework (12) in the same.
6. A spacer according to claim 1, characteri zed in that the spacer element (1) is a foamed extruded profile having foamed and/or extruded cavities (10) and walls (11) , which are built up by a foamed polymer material for the formation of a framework (12) in the same.
7. A spacer according to claim 1 or 2, charac¬ teri zed in that the whole spacer element (1) is manufactured by the same material as the soft portion ( 9) . Α spacer according to claim 1 or 2, charac¬ terized in that the soft portion (9) extends a certain height from the contact surface (7) during the contact against the surface (8) of the glass sheet in providing a distance (13) and a space (16) between the spacer element (1) and the surface (8) of the glass sheet (3), air circu¬ lation in said space being made more easily and moisture gathering and annealing in the surface of the glass sheet are reduced.
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SE0402483A SE0402483L (en) 2004-10-11 2004-10-11 Device at a spacer element when packing disk units
PCT/SE2005/001475 WO2006041382A1 (en) 2004-10-11 2005-10-06 Spacer element

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