JPS636050Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a glass plate spacer for spacing and stacking a plurality of glass plates, and particularly relates to a glass plate spacer that can be used for various shapes of glass plates.

Normally, when storing or transporting a large number of glass plates, multiple glass plates are placed vertically in a pallet, and spacers are interposed between each glass plate to stack them separately. We are trying to prevent damage and damage by avoiding contact.

Focusing on conventional glass plate spacers, particularly lower spacers that support the lower side of the glass plate, one example of such spacers is the shape shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. For example, in the one shown in FIG. 6, a spacer section 60 made of a cushioning material such as synthetic resin or hard rubber is mounted on a rigid base 61, and the upper surface of this spacer section 60 is attached to a mountain section 6 that separates each glass plate.
2 and troughs 63 on which the glass plate is placed are repeated. In addition, the one shown in FIG. 7 is one in which a support plate 64 that supports the glass plate and elliptical columnar projections 65 arranged at predetermined intervals on the support plate 64 are integrally molded, and the support plate may be reinforced if necessary. ing.

However, in conventional spacers of this kind, including the lower spacer typified by the conventional example above, the protruding part that separates each glass plate and the support part on which the glass plate is placed are generally molded integrally, and the protruding part is The shape is wide in the width direction, such as an ellipse, to prevent the glass plate from breaking. Therefore, one lower spacer can be used if the shape of the glass plate is different.
For example, it cannot be applied to flat glass and glass with a curved surface such as an automobile window glass, or to glass plates of other shapes when the curvatures of curved glass differ. This also applies to cases where the glass plates have different thicknesses; if the plate is thick, it will not fit naturally, and if the plate is thin, one spacer may not fit into the other spacer in order to prevent cracking due to rattling of the glass plate. It cannot be used for thick glass plates, and if spacers are normally installed on a pallet that accommodates glass plates, the spacer itself must be selected and replaced depending on the type of glass plate, i.e., plate thickness, curvature, etc. was going there. For this reason, conventional methods required replacing spacers, resulting in poor workability, and the need to prepare spacers according to the type, which led to high cost due to spacers.Furthermore, the protruding parts were fixed. Due to the condition, the touch to the glass plate surface was poor and it could not be said to be preferable from the viewpoint of protecting the glass plate.

The present invention eliminates the various drawbacks of the conventional method, and aims to provide a highly flexible and versatile glass plate spacer that can be applied to various glass plates with a single spacer.

In order to achieve the above objectives, the present invention provides projections at predetermined intervals on a support plate, and is applied to a glass plate spacer for spacing and stacking multiple glass plates. The spacer block is formed so that its planar cross-sectional shape is approximately elliptical, and for example, a support plate that supports a glass plate is provided with a large number of recesses in the longitudinal direction and the width direction, and on the other hand,
The spacer block is provided with a convex part that can be fitted and removed from the concave part, and this convex part and the concave part on the support plate side are rotatably fitted, so that it can be applied to the shapes of various glass plates. be.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a pallet 1 to which a spacer for glass plates according to the present invention is applied. First, in order to clarify the present invention, the overall structure will be explained. Palette 1
consists of four pillars 2..., a lower connecting rod 3 that connects these pillars, a similar intermediate connecting rod 4, a reinforcing rod 5 that connects these connecting rods 3 and 4, and a rear connecting rod 6. It makes up the skeleton. Two spacers 7, 7 according to the present invention are installed between the front and rear connecting rods 4, 4 of the intermediate connecting rods 4, and spacers 7, 7 according to the present invention are spaced from side to side. A side spacer 8 is installed between 2 and 2.

2 and 3 are partially extracted enlarged views of the spacer 7, FIG. 2 is a plan view, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3--3 in FIG. This spacer 7 has a support plate 9 that supports the glass plates, and spacer blocks 10 that separate the glass plates on the upper surface of the support plate 9 and are rotatably arranged at regular intervals. The support plate 9 is preferably made of a cushioning material such as synthetic resin or hard rubber, and is reinforced if necessary with a rigid member to sufficiently withstand the weight of a large number of glass plates. On the upper surface of this support plate 9, a plurality of circular concave surfaces 11 are provided at regular intervals.
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On the other hand, the spacer block 10 is made of the above-mentioned buffer material and is formed into a substantially elliptical cross-sectional shape, for example, an elliptical cylinder shape, in order to protect the glass plate in consideration of the tactility to the glass plate surface, and to protect the glass plate. A rigid core material 12 having approximately the same diameter as the circular recess 11 is embedded, and the core material 12 is exposed downward to provide a protrusion 12a.
By making this exposed length the same as the depth of the circular recess 11, the protrusion 12a and the circular recess 11 are fitted together and can be rotated. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, by rotating the spacer block 10 to a position 10' indicated by a two-dot chain line, it is possible to vary the fitting angle of the glass plate.

4 and 5 show modified embodiments of the glass plate spacer according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a plan view, and FIG.
The figure is a sectional view taken along the line 5-5 in FIG. In addition, the second
Components that are the same as those in the figures and FIG. 3 (first embodiment) are given the same reference numerals, and their explanations are omitted to clarify the structure. This modified embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that a large number of the circular recesses 11 are arranged at closer intervals in the longitudinal and width directions of the support plate 9,
This allows the spacer blocks 10 to be replaced and used depending on the thickness of the glass plate to be fitted.

Note that each of the above embodiments can be applied to the side spacer 8 as well.

Therefore, returning to FIG. 1 and explaining how to use the pallet 1 to which the present glass plate spacer is applied, first, the circular recess 11 into which the spacer block 10 fits is formed to match the thickness of the glass plate 13 to be accommodated. By selecting and arranging the glass plates 13 and sequentially housing the glass plates 13 from the sides, the angle of the spacer block 10 is set in accordance with the shape, that is, the curvature, of the glass plates 13. When the storage is completed, a sheet member 14 is attached to the opposite side where the side spacer 8 is installed, and whose rear end is rotatably connected to the rear column 2, and whose inner surface is made of an elastic material such as rubber. Presser rod 1 with
5 are pressed together to fix the sides of the glass plate 13, and at the same time, the rear end of a presser rod 17 having a similar sheet member 16 affixed to its inner surface is rotatably pivoted to the intermediate portion of the rear connecting rod 6. By pressing and fixing this presser rod 17 to the upper part of the glass plate 13, the glass plate 13 is fixed.
can be stably accommodated in the pallet 1.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments; for example, the shape of the spacer block may be prismatic, or it may be adapted to a type that focuses only on the curvature of the glass plate. The convex part of the spacer block and the circular concave part of the support plate may not be made removable and may only have a rotation function that prevents them from coming off, and other arbitrary changes that do not depart from the gist of the present invention are permissible.

As is clear from the above description, the glass plate spacer according to the present invention has a spacer block that separates the glass plates and is rotatably arranged with respect to the support plate, so it can be adapted to various types of glass plates with different curvatures, for example. The flexibility and versatility of the structure can be increased, and as a result, a single spacer is sufficient and costs can be reduced. Furthermore, by providing a large number of recesses in the support plate and making it removable as in the embodiment, it is possible to adapt the support plate to various types of glass plates having different thicknesses, thereby further increasing its flexibility. Furthermore, since the arrangement angle of the spacer block is set to follow the surface of the glass plate, the tactility to the glass plate is improved, and the spacer for glass plates has various practical advantages such as excellent protection of the glass plate. can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pallet to which the glass plate spacer according to the present invention is applied, Figure 2 is a plan view of the glass spacer according to the present invention, and Figure 3 is 3 in Figure 2.
-3 line sectional view, FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a modified embodiment of the glass spacer according to the present invention, and FIG.
A sectional view taken along the line 5-5 in the figure, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are perspective views of a conventional spacer. In the drawings, 7 is a spacer, 9 is a support plate, 10 is a spacer block, 11 is a circular concave portion, 12 is a rigid core material, and 12a is a convex portion.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) In a glass plate spacer in which a plurality of spacer blocks are attached at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction of a support plate in order to space and stack a plurality of glass plates,
A spacer for a glass plate, wherein the spacer block is rotatably attached to a support plate and has a substantially elliptical planar cross-sectional shape. (2) The scope of the utility model registration claim, characterized in that the support plate is formed with a large number of recesses in the longitudinal direction and the width direction, and the spacer block is provided with a protrusion that can be fitted into and removed from the recesses. The glass plate spacer according to item 1.