KR101493533B1 - Packing container and shipping base for glass sheets - Google Patents

Abstract

A container having a front plate, a rear plate, left and right side plates and a bottom plate assembled with a series of bolts is disclosed. One or both of the front and back plates are removable to both open and close the container to remove either the front or back plate when the glass sheet is being loaded and unloaded out of the container. The shipping pallet may house a glass container thereon for transportation out of the outside glass factory. The shipping pallet may maintain the container at an oblique loading angle by selecting the entire container and pallet combination to suit a standard sized truck or marine container. A work station for receiving a container from a pallet is disclosed. The workshop maintains the container at the selected operating angle for integration with the sheet handling apparatus.

Loading containers, shipping pallets, glass sheets

Description

[0001] PACKING CONTAINER AND SHIPPING BASE FOR GLASS SHEETS [0002]

The present invention has priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 118,291, filed on November 26, 2008, entitled " Packing Container and Shipping Base Glass Sheets. "

The present invention relates to a container for a packing plate-like material. In particular, the present invention is a system of a pallet capable of holding a container at a suitable angle for integrating with a container for packing a plurality of glass plate stacks and an angle and glass handling device suitable for shipping. The glass handling device is a glass handling device that handles the glass sheet at an operating angle different from the shipping angle.

Until recently, full-size sheet glass of different sizes in display technology has been vertically packed in wooden crates, followed by melting, molding and cutting. Such a crate could be used to move the entire sheet from the glass forming area to the glass finish area in the plant, to ship the glass sheet domestically or to ship a smaller glass sheet out of the country. However, a typical wooden box for a relatively large glass sheet is too large for overseas transport. The typical size of the wooden box also causes problems with the facility and layout in the glass factory. Crate is also typically not reusable, resulting in material waste and additional material costs.

In recent processes, certain containers and / or pallets, which can be made of metal and are therefore smaller and reusable, have been developed for storing and transporting glass sheets in factories. Similarly, other specific containers and / or pallets are being developed for shipping or transporting glass to the outside of the glass factory, i.e. both domestically and internationally. Such a batch is required to be loaded from the glass factory into the glass customer's equipment shipping container, unloaded from the shipping container, loaded into the glass customer's factory container, and then arriving at the glass customer's facility, after the glass has been unloaded from the factory container . In order to reduce the potential for contamination or damage of the glass sheet as well as to reduce efficiency and cost, it is desirable to reduce the handling amount of the glass sheet, for example, by removing one or more lowering and reloading steps and various steps.

US Application No. Nos. 2007/0017841 and 2007/0131574 disclose containers for packing glass materials such as LCD glass substrates. The container has various disadvantages as follows. For example, it is necessary to keep the glass substrate almost vertically or horizontally; Lack of flexibility in shipment and unloading; Complexity, and so on.

The present invention relates to glass sheets in factories and, more particularly, to glass shipping and handling containers that can be used to store and transport glass sheets in and out of factories that are relatively large in size, will be.

A first aspect of the invention relates to a container capable of holding a plurality of sheets or sheets of material. The container includes a front plate, a rear plate, left and right side plates and a bottom plate assembled through a series of bolts. The inner surfaces of the front, back, and bottom plates absorb shock and have a shock absorbing / buffering material affixed to them so that shock can not be delivered from the container to the glass sheet. A plurality of sheets of cardboard or filler material may be added to fill gaps present between the glass side edge and the container side plates and act as buffer substances.

A second aspect of the invention relates to a shipping pallet designed to accommodate a glass container on a shipping pallet for transporting out of the glass factory. The shipping pallet is a substantially flat back support plane capable of holding the sheet at an oblique angle (about 30 to about 45 degrees) so that the entire package fits into a standard truck or marine container Which may be slightly curved in embodiments). The shipping pallet may include at least two fork holes on each side of the pallet to allow forklift access from all four directions.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to a container capable of holding a plurality of sheets of material. Containers may include shock absorbing material, one or two front and rear plates located on the inner surfaces of the front, back, right, left and bottom plates, front, rear and bottom plates, Wherein one of the front plate and the back plate is selectively removable to selectively open one of the side and rear sides of the container for loading or unloading sheets from the container, As shown in FIG.

Yet another aspect of the present invention relates to a container having a hook on at least one of a front plate and a back plate for hoisting and handling the container. The hooks can be removed and they can be stuck for handling purposes or removed for shipping purposes. The removable hooks may be provided on both the front and back plates to selectively lift or remove one of the front and rear plates from the container to open the container.

Another aspect of the invention relates to a shipping pallet having a horizontal base for supporting a pallet on a horizontal surface; A flat back support for supporting one of the front and back plates of the container, the back support being affixed to a plurality of columns or supported on the base by a plurality of support columns such that the back support is at an angle relative to the base; The bottom plate edge support extends vertically from the lower edge of the back support to support the lower end of the container; The container is removable from the pallet for handling and handling in the factory. The angle of the rear support relative to the base may range from about 30 degrees to about 40 degrees.

When arranged substantially horizontally or substantially vertically, material sheets that are too large to fit into a standard sized shipping container (such as a marine container) diagonally diagonally at a particular selected angle The angle can be selected.

Another aspect of the invention relates to a system for packing, handling and shipping a plurality of glass sheets comprising a container and a separate shipping pallet. Wherein the container includes an inner space capable of holding a stack of a plurality of glass sheets, the inner space including a front plate, a rear plate, a right side plate, a left side plate, and a bottom plate; Wherein one of the front plate and the back plate includes a removable fastener capable of safely removing one or both of the front and rear plates from the side plates and the bottom plate, It can be selectively removed to selectively open one of the side and rear sides of the container for the lower load; The shipping pallet may include a horizontal base for supporting a pallet on a horizontal surface; A flat back support for supporting one of the front plate and back plate of the container, the back support being affixed to a plurality of columns or supported on a base by a plurality of support columns such that the back support is optimized for shipping the glass sheet (E.g., with respect to the horizontal line) associated with the base; The bottom plate edge support extends vertically from the lower edge of the back support to support the lower end of the container; The container being detachable from the pallet; The container may be oriented at an angle of inclination other than the shipping angle so that it can be integrated with a glass sheet handling device operating at a glass handling angle or operating angle other than the shipping angle. The shipment angle may range from about 30 degrees to about 40 degrees.

Another aspect of the invention relates to a system comprising an operating platform having a support surface for supporting a container at an oblique angle substantially equal to an operation or glass handling angle of a glass handling device. The container includes a removable fastener removably securing one or both front and rear plates to the side plates and the bottom plate, wherein one of the front plate and the back plate is a container Such as to selectively open one of the side and rear sides of the container for loading or unloading sheets from the container; A hook may be present on at least one of the front plate and the back plate for hoisting and handling the container. The hooks can be removed and they can be stuck for handling purposes or removed for shipping purposes. The removable hooks may be provided on both the front and back plates to selectively lift or remove one of the front and rear plates from the container to open the container.

Another aspect of the invention relates to a method for packing and shipping glass sheets of material comprising the steps of: a front plate coupled together to limit the space for holding a stack of a plurality of material sheets, Providing a container comprising a plate, a right side plate, a left side plate, and a bottom plate; Opening the container; Placing an open container on an operating station that holds the container at an operating angle; Loading a glass sheet into a container at an operating station having a device interacting with the glass sheet at an operating angle; Closing the container; Removing the closed container from the operating station; And placing the container on a shipping pallet that supports the container at a proper shipping angle.

The method also includes shipping the container at a loading angle in the range of about 30 to about 40 degrees, and the factory apparatus treats the glass sheet in one of a substantially horizontal or substantially horizontal orientation (e.g., glass handling or operating angle). The process also includes a front plate and / or a back plate over the removable container, wherein opening the container may be performed by removing either the front plate or the back plate.

The present invention is suitable for glass shipping and handling containers that can be used to store and transport glass sheets in factories, especially glass sheets, which are difficult to transport due to the size of the glass, Do.

The first aspect of the invention relates to container packing, storage and shipping. A shipping container according to one embodiment of the present invention is disclosed with reference to Figs. The packing container 10 includes a front plate 12, a back plate 14, a right side plate 16, a left side plate 18 and a bottom plate 20 assembled together by a series of screws or bolts (not shown). It will be appreciated that any reasonable locking device, such as, for example, cinching straps, clips or clasps, can be used instead of screws. The inner surfaces of the front, back, and bottom plates have shock absorbing / dampening materials 22, 24 attached thereto, which absorb the shocks and also prevent shocks from being transferred from the container 10 to the packed glass sheet 30. The inner surfaces of side plates 16 and 18 may be free of shock absorbing material.

In order to load the glass sheet into the container 10, the screw or bolt (not shown) connecting the front plate 12 to the side plates 16 and 18 and the bottom plate 20 is removed, and the front plate is removed to open the container. The opened container 10 is placed horizontally or inclined, with the front plate of the opened container facing upwards. The glass sheet 30 is stacked one by one on the back plate 14 with the lower edge of the glass sheet in contact with the shock absorbing material 24 placed on the bottom plate 20. [ The distance between the inner surfaces of the side plates 16 and 18 does not strike the edges 32 and 34 of the glass sheet above the side plates and causes clearance for the purpose of placing the glass sheet on the backing plate 14 between the side plates 16 and 18. [ Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 30 < / RTI > Once the desired number of glass sheets have been loaded into the opened container 10, the front plate is reinstalled by tightening the bolts and connecting the front plate to the side plates and bottom plate. Alternatively, the backplane 14 can be removed to open the container 10 and can be loaded with a glass sheet, providing flexibility in the handling and loading of the container 10.

The space between the side edges 32 and 34 of the glass sheet is filled with a plurality of sheets of filler material (see FIG. 3). A sufficient sheet of filler material is added to fill the gap between the glass side edge and the side plates to act as a shock absorbing or buffering material to prevent the inner sheet from moving inside the container during shipment. The filler material may be formed of the same material as the shock absorbing materials 22 and 24 on the inner surfaces of the front plate, back plate and bottom plate or may be formed of cardboard, styrofoam molding, molded rubber and other suitable resilient and elastomeric materials elastic. If there is a gap between the front surface 36 of the upper glass sheet 30 and the inner surface 46 of the shock absorbing material 22 on the inner surface of the front plate 12, then this gap will fill the gap and a plurality of Filler material sheet 48 similarly.

The screw holes can be closed and / or lifted or handled to open or handle the open or closed containers (glass sheets or blank loaded), and also to lift or move the front or rear plates 12 or 14 when the container 10 is opened or closed. The rear plate 14, and the side plates 16 and 18, so as to allow installation of eye-bolts or hooks (not shown in Figs. 1 to 3). Such lifting or handling may include: bending the container at different angles for packing, loading and unloading; The container can be flipped to flip the glass sheet to reverse the top and bottom surfaces of the glass; The containers can also be loaded or unloaded with glass sheets.

4-7, another aspect of the invention relates to a shipping pallet 100 for shipping glass containers 10 loaded with glass sheets. According to some embodiments of the present invention, the shipping pallet includes a base 110. These bases 110 are formed of a plurality of base beams 112. The base beam 112 is arranged in a horizontal plate which forms a base or foot to support the pallet on a horizontal surface such as a factory floor, a warehouse, a truck or a shipping container. The base beam 112 may be arranged in a lattice or other truss-like structure to add strength and rigidity to the structure. Such a base may alternatively be formed into a solid sheet of material or a hollow block.

The back support 120 is formed on the base 110. The back support 120 may be formed of a plurality of rear support rails 122 capable of supporting a major surface of the glass container 10 (e.g., the front plate 12 or the back plate 14) when the glass container 10 is loaded onto the shipping pallet 100. The rear support rails 122 are aligned or defined in a back support surface or inclined plane for supporting the glass container 10 at a slant angle A (see FIG. 5) of about 30 to about 45 degrees with respect to the horizontal line. The back support rails can be arranged in a lattice or truss-like structure to impart strength and strength to the structure. The backing support 120 may alternatively be formed of a solid sheet of material or a hollow block. The back support rail 122 is supported on the base beam 112 by a column 124. Cross braces or other truss-like structures may be provided along the column to add force and strength to the structure. A retaining flange 128 may be provided on the outer edge of the back support 120, for example, on the outer edge of the outer back support rail 122. This is to position the glass container 10 on the back support during loading and to maintain the glass container located above the back support to prevent movement of the container during transport and handling of the loaded pallet.

In some implementations, the back support rails 122 and support columns 124 are configured to support the support columns and the support rails in a manner that allows the support columns and support rails to be folded (not visible in the figure) for compact storage and shipping of the pallet 100, May be removed from the beam 112 or hinged to the base beam 112. The support column may be pinned onto the support rail 122 when the pallet is placed in a vertical position to prevent accidental folding or collapsing of the pallet.

The shipping pallet also includes a bottom edge support 130 for supporting the bottom or bottom edge of the glass container 10. The bottom edge support 130 may be formed of a plurality of bottom edge support rails or pins 132 which may extend upward along the edge of the rear support surface from the base beam 112 to the vertical rear support rails. The bottom edge support rails 132 may be supported by posts 134 extending upward from the base beam 112 to the rails 132 to provide force to the bottom support rails to support the entire glass container 10 on the back support 120 . May be formed as a pair of respective bottom edge support rails 132 and posts 134 and / or as a single L-shaped piece, or alternatively may be replaced by a triangular bottom edge support flange (not shown) . Similarly, a single elongate or plurality of support flanges may extend along the lower edge of the back support surface in place of the support pins 132.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the base 110 of the pallet 100 has two fork holes 140 (located in the base beam 112) for access to the forklift from all four sides of the pallet.

The use of the glass container and shipping pallet according to one embodiment of the present invention will be illustratively disclosed with reference to Figures 8A-8F. An exemplary process for receiving and unloading the pallet 100 and the glass container 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in Figures 8A-8F. Starting from Fig. 8A, a pallet 100 with a fully loaded glass container 10 is removed from the truck or shipping container (not shown) using the forklift 200 and placed in a proper position for the load. The loaded glass container is then lifted from the pallet 100 (FIG. 8B) and placed on the supporting surface of the operating platform 210 (FIG. 8C). The container is then opened by removing the screws or bolts connected to the front plate 12 or the back plate 14. [ The front plate 12 or the rear plate 14 faces each other, and either the front plate or the rear plate is removed (Fig. 8D). The operating platform may optionally have wheels to move to a glass seat underside or may be loaded on a motorized lift cart 220 (Figure 8E). The glass sheets are then lowered by the robot 220 one at a time from the open glass container 10 '(Fig. 8F). It should be understood that the locations illustrated in Figures 8C and 8F may be the same location. Preferably, however, the two sites are preferably separated as illustrated. This is to minimize the activity occurring in the glass sheet loading state (Figure 8F), which may be in an environment with controlled clean atmosphere, to reduce the possibility of contamination of the glass sheet.

Loading a glass sheet with the glass container 10 and pallet 100 according to the present invention and then loading with a truck or shipping container may be carried out substantially the opposite way to the method described above or illustrated in Figures 8A-8F for unloading the glass container . The loaded glass container 10 may be covered with a tarp or a housing and may be shrink wrapped with a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) shrink wrap film (not shown) In order to prevent the sheet from contamination. When shrink wrapped container 10 is loaded, it should be understood that the PVC film must be removed before container 10 is opened as shown in Figure 8D.

Some embodiments of the shipping pallet of the present invention, as described above, include substantially flat rear support surfaces 120, 122 to hold the glass container 10 at an angle of inclination of about 30 to 45 degrees from the horizontal. In other embodiments, the backing may be defined as a somewhat concave sheet support surface. A bottom edge support 132 (or plate), which is substantially perpendicular to the back support plane, supports the bottom of the glass container 10. Because of this angle, it is possible to maintain the glass container placed on the pallet by gravity. Alternatively, the glass container can be connected to the pallet using straps or rods (not shown).

The inclination angle of the shipping pallet 100 exists at an appropriate shipping inclination angle. Thanks to the loading angle of the shipping pallet, it is possible to diagonally load a glass sheet container 100 into a standard size truck and shipping container, which would otherwise be too large in a substantially horizontal or vertical configuration to fit the standard sized container or truck . As described above, the container 10 has an advantage that it can be separated from the shipping pallet 100. Having this structure, the container 10 can be placed in a variety of glass packing, loading and unloading locations that can be removed from the shipping pallet and hold the container at a glass handling or handling angle of inclination other than the shipping angle of the shipping pallet. For example, the operating station may be provided with a support surface designed to hold the container 10 at a tilt angle that is at or about the same as the operating angle of the glass handling or operating equipment located there. This enables efficient and effective integration with existing processes and equipment with different operating conditions or operating angles with different installation or location and different appropriate shipping angles. For example, the glass container 10 and the shipping pallet 100 of the present invention can be advantageously used in a factory that includes a glass sheet device that handles glass in a vertical or horizontal configuration, or at different angles therebetween.

The glass container 10 and the shipping pallet 100 devised in accordance with the present invention have several advantages, in particular:

The container is reusable as compared to non-reusable wooden crates.

The container can be removed from the shipping pallet and moved to another pallet or support surface having a different angle of inclination than the shipping pallet to meet the needs of the sheet handling apparatus.

The container may be opened or unloaded from either side to accommodate loading and unloading arrangements at different plant sites and to facilitate handling.

Thanks to the shipping pallet having a sloping support angle of about 30 degrees to about 45, the shipping container can fit the entire package to a standard sized truck or marine container, resulting in less transportation costs.

The shock absorbing materials 22 and 24 located on the inner surface of the container can be of any suitable flexibility or resilience, such as foam rubber, made of a polymeric material such as solid or ethylene propylene monomer (EPDM) or high density ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer rubber (EVA) Can be molded into a material. For example, the shock absorbing material 22 on the front plate may be molded into EVA pads or strips of about 20 to about 40 mm thick, and the shock absorbing material 24 on the inner surface of the bottom plate may be about 10 mm Thick pad or EPDM.

Prior to being placed into the container of the present invention, each plaste material, such as a glass sheet, may be protected by a separate packing material such as paper and / or polymer film. Alternatively, a space linear made of paper and / or other material may be placed between two adjacent sheets to prevent the surfaces from contacting one another. This is of considerable importance in LCD glass substrates where pristine glass surface quality is critically important.

In summary, the disclosure of the present invention particularly includes the following aspects and / or embodiments.

C1. The present invention relates to a container having a front plate, a back plate, a right side plate, a left side plate, and a bottom plate;

Shock absorbing materials present on the inner surfaces of the front plate, the back plate, and the bottom plate; And

Wherein one of the front plate and the back plate is selectively removable to selectively open one of the front plate and the back plate of the container for one of loading and unloading the sheet from the container and at least one of the front plate and the back plate And a removable fastener for securing the container to the side plate and the bottom plate.

C2. The present invention further includes a hook on at least one of the front or rear plates for lifting or handling the container.

C3. In the present invention according to C2, the hooks are removable and the hooks can be affixed for handling purposes and also removed for shipping purposes.

C4. The present invention further includes, in C3, a removable hook on both the front plate and the back plate for selectively lifting or removing one of the front plate and the rear plate from the container and opening the container.

C5. The present invention further includes, for C1 to C4, the following shipping pallet.

A horizontal base for supporting the pallet on a horizontal surface;

A flat back support for supporting one of the front and back plates of the container, wherein the back support comprises a back support at an angle such that the back support is in the range of about 30 degrees to about 40 degrees relative to the base, And supported on the base by a plurality of support columns;

A bottom edge support vertically extending from a lower edge of the back support to support a lower end of the container; And

Wherein the container is detachable from the pallet to facilitate separate handling and operation.

C6. In C5 of the present invention, the angle of the rear support relative to the base is in the range of about 30 degrees to about 40 degrees.

C7. In C5 of the present invention, the angles are chosen such that sheets of material that are too large when aligned substantially horizontally or substantially horizontally and that do not fit into a standard sized container, diagonally fit into such standard sized containers at selected angles .

C8. In the above C1 to C7, the sheet is a glass sheet.

C9. A system for packing, handling and shipping a plurality of glass sheets including a container and a shipping pallet,

Wherein the container comprises:

A front plate, a back plate, a right side plate, a left side plate, and a bottom plate, which define an internal space for holding a stack of a plurality of glass sheets, );

Wherein one of the front plate and the back plate is selectively removable to selectively open one of the front plate and the back plate of the container for one of loading and unloading the sheet from the container and at least one of the front plate and the back plate And a removable locking device (fastener) connecting the side plate and the bottom plate,

The pallet includes:

A horizontal base for supporting the pallet on a horizontal surface;

A flat back support for supporting one of the front and rear plates of the container, wherein the back support is mounted on the base such that the back support is at an angle in the range of about 30 degrees to about 40 degrees with respect to the base, And is supported on the base by a plurality of support columns;

A bottom edge support vertically extending from a lower edge of the back support to support a lower end of the container; And

Wherein the container is detachable from the pallet and the container can be oriented at an oblique angle other than a loading angle for integration with a glass handling device operated at a glass operating angle other than the loading angle.

C10. C9, the shipment angle is in the range of about 30 degrees to about 40 degrees.

C11. C10, further comprising an operating platform having a support surface for supporting the container at an angle of inclination substantially equal to an operating angle of the glass handling device.

C12. In C11, the container is configured such that one of the front plate and the rear plate is selectively removable to selectively open one of the front and rear plates of the container for either sheet loading or unloading from the container And a removable fastener for connecting at least one of the front plate and the back plate to the side plate and the bottom plate.

C13. In the present invention, in C12, the container further comprises a removable hook on both the front plate and the back plate for selectively lifting or removing one of the front plate and the rear plate from the container and opening the container.

C14. In the present invention according to C13, the hook is removable and the hook may be affixed for handling purposes and may also be removed for shipping purposes.

C15. The present invention may further comprise a removable hook on both the front plate and the back plate for selectively lifting or removing one of the front plate and the back plate from the container to open the container.

C16. As a method for packing and shipping sheets of glass material,

Providing a container comprising a front plate, a back plate, a right side plate, a left side plate, and a bottom plate coupled together to define a space for holding a stack of a plurality of material sheets;

Opening the container; Placing an open container on an operating station that holds the container at an operating angle;

Loading a glass sheet into a container at an operating station having an apparatus interacting with the glass sheet at an operating angle;

Closing the container;

Removing the closed container from the operator station; And

Placing the container on a shipping pallet that supports the container at an appropriate shipping angle in the range of about 30 degrees to about 40 degrees, which is different from the operating angle of the container.

C17. In the method of C16 of the present invention, the shipping angle is in the range of about 30 degrees to about 40 degrees.

C18. In the method of C17 of the present invention, said angle is such that a sheet of material that is too large when arranged substantially horizontally or substantially horizontally and that does not fit into a container of a standard size will fit diagonally .

C19. In the method of C16 to C19 of the present invention, the front plate and the rear plate may be removed, and the opening of the container may be performed by removing one of the front plate and the rear plate.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Accordingly, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings are provided by way of example for the purposes of better understanding of the present invention, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

The accompanying drawings are as follows.

1 is a schematic view showing a top view of a glass box or container according to an embodiment of the present invention having a plurality of glass sheets loaded in a container.

2 is a schematic view showing a cross-sectional view of a side of the container along line 2-2 in FIG.

3 is a schematic diagram showing a cross-sectional view of a side of the container along line 3-3 in FIG.

Figure 4 is a rear view of the shipping pallet, as in Figure 1, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention having a container loaded on a shipping pallet.

Figure 5 is a side view of a shipping pallet according to one embodiment of the present invention as in Figure 4 with a container loaded on a shipping pallet as in Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a front view of a shipping pallet according to one embodiment of the present invention as in Figure 4 without a container loaded on a shipping pallet.

Figure 7 is a rear view of a shipping pallet according to one embodiment of the present invention as in Figure 4 with a container loaded on a shipping pallet.

Figures 8A-8F are schematic side views illustratively illustrating the receiving and loading of the shipping pallet and glass container illustrated in Figures 1-7.

Claims (7)

A container (10) capable of holding a plurality of material sheets (30) A front plate 12, a back plate 14, a right side plate 16, a left side plate 18 and a bottom plaste 20 ); Shock absorbing materials (22, 24) present on the inner surfaces of the front plate, back plate and bottom plate; And wherein one of the front plate and the back plate is selectively removable to selectively open one of the front plate and the back plate of the container to perform one of loading and unloading of the material sheet with respect to the container, A removable fastener removably securing at least one of the front plate and the back plate to the side plates and the bottom plate; And In order to hoisting and handling the container, a removable hook (not shown) provided on one or both of the front plate and the back plate Lt; / RTI > Characterized in that the hook is attached for handling or is removed for shipping. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 13 > The method of claim 1, further comprising a shipping pallet (100) The shipping pallet includes: A horizontal base (110) for supporting the pallet on a horizontal surface; A flat back support (120) for supporting one of a front plate and a back plate of the container, wherein the back support comprises a plurality of support columns (124) so as to form a loading angle (A) A back support attached to and supported on the base; And A bottom edge support 130 extending vertically from a lower edge of the back support to support a lower end of the container, Lt; / RTI > A container capable of holding a plurality of material sheets characterized in that the container is separable from the pallet to facilitate individual handling and handling. As a system for packing, handling and shipping a plurality of glass sheets (30) A container 10, a separate operating platform 210, and a separate shipping pallet 100, Wherein the container comprises: A front plate 12, a back plate 14, a right side plate 16, a left side plate 18 and a bottom plate 20 which define an internal space for holding a stack of a plurality of glass sheets; And One or both of the front plate and the rear plate is removed from the side plate and the bottom plate so as to remove one or both of the front plate and the back plate to open the container for loading and unloading the glass sheet with respect to the container, And a detachable locking device for releasably securing the locking device The shipping pallet includes: A horizontal base (110) for supporting the pallet on a horizontal surface; A flat back support (120) for supporting one of a front plate and a back plate of the container, wherein the back support is pasted on the base to form a loading angle (A) in the range of 30 to 40 degrees relative to the base And the shipping angle is selected such that the sheet of material, which is too large when placed substantially horizontally or substantially vertically, does not enter a standard sized shipping container, is inclined at a selected angle to enter such a standard sized shipping container; And A bottom edge support (130) extending vertically from the lower edge of the back support to support the lower end of the container, Lt; / RTI > The container being detachable from the shipping pallet, Wherein the operating platform is substantially identical to the operating angle of the glass handling device so that the container can be oriented at an oblique angle other than the loading angle to integrate with a glass sheet handling device operating at a glass operating angle other than the loading angle And a support surface for supporting the container at an oblique angle, Wherein the container is detachable from the operating platform. As a system for packing, handling and shipping a plurality of glass sheets (30) A container (10) and a separate shipping pallet (100) Wherein the container comprises: A front plate 12, a back plate 14, a right side plate 16, a left side plate 18 and a bottom plate 20 which define an internal space for holding a stack of a plurality of glass sheets; One or both of the front plate and the rear plate is removed from the side plate and the rear plate so that one or both of the front plate and the rear plate can be removed to open the container for loading and unloading the glass sheet with respect to the container. A removable locking device removably securing to the bottom plate; And A removable hook provided on one or both of the front plate and the back plate for lifting and handling the container, the hook being attached for handling or removed for shipping, Lt; / RTI > The pallet includes: A horizontal base (110) for supporting the pallet on a horizontal surface; A flat back support for supporting one of a front plate and a back plate of the container, wherein the back support is attached to and supported on the base so as to form a loading angle (A) in the range of 30 to 40 degrees relative to the base A support 120; And A bottom edge support (130) extending vertically from the lower edge of the back support to support the lower end of the container, Lt; / RTI > Wherein the container is detachable from the pallet such that the container can be oriented at an oblique angle other than the loading angle to integrate with a glass sheet handling apparatus operating at a glass operating angle other than the loading angle. 5. The system of claim 4, further comprising an operating platform having a support surface for supporting the container at an angle of inclination substantially equal to an operating angle of the glass handling device. A method of packing and shipping glass sheet (30) A back plate 14, a right side plate 16, a left side plate 18 and a bottom plate 20 fixed together to define a space for holding a stack of a plurality of material sheets Providing a container (10); Placing an opened container on an operating station that maintains the container at an operating angle; Opening the container to remove one of the front plate and the back plate; Loading the glass sheet in the container using the apparatus interacting with the glass sheet at the operating angle; Closing the container by reattaching the one of the front plate and the back plate; And Removing the closed container from the operating station to place the container on a shipping pallet (100) supporting the container at an appropriate shipping angle (A) in the range of 30 to 40 degrees different from the operating angle Lt; / RTI > Characterized in that a sheet of glass material that is too large when placed substantially horizontally or substantially so that a sheet of material that does not enter a standard sized container is tilted at a selected angle and enters a shipping container of such standard size, And how to ship. delete

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