US3848917A - Apparatus for transporting flat glass and the like - Google Patents
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- a structure for semi-trailers for transporting large sheets of flat rigid material such as flat glass A generally A-shaped platform having a central web is secured over a conventional semi-trailer frame.
- the platform includes a plurality of rigid girders extending from a horizontal top bar downwardly on each side of the truck frame to provide a central sloped support wall. The central web within the wall rests upon the truck frame to support the entire unit.
- a platform support extends from the lower end of the support wall on each side at a level below the truck frame to provide a floor to support the lower edges of glass sheets which lean against the support wall.
- Extensible clamping means is provided on each side to clamp a stack of glass sheets against the support wall to hold the stack against movement during transit.
- This invention is a specially designed structure which is placed upon a conventional semi-trailer frame which can be used for the transportation of large sheets of flat material such as flat glass. It generally consists of a rigid A-frame which forms a central divider having a pair of outwardly sloped walls. The interior of the sloped walls are provided with a horizontal rigid web which is placed upon the semi-trailer frame member so that the top of the divider or sloped walls is below the minimum required overhead clearance and the bottom of the walls extend below the truck frame but terminate above the road bed by a sufficient distance for proper road clearance. Extending outwardly and slightly upwardly from the bottom of each of the walls is a rigid platform or floor upon which the rigid sheets of glass or the like are supported.
- the invention further includes a mechanism for clamping the stacks of glass panes or the like in place against the central divider with means for releasably moving the clamps completely away from the stack of glass panes so that they can be unloaded without interference.
- FIGS. 1 and 3 a conventional truck frame 10 is shown, having a rigid box frame 11 extending from the fifth wheel 12 to the rear tires 13 which support the frame by conventional suspension means which are generally shown in FIG. 3. Details of this suspension and a fifth wheel hookup are considered to be conventional and do not form a part of this invention.
- the apparatus of this invention includes a central divider 14 which includes a pair of sloped walls 15 and 16 joined at their top ends to a horizontal rigid bar or pipe 17. From the horizontal bar 17, the two sloped walls 15 and 16 extend down-' wardly and outwardly and terminate at a level well below that of the box frame 11 of the truck semi-trailer.
- the sloped walls 15 and 16, as seen in FIGS. 1 and 2 are each made up of a plurality of rigid girders 18 whose upper ends can be rigidly attached as by welding or in a rigid fitting to the bar 17.
- Each girder 18 is at taehed to its opposite number by a rigid web or strut 19 which is welded or otherwise secured in horizontal position, as shown in FIG.
- the two walls 15 and 16 each include six girders 18 placed in a common sloping plane and each pair of opposed girders 18 is secured to a horizontal web 19; however, other such combinations of girders l8 and webs 19 could be provided to form the same functions, depending upon the size of the material being transported, etc.
- the platform 20 may consist of a series of short beams 21 extending from each of the girders 18, as best seen in FIG. 1, which may be tied together by one or more transverse rigid elements 22.
- sheet floor can be placed upon the upper surfaces of the beams 21 and a resilient layer such as plywood or like material can be placed upon these beams 21 to cushion the edges of the glass resting thereon.
- a single sheet of rigid metal 23 can extend below the beams 21 as a subfloor to merely keep road dirt off the load.
- This sheet 23 can be curved to meet the bottom surfaces of the beams 21 or can be generally planar-and secured to the spacer angle 24 as shown.
- Additional sheet metal skirts 23a can be attached to the inner sides of the girders 18 to rigidify the structure and to keep road dirt off the load.
- the structure which includes the rigid A-frame of the girders I8 and webs 19 and their horizontal joining elements can be freely placed upon the box frame 11. If desired, it can be firmly attached to the box frame 11 as by welding or other means, but can also be releasably attached so that the unit can be separately loaded or unloaded aside from the semi-trailer which can be used in hauling other such structures during that period.
- the structure as described is designed so that its maximum vertical height
- the height of the pipe or bar 17 is below the minimum clearance requirement for roadways. Because the positions of platform 20 is well below the level of box frame 11, a substantial load height can be accommodated within this required roadway clearance. As shown in FIG. 3, smaller glass sheets below the level of the bar 17 can easily be accommodated while larger glass sheets, also shown schematically in that figure, can be accommodated as long as their maximum height is below the minimum required clearance.
- a clamping mechanism to keep stacks of glass sheets and the like in close contact with the sloped wall 15 or 16 consists of a plurality of extensible clamping members 25 which, in this embodiment, are designed to telescope to accommodate variations in load height.
- the member 25 consists of a lower tube 26 into which slides an upper tubular arm 27, each of which is provided with a spaced apart series of adjusting holes 28 which can be selectably aligned to effectively control the length of the member 25.
- the lower end of the lower tube 26 is pivotally attached on an appropriate fitting near the outer edge of the platform while the upper ends of the tubular arms 27 are secured as by welding to a horizontally extending rigid member 29 which has an inner face which rests against the outermost sheet of glass or the like.
- the rigid member 29 can also be pivotally attached to the upper ends of the upper arms 27 so that it can rotate through a limited angle so that its flat face will always bear in planer contact with outer surface of the outer sheet of glass.
- the entire clamping mechanism including the extensible members and the horizontal member 29 can be rotated outwardly and downardly to drop entirely out of the way of the load for unloading purposes.
- two such clamping frames can be provided side by side so that if shorter sheets of glass are being transported, each such frame on each side of the truck can be individually clamped or unclamped to permit access to the forward or rear part of the bed.
- the clamping means is held in place by a tension cable 30 which has one end secured to a bracket 31 on the platform 20 and its other end reaved through a wind up mechanism such as a ratchet winch 32.
- a tension cable 30 which has one end secured to a bracket 31 on the platform 20 and its other end reaved through a wind up mechanism such as a ratchet winch 32.
- a loop of chain 33 is loosely secured and a ring 34 through which the cable 30 is strung is attached to the chain 33.
- the length of the clamping members 25 should be adjusted to make contact with the stack somewhere between their upper edges and the midpoint thereof, depending upon the height of the glass. If desired, a wedge or other stop member (not shown) can be placed on the floor 20 external of the outer most sheet to assure against movement of the lower portion of the stack. As seen best in FIG. 2, four such cable arrangements are shown attached to the ends of the rigid members 29; conceivably, on very long loads, more cable arrangements can be provided and each can have its own individual winch 30 or each can be reaved on a common winch drum driven by a common motor or crank.
- the afore described preferred em bodiment has great advantage particularly in the transport of very large sheets of flat glass. Because the lower edges of the sheets are supported well below the level of the normal semi-trailer bed, sheets as large as 12 feet can be transported with sufficient road clearance but with insufficient height to interfere with the normal minimum overhead road clearance. In addition. the clamping mechanism can be quickly activated and deactivated and will swing entirely out of the way of the load to permit ready access for loading or unloading. Finally, because the entire structure is unitary, it can be removably placed upon a truck semi-trailer bed and loaded and unloaded as a unit by means of a conventional crane which picks the entire unit off the bed.
- a structure for supporting stacks of flat rigid sheet material upon a semi-trailer having a rigid main frame extending lengthwise of the semi-trailer comprising a generally A-shaped platform having a pair of sloped support walls extending downwardly to terminate below the level of said trailer rigid main frame, said support walls joined at their top edges and at an intermediate position by a rigid internal web which rests upon said main frame to support the entire structure, each of said support walls extending from their upper intersecting edges downwardly and outwardly to terminate at a level below said main frame to provide a central sloped divider, a rigid platform extending outwardly and slightly upwardly from the lower edges of each of said support walls to provide a floor on each side of the divider to support the lower edges of a stack of such rigid sheets at a level below said truck frame, at least two elongate clamping members having a lower end pivotally secured to said rigid platform and extending upwardly along but spaced from the adjacent support wall, and means for securing the'upper ends of said clamping members relative
- said central sloped divider formed by said walls comprises a plurality of rigid beams spaced along the length of said trailer frame with each wall having at least two beams in a sloped plane which intersects the plane of the opposite wall to form said sloped divider, a rigid beam extending horizontally along the top ends of said wall beams and secured thereto and with said rigid internal web comprising a horizontal strut secured between opposed beams to provide a horizontal support for said structure.
- Apparatus for supporting stacks of rigid sheet material upon a semi-trailer having a rigid frame member extending lengthwise of the semi-trailer comprising a rigid A-frame including a plurality of rigid beams secured at their upper ends to a rigid horizontal element, said beams extending downwardly and outwardly to form a pair of sloped walls to support such stacks of material, an intermediate horizontal rigid web extending between said walls, said web supporting said sloped walls in a centrally generally vertical position with their lower ends terminating at a level below the main frame when placed upon the rigid frame member, a rigid platform extending outwardly and slightly up wardly from the lower ends of each of said support walls to provide a floor on each side of the apparatus to support the lower edges of stacks of such rigid sheet material, and means for releasably clamping the outer surface of such stacks of rigid sheet material against movement away from said sloped walls, said clamping means including a plurality of elongate clamping members on each side of the apparatus with their lower ends pivot
- Apparatus'for supporting stacks of sheet material upon a semi-trailer having a rigid frame member extending lengthwise of the semi-trailer comprising a rigid A-frame including a plurality of rigid members secured together at their upper ends, said members extending downwardly and outwardly to form a pair of sloped walls to support such stacks of material, an intermediate horizontal rigid web extending between said walls, said web supporting said sloped walls in a generally vertical position with their lower ends.
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US4037870A (en) * | 1976-01-23 | 1977-07-26 | Neal John L O | Apparatus for transporting glass panes |
US4195738A (en) * | 1977-08-22 | 1980-04-01 | Neal John O | Apparatus for transporting glass sheets and the like |
EP0026680A2 (en) * | 1979-07-18 | 1981-04-08 | Saint Gobain Vitrage International | Platform for carrying bulky glass panels |
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US4360298A (en) * | 1978-08-07 | 1982-11-23 | Ppg Industries, Inc. | Trailer transverse rack assembly for shipping sheets |
US4385856A (en) * | 1981-04-27 | 1983-05-31 | Neal John L O | Apparatus for transporting planar materials |
US4527826A (en) * | 1983-08-12 | 1985-07-09 | Neal John L O | Convertible trailer apparatus |
US4626017A (en) * | 1985-10-07 | 1986-12-02 | Robertson Paul E | Trailer structure for transporting sheet glass and frangible material |
US4864939A (en) * | 1988-02-16 | 1989-09-12 | Bailey Kent A | Work table assembly mountable on a panel transporting vehicle |
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US6742663B2 (en) * | 2002-04-02 | 2004-06-01 | Thermoseal Glass Corp. | Shipping container for frangible panels |
US20060182567A1 (en) * | 2005-02-16 | 2006-08-17 | Guardian De Venezuela S.A. | Glass loading rack |
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US4037870A (en) * | 1976-01-23 | 1977-07-26 | Neal John L O | Apparatus for transporting glass panes |
US4195738A (en) * | 1977-08-22 | 1980-04-01 | Neal John O | Apparatus for transporting glass sheets and the like |
US4273485A (en) * | 1978-08-07 | 1981-06-16 | Ppg Industries, Inc. | Semi-trailer shipping support structure |
US4360298A (en) * | 1978-08-07 | 1982-11-23 | Ppg Industries, Inc. | Trailer transverse rack assembly for shipping sheets |
EP0026680A2 (en) * | 1979-07-18 | 1981-04-08 | Saint Gobain Vitrage International | Platform for carrying bulky glass panels |
EP0026680A3 (en) * | 1979-07-18 | 1981-07-22 | Saint-Gobain Vitrage | Platform for carrying bulky glass panels |
EP0054008A1 (en) * | 1980-12-09 | 1982-06-16 | ROLFO S.p.A. | Combination of a road transport vehicle and a removable rack for carrying sheets |
US4385856A (en) * | 1981-04-27 | 1983-05-31 | Neal John L O | Apparatus for transporting planar materials |
US4527826A (en) * | 1983-08-12 | 1985-07-09 | Neal John L O | Convertible trailer apparatus |
US4865511A (en) * | 1985-06-17 | 1989-09-12 | Fahrzeugbau Langendorf Gmbh & Co. Kg | Inside loader for road traffic, designed as a semi-trailer for semi-tractor, especially for transporting plate glass |
US4626017A (en) * | 1985-10-07 | 1986-12-02 | Robertson Paul E | Trailer structure for transporting sheet glass and frangible material |
US4864939A (en) * | 1988-02-16 | 1989-09-12 | Bailey Kent A | Work table assembly mountable on a panel transporting vehicle |
US6386376B1 (en) * | 1999-09-28 | 2002-05-14 | Vidrio Plano, S.A. De C.V. | Packing frame and system for the packing and handling of glass sheet packages |
US6742663B2 (en) * | 2002-04-02 | 2004-06-01 | Thermoseal Glass Corp. | Shipping container for frangible panels |
US20060182567A1 (en) * | 2005-02-16 | 2006-08-17 | Guardian De Venezuela S.A. | Glass loading rack |
US20070272633A1 (en) * | 2006-03-14 | 2007-11-29 | Gardner Richard C | Multi-purpose foldable M-frame transport and storage apparatus for slabs, panels and other flat sheet products |
ES2457965A1 (en) * | 2014-03-17 | 2014-04-29 | Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique, S.A.R.L. | Set of vehicle gondola and easel for transport of glass (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) |
US10144577B1 (en) | 2017-05-30 | 2018-12-04 | Thermoseal Industries, Llc | Support wedge and related assemblies |
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