Thin-plate supporting container

Details Thin-plate supporting container Thin-plate supporting container

1996-09-24

1998-01-13

Sewell, Paul T.

Special receptacle or package

For plate or sheet

Fragile or sensitive

206711, 211 41, B65D 8548

Patent

active

057069468

ABSTRACT:
A thin-plate supporting container provided with supporting rib portions, each of which consists of multi-stage ribs, for supporting thin plates respectively on multiple stages at regular intervals. The ribs are provided in parallel on each of opposing side walls of the container casing in such a way that the supporting rib portions cooperate to hold the thin plates. An open end of the thin-plate supporting container serves as an inlet/outlet port, through which the thin plates are loaded and unloaded from the container. Each of the supporting rib portions is composed of an inlet portion adjacent the inlet/outlet-port and a support portion interior thereof. Further, the opening between opposed side surfaces of adjacent ribs is set to be sufficiently large that the thin plate can be easily loaded and unloaded. The rib plate support portion is formed in such a manner that the angle of inclination of its upper side surface, on which the thin plate rests, is smaller than an angle of inclination of the upper side surface of the rib inlet portion so that the thin plate can be supported accurately in a horizontal position and so that the upper surface of the rib support portion provides point-contact or line-contact with an end portion of the thin plate.

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