47results about "Glass plate transportation" patented technology

A trailer for carrying plate glass has an elongated deck and an elongated rigid beam that extends above the deck. The beam supports plate glass transported by the trailer. The deck and the beam may be made from aluminum.

The Invention is a cart for moving slabs of stone, such as marble and granite. In a first embodiment, main wheel support the weight of the slabs while front and rear end wheel prevent tipping of the cart. A hydraulic system withdraws the wheels, rendering the cart stationary. In a second embodiment, a main wheel carriage is clamped directly to a slab and bears its weight while smaller front and rear end wheel carriages clamped to the slab prevent tipping of the slab. The wheel arrangement of both embodiments allows the heavy slabs of stone to be readily maneuvered and rotated.

A trailer assembly for transporting one or more vertically-oriented panels includes a frame having front and rear sections, a first set of lower crossbeams extending laterally across the front section of the frame, and a second set of lower crossbeams extending laterally across the rear section of the frame. The crossbeams provide vertical support for the panel(s). A hitch extending from the front section of the frame is attachable to a towing vehicle. A set of front vertical members extend upwardly from either the hitch or the frame. A set of front crossbeams extend laterally between the front vertical members and a set of rear crossbeams extend laterally between the rear vertical members. The front and rear crossbeams impede longitudinal movement of the panel(s). A set of wheels axially mounted on struts extend laterally from oppositely facing sides of the rear section of the frame. In one embodiment, one of the front and rear sections is capable of telescoping within the other section to vary the frame length.

A pair of opposed A-frames are positioned uprightly on a flat bed chassis. A downwardly descending side leg on each side of each A-frame rests on an axially mounted beam. The beam is attached to the underside of the flat bed chassis and extends outwardly from a side surface of the flat bed trailer and is angled upwardly to support a bottom edge of a building material slab or sheet.

A trailer assembly for transporting one or more vertically-oriented panels includes a frame having front and rear sections, a first set of lower crossbeams extending laterally across the front section of the frame, and a second set of lower crossbeams extending laterally across the rear section of the frame. The crossbeams provide vertical support for the panel(s). A hitch extending from the front section of the frame is attachable to a towing vehicle. A set of front vertical members extend upwardly from either the hitch or the frame. A set of front crossbeams extend laterally between the front vertical members and a set of rear crossbeams extend laterally between the rear vertical members. The front and rear crossbeams impede longitudinal movement of the panel(s). A set of wheels axially mounted on struts extend laterally from oppositely facing sides of the rear section of the frame. In one embodiment, one of the front and rear sections is capable of telescoping within the other section to vary the frame length.

The present invention is directed to an apparatus for stacking a plurality of solar module arrays each having a plurality of solar panels. The apparatus includes a lower portion disposed on top of a first solar panel support channel corresponding to a first solar module array, and an upper portion for supporting a second solar panel support channel corresponding to a second solar module array, wherein the second solar module array is stacked above the first solar module array.

An apparatus for carrying a workpiece adjacent an exterior surface of a vehicle, provides a stationary resting surface mounted on an exterior surface of the vehicle and one or more movable clamping bars positioned adjacent to the resting surface. A driving screw moves the clamping bar in a scissors type motion, alternately toward the resting surface, so as to clamp the workpiece, and away from the resting surface so as to release the workpiece, whereby the workpiece may be safely transported by the vehicle. The apparatus may be mounted onto a panel truck, normally adjacent to one or both side panels, or may be mounted on the sides of a pick-up type truck.

A rack for transporting planar sheets of material includes permanent members made of a hollow tube that is perpendicularly affixed to the bed bottom at a point adjacent to one of the bed side walls. The permanent members are also affixed to the horizontal flange by a clamp. Also provided are vertical, removable members each having two vertical posts held in a parallel relationship to each other by one or more spacers affixed near a top portion. The two vertical posts are spaced far enough apart as to straddle one of the bed side walls. The two vertical posts include a shorter inboard post and a longer outboard post. The shorter inboard post fits snuggly within one of the permanent members and the longer outboard post has a foot extending outwardly and away from the vehicle at a bottom end distal from the spacers.

Racks for shipping loose or packaged glass sheets. A rack includes spaced-apart upright members that taper in thickness such that they are thicker at their lower ends compared to their upper ends. Base members extends outwardly and generally perpendicularly from respective upright members. The base members also taper such that they become thicker moving outwardly from the upright members. An acute or right angle is formed between innermost surfaces of the upright members and uppermost surfaces of the base members. The rack, when used alone, is self-standing as if an L-frame like rack and is arrangeable back-to-back with another rack of the same type to form a mutually-supporting A-frame like rack. The racks are easily loadable onto / removable from rail cars, trucks, and / or the like. Racks include features accommodating forks of a forklift / fork truck, further facilitating their movement.

A container of type having wing doors is used carried on a vehicle. The container has the wing doors adapted to swing open and closed and constructed as integral parts functioning as side faces and the roof of the container, a base mounted inside the container and on which plate-like goods are fixed, and a base supporting device for supporting the base such that the base can be set to either a tilted state or a horizontal state. The floor surface of the container has, in a lateral cross-section of the floor surface, a shape of a hat in which the center portion of the shape is high in height along the entire length in the front-rear direction of the floor surface with side portions on opposite sides of the center portion formed to be low in height. The base supporting device is mounted on the center portion of the floor surface. The lower part of the base enters either of the side portions of the floor surface when the base supporting device supports the base in a tilted state.

A panel support and panel processing system that provides a single frame assembly for use on a panel processing line in transporting and installing panels, such as glass panels, the frame assembly having a frame with at least one hook that engages a carrier on a processing line to move the frame from one station to the next, and that enables lifting and stacking of multiple frames for transport to and installation at a building site without having to remove the panel, such as a glass panel, from the frame, at which point the frame and panel assembly are secured in situ.

An adjustable clamp assembly for clamping portable objects to a rack generally mounted to a vehicle body, comprising a sleeve portion for mounting the clamp assembly to the rack and a retention portion comprising an adjustable object retainer for securely clamping the portable object to the rack.

A two-stage clamp for holding glass in place during transport is disclosed. Glass is clamped in place by manually pushing a rubber clamping member against the glass with the desired second-stage clamping force, and then clamping the rubber member in place by rotating a handle which is attached to a cam which provides the second-stage clamping force. A threaded shaft facilitates one-time adjustment of the mechanism such that subsequently the second-stage clamping force of the cam will be consistent in the clamped state and will not require adjustment the next time the clamp is used. The clamp may easily be operated by a gloved hand.

A trailer for carrying plate glass has an elongated deck and an elongated rigid beam that extends above the deck. The beam supports plate glass transported by the trailer. The deck and the beam may be made from aluminum.

A rack and lifter system and method is described. The system includes a rack having at least a first engagement opening, and a lifter having at least a first engagement member and at least a first vertical extension member, wherein in use the at least a first engagement member interlocks with the at least a first engagement opening of the rack, and the at least a first vertical extension member extends to lift the interlocked lifter and rack, wherein the at least a first vertical extension member includes means for movement. The lifter may include a guiding-and-lifting member which lifts the lifter and guides the lifter into an interior space of the rack. The lifter may include a towing machine connection member which connects the lifter to a towing machine which positions the lifter within the rack and tows the connected lifter and rack.

Provided is an apparatus for loading board-like bodies, which loads, for transportation, a storage pallet wherein a plurality of board-like bodies are piled and stored. The apparatus is provided with a base, and a loading table, which is tiltably supported with a shaft to the base, has the storage pallet loaded thereon, and freely tilts between the horizontal attitude and a predetermined tilted attitude in the state where the storage pallet is loaded. The loading table is provided with an engaging section which tilts the loading table by being engaged with an external tilting means.

A platform shipping rack cart for shipping rack(s) supporting glass sheets is provided. The cart may include a plurality of upwardly extending locator projections (e.g., pins) for engaging L-frame racks that hold glass sheets, so as to allow the L-frame rack(s) to be positioned and securely mounted on the cart for shipping and the like. The locator projections are arranged so that first and second L-frame racks may be provided on the cart either facing each other, or in back-to-back position, as desired. The cart advantageously allows multiple L-shaped glass racks to be stabilized on the cart and moved at a given time, and allows for loading the glass in either lengthwise or sideways orientations into vans or the like.

A platform shipping rack cart for shipping rack(s) supporting glass sheets is provided. The cart may include a plurality of upwardly extending locator projections (e.g., pins) for engaging L-frame racks that hold glass sheets, so as to allow the L-frame rack(s) to be positioned and securely mounted on the cart for shipping and the like. The locator projections are arranged so that first and second L-frame racks may be provided on the cart either facing each other, or in back-to-back position, as desired. The cart advantageously allows multiple L-shaped glass racks to be stabilized on the cart and moved at a given time, and allows for loading the glass in either lengthwise or sideways orientations into vans or the like.

A removable glass rack suitable for attachment to a variety of pickup trucks is disclosed. Rigidity in the un-attached state, combined with automatic alignment features and scratch prevention features make the rack particularly well suited for repeated rapid installation and removal, giving glass shop owners the option of quickly converting their glass trucks back to pickup trucks for non-business-hours use.

A panel support and panel processing system that provides a single frame assembly for use on a panel processing line in transporting and installing panels, such as glass panels, the frame assembly having a frame with at least one hook that engages a carrier on a processing line to move the frame from one station to the next, and that enables lifting and stacking of multiple frames for transport to and installation at a building site without having to remove the panel, such as a glass panel, from the frame, at which point the frame and panel assembly are secured in situ.

An apparatus for carrying a workpiece adjacent an exterior surface of a vehicle, provides a stationary resting surface mounted on an exterior surface of the vehicle and one or more movable clamping bars positioned adjacent to the resting surface. A driving screw moves the clamping bar in a scissors type motion, alternately toward the resting surface, so as to clamp the workpiece, and away from the resting surface so as to release the workpiece, whereby the workpiece may be safely transported by the vehicle. The apparatus may be mounted onto a panel truck, normally adjacent to one or both side panels, or may be mounted on the sides of a pick-up type truck.

A self-propelled vehicle for handling glass-sheet supporting racks of the type comprising a front rack-supporting section and a rear drive section, both provided with ground-resting wheels; the front rack-supporting section comprising: an oblong chassis which is movable vertically with respect to the rear drive section, and is provided with two longitudinal beams that extend parallel to the vehicle longitudinal axis and delimit a large central compartment open at the front and adapted to accommodate a glass-sheet supporting rack; at least one pair of front ground-resting wheels that are located underneath said longitudinal beams; at least one optoelectronic sensing device which is adapted to control / scan the space in front of / facing the vehicle; and a support assembly which is integral with the oblong chassis, holds the optoelectronic sensing device, and is capable of moving said optoelectronic sensing device vertically relative to the oblong chassis.

A cargo stake is disclosed which may be secured in a stake hole without the need of inserting a pin or bolt underneath the cargo bed. In a preferred embodiment, a latching mechanism is provided internal to a cargo stake body made from box steel tubing. The latching mechanism includes a latching member which can protrude perpendicular to the axis of the cargo stake at the lower end of the cargo stake, and the latching mechanism is operable through the upper open end of the cargo stake. In a preferred embodiment the latching mechanism is spring loaded and automatically latches in place upon insertion.