Apparatus for holding and retaining glass articles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016157606-A1
Application number	US-201514808728-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 24, 2015
Priority date	Dec 8, 2014
Publication date	Jun 9, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A magazine apparatus may hold and retain glass articles. The magazine apparatus may comprise a base frame, a back plate, and a plurality of receiving racks. The base frame may define a front plane and a back plane. The back plate may be connected to the base frame and positioned in the back plane defined by the base frame. The plurality of receiving racks may be supported in the base frame between the front plane and the back plane. Each receiving rack may be parallel to and spaced apart from adjacent receiving racks in a vertical direction and comprise a plurality of receiving slots for receiving at least a portion of a glass article. The receiving slots may be arrayed in a linear array over a length of each receiving rack and open towards the front plane of the base frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A magazine apparatus for holding and retaining glass articles comprising:
a base frame defining a front plane and a back plane, the base frame being formed from a metallic material; a back plate connected to the base frame and positioned in the back plane defined by the base frame; a plurality of receiving racks formed from a metallic material and supported in the base frame between the front plane and the back plane, each receiving rack being parallel to and spaced apart from adjacent receiving racks in a vertical direction and comprising a plurality of receiving slots for receiving at least a portion of a glass article, the receiving slots being arrayed in a linear array over a length of each receiving rack and opening towards the front plane of the base frame; and at least one loading stop removably coupled to the base frame proximate the back plane, the loading stop preventing glass articles suspended from the receiving racks from contacting the back plate as the magazine apparatus is manipulated.

2 . The magazine apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the base frame comprises at least one pair of opposed lateral side supports, each side support comprising a stop guide extending through the thickness of the side support, wherein the at least one loading stop is slidably engaged with the stop guides.

3 . The magazine apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a loading grid comprising an array of ware receiving spaces separated by partitions of the loading grid, the loading grid being removably positioned in the base frame so that each receiving slot is positioned in a ware receiving space of the loading grid.

4 . The magazine apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an end of each receiving slot proximate the back plane is semi-circular.

5 . The magazine apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each receiving slot comprises a retention lip positioned proximate the front plane.

6 . The magazine apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the retention lip extends from the receiving rack on either side of each receiving slot.

7 . The magazine apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least the base frame and the plurality of receiving racks are formed from a metallic material that is passivated.

8 . The magazine apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least the base frame and the plurality of receiving racks are formed from a metallic material that is electro-polished.

9 . The magazine apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the base frame is removably coupled to a support frame comprising an upright portion coupled to a support portion, wherein the support portion is declined with respect to the upright portion and the base frame removably coupled to the support portion of the support frame.

10 . The magazine apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the upright portion of the support frame comprises corner brackets and the base frame is engaged with the corner brackets.

11 . A magazine apparatus for holding and retaining glass articles comprising:
a base frame defining a front plane and a back plane, the base frame being formed from a metallic material; a back plate connected to the base frame and positioned in the back plane defined by the base frame; a plurality of receiving racks formed from a metallic material and supported in the base frame between the front plane and the back plane, each receiving rack being parallel to and spaced apart from adjacent receiving racks in a vertical direction and comprising a plurality of receiving slots for receiving at least a portion of a glass article, the receiving slots being arrayed in a linear array over a length of each receiving rack and opening towards the front plane of the base frame; and a loading grid comprising an array of ware receiving spaces separated by partitions of the loading grid, the loading grid being removably positioned in the base frame so that each receiving slot is positioned in a ware receiving space of the loading grid.

12 . The magazine apparatus of claim 11 , wherein an end of each receiving slot proximate the back plane is semi-circular.

13 . The magazine apparatus of claim 11 , wherein each receiving slot comprises a retention lip positioned proximate the front plane.

14 . The magazine apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the retention lip extends from the receiving rack on either side of each receiving slot.

15 . The magazine apparatus of claim 11 , wherein at least the base frame and the plurality of receiving racks are formed from a metallic material that is passivated.

16 . The magazine apparatus of claim 11 , wherein at least the base frame and the plurality of receiving racks are formed from a metallic material that is electro-polished.

17 . The magazine apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the base frame is removably coupled to a support frame comprising an upright portion coupled to a support portion, wherein the support portion is declined with respect to the upright portion and the base frame removably coupled to the support portion of the support frame.

18 . The magazine apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the upright portion of the support frame comprises corner brackets and the base frame is engaged with the corner brackets.

19 . An assembly for holding and retaining glass articles, the assembly comprising a plurality of magazine apparatus, each of the magazine apparatuses comprising:
a base frame defining a front plane and a back plane, the base frame being formed from a metallic material; a back plate connected to the base frame and positioned in the back plane defined by the base frame; a plurality of receiving racks formed from a metallic material and supported in the base frame between the front plane and the back plane, each receiving rack being parallel to and spaced apart from adjacent receiving racks in a vertical direction and comprising a plurality of receiving slots for receiving at least a portion of a glass article, the receiving slots being arrayed in a linear array over a length of each receiving rack and opening towards the front plane of the base frame; wherein the plurality of magazine apparatuses are housed in a cassette.

20 . The plurality of magazine apparatuses of claim 19 , wherein the font plane of a first magazine apparatus is proximate the back plane of an adjacent magazine apparatus.

Assignees

• Corning Inc

Inventors

• Kaelin Kevin Robert

Classifications

• A47B73/004 Primary

  holding the bottle by the neck only · CPC title

• C03C23/0075

  Cleaning of glass (specially adapted to plate glass B08B11/00) · CPC title

• C03C21/002

  to perform ion-exchange between alkali ions (C03C21/005 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D1/38

  Baskets or like containers of skeleton or apertured construction {(crates for bottles or like containers B65D1/243)} · CPC title

• B08B9/42

  the apparatus being characterised by means for conveying or carrying containers therethrough · CPC title