Apparatus for holding and retaining glass articles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9545151-B2
Application number	US-201514808728-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2015
Priority date	Dec 8, 2014
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

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 having neck and collar portions, the magazine apparatus comprising:
a base frame defining a front plane and a back plane, the base frame comprising at least one pair of opposed lateral side support walls that extend between and are perpendicular to the front plane and the back plane, each side support wall comprising a stop guide in the form of a slot extending through the thickness of the corresponding side support wall;
a back plate connected to the side support walls of the base frame and positioned in the back plane defined by the base frame;
a plurality of receiving racks mounted 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, each receiving rack comprising a plurality of receiving slots for receiving at least a neck portion of a glass article, the receiving slots arrayed in a linear array over a length of each receiving rack and opening towards the front plane of the base frame, wherein protruding arms are defined by each side of a corresponding receiving slot and separate the respective receiving slots, wherein distal ends of the protruding arms are positioned proximate to the front plane;
wherein the protruding arms are configured to receive collar portions of the corresponding glass articles extending beyond the neck portions to suspend the glass articles from the corresponding racks;
at least one loading stop removably coupled to the base frame inserted within the at least one stop guide proximate the back plane, wherein the loading stop extends substantially across a width of the base frame; and
the loading stop preventing glass articles suspended from the receiving racks from contacting the back plate as the magazine apparatus is manipulated thereby mitigating damage to the glass articles.

2. 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.

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

4. The magazine apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each protruding arm comprises a retention lip positioned proximate the front plane, the retention lip extending in an upward direction substantially perpendicular to the protruding arms of the receiving rack.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. The magazine apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the upright portion of the support frame comprises corner brackets and the base frame is engaged with the corner brackets.

9. A magazine apparatus for holding and retaining glass articles having neck and collar portions, the magazine apparatus comprising:
a base frame defining a front plane and a back plane, the base frame comprising at least one pair of opposed lateral side support walls that extend between and are perpendicular to the front plane and the back plane;
a back plate connected to the side support walls of the base frame and positioned in the back plane defined by the base frame;
a plurality of receiving racks mounted 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, each receiving rack comprising a plurality of receiving slots for receiving at least a neck portion of a glass article, the receiving slots arrayed in a linear array over a length of each receiving rack and opening towards the front plane of the base frame, wherein protruding arms are defined by each side of a corresponding receiving slot in order to separate the respective receiving slots, wherein distal ends of the protruding arms are positioned proximate to the front plane and the protruding arms are configured to receive collar portions of the corresponding glass articles extending beyond the neck portions to suspend the glass articles from the corresponding racks; and
a loading grid comprising an array of spaced vertically extending partitions; wherein the loading grid is sized corresponding to the back plate in order to insert the loading grid within the base frame between the side support walls parallel to the back plate, wherein glassware receiving spaces are defined between each vertical partition, each glassware receiving space is sized to receive respective glass articles that correspond to the slots of the receiving racks of the base frame, and the loading grid is removably positioned in the base frame so that each receiving slot is positioned in a glassware receiving space of the loading grid, the loading grid preventing contact between adjacent glass articles when the glass articles are positioned in the receiving slots of the plurality of receiving racks.

10. The magazine apparatus of claim 9 , wherein an end of each receiving slot proximate the back plane is semi-circular.

11. The magazine apparatus of claim 9 , wherein each protruding arm comprises an upwardly extending retention lip positioned proximate the front plane, the retention lip extending in an upward direction substantially perpendicular to the protruding arms of the receiving rack.

12. The magazine apparatus of claim 9 , wherein at least the base frame and the plurality of receiving racks are formed from a metallic material that is passivated.

13. The magazine apparatus of claim 9 , wherein at least the base frame and the plurality of receiving racks are formed from a metallic material that is electro-polished.

14. The magazine apparatus of claim 9 , 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.

15. The magazine apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the upright portion of the support frame comprises corner brackets and the base frame is engaged with the corner brackets.

16. An assembly for holding and retaining glass articles having neck and collar portions, the assembly comprising a plurality of magazine apparatuses, each of the magazine apparatuses comprising:
a base frame defining a front plane and a back plane, the base frame comprising at least one pair of opposed lateral side support walls that extend between and are perpendicular to the front plane and the back plane, each side support wall comprising a stop guide in the form of a slot extending through the thickness of the corresponding side support wall;
a back plate connected to the side support walls of the base frame and positioned in the back plane defined by the base frame;
a plurality of receiving racks mounted in the base frame between the front plane and the back plane,

Assignees

• Corning Inc

Inventors

• Kaelin Kevin Robert

Classifications

• A47B73/00 Primary

  Bottle cupboards; Bottle racks · CPC title

• B08B9/42

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

• B65D25/04 Primary

  Partitions · CPC title

• 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