Patent ID: 9352900
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. A support frame adapted to receive and package a pile of liquid crystal glass panels that are stacked in a vertical direction, the pile of liquid crystal glass panels having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and four side surfaces extending in the vertical direction between the top surface and the bottom surface and defining a horizontal cross-section that is identical in the vertical direction from the bottom surface to the top surface, the support frame comprising: four separate corner pieces, a plurality of upper connection bars, and a plurality of lower connection bars, wherein the plurality of upper connection bars are connected to the four corner pieces to form an upper sub-frame that delimits and defines an upper hollow area corresponding in shape and size to the cross-section of the pile of liquid crystal glass panels to receive the pile of liquid crystal glass panels to move straight therethrough in the vertical direction; wherein the plurality of lower connection bars are connected to the four corner pieces to form a bottom bracket, which comprises a lower sub-frame and a carriage rack, the lower sub-frame being arranged to correspond to the upper sub-frame and delimiting and defining a lower hollow area corresponding, in the vertical direction, to the upper hollow area and corresponding in shape and size to the cross-section of the pile of liquid crystal glass panels, the carriage rack being connected to the lower sub-frame and located in the lower hollow area delimited by the lower sub-frame; wherein each of the corner pieces comprises two side plates connected to each other and each extending between and connected to the upper sub-frame and the lower sub-frame, the side plates of the corner pieces and the upper and lower sub-frames collectively defining a hollow volume having an upper opening formed by the upper hollow area delimited by the upper sub-frame, the hollow volume having a horizontal cross-sectional area corresponding to the horizontal cross-section of the pile of the liquid crystal glass panels in order to receive the pile of the liquid crystal glass panels into the hollow volume in such a way that the side surfaces of the pile of the liquid crystal glass panels are in engagement with the side plates of the corner pieces to guide the movement of the pile of liquid crystal glass panels through the upper hollow area into the hollow volume to reach a predetermined location inside the hollow volume, each of the corner pieces further comprising a bottom plate extending from the side plates into the lower hollow area delimited by the lower sub-frame and partly covering a lower opening of the hollow volume such that at the predetermined location, the bottom surface of the pile of liquid crystal glass panels are positioned on and supported by the bottom plate and the side surfaces of the pile of liquid crystal glass panels maintain in engagement with the side plates of the corner pieces to retain the pile of liquid crystal glass panels in position; and wherein the bottom plates of the corner pieces and the carriage rack collectively define a plane adapted to support the bottom surface of the pile of liquid crystal glass panels thereon and retain the liquid crystal glass panels in the hollow volume.