Patent ID: 9409702
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B65D,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A rectangular thin panel conveyance unit, comprising: a plurality of sets of four corner modules, the corner module having a support surface, the support surface supporting each corner portion of a rectangular thin panel from below; and a vibration suppressing body for the rectangular thin panel in a fixed shape, wherein the vibration suppressing body has a thickness that is equal to or less than a distance between an inferior surface of an upper rectangular thin panel and a top surface of a lower rectangular thin panel when the corner modules are stacked in a columnar shape in a vertical direction at each corner portion such that the plurality of rectangular thin panels is stacked in the vertical direction, the upper rectangular thin panel and the lower rectangular thin panel being adjacent to each other in the vertical direction, the vibration suppressing body is disposed on each of the top surface and the inferior surface of the rectangular thin panel such that the vibration suppressing body faces a planar portion of each of the rectangular thin panels to restrict an amplitude of a vibration of the rectangular thin panel in the vertical direction within a predetermined range, the vibration being caused by conveyance of the plurality of stacked rectangular thin panels, and the vibration suppressing body includes a contact portion for the planar portion of the rectangular thin panel, wherein: the vibration suppressing body is made of resin in an elongated shape, the vibration suppressing body being longer than a short side of the rectangular thin panel, the vibration suppressing body has a concave portion on an upper side or a lower side of each end portion of the vibration suppressing body, a recess extending throughout the width of the vibration suppressing body, the vibration suppressing body has convex portion on the lower side or the upper side of each end portion of the vibration suppressing body, the convex portion extending throughout the width of the vibration suppressing body, the convex portion having a shape complementary to the concave portion, and movement of an upper vibration suppressing body relative to a lower vibration suppressing body in a longitudinal direction is restricted by fitting the concave portion or the convex portion of the upper vibration suppressing body the convex portion or the concave portion of the lower vibration suppressing body.