Patent ID: 7210579

Claim:
A glass sheet packing apparatus comprising: a base plate for supporting a bottom edge of a group of glass sheets in a parallel and upright state; at least two side frames for supporting the base plate, each side frame comprising a pair of male and female frames each formed in an L-shape by a vertical square pipe and a horizontal square pipe, the horizontal square pipe of the male frame being inserted into the horizontal square pipe of the female frame to form a letter U like shape, the base plate being supported by the horizontal square pipes of each female frame, each female frame further including a spacer welded under the horizontal square pipe of that frame; wherein, as seen in a horizontal direction that reveals the width of the frames and that additionally is transverse to a horizontal direction where the frames are seen to be formed in a L-shape: the width of the spacer is substantially the same as the width of the horizontal square pipe of the female frame to which the spacer is welded, and, the spacer is shifted in a width direction such that the spacer is offset laterally relative to the horizontal square pipe of the female frame to which the spacer is welded; a top frame for holding a top edge of the grouped glass sheets loaded on the base plate; and a band for fixing the group of glass sheets to the side frame and the top frame.