Stackable Liquid Crystal Glass Panel Packaging Box Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing liquid crystal glass panel packaging boxes do not allow for simultaneous feeding of multiple boxes into the manufacturing line due to the design that prevents stacking after the upper cover member is removed, leading to inefficiencies in operation and increased handling time.
Innovation Solution
A liquid crystal glass panel packaging box design featuring a lower cover member with a raised portion that allows stacking between boxes, enabling the upper and lower cover members to mate and stack, facilitating the simultaneous feeding of multiple boxes by aligning the raised portion of one box with the receiving cavity of another, thus allowing for efficient stacking and feeding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the upper cover member is removed for accessing the liquid crystal glass panel, then the panel can be conveyed into the manufacture line, but the packaging box can no longer be stacked, causing box-by-box feeding and extending handling time
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging box is divided into two separable parts: the upper cover member and the lower cover member. The lower cover member remains stacked with other boxes while the upper cover member is removed for access, allowing simultaneous stacking and feeding operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The raised portion on the bottom plate of the lower cover member fits into the receiving cavity of the top plate, creating a nested stacking structure that maintains stability even when the upper cover member is removed.
2Loss of time
If packaging boxes are stacked for efficient warehousing and transportation, then floor area and handling time are reduced, but the boxes cannot be fed simultaneously into the manufacture line
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the packaging box into upper and lower cover members, the design enables the lower cover member to maintain stacking functionality while the upper cover member can be removed for feeding operations, allowing both efficient storage and simultaneous feeding.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging box transitions from a static stacked configuration to a dynamic state where the upper cover member can be removed while the lower cover member remains stacked, enabling flexible operation modes for both warehousing and feeding.
3Stability of the object's composition
If projections and receiving troughs are used to stabilize the stack, then relative sliding motion is prevented, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The raised portion on the bottom plate of the lower cover member and the corresponding receiving cavity on the top plate create an asymmetric interlocking structure that provides stable stacking without requiring complex projection-trough mechanisms.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a liquid crystal glass panel packaging box, which includes upper and lower cover members. The upper cover member has a top plate and upper side plates connected to the top plate. The lower cover member has a bottom plate and lower side plates connected to the bottom plate to collectively define a receiving chamber having an opening for receiving a liquid crystal glass panel. The bottom plate of the lower cover member having an outside surface that forms a raised portion corresponding to a circumference of the opening of the receiving chamber. The raised portion of the lower cover member of one liquid crystal panel packaging box is receivable in the opening of the receiving chamber of the lower cover member of another liquid crystal panel packaging box to effect stacking of lower cover members of different liquid crystal panel packaging boxes.