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    Fig. 1
    公开号:SE1550436A1
    申请号:SE1550436
    申请日:2015-04-13
    公开日:2016-10-14
    发明作者:Falk Henrik；Augustinson David
    申请人:Brunkeberg Systems Ab；
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    专利说明:

    CONVEYOR GUIDE TRACK FOR CONVEYING FACADEELEMENTS TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to conveyor systems for transporting orconveying facade elements. In particular the present invention pertains to a conveyorguide rail track transporting facade elements along the facade of a building to and to put them into position for subsequent mounting on the facade of the building.
    BACKGROUND Conveyor systems are commonly used in the movement of objects along a pathsuch that the elements do not contact the ground or floor. Conveyor systems areespecially useful in applications involving the transportation of heavy objects.
    One type of conveyor system is an overhead conveyor system in Which a fixedconveyor guide rail track is assembled and in Which an attachment trolley member ispositioned. Objects to be moved can be connected to the attachment trolley memberWhich can move Within the conveyor guide track.
    Such overhead conveyor systems can typically be found in factories Whereparts to be for example painted are moved from a painting location to a drying location.In such a system the track is constructed as a relatively permanent feature of the factoryand remains constructed for long durations. Furthermore, as conveyor systems can beused to move objects of substantial Weight the systems require robust and reliableassembly. Such systems are therefore costly and time consuming to assemble.
    Scaffolding or staging is traditionally erected in most construction projects.Scaffolding is a temporary structure generally used to support a Work crew andmaterials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings. As scaffoldingis temporary it is generally easy to assemble and disassemble. Scaffolding systems canfor example be reused in multiple building projects.
    Multi-storey buildings often comprise a facade acting as either a load-bearing structure or as a Weather protective structure. The facade is generally constructed from individual facade elements which are installed in one of a variety of ways to thebuilding. Facade elements are often transported to the building site on trucks. Theelements have generally been off-loaded, stored, and subsequently installed to thebuilding. Due to the heavy weight of the facade elements, there is imminent risk ofpersonal injury when the facade elements are lifted off the truck. If the elements arelifted directly from the truck the storage of elements can be bypassed and time andspace on the building site can be saved.
    The movement and installation of facade elements on a building via a conveyorsystem is ideal as it removes a portion of the risk of personal injury and allows facadeelements to be moved efficiently. The attachment of facade elements to a conveyorguide rail or track is a key point in this process. The attachment process is complex as itrequires large, heavy and fragile elements to be gathered from, for example, the bed of atruck and secured in to the conveyor system. A lift capable of reliably and securelylifting facade elements from the bed of a truck and transferring them to a conveyor guide rail or track is needed.
    SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention preferably seeks to mitigate, alleviate oreliminate one or more of the above-identified deficiencies in the art and disadvantagessingly or in any combination and solves at least the above mentioned problems byproviding a conveyor guide track for conveying facade elements, comprising an open-ended rectangular profile having an upper surface and a oppositely disposed lowersurface having an slot extending in the longitudinal direction of the rectangular profile,said upper and lower surfaces being joined at their longitudinal extending edges to apair of side walls, wherein the upper surface, the bottom surface and the pair of sidewalls together from a longitudinal cavity within the profile suitable for slidablyreceiving a facade attachment trolley member also extending through the slot, at leastone attachment unit for connecting the conveyor guide track to a correspondingattachment unit of another conveyor guide track, provided at each longitudinal end ofthe profile, wherein each attachment unit of the conveyor guide track is positionedtransversally within the boundaries of the side walls, thus forrning a flat exterior side surface along the entire longitudinal extension of the profile and along at least one sidewall of the profile; and a method for connecting at least two such conveyor guidetracks.Further advantageous features of the invention are defined in the dependent claims.
    BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS These and other aspects, features and advantages of which the invention iscapable of will be apparent and elucidated from the following description ofembodiments of the present invention, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figs 1 and 2 respectively show a perspective view of a conveyor guide railtrack according to an embodiment; and Fig. 3 is a flow chart of a method for mounting a system of conveyor guide rail tracks according to an embodiment.
    DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS In Figs. 1 and 2 a conveyor guide track 10 for conveying facade elements isprovided. The conveyor guide track 10 comprises an open-ended rectangular profile 10having an upper surface 11 and an oppositely disposed lower surface 12. The bottomsurface 12 has a slot 13 extending in the longitudinal direction of the rectangular profile11. The upper 11 and lower 12 surfaces are joined at their longitudinal extending edgesto a pair of side walls 14a, 14b. The upper surface 11, the bottom surface 12 and the pairof side walls 14a, 14b together form a longitudinal cavity within the profile 10 suitablefor slidably receiving a facade attachment trolley member (not shown) also extendingthrough the slot 13. The conveyor guide track 10 further comprises at least oneattachment unit 15 for connecting the conveyor guide track 10 to a correspondingattachment unit 15 of another conveyor guide track. At least one attachment unit 15 isprovided at each longitudinal end of the profile. Moreover, each attachment unit 15 ofthe conveyor guide track 10 is positioned transversally within the boundaries of the side walls 14a, 14b, as best shown in Fig. 1, thus forrning a flat exterior side surface along the entire longitudinal extension of the profile and along at least one sidewall 14b of theprofile.
    Hence, there are no components, e. g. flanges, of the conveyor guide trackprotruding transversally or extending radially outwards from the sidewall along thelongitudinal extension of the profile 11. This means that the conveyor guide track 10 ofthe present invention, when mounted to the overlaying scaffolding structure 110, alarger amount of free space is provided between the facade of the building and theconveyor guide track 10, thereby allowing a lifting jig (not shown) to move freely inthis enlarged free space in order to lift off the facade elements from the conveyor guidetrack for subsequent mounting onto the facade of the building. The conveyor guidetrack may be formed in a C-shape as shown in Figs 1 and 2.
    A single attachment unit 15 may be arranged on the upper surface 11transversally between the slot 13 and a first sidewall 14a of the pair of sidewalls 14a,14b.
    One attachment units 15 may be arranged on the lower surface 12 transversallybetween the slot 13 and a first sidewall 14a of the pair of sidewalls 14a, 14b, and afurther attachment unit 15 is arranged on the lower surface 12 between the slot 13 and asecond sidewall 14b of the pair of sidewalls 14a,14b.
    In use the second sidewall 14b is arranged to face the facade of the building towhich the facade elements conveyed via the conveyor guide track is to be mounted.
    A longitudinally arranged first flange 16 may be arranged on the upper surface11 of the profile for connection to a clamp 100 connecting the conveyor guide track 10to a supporting scaffold 110. The flange 16 may be provided with at least oneperforation or hole extending transversally through the flange at a longitudinal positionthereof. The at least one perforation or hole are used to connect the flange 16 to theclamp 10 via a corresponding number of perforations or holes in the bottom portion ofthe claim 100, as shown in Figs 1 and 2.
    A second flange 16 may be longitudinally arranged on the upper surface 11 andalong the longitudinal edge of the upper surface at the interface to the second side wall14b for supporting a lifting jig (not shown) arranged to disconnect a facade profile fromthe facade attachment trolley member (not shown) being connected to the conveyorguide track 10 in use. This second flange 16 is used to support the lifting jig movingdownwards from the facade at an angle towards the conveyor guide track 10, therebyimproving the accuracy of the subsequent steps of lifting off the facade elements from the conveyor guide track 10. This also means that the complexity of the lifting j ig is reduced since its relative position in relation to the conveyor guide track 10 does nothave to be as precise when the supporting flange 16 is provided on the conveyor guidetrack 10.
    The attachment unit 15 may comprise an attachment loop or cylinder throughwhich a bolt (not shown) may be inserted. Hence, by providing the bolt through theattachment unit 15 of a first conveyor guide track 10 in a direction towards and throughthe attachment unit of a second conveyor guide track 10, these two conveyor guidetracks 10 can be securely locked together by mounting a nut at the end of the bolt.
    The conveyor guide track may be made of a heavy duty material, e.g. stainlesssteel, or any other suitable material, such as metal/ steel of suitable grade or reinforcedplastics.
    In Fig. 3 a method 30 for connecting at least two conveyor guide tracks 10described above for conveying facade elements is provided. The method 30 comprisesaligning 31 a longitudinal end of a first conveyor guide track 10 to an opposinglongitudinal end of a second conveyor guide track 10, thereby aligning at least a firstattachment unit 15 of the first conveyor guide track 10 to at least a second attachmentunit 15 of the second conveyor guide track 10. The method further comprises inserting32 a bolt through one of the at least one first attachment units 15 of the first conveyorguide track 10 towards and through the corresponding aligned attachment unit 15 of thesecond conveyor guide track. Furthermore, the method comprises locking 33 the bolt byproviding a nut at the end of the bolt.
    Although the present invention has been described above with reference tospecific embodiments, it is not intended to be limited to the specific form set forthherein. Rather, the invention is limited only by the accompanying claims and, otherembodiments than the specific above are equally possible within the scope of theseappended claims.
    In the claims, the term “comprises/comprising” does not exclude the presenceof other elements or steps. Furthermore, although individually listed, a plurality ofmeans, elements or method steps may be implemented by e. g. a single unit or processor.Additionally, although individual features may be included in different claims, thesemay possibly advantageously be combined, and the inclusion in different claims doesnot imply that a combination of features is not feasible and/or advantageous. Inaddition, singular references do not exclude a plurality. The terms “a”, “an”, “f1rst”, “second” etc do not preclude a plurality. Reference signs in the claims are provided rnerely as a clarifying example and shall not be construed as lirniting the scope of the clairns in any Way.
    权利要求:
    Claims (8)
    [1] 1. A conveyor guide track (10) for conveying facade elements, comprising an open-ended rectangular profile (10) having an upper surface (11) and aoppositely disposed lower surface (12) having an slot (13) extending in the longitudinaldirection of the rectangular profile (10), said upper (11) and lower (12) surfaces beingjoined at their longitudinal extending edges to a pair of side walls (14), wherein theupper surface (11), the bottom surface (12) and the pair of side walls (14a, 14b) togetherfrom a longitudinal cavity within the profile (11) suitable for slidably receiving a facadeattachment trolley member also extending through the slot (13), at least one attachment unit (15) for connecting the conveyor guide track (10)to a corresponding attachment unit (15) of another conveyor guide track, provided ateach longitudinal end of the profile, wherein each attachment unit (15) of the conveyorguide track (10) is positioned transversally within the boundaries of the side walls (14a,14b), thus forrning a flat exterior side surface along the entire longitudinal extension of the profile and along at least one sidewall (14b) of the profile.
    [2] 2. The conveyor guide track (10) according to claim 1, wherein a singleattachment unit (15) is arranged on the upper surface (11) transversally between the slot(13) and a first sidewall (14a) of the pair of sidewalls (14a, 14b).
    [3] 3. The conveyor guide track (10) according to claim 1, wherein one attachmentunits (15) is arranged on the lower surface (12) transversally between the slot (13) and afirst sidewall (14a) of the pair of sidewalls, and a further attachment unit (15) arrangedon the lower surface (12) between the slot (13) and a second sidewall (14b) of the pairof sidewalls (14a, 14b).
    [4] 4. The conveyor guide track (10) according to claim 1, further comprising alongitudinally arranged first flange (16) on the upper surface (11) for connection to aclamp (100) connecting the conveyor guide track (10) to a supporting scaffold structure(1 10).
    [5] 5. The conveyor guide track (10) according to claim 1, further comprising asecond flange (16) arranged longitudinally on the upper surface (11) and along the longitudinal edge of the upper surface at the interface to the second side wall (14b) for supporting a lifting jig arranged to disconnect a facade profile from the facade attachment trolley member in use.
    [6] 6. The conveyor guide track (10) according to any of the preceding claims,wherein the at least one attachment unit comprises an attachment loop through which abolt may be inserted, thereby allowing two conveyor guide tracks (10) to be connectedby means of the bolt extending through the attachment loops of each conveyor guide track (10), and by the provision of a nut locking the two conveyor guide tracks in place.
    [7] 7. The conveyor guide track (10) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the open-ended rectangular profile is C-shaped.
    [8] 8. A method (30) for connecting at least two conveyor guide tracks (10) forconveying facade elements, each conveyor guide track comprising an open-endedrectangular profile (11) having an upper surface (11) and a oppositely disposed lowersurface (12) having an slot (13) extending in the longitudinal direction of therectangular profile (11), said upper (11) and lower (12) surfaces being joined at theirlongitudinal extending edges to a pair of side walls (14), wherein the upper surface (11),the bottom surface (12) and the pair of side walls (14a, 14b) together from alongitudinal cavity within the profile (11) suitable for slidably receiving a facadeattachment trolley member also extending through the slot (13), and at least oneattachment unit (15) for connecting the conveyor guide track (10) to a correspondingattachment unit (15) of another conveyor guide track, provided at each longitudinal endof the profile, wherein each attachment unit (15) of the conveyor guide track (10) ispositioned transversally within the boundaries of the side walls (14a, 14b), and whereinthe outer boundary of at least one sidewall is flat along the entire longitudinal extensionof the profile, the method comprising aligning (31) a longitudinal end of a first conveyor guide track (10) to anopposing longitudinal end of a second conveyor guide track (10), thereby aligning atleas a first attachment unit (15) of the first conveyor guide track (10) to at least a secondattachment unit (15); inserting (32) a bolt through one of the at least one first attachment units (15)of the first conveyor guide track (10) towards and through the corresponding alignedattachment unit (15) of the second conveyor guide track; and locking (33) the bolt by providing a nut at the end of the bolt.
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