ASSEMBLY DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT ASSEMBLY STEPS ON A WALL AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING A MAGAZINE COMPONENT ON AN ASSEMBLY DEVICE

Abstract

An assembly device for carrying out assembly steps on a wall and a method for arranging a magazine component on a magazine housing device include a mobile assembly frame, a mechatronic installation component, the magazine housing device, magazine components and a securing device. The magazine housing device houses the magazine components with assembly means housed therein. The securing device, in a securing state, establishes a connection between the magazine components and the assembly frame to secure the magazine components against displacement relative to the assembly frame. The magazine components each have a first coupling element and the securing device has a second coupling element. The first coupling element and the second coupling element are arranged such that the securing device can be detachably coupled to the magazine components by the two coupling elements.

Claims

1-15. (canceled)

16. An assembly device for carrying out assembly steps on a wall, the assembly device comprising: a mobile assembly frame; a mechatronic installation component; a magazine housing device, the mechatronic installation component and the magazine housing device being arranged on the assembly frame; a magazine component; a securing device; wherein the magazine housing device is adapted to house the magazine component with assembly means housed in the magazine component; wherein the assembly means are removable from the magazine component by the mechatronic installation component when an assembly step is being carried out; wherein the securing device, when in a securing state, establishes a connection between the magazine component and the assembly frame thereby securing the magazine component housed by the magazine housing device against displacement relative to the assembly frame; wherein the magazine component has a first coupling element and the securing device has a second coupling element; and wherein the first coupling element and the second coupling element cooperate to detachably couple the securing device to the magazine component.

17. The assembly device according to claim 16 wherein the magazine component is a first magazine component, including a second magazine component having one of the first coupling element, wherein the magazine housing device is adapted to house the first and second magazine components, and the securing device is detachably coupled to only one of the first and second magazine components.

18. The assembly device according to claim 16 wherein the magazine housing device is adapted to house a plurality of the magazine component and the securing device is detachably coupled to only one of magazine components in the plurality.

19. The assembly device according to claim 16 wherein the magazine housing device has a loading side for receiving the magazine component being pushed onto the magazine housing device, and wherein the securing device couples to the magazine component pushed onto the magazine housing device at the loading side of the magazine housing device.

20. The assembly device according to claim 16 wherein the second coupling element of the securing device is a snap closure and the first coupling element of the magazine component is a through-hole corresponding to the snap closure.

21. The assembly device according to claim 16 wherein the securing device includes a push rod lock having at least one displaceable push rod, and the connection between the magazine component and the assembly frame is produced by the push rod.

22. The assembly device according to claim 16 wherein the securing device houses assembly means that can be picked up by the mechatronic installation component while an assembly step is being carried out.

23. The assembly device according to claim 16 wherein the securing device and a first alignment device, the first alignment device being formed by the magazine housing device and the magazine component, are arranged such that the securing device can only assume the securing state when the magazine component housed by the magazine housing device is aligned in a predetermined orientation with respect to the magazine housing device.

24. The assembly device according to claim 23 wherein the magazine component can be arranged in two different orientations on the magazine housing device and the magazine housing device has a stop; wherein the magazine component has a first side surface and an opposing second side surface, and wherein the stop and the two side surfaces are arranged such that: when the first side surface of the magazine component is in contact with the stop, the securing device is enabled to assume the securing state; and when the second side surface of the magazine component is in contact with the stop, the securing device cannot assume the securing state.

25. The assembly device according to claim 23 wherein the securing device and a second alignment device, the second alignment device being formed by two of the magazine component housed one behind another by the magazine housing device, are arranged such that the securing device is enabled to assume the securing state only when the two magazine components are aligned in a predetermined orientation with respect to the magazine housing device.

26. The assembly device according to claim 25 wherein the second alignment device is formed by opposing side surfaces of the two magazine components housed one behind another by the magazine housing device, wherein the side surfaces are arranged such that the securing device is enabled assume the securing state only when the second side surface of a first of the two magazine components resting against the stop of the magazine housing device is arranged opposite a first side surface of a second of the two magazine components.

27. A method for arranging a magazine component on a magazine housing device of an assembly device according to claim 16, the method comprising the steps of: coupling the securing device to the magazine component; arranging the magazine component on the magazine housing device; and setting the securing state of the securing device thus establishing a connection between the magazine component and the assembly frame.

28. The method according to claim 27 including using the assembly device in a shaft by carrying out further steps of: arranging a connecting web between a shaft opening of the shaft and the magazine housing device; pushing the magazine component from the shaft opening over the connecting web onto the magazine housing device; setting the securing state of the securing device from the shaft opening; and removing the connecting web.

29. The method according to claim 28 including using an elongated rod to push the magazine component onto the magazine housing device at least partially and to set the securing state of the security device.

30. The method according to claim 29 including, before pushing the magazine component onto the magazine housing device, at least partially removing another magazine component housed by the magazine housing device using the elongated rod.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0055] In the drawings:

[0056] FIG. 1 shows a magazine housing device of an assembly device with three housed magazine components and a securing device in the securing state in a view from above,

[0057] FIG. 2 shows a magazine component of FIG. 1 in a front view,

[0058] FIG. 3 shows a view of the securing device of FIG. 1 from above,

[0059] FIG. 4 shows a securing device of FIG. 3 in a view from the front and

[0060] FIG. 5 shows an assembly device of FIG. 1 in an elevator shaft.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0061] According to FIG. 1 a magazine housing device 10 of an assembly device (72 in FIG. 5), not shown in FIG. 1, for carrying out assembly steps on a wall has two arms 12 running parallel in an extension direction 11, which arms are pushed onto two bars 14, also running parallel in the extension direction 11, of an assembly frame (82 in FIG. 5) of the assembly device (72 in FIG. 5) and are fixed on the bars 14 by fastening means, not shown. The arms 12 and thus the magazine housing device 10 can be fixed in different positions on the bars 14 with respect to the extension direction 11, with the result that their positions can be adapted to the current place of use. The arms 12 have a basic shape that is mainly in the form of a hollow cuboid, which enables the aforementioned pushing onto the bars 14. The bars 14 and thus also the arms 12 run mainly horizontally.

[0062] The arms 12 of the magazine housing device 10 have inwardly directed support surfaces 16 which extend over the entire length of the arms 12 in the extension direction 11. Between the two arms 12, three identically constructed magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c are arranged one behind the other in the extension direction 11 and are therefore housed by the magazine housing device 10.

[0063] According to FIG. 2, the magazine component 18a has a mainly cuboid base frame 19 on which a total of four rollers 21 are arranged in the lower region, via which the magazine component 18a can be rolled over the support surfaces 16 and can be supported on them from above. When the magazine component 18a is rolled over the support surfaces 16, the four rollers 21 roll on the support surfaces 16. The base frame 19 carries a housing plate 24a on its upper side. The housing plate 24a has a large number of openings 26, into which assembly means in the form of anchor bolts 23 and drill bits 25 are inserted from above and can be removed, while an assembly step is being carried out with the assembly device (72 in FIG. 5), by a mechatronic installation component in the form of an industrial robot (84 in FIG. 5) of the assembly device (72 in FIG. 5). The base frame 19 has two first coupling elements in the form of two octagonal through-holes 27, which will be discussed in more detail below.

[0064] According to FIG. 1, the magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c each have a first side surface 20a, 20b, 20c and a second side surface 22a, 22b, 22c lying opposite in the extension direction 11. The first side surfaces 20a, 20b, 20c and the second side surfaces 22a, 22b, 22c of the magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c are each formed by a housing plate 24a, 24b, 24c, which is supported by the base frame (19 in FIG. 2), not shown in FIG. 1, of the magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c.

[0065] The first magazine component 18a is arranged on a stop side 28 and the third magazine component 18c is arranged on a loading side 30 of the magazine housing device 10. The second magazine component 18b is thus arranged between the first magazine component 18a and the third magazine component 18c. On the stop side 28 the magazine housing device 10 has two stops 32 which each extend inward from the two arms 12. The stops 32 are arranged at the same height as the housing plates 24a, 24b, 24c, so that the side surfaces 20a, 20b, 20c, 22a, 22b, 22c can come into contact with the stops 32. The stops 32 thus limit a displacement of the magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c in the direction of the stop side 28.

[0066] The first side surfaces 20a, 20b, 20c have two first projections 34. The first projections 34 are arranged in such a way that they come into contact with one of the stops 32 when the first side surface 20a of the first magazine component 18a is pushed in the direction of the stops 32, i.e. in the direction of the stop side 28. This orientation of the magazine component 18a is shown in FIG. 1. The second side surfaces 22a, 22b, 22c have two second projections 36. The second projections 36 are each arranged in such a way that they come into contact with one of the stops 32 when the second side surface 22a of the first magazine component 18a is pushed in the direction of the stops 32, i.e. in the direction of the stop side 28. This orientation of the magazine component 18a does not correspond to the representation in FIG. 1. The first projections 34 and the second projections 36 are each designed symmetrically with an axis of symmetry 38 running centrally between the two arms 12 of the magazine housing device 10 in the extension direction 11.

[0067] The second projections 36 extend further away from the magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c in the extension direction 11 than the first projections 34. In the orientation shown in FIG. 1, in which the first side surface 20a is oriented in the direction of stop side 28, the first magazine component 18a can thus be moved further in the direction of the stop side 28 than in the other possible orientation in which the second side surface 22a is oriented in the direction of the stop side 28. The orientation of the first magazine component 18a shown in FIG. 1 can be referred to as a predetermined or correct orientation. The stops 32, the first projections 34 and the second projections 36 together form a first alignment device.

[0068] The first side surfaces 20a, 20b, 20c also have two third projections 40 which cannot come into contact with the stops 32. The third projections 40 are arranged further inward toward the axis of symmetry 38 with respect to the first projections 34 and extend further away from the magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c in the extension direction 11 than the first projections 34. In this embodiment they extend the same distance away as the second projections 36 of the second side surfaces 22a, 22b, 22c. The third projections 40 on the first side surfaces 20a, 20b, 20c have such a large distance inward to the first projections 34 on the first side surfaces 20a, 20b, 20c that a second projection 36 of the second side surface 22a of the first magazine component 18a can be arranged between a first projection 34 and a third projection 40 of the second magazine component 18b. This orientation of the second magazine component 18b, in which its first side surface 20b is oriented in the direction of the second side surface 22a of the first magazine component 18a and thus in the direction of the stop side 28, can be referred to as a predetermined or correct orientation of the second magazine component 18b. This orientation is shown in FIG. 1. The third projections 40 are optional and therefore not absolutely necessary to ensure the correct orientation of the magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c.

[0069] If the second side surface 22b of the second magazine component 18b is oriented in the direction of the second side surface 22a of the first magazine component 18a and thus in the direction of the stop side 28, this can be referred to as an incorrect orientation. If the second magazine component 18b is displaced in the direction of the first magazine component 18a in this case, the two second projections 36 on the second side surface 22a of the first magazine component 18a meet the second projections 36 on the second side surface 22b of the second magazine component 18b. In this way, if the second magazine component 18b is not correctly oriented, the second magazine component 18b cannot be pushed as far in the direction of the first magazine component 18a as in the correct orientation of the second magazine component 18b. The second projections 36 thus form a second alignment device.

[0070] A securing device 42 is coupled to the third magazine component 18c via the first coupling element 27, not shown in FIG. 1, (see FIG. 2). The securing device 42 has a mainly cuboid basic shape and extends horizontally between the two arms 12 of the magazine housing device 10. The coupling to the third magazine component 18c takes place via two second coupling elements of the securing device 42 in the form of two snap locks 44, which will be discussed in more detail in connection with FIGS. 3 and 4. The securing device 42 has a centrally arranged push rod lock 46, by means of which two push rods 48 oriented outwards in the direction of the arms 12 of the magazine housing device 10 can be pushed outward and pulled inward. If, as shown in FIG. 1, all three magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c are arranged in the correct orientation on the magazine housing device 10, the securing device 42 is positioned opposite recesses 50 in the arms 12 such that outer ends of the push rods 48 can penetrate into the recesses 50. This produces a form-fitting connection between the securing device 42 and the arms 12 of the magazine housing device 10 and thus with the bars 14 of the assembly frame (82 in FIG. 5). This state of the securing device 42 is referred to as the securing state. The securing device 42 is in a release state when the push rods 48 are retracted inward or do not penetrate into the recesses 50 of the arms 12.

[0071] As soon as one of the three magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c is not arranged in the correct orientation on the magazine housing device 10, the securing device 42 is too great a distance from the stop side 28 of the magazine housing device 10 to be aligned with the recesses 50 of the arms 12 so that the push rods 48 can penetrate into the recesses 50. The securing device 42 can thus only be brought into the securing state if all three magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c have a predetermined and therefore correct orientation with respect to the magazine housing device 10.

[0072] According to FIG. 3, the two snap closures 44 of the securing device 42 each have an adjusting sleeve 52, which consists of two mainly cylindrical part-sleeves 54, 56 with different diameters. The first part-sleeve 54 has a first diameter which allows the first part-sleeve 54 to be pushed through the through-hole 27 of one of the magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c. The second part-sleeve 56 has a second, larger diameter, which makes it impossible for the second part-sleeve 56 to be pushed through the through-hole 27. To couple the securing device 42 to a magazine component 18a, 18b, 18c, the first part-sleeve 54 is inserted through the through-hole 27 until the second part-sleeve 56 rests against the main body 19 of the magazine component 18a, 18b, 18c. A slide 58 is arranged in the first part-sleeve 54 and is pressed radially outwards by a spring, not shown. The slide 58 has a bevel 60 via which a radially inwardly directed force is applied to the slide 58 when the first part-sleeve 54 is pushed through the through-hole 27, whereby when it is pushed through the through-hole 27 it is deflected into the first part-sleeve 54. After the pushing through, the slide 58 is again pressed radially outward by the spring, so that the slide 58 prevents the first part-sleeve 54 from being pulled back out of the through-hole 27. The snap closure 44 and with it the securing device 42 are thus coupled to the magazine component 18a, 18b, 18c.

[0073] According to FIG. 4, the snap closures 44 of the securing device 42 each have a push button 62 which is arranged on an end face of the second part-sleeve 56 and via which the slide 58 can be pulled back radially inward into the first part-sleeve 54 and thus the first part-sleeve 54 can be pulled out of the through-hole 27 of the magazine component 18a, 18b, 18c. Thus, in order to decouple the securing device 42, the push button 62 of the snap closures 44 is pressed and the securing device 42 is pulled away from the magazine component 18a, 18b, 18c.

[0074] The push rod lock 46 of the securing device 42 has a rotary element 64 with a square opening 66, via which the rotary element 64 can be rotated and thus the push rods 48 can be displaced outward from the rotary element 64 or inward in the direction of the rotary element 64. The securing device 42 has two openings 68 on its upper side, into which an assembly means in the form of a setting tool 70 for driving in anchor bolts can be inserted from above and removed while an assembly step is being carried out.

[0075] FIG. 5 shows an assembly device 72 for carrying out assembly steps on a wall 74 in a vertical shaft 76 in the form of an elevator shaft. A displacement component in the form of a winch 78 is arranged at the top of the shaft 76. The winch 78 is connected to an assembly frame 82 of the assembly device 72 via a carrier means in the form of a cable 80. The assembly frame 82 and thus the assembly device 72 can be displaced in the vertical direction in the shaft 76 by means of the winch 78 and the cable 80. The assembly frame 82 can be fixed in the shaft 76 so that it can assume a fixed position in the shaft 76. A mechatronic installation component in the form of an industrial robot 84 hanging downward is arranged at the top of the assembly frame 82. The industrial robot 84 can pick up various tools, such as a percussion drill, and use them to carry out automated assembly steps on the shaft walls 74, such as drilling a hole in a shaft wall 74. The two bars 14 shown in FIG. 1, which support a magazine housing device 10 according to FIG. 1, are arranged in the lower part of the assembly frame 82.

[0076] In order to arrange a new magazine component 18a, 18b, 18c according to FIG. 1 on the magazine housing device 10, a connecting web 86 is arranged between a base 90 of a shaft opening 88 of the elevator shaft 76 and the magazine housing device 10. The securing device 42 is then brought into its release state by a fitter, not shown, using an elongated rod 92. For this purpose, the rod 92 has a contour at one end that corresponds to the square opening 66 of the push rod lock 46. Then, with the rod 92, the “old” magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c located on the magazine accommodation device 10 are pulled via the connecting web 86 from the magazine housing device 10 onto the base 90 of the shaft opening 88. Then the securing device 42 is uncoupled from the “old” magazine component 18c and coupled to a “new” magazine component 18c. The “new” magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c are then pushed one after the other by the rod 92 from the base 90 of the shaft opening 88 via the connecting web 86 onto the magazine housing device 10. After the magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c have been pushed on, the securing device 42 is brought into the securing state by means of the rod 92. Because of the two alignment devices described, this is only possible if all magazine components 18a, 18b, 18c are arranged on the magazine housing device 10 in the correct orientation. Finally, the connecting web 86 is removed and the assembly device 72 can begin or continue to carry out assembly steps.

[0077] Finally, it should be noted that terms such as “having,” “comprising,” etc. do not preclude other elements or steps and terms such as “a” or “an” do not preclude a plurality. Furthermore, it should be noted that features or steps that have been described with reference to one of the above embodiments can also be used in combination with other features or steps of other embodiments described above.

[0078] In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, the present invention has been described in what is considered to represent its preferred embodiment. However, it should be noted that the invention can be practiced otherwise than as specifically illustrated and described without departing from its spirit or scope.