FASTENING SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING A CONSOLE OF A RAIL SYSTEM OF AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION ON A WALL, RAIL SYSTEM AND MOUNTING METHOD

Abstract

A fastening system has two fastening elements for mounting a bracket of a rail system of an elevator installation. The fastening elements each have a clamping plate having a through-hole and a receiving sleeve receiving an anchor bolt. The receiving sleeves each have a through-opening for the anchor bolt and an angularly movable ball joint is formed between the clamping plate and the receiving sleeve.

Claims

1-12. (canceled)

13. A fastening system for a bracket of a rail system of an elevator installation, the fastening system comprising: two fastening elements; an anchor bolt; at least two nuts; wherein each of the fastening elements has a clamping plate with a through-hole formed therein receiving the anchor bolt, a receiving sleeve with a through-opening formed therein receiving the anchor bolt, and an angularly movable ball joint formed between the clamping plate and the receiving sleeve; wherein the anchor bolt has an external thread, the nuts are screwed onto the external thread, and the fastening elements are arranged between the nuts on the anchor bolt; and when the anchor bolt is anchored in a wall of the elevator installation and the bracket is positioned between the fastening elements, the bracket can be aligned prior to locking the nuts on the anchor bolt to clamp the bracket between the fastening elements.

14. The fastening system according to claim 13 wherein at least one of the fastening elements has a concave abutment of the ball joint formed in the clamping plate and a convex pressure piece of the ball joint formed on the receiving sleeve.

15. The fastening system according to claim 14 wherein the concave abutment is approximately hemispherical and the convex pressure piece is approximately hemispherical.

16. The fastening system according to claim 13 wherein the through-hole the clamping plate of at least one of the fastening elements is larger than the through-opening of the receiving sleeve allowing angular movement of the ball joint when the anchor bolt is received in the through-opening.

17. The fastening system according to claim 13 wherein a clamping surface of the clamping plate of at least one of the fastening elements is larger than a rear side of the clamping plate opposite the clamping surface.

18. The fastening system according to claim 13 wherein at least one of the clamping plates is shaped as a disk having a diameter in a range of 12 centimeters to 15 centimeters.

19. The fastening system according to claim 13 including a spring washer arranged on the anchor bolt between one of the nuts and one of the fastening elements.

20. A rail system for an elevator installation, the rail system comprising: a bracket; a fastening system according to claim 13 fastening the bracket to a wall of the elevator installation; and wherein the bracket has an opening through which the anchor bolt of the fastening system is guided, the opening is larger than a diameter of the anchor bolt by a positioning tolerance and an edge of the opening is clamped between the two fastening elements of the fastening system, and the two fastening elements are clamped between the two of the nuts that are locked on the anchor bolt.

21. The rail system according to claim 20 wherein the bracket has another opening through which another anchor bolt of another of the fastening system is guided, an edge of the another opening is clamped between two fastening elements of the another fastening system, and the two fastening elements of the another fastening system are clamped between the two of the nuts that are locked on the another anchor bolt.

22. A method for mounting a bracket of a rail system of an elevator installation on a wall, the method comprising the steps of: providing the fastening system according to claim 13 having the two fastening elements, the anchor bolt and the at least two nuts; anchoring the anchor bolt in the wall; screwing a first of the nuts onto the external thread of the anchor bolt; pushing a first of the fastening elements onto the anchor bolt until the receiving sleeve of the first fastening element abuts the first nut; guiding the anchor bolt through an opening in the bracket until an edge of the opening abuts the clamping plate of the first fastening element; pushing a second of fastening elements onto the anchor bolt until the clamping plate of the second fastening element touches the edge of the opening; screwing a second of the nuts onto the external thread of the anchor bolt until the bracket is clamped between the first and second fastening elements to permit aligning movement of the bracket relative to the wall; aligning the bracket by setting a distance between the bracket and the wall by adjusting the first and second nuts on the external thread, setting a vertical position and a horizontal position of the bracket by moving the bracket within a positioning tolerance predetermined by a size of the opening, and compensating for an angular misalignment between the bracket and the anchor bolt by rotating the ball joints; and locking the first and second nuts in place on the anchor bolt after the aligning is performed to fix the bracket between the first and second fastening elements.

23. The method according to claim 22 wherein the bracket has at least one alignment notch, the bracket being aligned using the alignment notch and a plumb line prior to locking the first and second nuts.

24. The method according to claim 22 including arranging a spring washer on the anchor bolt between the second fastening element and the second nut, and pretensioning the spring washer by pre-tightening the second nut to clamp the bracket between the clamping plates.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a bracket for a rail system according to an embodiment;

[0032] FIG. 2 shows a sectional view through a fastening system according to an embodiment;

[0033] FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a fastening system during alignment according to an embodiment;

[0034] FIG. 4 shows a view of an aligned bracket of a rail system according to an embodiment; and

[0035] FIG. 5 shows a sectional view through an aligned fastening system according to an embodiment.

[0036] The drawings are merely schematic and not true to scale. Identical reference signs refer to identical or equivalent features in the various drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0037] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a bracket 100 for a rail system 102 according to an embodiment. The bracket 100 is shown in an unmounted state. The bracket 100 is a crossbeam of the rail system 102 of an elevator installation. The bracket 100 is made of sheet metal. For example, the bracket 100 is designed as a stamped and bent part. The sheet metal of the bracket is here, for example, five millimeters thick. The bracket 100 is substantially U-shaped or C-shaped in order to have an increased bending resistance. As a result of the profile, the bracket has a bottom surface and two side surfaces which are bent in the same direction from the bottom surface. The side surfaces have a lower height at opposite end regions than in the middle, i.e., they are rounded or arcuate.

[0038] The bracket 100 has two openings 104 in the end regions. The openings 104 are circular here and have a diameter of 100 millimeters. The openings 100 are arranged in the bottom surface of the bracket 100. The openings 104 are arranged centrally between the side surfaces.

[0039] One of the side surfaces has a widened surface at each of the end regions with tabs pointing away from the bracket. The tabs each have an elongate hole which is aligned transversely to a main direction of extent of the bracket 100.

[0040] In an embodiment, the side surfaces in the vicinity of the end regions each have an alignment notch 106. The alignment notches 106 of an end region are each arranged on a common line perpendicular to the main direction of extent. The alignment notches 106 are designed here as U-shaped grooves in the edges of the side surfaces. The alignment notches 106 can also be designed as projections over the edge of the side surfaces.

[0041] FIG. 2 shows a sectional view through a mounted fastening system 200 according to an embodiment. The fastening system 200 comprises two fastening elements 201 according to one aspect of the invention. The fastening elements 201 are arranged on opposite sides of the bottom surface of a bracket 100 which substantially corresponds to the illustration in FIG. 1. The fastening elements 201 each have a clamping plate 202 having a through-hole 203 and a receiving sleeve 204 for an anchor bolt 206. The receiving sleeves 204 each have a through-opening 208 for the anchor bolt 206. The through-openings 208 have a slightly larger diameter than an external thread 210 of the anchor bolt 206. A ball joint 212 is formed between a receiving sleeve 204 and the associated clamping plate 202.

[0042] The anchor bolt 206 is designed here as a heavy-load anchor and has a clamping device 214 at one end. The end is arranged in a hole (not shown here) in a wall (not shown) and anchored in the wall using the clamping device 214. The opposite end of the anchor bolt 206 then protrudes from the wall. A first nut 216 is screwed onto the external thread 210 and the first fastening element 201 having the receiving sleeve 204 is pushed onto the anchor bolt 206 until the receiving sleeve 204 abuts the first nut 216. The anchor bolt 206 is then guided through the opening 104 and an edge 218 of the opening 104 abuts a clamping surface 220 of the clamping plate 202.

[0043] The fastening system 200 thus consists of the two fastening elements 201, the anchor bolt 206 and the at least two nuts 216. The fastening system 200 can, for example, be pre-assembled. The components of the fastening system 200 can be arranged on the anchor bolt 206 in a loss-proof manner. The anchor bolt can also be anchored in the wall by means of the nuts 216 and fastening elements 201 arranged thereon. To assemble the bracket 100, only the second nut 216 and the second fastening element 201 are then removed and the bracket 100 pushed on.

[0044] The second fastening element 201 having the clamping plate 202 is then pushed onto the anchor bolt 206 until the clamping surface 220 abuts an opposite side of the edge 218.

[0045] The second fastening element 201 is secured by a second nut 216. The second nut 216 is only tightened slightly so that the bracket 100 can be moved between the fastening elements 201. When a position and location or orientation of the bracket is aligned in all spatial directions, the nuts 216 are locked and tightened using the required torque. As a result, the fastening elements 201 are pressed against the bracket 100 and the position and location or orientation are fixed.

[0046] In an embodiment, the second nut 216 is a castle nut. When the nuts 216 are locked, the anchor bolt 206 is pierced transversely between the prongs of a crown of the castle nut and a split pin 222 is pushed through the hole and the crown. Due to the split pin 222, the second nut 216 cannot loosen and is secured against loss.

[0047] FIG. 3 shows a three-dimensional view of a fastening system 200 during alignment according to an embodiment. The bracket 100 substantially corresponds to the illustrations in FIGS. 1 and 2. Here, a laser beam 300 is used to spatially align the bracket 100. The laser beam 300 is emitted vertically upward from a light source 302 at a lower end of the rail system 102. The laser beam 300 is arranged at a point at which the alignment notches 106 of the bracket 100 are to be arranged according to the design. The bracket 100 is then moved and rotated using the fastening elements 201 and the nuts 216 until the laser beam 300 extends through the alignment notches 106.

[0048] Instead of the laser beam 300, a cord of a cord plumb line can also be used, which cord is fastened to an upper end of the rail system 102 and hangs vertically downward.

[0049] In order to align the bracket 100, two different laser beams 300 from different light sources 302 can be used for the right and left alignment notches. Alternatively, the upwardly emitted laser beam 300 can be deflected laterally at an upper end of the rail system 102 using a mirror apparatus and be directed downward again at the point at which the other alignment notches 106 are to be arranged according to the design.

[0050] FIG. 4 shows a view of an aligned bracket 100 according to an embodiment. The bracket 100 substantially corresponds to the illustrations in the previous figures. Here, the anchor bolts 206 were placed imprecisely and the inaccuracies during the alignment were compensated for by utilizing a positioning tolerance 400 of the openings 104. A upper side of the bracket 100 has been aligned horizontally.

[0051] The anchor bolt 206 on the left in the illustration has been placed too far to the right and too far up. The anchor bolt 206 on the right in the illustration has been placed too far down. Due to the large positioning tolerance 400 of substantially 50 millimeters in the Y-direction and Z-direction, i.e., left/right and up/down, the left anchor bolt 206 can be arranged offset to the top right in the right opening 104, while the right anchor bolt 206 can be arranged offset to the bottom in the opening 104. Since the positioning tolerance 400 has been used to a great extent here, the clamping surfaces only rest on the edge 218 of the openings 104 in some regions.

[0052] FIG. 5 shows a sectional view through an aligned fastening system 200 according to an embodiment. The illustration substantially corresponds to the illustration in FIG. 2. In contrast to this, a hole 500 has been placed in a wall 502 due to an unevenness of the wall 502 with an angular misalignment 504 of 10° to the horizontal such that the anchor bolt 206 is oriented perpendicular to the surface of the wall 502. A large washer 506 rests on the surface, against which washer a further nut 216 is screwed in order to clamp the clamping device 214 against the side surface of the hole 500. In order to compensate for the angular misalignment 504 of the anchor bolt 206, the ball joints 212 are deflected by 10°. Since the receiving sleeves 204 are guided through the anchor bolt 206, there is a height misalignment of the two fastening elements 201.

[0053] In an embodiment, a spring washer 508 is arranged between the second nut 216 and the receiving sleeve 204 of the second fastening element 201. The spring washer 508 is designed here as a slotted washer. In the locked state shown here, the spring washer 508 is compressed to the maximum and thus lies flat against the receiving sleeve 204 and the nut 216.

[0054] To align the bracket 100, the second nut 216 is only screwed against the spring washer 508 with a low aligning torque in order to achieve such a low clamping force of the clamping disks 202 on the edge 218 that the edge 218 can be moved between the clamping disks 202.

[0055] In an embodiment, the clamping plates 202 each have a recess as an abutment 510 of the ball joint 212, which recess at least approximately forms a spherical portion, while the receiving sleeves 204 each have a projection as a pressure piece 512, which projection at least approximately forms the spherical portion. Here the abutment 510 and the pressure piece 512 are hemispherical.

[0056] In other words, FIGS. 1 to 5 show a fastening element or a fastening system formed therewith, by means of which consoles or brackets can be fastened to a wall. The fastening element can be referred to as a spherical disk. Two fastening elements can be locked on an anchor bolt and allow the position of the console or bracket to be set in six dimensions.

[0057] The alignment and position can be set using plumb lines. For this purpose, the consoles or brackets can be moved spatially using the fastening elements in order to allow alignment. In this way, tolerances of the elevator shaft can be compensated for. The alignment is carried out using two anchor bolts, a ball joint and two large holes in the console or bracket. The distance from the wall is set using the nuts on the anchor bolts. The translation occurs within the large holes. Rotations occur in the spherical joint.

[0058] As a result, the console or bracket can be freely placed spatially and precise alignment can be ensured regardless of the tolerances of the elevator shaft and the anchor bolts. When the console or bracket is aligned, the nuts on the ball joints are tightened in order to press the system together and fix it in place.

[0059] Finally, it should be noted that terms such as “comprising,” “having,” 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 which have been described with reference to one of the above embodiments may also be used in combination with other features or steps of other embodiments described above.

[0060] 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.