Abstract
The invention relates to an assembly consisting of a climbing rail and a climbing lift rail, which can be moved relative to the climbing rail and is guided by the climbing rail, for a rail-guided climbing system which can be used in particular as a climbing formwork, a climbing frame, a climbing protection wall, and/or a climbing working platform and which comprises climbing shoes that can be arranged on a building structure in a stationary manner and a lifting device that is fixed to the climbing rail at one end and to the climbing lift rail at the other end. The climbing rail is guided by the climbing shoes, wherein the climbing rail and the climbing lift rail can each be suspended on at least one of the climbing shoes in the direction opposite the climbing direction and can be unhooked from the at least one of the climbing shoes in the climbing direction and moved relative to the at least one of the climbing shoes. A fixing means is provided in order to fix the climbing rail and the climbing lift rail to each other in a reversibly releasable manner independently of a fixation to each other by means of the lifting device.
Claims
1. Assembly consisting of a climbing rail (18) and a climbing lift rail (24), which can be moved relative to the climbing rail (18) and is guided by the climbing rail (18), for a rail-guided climbing system (10) which can be used in particular as a climbing formwork, a climbing frame, a climbing protection wall, and/or a climbing working platform, wherein the climbing system comprises climbing shoes (32, 34, 36, 38) that can be arranged on a building structure (1) in a stationary manner and a lifting device (26) that is fixed to the climbing rail (18) at one end and to the climbing lift rail (24) at the other end, wherein the climbing rail (18) is guided by the climbing shoes (32, 34, 36, 38), wherein the climbing rail (18) and the climbing lift rail (24) can each be suspended on at least one of the climbing shoes (32, 34, 36, 38) in the direction opposite the climbing direction and unhooked from the at least one of the climbing shoes (32, 34, 36, 38) in the climbing direction and moved relative to the at least one of the climbing shoes (32, 34, 36, 38), wherein a fixing means (7) is provided in order to fix the climbing rail (18) and the climbing lift rail (24) to each other in a reversibly releasable manner independently of a fixation to each other by means of the lifting device (26).
2. Assembly according to claim 1, in which the climbing rail (18) and the climbing lift rail (24) are coupled to each other in a manually or automatically fixable manner via the fixing means (7).
3. Assembly according to claim 1, in which the fixing means (7) is designed as a latching or snap connection and comprises at least one latching/snap element and at least one retaining element for holding the at least one latching/snap element, in particular either the at least one latching/snap element and a plurality of the retaining elements or a plurality of the latching/snap elements and the at least one retaining element for holding the at least one latching/snap element of the plurality of latching/snap elements.
4. Assembly according to claim 3, in which the latching/snap element is designed as a movable element, designed in particular to be pivotable, foldable or movable, in the form of a latch, in particular a locking latch or fixing latch (8), a detent, in particular a snap-in nose, a bolt, in particular a locking bolt, or a slide.
5. Assembly according to claim 4, in which the retaining elements in the form of fixing recesses (24′) for meshing with the at least one latching/snap element fixed to the climbing rail (18) are introduced one behind the other into the climbing lift rail (24), or retaining knobs are applied, for example, welded, to the climbing lift rail (24).
6. Assembly according to claim 5, in which the climbing lift rail (24) has the fixing recesses (24′) on at least one side such that the climbing lift rail (24) is present in the form of a profile with a suspension contour, in particular with teeth, or, in particular if only one latching/snap element is fixed to the climbing rail (18), the climbing lift rail (24) has the fixing recesses (24′) in the form of completely edged holes, also called ears, which are, for example, square, in particular rectangular or square.
7. Assembly according to claim 5, in which a latching/snap element fixed in or on the climbing rail (18) is designed in the form of the fixing latch (8) to mesh with at least one fixing recess (24′) in the climbing lift rail (24).
8. Assembly according to claim 7, in which the fixing latch (8) is rotatably connected to the climbing rail (18) and, in the connected state, is arranged on the climbing rail (18) such that a fixing lug (8′) of the fixing latch (8), for example, due to gravity, a spring force, an electrostatic force, a magnetic force and/or an electromagnetic force, can mesh with the at least one fixing recess (24′) for fixing the climbing lift rail (24) with respect to the climbing rail (18), i.e., for fixing the climbing lift rail (24) to the climbing rail (18), when the fixing recess (24′) is at the level of the fixing lug (8′).
9. Assembly according to claim 8, in which the fixing latch (8) is rotatably connected to the climbing rail (18) such that the fixing lug (8′) of the fixing latch (8) bears against an end face (24′) of the climbing lift rail (24) facing the fixing lug (8′) when the fixing recess (24′) is located above or below, i.e., not at the level of, the fixing lug (8′).
10. Assembly according to claim 9, in which an elongated hole (8″) is provided in the fixing latch (8) which, when the climbing lift rail (24) is in a state fixed to the fixing means (7), has a vertical orientation with respect to the climbing rail (18), wherein a pin (9′), for example, in the form of a screw, fixed to the climbing rail (18), runs through the elongated hole (8″) such that the fixing latch (8) is translationally and/or rotatorily coupled to the climbing rail (18).
11. Assembly according to claim 10, in which a stop (9″) fixed to the climbing rail (18) is arranged in the fixed state above the fixing lug (8′) between the fixing latch (8) and the climbing lift rail (24) such that, when an underside of the fixing lug (8′) is placed on a fixing underside (24″') facing the underside of the fixing recess (24′) in mesh with the fixing latch (8), the fixing latch (8) is canted with respect to a stop underside of the stop (9″) and the fixing underside (24′″) of the fixing recess (24′) facing the underside.
12. Assembly according to claim 10, in which, in a state of the climbing lift rail (24) not fixed to the fixing means (7) with respect to the climbing rail (18), in which the fixing lug (8′) protrudes from an end face (24″) of the climbing lift rail (24) facing the fixing lug (8′), a contact element (9′″) on the climbing rail (18) can be provided below the pin (9′) such that, when the fixing latch (8) is positioned with the pin (9′) in an upper region of the elongated hole (8″), the fixing latch (8) bears against the contact element (9′″) in order to protrude from the end face (24″) of the climbing lift rail (24) facing the fixing lug (8′).
13. Assembly according to claim 11, in which a fixing flange (9) which is fixed to the climbing rail (18) and comprises the pin (9′) and/or the stop (9″) and/or the contact element (9′″) is arranged between the fixing latch (8) and the climbing rail (18).
14. Assembly according to claim 13, in which the fixing flange (9) and the pin (9′) and/or the stop (9″) and/or the contact element (9′″) are integral with or connected to each other.
15. Assembly according to claim 6, in which a greatest distance (24G) between fixing recesses (24′) arranged one behind the other in a longitudinal direction of the climbing lift rail (24) corresponds at most to a maximum stroke length (4) of the lifting device (26).
16. Rail-guided climbing system (10) comprising an assembly according to claim 1, wherein an overall length of the at least one climbing rail (18) is sufficient to guide the climbing rail (18) of at least two climbing shoes (32, 34, 36, 38) that are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined distance, for example, one floor height.
17. Method for constructing a rail-guided climbing system (10), which can be used in particular as a climbing formwork, a climbing frame, a climbing protection wall, and/or a climbing working platform, comprising the following steps: providing a climbing rail (18) and a climbing lift rail (24) such that the climbing lift rail (24) can be moved relative to the climbing rail (18) and is guided by the climbing rail (18), arranging climbing shoes (32, 34, 36, 38) on a building structure in a stationary manner, fixing a lifting device (26) to the climbing rail (18) at one end and to the climbing lift rail (24) at the other end, guiding the climbing rail (18) by the climbing shoes (32, 34, 36, 38) such that the climbing rail (18) and the climbing lift rail (24) are each suspended on at least one of the climbing shoes (32, 34, 36, 38) in the direction opposite the climbing direction and are unhooked from the at least one climbing shoe (32, 34, 36, 38) in the climbing direction and moved relative to the at least one climbing shoe (32, 34, 36, 38), and providing a fixing means (7) such that the climbing rail (18) and the climbing lift rail (24) can be fixed to each other in a reversibly releasable manner independently of a fixation to each other by means of the lifting device (26).
18. Method for climbing a rail-guided climbing system (10), which can be used in particular as a climbing formwork, a climbing frame, a climbing protection wall, and/or a climbing working platform, having the assembly consisting of a climbing rail (18) and a climbing lift rail (24) according to claim 8 and comprising the following steps: applying the fixing latch (8) rotatably connected to the climbing rail (18) on an end face (24″) of the climbing lift rail (24) facing the fixing lug (8′), wherein the fixing recess (24) is located above or below, i.e., not at the level of, the fixing lug (8′), extending the lifting device (26) with the suspended climbing rail (18), wherein the climbing lift rail (24) is moved against the climbing direction relative to the climbing rail (18) until the climbing lift rail (24) is suspended, continuing the extension movement of the lifting device (26), wherein a further movement of the climbing lift rail (24) against the climbing direction is prevented by the completed suspension of the climbing lift rail (24), and the climbing rail (18) is unhooked and (20) moved relative to the climbing lift rail (24) in the climbing direction until the fixing lug (8′) of the fixing latch (8) meshes with the at least one fixing recess (24′) for fixing the climbing lift rail (24) with respect to the climbing rail (18), wherein the fixing recess (24′) is located at the level of the fixing lug (8′), and retracting the lifting device (26), wherein the climbing rail (18) is moved against the climbing direction relative to the climbing lift rail (24) until the fixing lug (8′) of the fixing latch (8), which meshes with the at least one fixing recess (24′), absorbs a load of the climbing system (10) suspended on the climbing rail (18).
19. Method for climbing a rail-guided climbing system (10), which can be used in particular as a climbing formwork, a climbing frame, a climbing protection wall, and/or a climbing working platform, having the assembly consisting of a climbing rail (18) and a climbing lift rail (24) according to claim 8 and comprising the following steps: extending the lifting device (26) with the suspended climbing rail (18), wherein the climbing lift rail (24) is moved against the climbing direction relative to the climbing rail (18) until the climbing lift rail (24) is suspended, continuing the extension movement of the lifting device (26), wherein a further movement of the climbing lift rail (24) against the climbing direction is prevented by the completed suspension of the climbing lift rail (24), and the climbing rail (18) is unhooked and moved relative to the climbing lift rail (24) in the climbing direction, for example, by at least one suspension distance (20) of the climbing rail (18) and additionally by a climbing shoe travel path, retracting the lifting device (26), wherein the climbing rail (18) is moved against the climbing direction relative to the climbing lift rail (24) until the climbing rail (18) is suspended offset in the climbing direction, for example, by at least one suspension distance (20), continuing the retraction movement of the lifting device (26), wherein a further movement of the climbing rail (18) against the climbing direction is prevented by the completed suspension of the climbing rail (18), and the climbing lift rail (24) is unhooked and moved relative to the climbing rail (18) in the climbing direction, for example, by at least the one suspension distance (20) of the climbing rail (18), applying the fixing latch (8) rotatably connected to the climbing rail (18) on an end face (24″) of the climbing lift rail (24) facing the fixing lug (8′), wherein the fixing recess (24′) is located above or below, i.e., not at the level of, the fixing lug (8′), extending the lifting device (26), wherein a further movement of the climbing lift rail (24) against the climbing direction is prevented after a completed suspension of the climbing lift rail (24), and the climbing rail (18) is unhooked and moved relative to the climbing lift rail (24) in the climbing direction until the fixing lug (8′) of the fixing latch (8), for example, due to gravity, meshes with the at least one fixing recess (24′) for fixing the climbing lift rail (24) with respect to the climbing rail (18), wherein the fixing recess (24′) is located at the level of the fixing lug (8′), and retracting the lifting device (26), wherein the climbing rail (18) is moved against the climbing direction relative to the climbing lift rail (24) until the fixing lug (8′) of the fixing latch (8), meshed with the at least one fixing recess (24′), absorbs a load of the climbing system (10) suspended on the climbing rail (18).
Description
[0063] FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional external view of a rail-guided climbing system 10 having a frame unit 11 for climbing on a building structure 1. The building structure 1 comprises a plurality of floors with outer walls 40, 44, 48, 52, wherein the floors comprise floor slabs 42, 46, 50, and 54 and are arranged one above the other in the Y direction, which corresponds to a climbing direction of the climbing system 10. On the outer walls 40, 44, 48, 52 of the building structure 1, climbing shoes, for example, the climbing shoe 32, are fastened one above the other in the Y direction and next to each other in the Z direction for each outer wall. The frame unit 11 of the climbing system 10 is suspended on at least one climbing shoe via an assembly consisting of a climbing rail and a climbing lift rail, both of which are aligned in the Y direction, and can be moved in the Y direction and in the negative Y direction. The assembly occurs twice in the climbing system 10 such that both assemblies lie next to each other and parallel to each other in the Z direction and the frame unit 11 is suspended on at least one climbing shoe per assembly consisting of a climbing rail and a climbing lift rail.
[0064] The frame unit 11 comprises a formwork platform 12 having a formwork 13, which can be moved together in the horizontal direction, i.e., the X direction and/or the negative X direction, towards the building structure 1 and/or away from the building structure 1, in order to complete a concreting portion, for example, of a floor of the building structure 1. The formwork 13 is fastened to horizontal beams which in turn are fastened to vertical beams 13′ of the formwork 13. A railing 13″ is attached to the vertical beams 13′ as part of the formwork platform 12 in order to be able to fill liquid concrete in the negative X direction behind the formwork 13 to complete the concrete portion to be concreted and thereby be secured against falling from the formwork platform 12.
[0065] A working platform 16, which is fixed to the formwork platform 12, is arranged below the formwork platform 12. A control unit for operating a drive for moving the formwork and/or a lifting device 26 for climbing the climbing system 10 can be arranged on the working platform. The lifting device 26 is located on a trailing platform 22 which is arranged below the working platform 16 and fixed to the working platform 16. In the climbing system 10 shown in FIG. 1, the frame unit 11 thus comprises the formwork platform 12, the working platform 16, and the trailing platform 22, wherein a climbing rail, which can be suspended on the climbing shoes against the climbing direction and unhooked from the climbing shoes in the climbing direction, is integrated in the frame unit 11 or fastened to the frame unit 11. The trailing platform 22 is used, among other things, for attaching and removing the climbing shoes, for example, the climbing shoe 32, which are arranged on the building structure 1 in a stationary manner and used to guide and support the climbing rail that carries the frame unit 11. In FIG. 1a, two climbing rails, aligned parallel to each other in the Z direction and each running in the Y direction, are arranged on the frame unit 11.
[0066] FIG. 1b shows the climbing shoe 32 fastened to the outer wall 40 in cross section in the X/Z plane together with a climbing rail 18 and a climbing lift rail 24. The climbing shoe 32 is inserted into a recess in the outer wall 40 in the negative X direction and fastened to the outer wall 40. The climbing shoe 32 has limbs 32′ opposite from and facing each other in the Z direction for meshing with the climbing rail 18 and a climbing latch 32″ for meshing with the climbing lift rail 24. The climbing lift rail 24 has an I-shaped cross section, also called a double T-shaped cross section. The climbing lift rail 24 is arranged in the climbing rail 18 between two U-shaped elements of the climbing rail 18, wherein the side of the climbing lift rail 24 facing the outer wall 40 can mesh with the climbing latch 32″, which can be seen in FIG. 1b, because in addition to the cross section of the climbing rail 18 and the climbing lift rail 24, a plan view of the climbing shoe 32 is shown.
[0067] The climbing latch 32″ has two lugs which are arranged parallel to each other and which can mesh with the side of the climbing lift rail 24 facing the outer wall 40. In addition, the climbing shoe 32 has the two limbs 32′, the lugs of which can bear against the portions of the climbing rail 18 facing the outer wall 40. The limbs 32″ are each pivotable about the vertical axis, which runs in the Y direction, and can be fixed in their position with locking pins. Other limbs that are not pivotable and/or can be used without a locking pin are possible. The climbing latch 32″ can mesh with both the climbing lift rail 24 and the climbing rail 18 in order to enable both the climbing lift rail 24 and the climbing rail 18 to be suspended on the climbing shoe 32. However, designs of climbing shoes, in which different climbing latches are present in order to be able to suspend and unhook either the climbing rail 18 or the climbing lift rail 24 are also conceivable.
[0068] The top view of FIG. 1b shows an upper end 28 of a lifting device 26, which is arranged between the two U-shaped elements of the climbing rail 18 and connected to these elements and thus to the climbing rail 18, for example, via the screw connection oriented in the Z direction and shown in FIG. lb. The climbing rail 18 is guided by the climbing shoe 32, wherein the climbing rail 18 and the climbing lift rail 24 can each be suspended on at least the climbing shoe 32 in the direction opposite the climbing direction, i.e., in the negative Y direction, and unhooked from the climbing shoe 32 in the climbing direction, i.e., in the Y direction, and designed to be movable with respect to said climbing shoe.
[0069] FIG. 2a is a side view of the climbing system 10 shown in FIG. 1a. The frame unit 11 of the climbing system 10 is attached to the climbing rail 18 with the formwork platform 12, the working platform 16 and the trailing platform 22. It is also possible for the platforms 12, 16 and 22 and the climbing rail 18 to be an integral part of the frame unit 11. The climbing rail 18 is guided by climbing shoes 32, 34 and 36 and is always suspended on at least one of the climbing shoes 32, 34, 36. The climbing shoe 38 in the outer wall 52 with the floor slab 54 extending in the negative X direction is used to guide and suspend the rail 18 when the next outer wall in the Y direction above the outer wall 52 is supposed to be concreted. Since the outer wall 52 with the floor slab 54 is concreted last, a load capacity of the outer wall 52, due to the suspension of the climbing system 10 on the climbing shoe 38, is lower than a load capacity of the outer wall 48 which is arranged in the negative Y direction below the outer wall 52 and was concreted earlier than the outer wall 52. It is therefore possible that the frame unit 11, the vertical load of which is diverted into the building structure 1 by the climbing rail 18, may not be suspended on the climbing shoe 38 of the outer wall 52 as long as the concrete present in this outer wall has not hardened sufficiently. Instead, the climbing system 10 should be suspended on at least one of the climbing shoes 32, 34 and/or 36 because the outer walls 40, 44 and 48 with the floor slabs 42, 46 and 50 are already sufficiently hardened in order to be able to support the climbing system 10. The climbing lift rail 24 at the level of the climbing shoe 32 and the climbing shoe 34 is movable relative to the climbing rail 18 and guided by the climbing rail 18, wherein the climbing lift rail 24, similar to the climbing rail 18, can be suspended on each of the climbing shoes 32, 34, 36, 38 in the direction opposite the climbing direction, i.e., in the negative Y-direction, and unhooked from each of the climbing shoes 32, 34, 36, 38 in the climbing direction, i.e., in the positive Y direction, and is movable with respect to each of these climbing shoes.
[0070] The climbing system 10 further comprises the lifting device 26 that is fixed at one end to the climbing rail 18 with its upper end 28 in the Y direction and at the other end to the climbing lift rail 24 with a lower end in the negative Y direction of the lifting device 26. The climbing rail 18 and the climbing lift rail 24 are therefore fixed to each other by the lifting device 26 and can be moved relative to each other by means of the lifting device 26 in order to effect a climbing movement in the Y direction. The hydraulic unit 6 is arranged on the trailing platform in order to supply the lifting device 26 with energy for operating the lifting device 26. As already described, the hydraulic unit 6 can also be used to move the formwork 13 which is attached to the vertical beams 13′ for moving in the negative X direction and/or in the X direction. The railing 13″ attached to the vertical beams 13′ is used to secure a worker who fills a hollow space, shuttered by the formwork 13, of a concreting portion to be concreted, for example, an outer wall of the building structure 1 to be concreted next, with concrete.
[0071] FIG. 2b shows an enlarged section A from FIG. 2a. The climbing rail 18 has support bolts 19′ in the Y-direction, which are each suspended on one of the climbing shoes 32, 34, 36 and can be unhooked from each of these climbing shoes, wherein three bores 19 are arranged in the climbing rail 19 between adjacent support bolts 19′ of the climbing rail 18. The support bolts 19′ are spaced apart from each other by a suspension distance 20 in the Y direction, wherein the lifting device 26 has a stroke which is able to traverse the suspension distance 20 and also one climbing shoe travel path in order to be able to suspend the climbing rail offset by a suspension distance 20 on one the climbing shoes 32, 34, 36. The climbing lift rail 24 is movable relative to the climbing rail 18 and guided by the climbing rail 18 by means of at least one guide shoe 19″ or another type of guide. In addition, the climbing lift rail 24, for example, in an end portion of the climbing lift rail in the negative Y direction, is connected to the climbing rail 18 via the lower end 27 of the lifting device 26 with the upper end 28 of the lifting device 26, for example, via a piston and a lifting cylinder.
[0072] In addition, a fixing means 7 is provided in order to fix the climbing rail 18 and the climbing lift rail 24 to each other in a reversibly releasable manner independently of a fixation to each other by means of the lifting device 26. The fixing means 7 is in a closed position such that the climbing rail 18 is fixed to the climbing lift rail 24 in a reversibly releasable manner. The fixation of the two rails to each other is independent of any further fixation of the two rails to each other by the lifting device 26. In this respect, the fixing means 7 is able to independently fix the climbing rail 18 and the climbing lift rail 24 to each other, i.e., as if the lifting device 26 were not present.
[0073] In FIG. 2c, the section A shown in FIG. 2b is shown in a three-dimensional external view. The support bolts 19′, which are spaced apart from each other in the Y direction by the suspension distance 20 of the climbing rail 18, allow for the climbing rail 18 to be suspended on each of the climbing shoes 32, 34, 36, wherein the lifting device 26 has a stroke length 3 in order to traverse the suspension distance 20 and also the climbing shoe travel path when the climbing rail is supposed to be suspended on one of the climbing shoes 32, 34, 36 offset by the suspension distance 20 in the Y direction. The climbing shoe travel path must be traversed in the Y direction by the support bolt 19′ level with one of the climbing shoes 32, 34, 36, i.e., horizontally in the X direction, in order to achieve a subsequent suspension of the climbing rail 18 with a movement in the negative Y direction. Traversing the climbing shoe travel path therefore puts the climbing shoe into an operating state in which the climbing rail 18 can be suspended during a movement in the direction opposite the climbing direction, i.e., the negative Y-direction, after this movement has been completed.
[0074] The climbing lift rail 24 is movably guided on the climbing rail 18, and the climbing lift rail 24 is fixed to the climbing rail 18 via the lifting device 26. In addition, the fixing means 7, which is arranged, for example, above the lifting device 26 in the Y direction, is provided in order to fix the climbing rail 18 and the climbing lift rail 24 to each other in a reversible manner independently of the fixation to each other by the lifting device. The fixing means 7 is in the closed position G such that, regardless of an operating state of the lifting device 26, the climbing lift rail 24 is fixed to the climbing rail 18. If the climbing system 10 is attached to the outer wall of the building structure 1 via the climbing rail 18 and the climbing lift rail 24 by introducing a vertical load of the climbing system 10 into at least one of the climbing shoes 32, 34, 36, the lifting device 26 can be put out of operation or switched off in order to avoid a compressive and/or tensile load on the lifting device 26 and to save energy from the hydraulic unit 6 for supplying the lifting device 26 when the climbing system 10 is connected to one of the climbing shoes 32, 34, 36 via the climbing lift rail 24 for introducing the vertical load of the climbing system 10 into the building structure 1.
[0075] FIG. 3a is a side view of the rail-guided climbing system 10 shown in FIG. 2a having the assembly consisting of the climbing rail 18 and the climbing lift rail 24 and the fixing means 7 in an open position O. The frame unit 11 of the climbing system 10 is fastened to the building structure 1 such that the climbing lift rail 24 is suspended on the climbing shoe 34 in an upper portion of the climbing lift rail in the Y direction. The frame unit 10, which is attached to the climbing rail 18 or integral with the climbing rail 18, is not fixed to the climbing lift rail 24 via the fixation 7 because the fixation 7 is in the open position O in which there is no fixation of the climbing rail to the climbing rail. Instead, the vertical load of the frame unit 10 acting on the climbing shoe 34 and introduced into this climbing shoe is guided via the climbing lift rail 24, for example, from an upper portion of the climbing lift rail in the Y direction to a lower portion of the climbing lift rail in the negative Y direction, to the lower end 27 of the lifting device 7, as shown by the arrow F1. From the lower end 27 of the lifting device 26, the vertical load of the frame unit 11 is guided to the upper end 28 of the lifting device 26, which is connected to the climbing rail 18. At the location of the upper end 28 of the lifting device, the vertical load of the frame unit 11 of the climbing system 10 is diverted into the lifting device 26, then into its lower end 27 and from there via a lower portion of the climbing lift rail 24 to an upper portion of the climbing lift rail 24 and from there into the climbing shoe 34 and from there into the building structure 1.
[0076] FIG. 3b is an enlarged three-dimensional external view of the assembly consisting of the climbing rail 18 and the climbing lift rail 24 with the fixing means 7 in the open position O. The climbing lift rail 24 is guided on the climbing rail 18 by means of two guide shoes 19″, wherein the first guide shoe 19″ is located in an upper portion of the climbing lift rail 24 and the second guide shoe 19″ is arranged in a lower portion of the climbing lift rail 24. The lifting device 26 is extended by the stroke length 3, wherein a further extension of the lifting device in the Y direction results in the climbing lift rail 24 being lifted out of the guide by the guide shoe 19″ at the lower end portion of the climbing lift rail 24 in the Y direction. The climbing lift rail 24 has fixing recesses 24′ which each can mesh with a fixing latch 8 of the fixing means 7. At a given point in time, when the fixing latch 8 is at the level of one of the fixing recesses 24′, i.e., horizontal in the Y direction, the fixing latch can mesh with the fixing recess 24′ at the level of the fixing latch 8. The fixing latch is not latched into any of the fixing recesses 24′, so that the fixing means 7 is in the open position O. In addition to the fixing recesses 24′ for meshing with the fixing latch 8 of the fixing means 7, retaining recesses 61 are provided on the climbing lift rail, which are used to suspend the climbing lift rail 24 on one of the climbing shoes 32, 34, 36. Both the fixing recesses 24′ and the retaining recesses 61 are spaced apart from each other at essentially the same distances and aligned in the climbing direction, i.e., in the Y direction. The fixing latch 8 is rotatably mounted on a fixing flange 9 about an axis of rotation 9′ which can be formed, for example, by a screw of a screw connection and is oriented in the Z direction. The fixing latch 8 is therefore rotatably connected via the axis of rotation 9′ to the fixing flange 9 which is fixed to the climbing rail 18, for example, by using a further screw connection through the bore 19 in the climbing rail 18. A distance between mutually adjacent retaining recesses 61 can correspond to a distance between mutually adjacent fixing recesses 24′. Different distances between adjacent retaining recesses 61 with respect to a distance between adjacent fixing recesses 24′ are possible.
[0077] FIG. 4a is a side view of the rail-guided climbing system 10 shown in FIG. 2a having the assembly consisting of the climbing rail 18 and the climbing lift rail 24 and the fixing means 7 in the closed position G. In contrast to the state of the fixing means 7 as shown in FIG. 3a, the fixing means 7 is closed in a reversibly releasable manner such that the climbing lift rail 24 is fixed to the climbing rail 18 and therefore not movable relative to the climbing rail 18 in the climbing direction and in the direction opposite the climbing direction. The vertical load of the frame unit 11 of the climbing system 10, which is diverted via the climbing shoe 34 into the outer wall 44 of the building structure 1, is guided from an upper portion of the climbing lift rail 24 in the Y direction, via which the climbing lift rail 24 is connected to the climbing shoe 34 and suspended on the climbing shoe 34, approximately to a central portion of the climbing lift rail 24, where a fixing recess 24′ is present, which meshes with the fixing latch 8 of the fixing means 7. The vertical load is therefore introduced from the fixing recess 24′ into the fixing latch 8 of the fixing means 7 and from there via the axis of rotation 9′ into the fixing flange 9 which is fixed to the climbing rail 18. The vertical load of the frame unit 11 of the climbing system 10 bearing against the climbing rail 18 is therefore guided to the fixing flange 9 and from there via the axis of rotation 9′ to the fixing latch 8 and from there to the fixing recess 24′ in the climbing lift rail 24 and from there to the one retaining recess 61 guided in the climbing lift rail 24, which is suspended on the climbing shoe 34, in order to divert the vertical load via the climbing shoe 34 into the outer wall 44 of the building structure 1. The fixing of the climbing rail to the climbing lift rail allows for the lifting device 26, which is connected to both the climbing lift rail 24 and the climbing rail 18, to be switched off and does not allow the vertical load of the frame unit 11 to be diverted from the climbing rail into the climbing lift rail when it is in the switched-off state. Instead, the fixing means 7 in the closed position G assumes the fixing of the climbing lift rail and the climbing rail to each other, so that the lifting device 26 can be switched off, is not subjected to tension and/or pressure, and the hydraulic unit 6 does not have to provide any energy to maintain the operation of the lifting device 26.
[0078] FIG. 4b is an enlarged three-dimensional external view of the assembly consisting of the climbing rail 18, the climbing lift rail 24 and the fixing means 7 according to FIG. 4a. According to the state of the climbing lift rail 24 shown in FIG. 3b, the climbing lift rail 24 is guided by two guide shoes 19″ and fixed to the climbing rail 18 via one of the fixing recesses 24′ and a fixing latch 8 of the fixing means 7 meshing with the fixing recess 24′. The fixing latch 8 is rotatably mounted relative to the fixing flange 9 via the axis of rotation 9′, which is connected to the climbing rail 18, for example, via the bore 9 and a screw connection in the Z direction. The fixing recesses 24′ are present in the climbing lift rail 24 in the form of fully edged rectangular recesses or holes, also called ears, which, similar the retaining recesses 61, lie next to each other in the Y direction, i.e., in the climbing direction. A greatest distance 24G between fixing recesses 24′ arranged one behind the other in a longitudinal direction of the climbing lift rail 24, which corresponds to the Y direction, corresponds to a maximum stroke length of the lifting device 26, which is greater than the stroke length 3 of the lifting device 26. The distance 60 between mutually adjacent retaining recesses 61 corresponds to the distance 24A between mutually adjacent fixing recesses 24′. Due to the fixing of the climbing lift rail 24 to the climbing rail 18 by means of the fixing means 7, which is in the closed position G and therefore closed or locked, a further or additional fixation of the two rails to each other by the lifting device 26 is not necessary. Instead, the lifting device 26 can be switched off and, without the possibility of diverting a vertical load bearing against the climbing rail 18 into the climbing lift rail 24 via the lifting device 26, can be connected to the climbing rail 18 only with the upper end 28 and to the climbing lift rail 24 with the lower end 27.
[0079] FIG. 5a is a side view of the same fixing means 7 shown in different operating states when viewed together with the climbing lift rail 24 in the open position O, the applied position A, and the closed position G. The climbing lift rail 24 having the fixing recesses 24′ is therefore not to be regarded as a rail running continuously in the Y direction, but the same fixing means 7 is located on the same climbing lift rail 24, wherein the fixing means 7 in the X direction is located at different heights relative to the climbing lift rail 24. The fixing means 7 thus has the same elements in each of the three operating states, so that there is a plurality of fixing recesses 24′ but, for example, only one fixing lug 8′ is present, which in the closed position meshes with one of the fixing recesses 24′. This is illustrated by horizontal lines in the X direction, which separate the depicted operating states of the same fixing means 7 from each other. Correspondingly, the same fixing means 7 in the open position O, the applied position A, and the closed position G is shown spatially in cross section in FIG. 5b, wherein, as in FIG. 5a, the same fixing means 7 is shown in the different operating states on the same climbing lift rail 24 (see horizontal lines for delimiting the depicted operating states from each other).
[0080] In the upper area of both FIGS. 5a and 5b, the fixing means 7 is shown in the open position O as the operating state. The fixing means 7 comprises the fixing latch 8 having a fixing lug 8′, wherein the fixing latch 8 has an elongated hole 8″ which, in a state of the climbing lift rail 24 fixed to the fixing means 7, i.e., in the closed position G, which is shown in the lower region of FIG. 5a and FIG. 5b, has a vertical alignment in the Y direction. Between the fixing latch 8 and the climbing rail 18 (not depicted), a fixing flange 9 is arranged, which is fixed to the climbing rail and comprises a pin 9′ and a stop 9″ as well as a contact element 9′″. The pin 9′ is designed in the form of a screw which runs through the elongated hole 8″ and is fixed to the climbing rail such that the fixing latch 8 is coupled to the climbing rail 18 in a translational and rotatory manner via the fixing flange 9. In the open position O, i.e., the non-fixed state of the climbing lift rail 24 with respect to the climbing rail 18, the fixing lug 8′ protrudes from an end face 24″ of the climbing lift rail 24 facing the fixing lug 8′, wherein, below the pin 9′, i.e., in the negative Y-direction, the contact element 9′″ is provided on the fixing flange 9, which in turn is attached to the climbing rail 18, such that when the fixing latch 8 is positioned with the pin 9′ in an upper region of the elongated hole 8″, the fixing latch 8 bears against the contact element 9′″ in order to protrude from the end face 24″ of the climbing lift rail 24 facing the fixing lug 8′. The fixing flange 9 which is fixed to the climbing rail 18 and comprises the pin 9′, the stop 9″ and the contact element 9′″ is thus arranged between the fixing latch 8 and the climbing rail 18. In the open position O, a contact lug 8′″ of the fixing latch 8 is arranged below the upper point of the contact element 9′″ in the Y direction such that, without moving the fixing latch 8 in the Y direction, the open position O of the fixing means 7 cannot be transferred into the applied position A by moving the fixing latch 8 in the negative X direction.
[0081] In the middle region of each of FIGS. 5a and 5b, the fixing means 7, shown in the open position in the upper region of these figures, is shown in the applied position A. The fixing latch 8 is connected to the climbing rail 18 via the axis of rotation 9′ in the embodiment of a screw connection such that the fixing lug 8′ of the fixing latch 8 bears against the end face 24″ of the climbing lift rail 24 facing the fixing lug 8′ when the fixing recess 24′ is located above or below the fixing lug 8′, i.e., not at the level in the X direction, as is shown in the middle portion of FIGS. 5a and 5b. Even though the fixing lug 8′ is at the level of the fixing recess 24′ in the open position O, there is no contact of the fixing lug 8′ with the climbing lift rail 24 because the contact element 9′″ attached to the fixing flange 9 is arranged in relation to the fixing latch 8 such that a movement of the fixing lug 8′ and thus the fixing latch 8 in the direction of the climbing lift rail 24 in the negative X direction is prevented due to gravity by the contact of the fixing latch 8 with the contact element 9′″. This is not the case in the applied position A because the fixing latch 8 was moved while guided in the Y direction through the elongated hole 8″ and the axis of rotation 9′ in order to lift the fixing latch 8 over the contact element 9″ and to apply it in the negative X-direction to the end face 24″ of the climbing lift rail 24 facing the fixing lug 8′. The contact lug 8′″ of the fixing latch 8 lies in the applied position A below an upper point of the contact element 9′″ in the Y direction such that the fixing latch 8 cannot leave the applied position to return to the open position without moving the fixing latch 8 in the Y direction.
[0082] In the lower region of each of FIGS. 5a and 5b, the fixing means 7, shown in the middle portion in the applied position A and in the upper portion in the open position O, is shown in the closed position G. The fixing latch 8 is rotatably connected to the climbing rail 18 via the fixing flange 9 and is arranged such that, due to gravity, the fixing lug 8′ of the fixing latch 8 meshes with the fixing recess 24′ for fixing the climbing lift rail 24 with respect to the climbing rail 18, wherein the fixing recess 24′ is located at the level of the fixing lug 8′, i.e., in the horizontal or in the X direction at the same level as the fixing latch 8′. In the fixed state of the climbing rail 18 relative to the climbing lift rail 24, i.e., in the closed position Gas a further operating state of the fixing means 7, the stop 9″ fixed to the climbing rail via the fixing flange 19 is arranged above the fixing lug 8′, i.e., in the Y direction, between the fixing latch 8 and the climbing lift rail 24. The stop 9″ is arranged such that, when an underside of the fixing lug 8′ rests on a fixing underside 24′″, which faces said underside, of the fixing recess 24′ that meshes with the fixing latch 8, the fixing latch 8 is canted with respect to a stop underside of the stop 9″ and the fixing underside 24′″ of the fixing recess 24′ facing the underside. In the closed position G, the contact lug 8.sup.— of the fixing latch 8 no longer bears against the contact element 9′″ but instead bears against the end face 24″ of the climbing lift rail 24 facing the fixing lug 8′. The elongated hole 8″ is aligned vertically, i.e., in the Y direction, and thus parallel to an alignment of the climbing lift rail 24, wherein a fixing latch tab 8″″ bears against a side of the contact element 9′″ facing away from the climbing lift rail 24 at the lower end of the fixing latch 8 in the negative Y direction.
[0083] Since the fixing underside 24′″ of the fixing recess 24′ bears against the underside of the fixing lug 8′, the fixing latch 8 and thus the climbing rail 18 cannot be moved in the negative Y direction with respect to the climbing lift rail 24, i.e., against the climbing direction. As long as a force acts on the fixing latch 8 in the negative Y-direction, i.e., in the direction opposite the climbing direction, for example, due to the vertical load bearing against the climbing rail 18, the fixing latch 8 and thus the climbing rail 18 and consequently the frame unit 11 cannot be moved in the direction opposite the climbing direction, i.e., in the negative Y direction, due to the contact of the underside of the fixing lug 8′ on the fixing underside 24′″ of the fixing recess 24′. When the fixing latch 8 is raised in the climbing direction, i.e., the Y direction, by lifting the climbing rail 18, for example, due to an extension movement of the lifting device 26, the fixing lug 8′, together with the stop 9″, can be moved in the climbing direction such that, when the fixing latch tab 8″″ is actuated in the X direction, the fixing latch 8 is rotated about the axis of rotation 9′ such that the fixing latch 8 can be moved from the closed position G to the applied position A and/or to the open position O.
[0084] Both the contact element 9′″ and the axis of rotation 9′ are, as can be seen in the lower portion of FIG. 5b, each designed as screw connections with cylindrical screws. Since the fixing means 7 is shown in cross section in each of FIG. 5a, 5b, the fixing flange 9 does not have an L shape as shown in FIG. 5b but a U shape with a U open in the X direction, as shown, for example, in FIG. 4b. The screw connections of both the axis of rotation 9′ and of the contact element 9′″ are therefore each guided through bores in two opposite sides of the fixing flange 9 (see FIG. 4b). Since the fixing lug 8′ automatically meshes with the fixing recess 24′ due to gravity when the fixing recess 24′ is located at the level of the fixing lug 8′, i.e., at the same height in the X direction as the fixing lug 8′, the fixing means 7 is a semi-automatically acting fixing device to be actuated manually. Other manual or fully automatic fixing means 7 are possible. The fixing means 7 shown in each of FIGS. 5a and 5b is designed to be mechanically simple, low-maintenance, produced cost-effectively and reliable such that it can be used efficiently for use in a climbing system. Due to the interaction of the fixing latch lug 8′″ and the fixing latch tab 8″″ with the contact element 9′″ with the guiding of the fixing latch 8 through the axis of rotation 9′ and the elongated hole 8″, defined operating states are achieved in the open position, the applied position, and the closed position due to gravity, which serves the operational safety of the fixing means 7.
[0085] FIGS. 6a- 6k are side views of climbing states of the climbing system 10 shown in FIG. 1 with the fixing means 7 in the open position O in FIGS. 6a- 6f, in the applied position A in FIGS. 6g-6i, and in the closed position Gin FIGS. 6j and 6k. In FIG. 6a, the frame unit 11 of the climbing system 10 is suspended on the climbing shoe 34 via the climbing rail 18. The lifting device 26 is fully retracted and a stroke length 2 is zero. The fixing latch 8 faces away from the climbing lift rail 24, i.e., in the X direction, and is arranged with respect to the fixing flange 9 such that the fixing means 7 is in the open position O (see upper portions of each of FIG. 5a, 5b).
[0086] In FIG. 6b, the climbing lift rail 24 is moved in the negative Y direction, i.e., in the direction opposite the climbing direction, such that the climbing lift rail 24 is suspended on the climbing shoe 32. In this operating state of the assembly consisting of the climbing rail 18 and the climbing lift rail 24, the frame unit 11 is suspended on the climbing shoe 34 via the climbing rail 18 and additionally suspended on the climbing shoe 32 via the climbing lift rail 24. The lifting device 26 is supplied with energy via the hydraulic unit 6 such that the lifting device extends and a stroke length 3A greater than the stroke length 2 is present. A distance 3A′ between the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 and the upper edge of the climbing lift rail 24 is greater by the stroke length 3A than the distance 2′ in FIG. 6a between the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 and the upper edge of the climbing lift rail 24. A distance 3A″ between the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 and the upper edge of the floor slab 50 in FIG. 6b is equal to the distance 2″ in FIG. 6a because the climbing lift rail 24 is moved only in the direction opposite the climbing direction without changing the position of the climbing rail 18 relative to the floor slab 15 and thus to the building structure 1. The fixing means 7 having the fixing latch 8 is still in the open position.
[0087] In FIG. 6c, the lifting device 26 extends further and lifts the frame unit 11 attached to the climbing rail 18 in the climbing direction, i.e., in the Y direction because the climbing lift rail 24 is suspended on the climbing shoe 32. The stroke length 3b is therefore greater than the stroke length 3a in FIG. 3b and the distance 3B″ from the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 to the upper edge of the floor slab 50 is smaller than the corresponding distance 3A″ according to FIG. 6b. Since the climbing rail 18 is moved relative to the climbing lift rail 24 in the climbing direction due to the lifting device 26, the distance 3B′ between the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 and the upper edge of the climbing lift rail 24 is greater than the corresponding distance 3A′ in FIG. 6b. The fixing means 7 is still in the open position.
[0088] In FIG. 6d, the frame unit 11 is still suspended on the climbing shoe 32 by means of the climbing lift rail 24, wherein the stroke length 4 of the lifting device 26 is significantly increased when compared to the stroke length 3B according to FIG. 6c. Consequently, the distance 4′ from the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 to the upper edge of the climbing lift rail 24 is greater than the distance 3B′ from the upper edge of the climbing rail to the upper edge of the climbing lift rail according to FIG. 6c by the difference of the stroke lengths 4 and 3B. The difference of the stroke lengths 3B and 4 therefore means that the distance 4″ between the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 and the upper edge of the floor slab 50, in contrast to the corresponding distance 3B″ in FIG. 6c, is now zero. The fixing means 7 is still in the open position. A comparison of FIGS. 6c and 6d makes it clear that the climbing rail 18 in FIG. 6d has passed completely through the climbing shoe 36 in the Y direction and has thus traversed the climbing shoe travel path.
[0089] In FIG. 6e, the frame unit 11 is lowered onto the climbing shoe 36 by retracting the cylinder of the lifting device 26, and the frame unit 11 is thus suspended on the climbing shoe 36 via the climbing rail 18. The stroke length 3D is thus smaller than the stroke length 4 of the lifting device 26 in FIG. 6d, and the upper edge of the climbing rail is arranged below the upper edge of the floor slab such that the distance 3D″ from the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 to the upper edge of the floor slab 50 corresponds approximately to a thickness of the floor slab 50. By traversing the climbing shoe travel path (see movement of the climbing rail 18 according to FIGS. 6c to 6d) and a movement of the climbing rail 18 in the direction opposite the climbing direction, i.e., the negative Y direction, the climbing rail 18 is suspended on the climbing shoe 36. Due to the movement of the climbing rail 18 relative to the climbing lift rail 24 in the direction opposite the climbing direction, the distance 3D′ from the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 to the upper edge of the climbing lift rail 24 is smaller than the corresponding distance 4′ according to FIG. 6d. The fixing means 7 is still in the open position.
[0090] In FIG. 6f, the climbing lift rail 24 is completely retracted relative to the climbing rail 18, i.e., moved by the maximum stroke length of the lifting device 26 relative to the climbing rail 18, which is stationary with respect to the building structure 1, in the climbing direction, i.e., in the Y direction. Consequently, the stroke length 2 of the lifting device 26 is zero, as has already been shown in FIG. 6a. The distance 3D″ between the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 and the upper edge of the floor slab 50 is unchanged according to the corresponding distance in FIG. 6e because the climbing rail is still suspended on the climbing shoe 36. On the other hand, the distance 2′ from the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 to the upper edge of the climbing lift rail 24 is smaller by the stroke length 3D than the corresponding distance 3D′ according to FIG. 6e. The fixing means 7 is still in the open position.
[0091] In FIG. 6g, the fixing latch 8 is applied to the side of the climbing lift rail 24 facing the fixing latch 8 such that the fixing means 7 is in the applied position A. The frame unit 11 is still suspended on the climbing shoe 36 via the climbing rail 18 and, in comparison to the position of the climbing lift rail 24 in relation to the climbing rail 18, there is no change in FIG. 6g to FIG. 6f such that the distance 2′ from the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 to the upper edge of the climbing lift rail 24 and the distance 3D″ from the upper edge of the climbing rail to the upper edge of the floor slab 50 are unchanged. Consequently, the lifting device is also still in the fully retracted state with the stroke length 2 being zero.
[0092] In FIG. 6h, a cylinder of the lifting device 26 is extended such that the climbing lift rail 24 absorbs a load in the climbing shoe 34. When comparing FIGS. 6e and 6f, it can be seen that an upper edge of the climbing lift rail has passed through the climbing shoe 34 and traversed the climbing shoe travel path. In comparison to FIG. 6g, it becomes clear in FIG. 6h that, with a stationary climbing rail, the climbing lift rail has moved in the direction opposite the climbing direction, i.e., the negative Y direction, so that the climbing lift rail 24 can be suspended on the climbing shoe 34 in order to absorb the vertical load of the frame unit 11 of the climbing system 10. Since the lower end of the lifting device is connected to the climbing lift rail and the upper end of the lifting device, correspondingly to the climbing rail, is stationary in relation to the building structure 1, the stroke length 3A is greater than the stroke length 2 according to FIG. 6g such that the climbing lift rail is moved in the direction opposite the climbing direction in order to be suspended with its upper portion on the climbing shoe 34. The fixing means 7 is still in the applied position A. While the distance 3D″ from the upper edge of the climbing rail to the upper edge of the floor slab remains the same with respect to this distance in FIG. 6d, the distance 3A′ from the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 to the upper edge of the climbing lift rail 24 is, with respect to the corresponding distance 2′ according to FIG. 6g, increased by the stroke length 3A.
[0093] In FIG. 6i, the lifting device is extended further and the climbing system 10 is raised in the climbing direction in order to transfer the fixing means 7 from the applied position to the closed position. Since the frame unit 11 is suspended on the climbing shoe 34, the climbing rail is moved in the climbing direction by extending the lifting device with the stroke length 3C, which is greater than the stroke length 3A according to FIG. 6h, such that the distance 4″ from the upper edge of the climbing rail to the upper edge of the floor slab is now zero in contrast to the corresponding distance 3D″ according to FIG. 6h. Since the climbing lift rail is stationary in relation to the building structure 1 due to the suspended state of the climbing lift rail on the climbing shoe 34, the distance 3C′ from the upper edge of the climbing rail to the upper edge of the climbing lift rail is, due the extension movement of the lifting device, increased when compared to the corresponding distance 3A′ according to FIG. 6h. Since one of the fixing recesses 24′ is not yet located at the level of the fixing lug of the fixing latch 8, the fixing means 7 is still in the applied position A.
[0094] In FIG. 6j, the frame unit 11 of the climbing system 10 is lowered by moving the climbing rail in the direction opposite the climbing direction, i.e., in the negative Y direction, with the climbing lift rail being stationary with respect to the building structure 1, to the extent that the fixation 7 is transferred from the applied position A to the closed position G. Since the vertical load of the climbing system 10 and in particular of the frame unit 11 is transferred into the building structure 1 via the climbing lift rail and the climbing shoe 34, the climbing shoes 32 and 36 are free of vertical loads. The lowering of the climbing rail relative to the climbing lift rail in the direction opposite the climbing direction is indicated by the fact that the stroke length 3B is smaller than the stroke length 3C according to FIG. 6i. The distance 3B′ between the upper edge of the climbing rail and the upper edge of the climbing rail is smaller by the difference between the stroke lengths 3B and 3C than the corresponding distance 3C′ according to FIG. 6i. The difference between the stroke lengths 3B and 3C is indicated by the distance 3E″ between the upper edge of the climbing rail and the upper edge of the floor slab which, in contrast to the corresponding distance 4″ according to FIG. 6i, does no longer equal zero. Immediately after the fixing lug 8′ meshes with the fixing recess 24′, which is arranged at the same height as the fixing lug 8′, no load is absorbed by the closed fixation because the movement of the climbing lift rail 24 towards the climbing rail 18 in the climbing direction must continue until the underside the fixing lug 8′ comes to rest on the fixing underside 24′″ of the fixing recess 24′.
[0095] In FIG. 6k, the climbing rail is thus lowered in relation to the climbing lift rail suspended on the climbing shoe 34 until, after the fixing lug 8′ meshes with the fixing recess 24′, the underside of the fixing lug 8′ rests on the fixing underside 24.sup.—, which faces the underside, of the fixing recess 24′ meshing with the fixing latch 8 such that the vertical load of the frame unit 11 is diverted into the outer wall of the building structure 1 via the climbing rail 18, the fixing means 7, the climbing lift rail 24, and the climbing shoe 34. The distance 3F″ between the upper edge of the climbing rail and the upper edge of the floor slab is consequently somewhat greater than the corresponding distance 3E″ according to FIG. 6j. Since the climbing lift rail 24 rests opposite the floor slab 50, the climbing rail is offset by the distance 3A′ from the upper edge of the climbing rail to the upper edge of the climbing lift rail, which is smaller than the corresponding distance 3B′ according to FIG. 6j. After the fixing lug 8′ meshes with the fixing recess 24′ according to FIG. 6j, through which the closed position G of the fixing means 7 is effected, the climbing rail in FIG. 6k is moved, relative to the climbing lift rail, further in the direction opposite the climbing direction by the difference between the stroke lengths 3A and 3B according to FIG. 6j until the fixing lug 8′ bears against the fixing underside 24′″ of the fixing recess 24′ in order to divert the vertical load of the frame unit 10 via the climbing lift rail 24 and the climbing shoe 34 into the outer wall of the building structure 1.
[0096] The last concreted concreting portion for creating the floor slab 50 has a stability that does not yet allow the climbing system 10 to be suspended on the climbing shoe 36. This state is avoided in that the climbing lift rail 24 is fixed to the climbing rail 18 by means of the fixing means 7 in the closed position G such that the vertical load is diverted into the building structure 1 not via the climbing shoe 36, but via the climbing shoe 34. In this way, the last concreted concreting portion is freed from the deflection of the vertical load of the climbing system and a further concreting portion which, in the Y direction, i.e., in the climbing direction, is adjacent to the last concreted concreting portion with the floor slab 50, can be started earlier. This is indicated in FIG. 6k by the fact that the formwork 13, which is mounted on the vertical beams 13′, is moved in the negative X direction with respect to its position according to FIG. 6j such that further concreting can be continued. Therefore, a side of the formwork 13 facing the building structure 1 is aligned with the outer side of the last concreted concreting portion of the building structure 1.
[0097] It is also possible that, instead of suspending the climbing lift rail 24 on the climbing shoe 34, the climbing lift rail is suspended on the climbing shoe 32, which is located below the climbing shoe 34 in the direction opposite the climbing direction, i.e., in the negative Y direction. In the described embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 6, the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 is arranged above the upper edge of the climbing lift rail 24 in the climbing direction. It is also possible for the upper edge of the climbing rail 18 to be arranged below the upper edge of the climbing lift rail 24 in a direction opposite the climbing direction. In this case, a vertical load of the climbing system 10 can also be diverted into the building structure 1 via the fixing means 7 in the closed position G via the climbing rail 18 suspended on a climbing shoe such that a formwork 13 attached to the climbing lift rail 24 in the climbing direction above the climbing rail 18 can be used earlier for concreting the next concreting portion than would be the case if the fixing means 7 were not present and the climbing rail 18 or the climbing lift rail 24 were suspended on the climbing shoe that is attached to the last concreted concreting portion.
[0098] The features of the invention described with reference to the depicted embodiment, such as the tab 8″″ of the fixing latch 8 for mechanically actuating the fixing latch 8, can also be present in other embodiments of the invention, for example, a motor-driven fixing latch 8 for automatically operating the fixing means 7, unless otherwise stated or naturally prohibited for technical reasons.
LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS
[0099] 1 Building structure [0100] 2, 3, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4 Stroke length lifting device [0101] 2′, 3A′, 3B′, 3C′, 3D′, 4′ Distance upper edge climbing rail to upper edge climbing lift rail [0102] 2″, 3A″, 3B″, 3D″, 3E″, Distance upper edge climbing rail to upper edge [0103] 3F″, 4″ floor slab [0104] 6 Hydraulic unit [0105] 7 Fixing means [0106] 8 Fixing latch [0107] 8′ Fixing lug [0108] 8″ Elongated hole fixing latch [0109] 8′″ Contact lug fixing latch [0110] 8″″ Tab fixing latch [0111] 9 Fixing flange [0112] 9′ Axis of rotation [0113] 9″ Stop [0114] 9″″ Contact element [0115] 10 Climbing system [0116] 11 Frame unit [0117] 12 Formwork platform [0118] 13 Formwork [0119] 13′ Vertical beam formwork [0120] 13″ Railing formwork platform [0121] 16 Working platform [0122] 18 Climbing rail [0123] 19 Bore in climbing rail [0124] 19′ Support bolt climbing rail [0125] 19″ Guide shoe climbing rail for climbing lift rail [0126] 20 Suspension distance climbing rail [0127] 22 Trailing platform [0128] 24 Climbing lift rail [0129] 24A Distance between adjacent fixing recesses [0130] 24G Greatest distance between fixing recesses [0131] 24′ Fixing recess [0132] 24″ End face climbing lift rail [0133] 24′″ Fixing underside fixing recess [0134] 26 Lifting device [0135] 27 Lower end lifting device [0136] 28 Upper end lifting device [0137] 32, 34, 36, 38 Climbing shoe [0138] 32′ Limb climbing shoe [0139] 32″ Climbing latch [0140] 40, 44, 48, 52 External wall building structure [0141] 42, 46, 50, 54 Floor slab [0142] 60 Suspension stroke distance climbing lift rail [0143] 61 Retaining recess [0144] A Section FIG. 2a [0145] F1 Load transfer in open position [0146] F2 Load transfer in closed position [0147] O Open position [0148] A Applied position [0149] G Closed position
