EP1698377B1 - Mobile climbing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The equipment has several frame arranged one above the other whose inner surfaces are each provided with a cable network forming a climbing plane and a number of vertical supports (18) to which the frames can be attached. The vertical supports are joined to a mobile support (10) in a hinged manner. Erection cables are fed along the vertical supports with ends coupled to a winch and to the frames. The erection cables are joined to the frames so that they adopt defined vertical separations from each other in the erected state.

Description

The invention relates to a climbing device with a plurality of superimposed frame whose inner surfaces are each provided with a rope network to form a climbing plane, and a number of vertical supports to which the frame can be attached.

Such climbing equipment are known as either stationary or mobile equipment, which only max. Reach 3.5m in height. Users can crawl through the cable network and climb to higher and higher levels. On the outside, the climbing device is surrounded by a net to prevent the user from falling.

A disadvantage of all conventional climbing equipment is that the construction is very lengthy and difficult. This requires long assembly times or complex auxiliary equipment such as cranes.

A climbing device according to the preamble of claim 1 is made FR-A-2 837 109 known.

Object of the present invention is to provide a gattungsgemä βes climbing equipment, which is quickly and easily erected or disassembled and then can be moved to a new location and in the transport state does not extend beyond the maximum allowable transport height.

This object is solved by the features of claim 1. This combination of features makes it possible to move the mobile pedestal to an erection site, then erect and lock the vertical supports and then ßend by operating the winch - which can be done manually or by machine - the Aufrichtzugsezüge, whereby the associated frame at a predetermined distance from each other be pulled up. In this way, the climbing device is to be ready for use in a minimum of time and with little personnel expenditure.

Preferably Aufrichtzugseile, which are guided along the vertical supports, in the interior of the vertical supports guided and deflected at the free ends via pulleys. Thus, these are arranged protected and injuries to users can be avoided, which are mostly young people and children.

The frames are preferably rectangular, with the ratio of the length to the width of the frames 2 - 3 being even more preferred. In this way, a compact arrangement is possible in the transport state, which can be easily transported on the road. At the same time, the climbing device can be set up quickly. In other frame shapes such as square or round / oval frame shapes, which are also possible within the scope of the invention, these advantages do not arise in the same way.

A further advantageous development of the invention provides that support arms are attached to at least two adjacent vertical supports. Different components can be attached to these brackets, such as climbing snakes, crate stacks or climbing frames or even climbing boards to use the climbing device as a sports climbing tower.

At the free ends of the support arms, elastic parts are particularly preferably attached or deflected, one end each of which is connected to a belt device in order to form a jump device in cooperation with a trampoline. The respective other ends of the elastic ropes are guided downwards along the vertical supports so as to provide a jump system in conjunction with a trampoline, as is known per se.

Fig. 1:

eine perspektivische Darstellung einer ersten Ausführung eines Klettergerätes näherungsweise im fahrbereiten Zustand;

Fig. 2:

das Klettergerät von Fig.1 mit aufgerichteten Vertikalstützen;

Fig. 3:

das Klettergerät von Fig.1 mit hochgezogenen Rahmen;

Fig. 4a:

eine erste perspektivische Detailansicht eines Klettergerätes;

Fig. 4b:

eine zweite perspektivische Detailansicht eines Klettergerätes;

Fig. 5a:

eine dritte perspektivische Detailansicht eines Klettergerätes;

Fig. 5b:

eine vierte perspektivische Detailansicht eines Klettergerätes;

Fig. 6:

eine perspektivische Darstellung einer zweiten Ausführung eines Klettergerätes;

Fig. 7:

das Klettergerät von Fig.6 in Draufsicht;

Fig. 8:

eine perspektivische Darstellung einer zweiten Ausführung eines Klettergerätes;

The invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings. Showing:

Fig. 1:

a perspective view of a first embodiment of a climbing device approximately in running order condition;

Fig. 2:

the climbing device of Fig.1 with erected vertical supports;

3:

the climbing device of Fig.1 with raised frame;

Fig. 4a:

a first perspective detail view of a climbing device;

Fig. 4b:

a second perspective detail view of a climbing device;

Fig. 5a:

a third perspective detail view of a climbing device;

Fig. 5b:

a fourth perspective detail view of a climbing device;

Fig. 6:

a perspective view of a second embodiment of a climbing device;

Fig. 7:

the climbing device of Figure 6 in plan view;

Fig. 8:

a perspective view of a second embodiment of a climbing device;

In Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a climbing device 1 shown approximately in the ready to drive state, which consists of a mobile base 10 with two driving axes with wheels 12 and at the four corners swinging horizontal supports 14 . At the free ends of the horizontal supports 14 feet 16 are attached. To bring the undercarriage 10 in running order, the horizontal supports 14 are pivoted.

The underframe 10 itself consists of a subframe 11a and an upper frame 11b, which are spaced from each other.

On the underframe 10 , the subsections 18a of four vertical beams are fixed, which extend to such a height that they project beyond the superimposed on the frame 10 frame 20 . At the upper ends of the subsections 18a hinges significantly longer upper portions 18b are provided in the in Fig. 1 shown transport position are folded down horizontally, wherein the lower portions 18a and upper portions 18b front and rear have different lengths, so that the upper portions 18b rest in the folded state over each other.

To build the climbing device 1 are - as in Fig. 2 can be seen, first folded up the upper sections and locked on not shown locking means in this position to form the vertical support 18 .

About a Zugseileinrichtung shown below then the frame 20 along the vertical support 18 are pulled up to the in Fig. 3 assume the end position shown. For the sake of clarity, the frame 20 in the FIGS. 1 to 3 shown without the rope net structure.

In the perspective view of Fig. 5 is the Zugseileinrichtung shown. This consists essentially of a winch 30, which is manually executed in the illustrated form but can alternatively also be electrically operated. On this winch 30 , a pull rope is wound, the free end is connected to an end piece 32 , are attached to the four Aufrichtzugseile 34 so that the operation of the winch 30 acts on all four Aufrichtzugseile 34 in the same way.

The four Aufrichtzugseile 34 run over four pulleys not shown in detail, which are mounted on the base 10 opposite to the winch 30 , wherein the two inner of the four Aufrichtzugseile 34 via the pulleys parallel in the direction of the winch 30 and returned via the in Fig. 4b shown pulleys 36 to the side outside and over in Fig. 4a shown bushings 38 guided in the local vertical support 18 and are guided over other pulleys in the interior of the vertical support 18 upwards. At the upper end of the vertical support 18 are further deflection rollers over which the Aufrichtzugseile 34 are connected from above to the frame.

The two outer Aufrichtzugseile 34 are guided via the associated first pulleys, not shown, directly to the side outside and then connected in the same way in the interior of the vertical support 18 upwards and from there to the frame 20 .

Aufrichtzugseile 34 are fixedly connected to the frame 20 at predetermined intervals, so that when pulling on Aufrichtzugseile 34 via the winds 30 first in Fig. 1 hoisted upmost frame 20 and then-βend each additional frame 20 is pulled up.

The FIGS. 5a and 5b show perspective sections of the climbing device 1. In this case, the upper frame 11b of the lower frame 10 ( Fig. 1 ), on which a trampoline 40 is stretched. Above the upper frame 11b , the lowermost of the vertically displaceable frame 20 is shown, which is provided in a preferred embodiment with a cable network 42 . For this purpose, preferably elastic ropes are criss-cross over and over strained so that persons can squeeze between the ropes and thus can reach a higher or lower level.

In Fig. 5b the guide means are shown for the frame 20 , which include a guide groove 50 in the vertical supports 18 , wherein T-pieces 52 are attached to the frame 20 and in the preferably provided on all four vertical supports 18 guide grooves 50 slide.

In the FIGS. 6 and 7 is another embodiment of a climbing device 2, which in the FIGS. 1 to 5 Climbing device 1 shown corresponds. Only 18 cantilevers 60 are attached to the vertical supports in this embodiment, which are fixedly aligned over Fixierseile 62 . Other fixation ropes 64 (which in the embodiment according to Fig. 1 to 5 also present and not shown) fix the vertical supports 18 relative to the base 10. At the free ends of the boom 60 deflection rollers for elastic cables 66 are provided, which are connected to a strap device 68 . Between the jibs 60 , trampolines 70 can be positioned to provide one or two jetties. For this purpose, the elastic ropes 66 are guided along or in the interior of the vertical supports 18 to another wind, not shown, and can be so tense or relaxed.

It can be seen that can be built or dismantled by the invention, the climbing frame with very little effort and very quickly.

The in the FIGS. 6 and 7 shown embodiment allows a wider use of the climbing frame in that not only people can climb up inside, but also outside other users can jump on the trampoline and with the support of the prestressed elastic ropes. As a result, this climbing frame design has an increased appeal. At the same time, the additional cost of construction is not significantly higher than in the first embodiment.

It is not shown that the entire climbing frame can be enclosed by nets to prevent users from falling from the upper levels.

In FIG. 8 is a further embodiment of a climbing frame shown schematically (ie without tension cables), which differs from the embodiment according to Fig. 6 and 7 only differs in that only one jump system is provided.

Claims (14)

1. A climbing apparatus including a stack of frames (20) as well as a number of vertical posts (18) for attaching the frames (20), the climbing apparatus also comprising the following features:

   a) the vertical posts (18) are hinged to a mobile platform (10);

   b) guided along the vertical posts (18) are erecting cables (34), one end each of which is actively connected to a winch (30) and the other end each of which is connected to the frames (20);

   c) the erecting cables (34) are connected to the frames (20) such that they each assume a predefined vertical spacing in the erected condition;

   characterized in that each frame inside surface is provided with a rope netting (42) to form a climbing plane.
2. The climbing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the erecting cables (34) are guided inside the vertical posts (18) and guided at their free ends by guide pulleys.
3. The climbing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the ends of the erecting cables (34) on the winch side are connected to an end-piece (32), the other end of which is connected to a winch cable reelable on the winch (30).
4. The climbing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the frames (20) are rectangular,
5. The climbing apparatus as set forth in claim 4, characterized in that the ratio of length to width of the frames (20) is between 2 and 3.
6. The climbing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that in the region of the corners outriggers (14) are hinged to the platform (10), pads (16) being provided at the free ends of the outriggers (14).
7. The climbing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the pads (16) are connected to the upper ends of the vertical posts (18) via guy cables (64).
8. The climbing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that provided at at least some of the vertical posts (18) are guide means (50) cooperating with counter-pieces (52) at the frames (20) to guide the frames (20) when the climbing apparatus is erected and when respectively the frames (20) are hauled upwards.
9. The climbing apparatus as set forth in claim 8, characterized in that the guide means are configured as slots (50) and attached to the frames are counter-pieces (52) slide-mounted in the slots (50).
10. The climbing apparatus as set forth in any of the preceding claims, characterized in that supporting arms (60) are attached to at least two juxtaposed vertical posts (18).
11. The climbing apparatus as set forth in claim 10, characterized in that guide-mounted at the free ends of the supporting arms (60) are elastic ropes (66), each one end of which is connected to a belting means (68) to form in cooperation with a trampoline a jumping means.
12. The climbing apparatus as set forth in claim 11, characterized in that two opposing jumping means are provided.
13. The climbing apparatus as set forth in claim 10, characterized in that attached to the supporting arms (60) are climbing spirals, box stacks or climbing beams.
14. The climbing apparatus as set forth in any of the preceding claims, characterized in that climbing plates are attachable to the frames (20).

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