EP2253778A2 - Garde-corps amélioré - Google Patents

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EP2253778A2
EP2253778A2 EP10163471A EP10163471A EP2253778A2 EP 2253778 A2 EP2253778 A2 EP 2253778A2 EP 10163471 A EP10163471 A EP 10163471A EP 10163471 A EP10163471 A EP 10163471A EP 2253778 A2 EP2253778 A2 EP 2253778A2
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Xavier Portejoie
John Breen
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G5/00—Component parts or accessories for scaffolds
    • E04G5/14—Railings
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
    • E04G5/00—Component parts or accessories for scaffolds
    • E04G5/14—Railings
    • E04G5/147—Railings specially adapted for mounting prior to the mounting of the platform

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  • This invention relates to an advance guard rail for scaffolding and mobile towers.
  • Scaffolding and mobile towers are commonly used during construction or any associated works, or for safe access where work at height is required, providing a temporary work platform that can be easily assembled and disassembled on site.
  • Such towers comprise a modular system of frames, each frame comprising at least two vertical bars having a plurality of horizontal bars extending between the vertical bars. The ends of the vertical bars are adapted to form a "plug-and-socket" arrangement with other frames, allowing for the construction of a structure through the interlocking arrangement of various frames as required.
  • Platforms, boards or planks can be positioned between suitable horizontal bars as required, to create different levels to support operators during use.
  • a condition of various health and safety regulations is that, as towers are being constructed, a worker cannot stand on any work surface (platform or level) of the tower unless that platform is suitably guarded by a guard rail, to prevent against possible falls.
  • This construction method for standard guard rails has meant that such an operation can be relatively awkward.
  • the BetaGuard® system provides a rigid invented U-shaped frame structure indicated at 10, having a plurality of downward-facing tube clamps 12, the clamps 12 located at the external corners of the frame 10.
  • the frame structure 10 can be vertically slotted down into position on adjacent orthogonally-located frames (not shown) in the direction indicated by the arrows, with the tube clamps 12 slotting into engagement with the horizontal bars of the adjacent frames, thereby forming a guard rail for the succeeding level.
  • an advance guard rail for securing between opposed scaffolding or mobile tower frames, the advance guard rail comprising:
  • the suitable arrangement of the hook of the advance guard rail allows for the installation of an advance guard rail using one of the bars of a pair of opposed scaffolding or mobile tower frames as a pivot point to rotate the advance guard rail into position.
  • This system allows for the already installed opposed scaffolding or mobile tower frames to provide support for the installation of the advance guard rail, which can be accomplished with relative ease.
  • said first and second hooks are arranged such that said second hook is brought to couple with a bar of a second scaffolding or mobile tower frame opposed to said first scaffolding or mobile tower frame.
  • said first hook is arranged such that the open face of said first hook faces in a substantially vertically downwards direction, substantially orthogonal to the central axis of said horizontal rail bar, and said second hook is arranged such that the open face of said second hook faces in a direction substantially orthogonal to the central axis of said diagonal bar.
  • the particular orientation of the hooks allows for the rotation of the advance guard rail about the pivot point, such that the second hook is coupled with a second orthogonal bar of a scaffolding or mobile tower frame through the action of rotation of the advance guard rail about the pivot point.
  • the advance guard rail is arranged such that said diagonal bar extends away from said first end of said horizontal rail bar, and wherein the open face of said second hook faces in a direction away from the central axis of said horizontal rail bar.
  • This arrangement of the hooks causes the second hook to be brought to couple with a bar of a second opposed scaffolding or mobile tower frame, such that the advance guard rail can be used to brace between two opposed scaffolding or mobile tower frames.
  • the advance guard rail further comprises:
  • This configuration means that, as the advance guard rail is rotated about the pivot point, the third hook will be brought to couple with an orthogonal bar of the first scaffolding or mobile tower frame below the bar to which the first hook is coupled.
  • the advance guard rail further comprises a fourth hook provided at the second end of said upper rail bar, the fourth hook provided such that the open face of said fourth hook faces in a substantially vertically downwards direction, substantially parallel to the direction of the first hook.
  • the advance guard rail further comprises at least one co-planar brace member having a bracing clamp, said brace member having a first end and a second end, said first end hingedly coupled to said frame body, said bracing clamp provided at said second end of said brace member, wherein said brace member is adapted to be rotated within the plane of said frame body relative to said frame body to allow said bracing clamp to releasably secure to an orthogonal bar of one of said opposed scaffolding or mobile tower frames.
  • at least one co-planar brace member having a bracing clamp, said brace member having a first end and a second end, said first end hingedly coupled to said frame body, said bracing clamp provided at said second end of said brace member, wherein said brace member is adapted to be rotated within the plane of said frame body relative to said frame body to allow said bracing clamp to releasably secure to an orthogonal bar of one of said opposed scaffolding or mobile tower frames.
  • said first end of said brace member is hingedly coupled to said frame body adjacent the location where said diagonal bar extends from said frame body.
  • said bracing clamp is arranged such that the open face of said bracing clamp faces in a direction orthogonal to the central axis of said brace member.
  • At least one of said hooks comprises a latch to releasably retain an orthogonal bar within said at least one hook.
  • an advance guard rail onto a scaffolding or mobile tower frame comprising a planar frame formed by a plurality of co-planar members having a primary hook and at least one secondary hook, the method comprising the steps of:
  • the advance guard rail further comprises at least one brace member hingedly coupled to the frame, the brace member having a bracing clamp provided at the free end of the brace member, and wherein the method further comprises the step of:
  • an advance guard rail for scaffolding and mobile towers comprising:
  • a hinged brace member allows for a greater flexibility when employing the advance guard rail, as the brace member can be rotated until it meets an orthogonal bar of an adjacent scaffold frame to secure to.
  • the components of the advance guard rail can be configured such that the advance guard rail may be used as a structural element of the tower, to provide sufficient tower stiffness to satisfy appropriate design regulations.
  • the advance guard rail of the invention can act as a combination of both a guard rail and structural braces.
  • said advance guard rail further comprises a latch member provided on said frame structure, said latch member operable to releasably secure said brace member relative to said frame structure.
  • the latch member allows for the brace member to be affixed to the frame, preventing its rotation, and allowing for ease of transportation and storage.
  • an advance guard rail according to the invention is indicated generally at 20.
  • the advance guard rail 20 comprises a pair of spaced, parallel, adjacent horizontal rail bars 22 and 24, the upper rail bar 22 having a longer length than the lower rail bar 24, the bars 22,24 having respective first ends 22a,24a and second ends 22b,24b.
  • a plurality of spaced, parallel, vertical bars 26, 28 and 30 extend between the upper and lower horizontal rail bars 22,24, maintaining the upper and lower rail bars 22,24 in spaced parallel relationship such that the respective first ends 22a,24a of the upper and lower rail bars 22,24 are adjacent one another.
  • the vertical and horizontal bars together form part of the overall frame structure of the advance guard rail 20.
  • a first vertical bar 26 extends between the upper and lower rail bars 22,24 adjacent the respective first ends 22a,24a.
  • a second vertical bar 28 extends from a first point 32 on said upper rail bar 22 to a second point 34 on said lower rail bar 24, said first and second point approximately 1/3 of distance along the length of the rail bars from said first ends 22a,24a.
  • a third vertical bar 30 extends from a third point 36 adjacent the second end 22b of said upper rail bar 22 to a fourth point 38 at the second end 24b of said lower rail bar 24. Said third vertical bar 30 extends beyond said fourth point 38 to project below said lower rail bar 24, to a lower end 30a. It will be understood that the locations of said points may be varied according to the structural characteristics of the advance guard rail in question.
  • a diagonal bar 40 in the same plane as but at an oblique angle to said upper and lower rail bars 22,24, projects from a first end 40a located at said second point 34 on said lower rail bar 24 to a second end 40b beyond the lower end 30a of said third vertical bar 30, such that a right-angled triangle is formed by: that portion of said diagonal bar 40 between said second point 34 and the lower end 30a of said third vertical bar 30; that portion of said lower rail bar 24 between said second point 34 and the second end 38 of the lower rail bar 24; and that portion of said third vertical bar 30 between said fourth point 38 and the lower end 30a of said third vertical bar 30.
  • a hinged bracing arm 42 is further provided, the bracing arm 42 having a first end 42a and a second end 42b, the first end 42a of said bracing arm 42 hingedly coupled to said lower rail bar 24 adjacent said second point 34, such that said bracing arm 42 is free to rotate about the hinged coupling between a first position adjacent said diagonal bar 40 and a second position adjacent the first end 24a of said lower rail bar 24.
  • a clasp 44 is provided on said diagonal bar 40, the clasp 44 arranged to receive said hinged bracing arm 42 when in said first position. The clasp 44 releasably retains said hinged bracing arm in the first position, to prevent the free rotation of the bracing arm 42 during, for example, storage or transportation.
  • the advance guard rail 20 is secured to adjacent scaffolding frames through an arrangement of substantially C-shaped hooks or clamps arranged about the advance guard rail 20.
  • a first hook 46 is provided at a first end 22a of said upper rail bar 22
  • a second hook 48 is provided at the second end 40b of said diagonal bar 40
  • a third hook 50 is provided at the first end 24a of said lower rail bar 24
  • a fourth hook 52 is provided at the second end 22b of said upper rail bar 22
  • a bracing clamp 54 is provided at the second end 42b of said bracing arm 42.
  • Said hooks or clamps are orientated to couple with at least one adjacent scaffolding or mobile tower frame:
  • successive opposed scaffolding or mobile tower frames are mounted one on top of the other as the height advances.
  • This provides an array of parallel opposed scaffolding or mobile tower bars (indicated at 56a-f), to which appropriate advance guard rails can be attached.
  • an advance guard rail 20 is initially provided having the bracing arm 42 secured to the frame by said clasp 44.
  • a worker (situated on a preceding scaffolding level) positions the advance guard rail 20 between two opposed scaffolding or mobile tower frames (indicated by the spaced arrays of bars 56a-f). The worker then manoeuvres the advance guard rail 20 such that the first hook 46 is coupled with an orthogonal upper scaffolding bar 56a at which height it is desired to have the upper bar of a suitable guard rail.
  • the worker uses the coupling between the first hook 46 and the frame bar 56a as a pivot point, the worker then rotates the advance guard rail 20 in the direction of the arrows shown in Fig. 3 , such that the second, third, and fourth hooks 48, 50, 52 are brought into coupling arrangement with the frame bars 56f, 56b, 56d respectively - Fig. 4 .
  • the second hook 48 and the bracing clamp 54 are provided with releasable latching mechanisms to allow said hooks or clamps 48,54 to be securely locked in position on the respective bars 56f,56c.
  • This provides an advance guard rail 20 extending between opposed scaffolding or mobile tower frames, which furthermore provides suitable structural support through the use of diagonal bracing members.
  • the above procedure can be repeated using the same steps using a second advance guard rail 20 to complete the required guard rail protection for the next level of the scaffolding or the mobile tower.
  • hooks or clamps allows for the relatively easy drop, rotate and lock installation method described above for the spaced parallel arrangement of scaffolding bars of adjacent scaffolding frames, as shown in the attached figures. It will be understood that alternative orientations of hooks or clamps may be used to accommodate alternative arrangements of frame bars in adjacent frames.
  • any number of hooks or clamps may be provided with releasable latching mechanisms to secure the advance guard rail 20 to the adjacent scaffolding or mobile tower frames.
  • this advance guard rail provides for a guard rail construction of relatively easy installation, and which also replaces the horizontal and diagonal braces of a standard mobile tower.

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EP3822431B1 (fr) * 2019-11-15 2023-08-09 ALFIX GmbH Dispositif et procédé de fabrication d'une protection latérale avant d'un échafaudage

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EP3822431B1 (fr) * 2019-11-15 2023-08-09 ALFIX GmbH Dispositif et procédé de fabrication d'une protection latérale avant d'un échafaudage
CN111877737A (zh) * 2020-07-14 2020-11-03 广东奇正科技有限公司 一种护栏连接架

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