FR2993593A1 - Ballast device to stabilize e.g. machine, in construction site, has turntable utilized for fixing strut support, where turntable is partly embedded in block and provided with reception unit for receiving fastener of strut support - Google Patents

Abstract

The device (1) has a block (4) that is partly made of concrete unit (5) to support on a ground, where an identical ballast is positioned below the device. A turntable (6) is utilized for fixing a strut support. The turntable is partly embedded in the block and provided with a reception unit (60) for receiving a fastener of the strut support. The turntable is extended through the block and emerged out of the block on two sides. The reception unit crosses the turntable and emerges on the sides of the block. The block comprises a reception housing (7) of the strut support.

Description

The present invention relates to a ballast device comprising at least one block at least partly made of concrete and means for bearing on a support. This invention relates to the field of manufacture of accessories used on a building site and relates more particularly to devices designed to stabilize an object. In fact, this invention will find a particularly suitable application when it comes to stabilizing a material or machine, including a material or a construction machine. We already know ballast devices that adopt, usually, the shape of a block made of concrete. Such a ballast device can be loaded on board a transport or construction vehicle, unloaded from such a machine, moved relative to such a machine, this to ensure or improve the stabilization of this machine, a other gear or equipment. In particular, such a ballast device can be loaded on a trailer for transporting prefabricated walls of great length, more particularly when these walls protruding from such a trailer and / or are loaded cantilever with respect to this trailer. In this respect, it will be observed that such walls are intended to be installed on a construction site, this in a vertical position in which these walls must be maintained. To ensure such retention, it is customary to use struts which comprise, on the one hand, a first end secured to such a wall and, on the other hand, a second end, opposite the first end, and can be made integral with a ballast device as described above. In order to ensure such a connection, it is customary to drill the ballast device and to fix the second end of the strut to this device using a fastener (bolt or the like). cooperating with such piercing. Such piercing is performed whenever it is a matter of securing a strut of a ballast device. The latter may then have a plurality of holes which, since such a ballast device is usually constituted by a simple concrete block, alleviate and weaken this device, cause damage to this device, adversely affect its integrity, and are likely to result in destruction.

As a result, this ballast device can no longer ensure the maintenance, in a vertical position, of the wall which may then tip over and fall, jeopardizing the work, or endangering the people working on the site. The present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages of ballast devices of the state of the art. To this end, the invention relates to a ballast device comprising a block at least partly made of concrete and means for bearing on the ground or on another similar or identical ballast device positioned below this device. ballast. This ballast device is characterized in that it comprises at least one mounting plate of a forestay support, this plate being partially embedded in the block and comprising at least one means for receiving a fixing member. the forestay support. Another feature of the invention is that the block comprises at least one receiving housing of the forestay support and that the fixing plate emerges out of this block at least in the bottom of this housing. An additional feature is that this device comprises means for mounting a turner. Yet another characteristic relates to the fact that the device comprises a frame, at least within which extends at least a portion of the block, and having a plurality of sides, at least one of which comprises at least a portion of the walls. means to take support. Another characteristic relates to the fact that the device comprises a frame, embedded in the block, and which are secured to the mounting plate of the forestay support and / or the mounting means of a turner and / or the 35 frame.

Yet another feature is that the device comprises on the one hand and in the lower part, a female interlocking means and, on the other hand and in the upper part, a male interlocking means, intended to cooperate with a means female interlocking part which comprises the lower part of another similar or identical weighting device and positioned over the ballast device, and comprising at least part of the support plate of the forestay support and / or at least part of the receiving housing of the forestay support.

Thus, the invention relates to a ballast device comprising at least one mounting plate of a forestay support, this plate comprising at least one means for receiving a fastening member of such a support forestay. The device of the invention advantageously allows the attachment of a forestay support on a plate that includes this ballast device which avoids a prior drilling and weakening, or even destructive, as for ballast devices of the state of the technique. Another feature is that the device 20 comprises a receiving housing of the forestay support. The presence of this housing allows, advantageously, to guide and / or position the forestay support relative to the ballast device, prior to its attachment to the ballast device. The ballast device also comprises means for mounting a turner, which advantageously makes it possible to stabilize a turner, receiving walls of large dimensions and capable of adopting an important overhanging position during a turnaround. reversal operation of such a wall, more particularly on a site where the space for maneuvering such a wall is limited (site in cramped site). The ballast device according to the invention comprises a frame constituting, advantageously, a formwork for the concrete block that includes this device. In addition, this device comprises a frame, embedded in the block, positioned inside the frame, of which the plate and / or the mounting means and / or this frame are secured, and constituting a framework which confers the rigidity to the ballast device. Advantageously, the ballast device of the invention comprises a male interlocking means and a female interlocking means which makes it possible to stably superpose a plurality of these ballast devices in order to increase the weight. necessary for the stabilization of an object. Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description relating to embodiments which are given by way of indicative and non-limiting examples. The understanding of this description will be facilitated with reference to the appended drawings in which: FIG. 1 is a schematic and perspective view of the ballast device according to the invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic and perspective view of a structure intended to receive concrete with a view to producing the ballast device illustrated in FIG. 1. The present invention relates to the field of manufacturing accessories used on a construction site. and designed to stabilize an object, more particularly designed to stabilize a craft or equipment, including a craft or construction equipment. This invention relates, then, to a ballast device 1 extending substantially in a general plane which is parallel to the ground surface or to another ballast device (not shown) on which this ballast device 1 can come to rest. This ballast device 1 comprises, on the one hand, an upper part 2 extending above the general plane and, on the other hand, a lower part 3 extending below this general plane. This ballast device 1 also comprises a block 4 at least partly made of concrete as well as means 5 for resting on the ground or on another similar or identical ballast device (not shown) positioned beneath it. ballast device 1. According to the invention, this ballast device 1 comprises at least one plate 6 for fixing a forestay support (not shown). In fact, this mounting plate 6 is at least partly embedded in the block 4 and comprises at least one means 60 for receiving a fastening member of the forestay support. According to a first embodiment not shown, such a mounting plate 6 is partially embedded in the block 4 and emerges out of this block 4, this one side of this block 4 and upper part 2 of this block 4 In such a case, the fixing plate 6 comprises at least one receiving means 60 adopting, for example, the shape of a hole (especially blind and / or threaded) adapted to receive a fastener (in particular a screw or the like). However, and according to a preferred embodiment shown in the appended figures, such a mounting plate 6 is partly embedded in the block 4 and emerges out of this block 4 on either side of it 4, plus particularly in the upper part 2 and in the lower part 3 of the ballast device 1. In such a case, this fixing plate 6 comprises at least one means 60 for receiving a fixing member, this receiving means 60 passing through the plate 6 and opening on either side of the block 4, even more particularly in the upper part 2 and in the lower part 3 of the ballast device 1. As can be seen in FIG. 2, said plate 6 preferably adopts the shape an "H" profile having two wings (61; 61 ') parallel to each other and to the general plane 30 in which the ballast device 1 extends. Each wing (61; 61') emerges from the block 4 on a separate side of this block 4 and so that a 61 th wing the other wing 61 'emerges from the block 4 in the lower part 3 of this ballast device 1. In such a case, the receiving means 60 comprises, on the one hand, two holes (600; 600 '), each formed in one flange (61; 61') and in correspondence with the drilling of the other flange (61 '; 61), and on the other hand, a sleeve 601 extending between these two bores (600, 600 ') and opening to the right of these holes (600, 600').

It will be observed that the bores (600; 600 ') and / or the sheath 601 have an axis perpendicular to the general plane in which the ballast device extends. In such a case, the fastener takes the form of a bolt (having a nut and a screw for passing through the holes and the sleeve) or the like. According to a preferred embodiment, the fixing plate 6 is made of a metallic material. Another feature of the invention is that the ballast device 1 comprises at least one receiving housing 7 for receiving the forestay support. This ballast device 1 comprises, then, such a housing 7, this in its upper part 2. As visible in Figure 1, it is, more particularly, the block 4 which comprises such a housing 7. In this regard, it will be observed that the fixing plate 6 20 described above emerges, then, out of this block 4 at least in the bottom 70 of this housing 7. An additional feature is that the housing 7 comprises means 71 for guiding and or means 72 for positioning the forestay support inside the housing 25, more particularly with respect to the bottom 70 of this housing 7. In this respect, it will be observed that the means 71 for guiding are designed to guide the forestay support during the engagement of this forestay support inside the housing 7 and in the direction of the bottom 70 of the housing 7. Such means 71 for guiding may be constituted by at least one wall of the housing 7 inclined relative to the bottom 70 of the housing 7, and flaring from 70. With regard to the means 72 for positioning, these are designed to position the forestay support inside the housing 7, this in the bottom 70 of the housing 7 and / or in relation to the 6. Such means 72 for positioning can be constituted by an arrangement of the walls of the housing 7 and / or the fixing plate 6, this with respect to the bottom 70 of the housing 7. Another characteristic of the invention consists in that the ballast device 1 comprises means 8 for mounting a turner. In this regard, it will be observed that such a turner is constituted by a device for returning prefabricated walls 10 and comprises, on the one hand, a frame and, on the other hand, a rack, designed to receive prefabricated walls, and rotatably mounted on the frame. As can be seen in the appended figures, these mounting means 8 comprise, on the one hand, at least one sleeve 80 for the reception of a foot included in the turner, more particularly than the chassis of such a turner comprises. . Such a sleeve 80 adopts the shape of a hollow tube and has a section (more particularly square) adapted to that of a turntable foot. Such a sleeve 80 extends along an axis perpendicular to the general plane of extension of the ballast device 1. Moreover, such a sleeve 80 opens at least in the upper part 2 of the ballast device 1, more particularly at the level of the ballast device. upper surface of the block 4 that comprises this ballast device 1. According to a preferred embodiment, such a sleeve 80 opens on either side of the ballast device 1 (more particularly on either side of the block 4 that comprises this device 1) and passes through, thus, this ballast device 1. On the other hand, these mounting means 8 comprise at least 30 a base 81 for receiving a fastener (more particularly in the form of a clamp or the like) of this turner on the ballast device 1. As can be seen in the accompanying figures, such a base 81 extends parallel to the general plane of extension of the ballast device 1 and is preferably , made solidarity (more particular by soldering) of at least one sheath 80.

In fact, such a base 81 may be constituted by a blade or, preferably, by a wing that comprises an "L" or "H" profile as shown in the appended figures. According to another characteristic of the ballast device 1, the latter comprises a frame 9, at least inside which extends at least a portion of the block 4, and comprising a plurality of sides (longitudinal 90 and lateral 91). at least one of which comprises at least part of the means 5 to support. These longitudinal 90 and lateral sides 91 have an upper field 92 extending in an upper plane parallel to the general plane in which the ballast device extends 1. With regard to the lateral sides 91, the latter 91 having a lower field 93 extending in a lower plane parallel to the general plane in which the ballast device extends 1. The means 5 for bearing are then constituted by at least one peripheral flange 50 (more particularly longitudinal), protruding from said lower plane, and having at least one longitudinal side 90 of the frame 9, more particularly than comprise the two longitudinal sides 90 of the frame 9. It will be observed that this frame 9 is advantageously part of A mold inside which the concrete is poured for the production of the block 4. Another feature of the ballast device 1 is that it comprises at least one housing 10. partially embedded in the block 4. This housing 10 is, more particularly, made of a metallic material. This housing 10 includes or receives a movable or removable cover. This housing 10 has an opening which opens at the upper part 2 of the ballast device 1, more particularly at the upper surface of the block 4. An additional feature is that the ballast device 1 comprises a frame 11, embedded in the inside of the block 4, and which are secured (more particularly by welding) the plate 6 for fixing the forestay support and / or the means 8 for mounting a turner and / or the frame 9 and / or the In fact and as shown in FIG. 2, this frame 11 5 extends inside the frame 9 as well as between, on the one hand, the upper plane in which the upper fields extend. longitudinal 90 and lateral sides 91 of the frame 9 and, on the other hand, the lower plane in which the lower fields 93 of the lateral sides 91 of this frame 9 extend. 10 This frame 11 is constituted by an assembly (more particularly by welding) 110 and tr showers 111, of which at least a portion of the following elements (bracket 6 for fixing the forestay support, means 8 for mounting a turner, frame 9, housing 10) are made integral. It will be observed that these longitudinal members 110 and / or these crosspieces 111 are made of a solid material, in particular a metallic material (preferably made of steel). In fact, this frame 11 constitutes a framework that gives its rigidity to the ballast device 1. According to another characteristic, the ballast device 1 20 comprises, on the one hand and in the lower part 3, a female interlocking means 12 and on the other hand and in the upper part 2, a male interlocking means 13 intended to cooperate with a female interlocking means that comprises the lower part of another similar or identical ballast device (not shown) and positioned (stacked) over the ballast device 1. As can be seen in FIG. 1, it is, more particularly, the block 4 which comprises at least a part of the male engagement means 13, or even at least a part the female interlocking means 12. This male interlocking means 13 comprises at least a part of the support plate 6 for fixing the forestay support and / or at least a part of the housing 7 for receiving the forestay support. This male interlocking means 13, on the one hand, is constituted by a part of the block 4 which protrudes with respect to the upper plane in which the upper fields 92 extend along the longitudinal 90 and lateral sides 91 of the frame 9 ( this in the upper part 2 of the ballast device 1), and, on the other hand, is positioned recessed relative to at least one longitudinal edge 94 (or even with respect to a side edge 95) of this frame 9. This withdrawal defines a longitudinal peripheral edge 14, which comprises the ballast device 1, and which is designed to cooperate with the means 5 to take support that comprises a similar or identical ballast device positioned (stacked) over the ballast device 1. As mentioned above, the ballast device 1 comprises a female interlocking means 12. In fact, this female interlocking means 12 is constituted, on the one hand, by a lower face, which comprises the block 4, and which extends into the e lower plane in which the lower fields 93 extend from the lateral sides of the frame 9. On the other hand, this female interlocking means 12 is constituted by the means 5 to bear, more particularly constituted by at least one peripheral rim 50 described above and which protrudes from this lower plane. It should be noted that, in order to increase the weight necessary for the balance of the forces, it is possible to superimpose a plurality of ballast devices 1 having the characteristics described above. Such a superposition is advantageously facilitated by the presence of the female interlocking means 12 and male 13 mentioned above. Moreover, within such a superposition, it is necessary to connect at least a portion of the ballast devices 1 to each other, in particular at least the ballast device at the lower end and the ballast device located at the bottom end. the upper end of this superposition. To do this, the ballast device 1 according to the invention comprises at least one means 15 for receiving a connection member of a plurality of superposed ballast devices 1.

As can be seen in FIG. 1, such a means 15 for receiving is constituted by an opening, passing through the block 4, and opening into the bottom 70 of the housing 7. Such an opening advantageously allows the evacuation of the water (In particular rain) out of the housing 7. With regard to said connecting member, it can take the form of a rod, a rod (including threaded) of a screw or, preferably, a 'A bolt. An additional feature of the invention consists in that the ballast device 1 comprises at least one handling hook 16. As can be seen in FIG. 1, such a handling hook 16 equips the frame 9 and can be made integral with one side (more particularly a longitudinal side 90) of this frame 9, preferably by welding. 15

Claims (14)

REVENDICATIONS1. Device (1) ballast comprising a block (4) at least partly made of concrete and means (5) for bearing on the ground or on another similar or identical ballast device positioned below this device ballast (1), characterized in that the ballast device (1) comprises at least one plate (6) for fixing a forestay support, this plate (6) being partly embedded in the block (4) and comprising at least one means (60) for receiving a fastening member of the forestay support. 2. Device (1) ballast according to claim 1, characterized in that the plate (6) extends through the block (4), emerges out of this block (4) on both sides of the and comprises at least one means (60) for receiving a fixing member, said receiving means (60) passing through the plate (6) and opening on either side of the block (4). 3. Device (1) ballast according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the block (4) comprises at least one housing (7) for receiving the forestay support and that the plate (6) of fixation emerges out of this block (4) at least in the bottom (70) of this housing (7). 4. Device (1) ballast according to claim 3, characterized in that the housing (7) comprises means (71) for guiding and / or means (72) for positioning the support forestay inside. housing (7), more particularly with respect to the bottom (70) of this housing (7). 5. Device (1) ballast according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises means (8) for mounting a turner, these means (8) for mounting comprising, on the one hand , at least one sheath (80) for receiving a foot that includes the turner and, secondly, at least one base (81) for receiving a fastener of this returner on the device (1). ) from the east. 6. Device (1) ballast according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a frame (9), at least within which extends at least a portion of the block (4) and having a plurality of longitudinal (90) and lateral (91) sides, at least one of which has at least a portion of the means (5) for support. Ballast device (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that the lateral sides (91) of the frame (9) have a lower field (93) extending in a lower plane while the means (5) ) to support are constituted by at least one peripheral flange (50), which projects relative to the lower plane, and that comprises at least one longitudinal side (90) of the frame (9). 8. Device (1) ballast according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a housing (10) partially embedded in the block (4). 9. Device (1) ballast according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a frame (11), embedded within the block (4), and 20 of which are made integral platinum (6) for fixing the forestay support and / or the means (8) for mounting a turner and / or the frame (9) and / or the housing (10). 10. Device (1) ballast according to claim 9, characterized in that the frame (11) is constituted by an assembly of longitudinal members (110) and sleepers (111) made of a solid material, in particular metal, more especially steel. 11. Device (1) ballast according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises on the one hand and in the lower part (3), a female interlocking means (12) and, d on the other hand and in the upper part (2), a male interlocking means (13) intended to cooperate with a female interlocking means (12) that comprises the lower part of another similar or identical ballast device and positioned over the ballast device (1), said male engagement means (13) having at least a part of the support plate (6) for fixing the forestay support and / or at least part of the housing (7). ) receiving the forestay support. Ballast device (1) according to claims 6 and 11, characterized in that the male engagement means (13), on the one hand, is constituted by a portion of the block (4) projecting from the to an upper plane in which the upper fields (92) of the longitudinal (90) and lateral (91) sides of the frame (9) extend, and, on the other hand, is set back from at least one edge longitudinally (94) of this frame (9), so as to define a longitudinal peripheral edge (14) designed to cooperate with the means (5) for support that comprises a similar or identical ballast device positioned over the device of ballast (1). Ballast device (1) according to claims 6 and 11, characterized in that the female interlocking means (12) is constituted, on the one hand, by a lower face, which comprises the block (4), and which extends in a lower plane in which extend the lower fields (93) of the lateral sides (91) of the frame (9) and, secondly, by the means (5) to support, more particularly constituted by at least one peripheral flange (50) projecting from said lower plane. 14. Device (1) ballast according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises at least one means (15) for receiving a connecting member of a plurality of devices (1) of superimposed ballast.