Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
  • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
  • E04B1/343—Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport
  • E04B1/346—Rotary buildings; Buildings with rotary units, e.g. rooms

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• Rotating shopping mall The present invention relates to a sales and presentation area with individual sales and presentation areas according to the preamble of claim 1.
• Claim 1 provides for the freely accessible area between the individual sales and presentation areas to be made rotatable. It is intended to arrange the individual sales and presentation areas in a known manner so that a part of the sales and presentation areas encloses a substantially circular area and a second part of the sales and presentation areas covers an essentially circular area, the through The area covered by the second part of the sales and presentation areas has a smaller outer circumference than the outer circumference of the area which is enclosed by the first part of the sales and presentation areas, so that an essentially circular area is formed between the first and second parts of the sales and presentation areas is defined.
• This circular area represents the freely accessible area away from the sales and presentation areas, on which the changing customer flows move between the individual sales and presentation areas.
• the circular surface in particular, must also be accessible for design and cleaning work, the further properties of claim 1 are also necessary for practical use.
• These measures provide that the circular surface is divided into segments that can be moved, in particular lowered, in the vertical direction by means of lifting and lowering devices.
• individual circular ring segments can be supplied to spaces away from the sales and presentation areas, in which, for example, renovation or cleaning work can be carried out on the surfaces of these circular ring segments.
• This conversion work away from the sales and presentation areas can be advantageous, for example, because the circular ring segments would otherwise not be accessible to the equipment required for design work or to avoid impairment of the sales and presentation areas by dust and the like.
• Claim 5 provides an inexpensive embodiment, which is particularly advantageous due to the measures of claim 2.
• Fig. 2 shows the embodiment of Figure 1 in elevation, wherein
• Fig. 2a shows the device according to the invention in an arrangement as it will be during the use of the annular surface by customers and
• FIG. 2b shows the device according to the invention in an arrangement as it will be present during the intended conversion work on the circular ring segments
• FIG. 3 sections of the embodiment of the invention according to FIG. 1 in elevation, wherein
• 3a shows those areas of the walkable circular ring surfaces that are not equipped with lifting and lowering devices
• 3b shows that area of the walk-on circular surface, which is equipped with lifting and lowering devices, in an arrangement such as will be present during use of the circular surface by customers, and
• Fig. 3c represents that area of the walkable circular ring area equipped with lifting and lowering devices is in an arrangement as it will be during the intended renovation work on the circular ring segments.
• the individual sales and presentation areas 1, 2 are each arranged in two parts, a first, outer part 1 at least partially enclosing a substantially circular area within which the second, inner part 2 of sales and presentation surfaces 1, 2, which at least partially covers a substantially circular surface.
• a freely accessible circular ring area 3 is formed between the first, outer part 1 and the second, inner part 2 of the sales and presentation areas 1, 2, on which the customer flows changing between the individual sales and presentation areas 1, 2 move.
• the annular surface 3 is divided in terms of both structural design and in terms of their design in ring segments 3 seg.
• Each segment 3 seg can be designed as a separate “experience world” with the aid of sound, light and smell effects and the use of different floor coverings such as wood, stone or grass floors, reflective or transparent floors and floors with water surfaces and the like.
• the circular ring segments 3 seg can accommodate catering facilities such as cafes, bars, restaurants or bistros, facilities such as playgrounds, cinemas or theaters or exhibition areas such as car presentations etc. While no possibility of movement is provided for the sales and presentation areas 1, 2, the annular surface 3 is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation 7. This can be done via drives of different types, not shown, as are well known in drive technology for rotating platforms and the like.
• the speed of rotation will be selected so that it complies with all legal regulations, in particular the use of the rotating circular ring surface 3 should also be easy for the elderly and the disabled. Since, at a constant angular velocity, the local rotational speed on the annular surface 3 increases with increasing distance from the center of rotation, the optimal angular velocity will be based on the maximum permissible rotational speed and the outer diameter of the annular surface 3.
• the angular speed with a maximum permissible rotational speed of 2.5 cm / s should be selected at approximately 1.4 rad / h, which corresponds to a rotational speed of 1 , 6 cm / s on the inner diameter and 2.4 cm / s on the outer diameter of the circular ring 3 corresponds.
• a complete revolution is covered in 4 h 21 min. It is evident that the angular velocity of the rotating circular surface 3 must be chosen the smaller the larger the sales and presentation area is built, ie the larger the outer diameter of the circular surface 3 is.
• two circular ring surfaces 3 are provided which approximately touch in an area 13.
• the respective first parts 1 of the sales and presentation areas 1, 2 will not completely enclose an inner circular area, but will leave out a freely accessible area 13 which is provided with an immovable floor.
• This area 13 thus represents a connecting area between the two annular surfaces 3.
• the two annular surfaces 3 are each provided with a lifting and lowering device 4, for example a lifting platform, which are arranged in the area 13 of the annular surfaces 3.
• the circular ring surfaces 3 are set into a horizontal rotary movement via drives, not shown.
• Fig. 1 lowered and premises 5a below the sales and presentation areas 1, 2 is supplied. As in the Fig.
• Annular segment 3 seg are now inserted by the lifting and lowering device 4 into the rooms 5a serving as the conversion area via a radial movement.
• the lifting and lowering device 4 are now inserted by the lifting and lowering device 4 into the rooms 5a serving as the conversion area via a radial movement.
• Lowering device 4 is thus free to accommodate a new one
• Circular ring segment 3 seg which is stored in other, serving as storage space 5b and as a temporary
• Lowering device 4 are moved in the vertical direction that a new sliding of the circular ring segment 3 seg of the
• Premises 5b on the lifting and lowering device is possible.
• This new circular ring segment 3 seg can finally open Height of the sales and presentation surfaces 1, 2 are brought so that the horizontal rotary movement of the circular surface 3 can be resumed.
• This process will preferably take place outside the opening hours of the sales and presentation area. Since the replacement of a circular ring segment 3 seg according to the procedure described is, however, completed in a few minutes, it would also be conceivable to shut off the relevant area briefly during this period, so that an exchange of circular ring segments 3 seg could also take place during the opening times.
• the advantages of the possible conversion of circular ring segments 3 seg away from the publicly accessible sales and presentation areas 1, 2 are, among other things, that a possibly time-consuming conversion can be carried out without the need to close the sales and presentation area.
• the renovation work in particular avoids dust and noise pollution for the surrounding sales and presentation areas 1, 2.
• the access to the premises 5a can also be designed in such a way that they are accessible to larger devices or items of equipment.
• the premises 5a themselves can be equipped with cranes and machines of all kinds, so that the infrastructure necessary for conversion work is always available.
• the roof 8 of the sales and presentation area can be designed in such a way that it can be opened at times, as indicated in FIGS. 2b and 3c.
• centrally controlled public address systems with loudspeakers 9 and lighting systems with movable headlights 10 and multimedia projection devices can be provided.
• Vertical movements of loads and scenic design elements can also be provided with point trains 11.
• a lacing floor 12 can be installed for hanging scenographic elements, which is arranged above the sales and presentation areas 1, 2.
• a combination of modern technology and theater elements is thus used to supplement a shopping world with different "worlds of experience".
• These "worlds of experience” can be constantly changed, so that the sales and presentation area is presented to the customer in a constantly changing appearance, which can prevent habituation effects.

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