Method for installing guide rails

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10486943-B2
Application number	US-201515522817-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2015
Priority date	Oct 30, 2014
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A method for installing a guide rail of an elevator installation arranged in an elevator shaft, wherein the guide rail includes a multiplicity of guide-rail segments that are aligned and arranged in a row one beside the other, includes the following steps: fixing an aligning element in the elevator shaft at a first point in relation to an aligned and fastened first one of the guide-rail segments, wherein the first point is positioned on a route provided by horizontally directed parallel displacement of the route formed by the first guide-rail segment; fixing the aligning element at a second point, in the form of a reference point, in the elevator shaft, an aligning-element portion for aligning a second one of the guide-rail segments therefore being formed between the first and the second points; and aligning the second guide-rail segment relative to the aligning-element portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for installing a guide rail of an elevator installation arranged in an elevator shaft, wherein the guide rail includes a plurality of guide-rail segments that are aligned and arranged together in a row, the method comprising the following steps:
fixing an alignment element at a first point in the elevator shaft in relation to an aligned and fastened first one of the guide-rail segments, wherein the first point is positioned on a route being positioned by a horizontally directed parallel displacement of the route formed by the first guide-rail segment;
fixing of the alignment element at a second point as a reference point in the elevator shaft so that an alignment-element portion for aligning a second one of the guide-rail segments is formed between the first point and the second point, wherein the reference point is maintained during the installation of all of the guide-rail segments of the guide rail; and
aligning the second guide-rail segment relative to the alignment-element portion.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the alignment element is generated as a laser beam from a laser device and the second point is formed by a marking in the elevator shaft.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the alignment element is an alignment cord and is fastened to the second point by at least one fastening device in the elevator shaft.

4. The method according to claim 3 wherein the alignment cord is tensioned in the elevator shaft and a gripping device is arranged at the first point, the gripping device preventing a movement of the alignment cord directed at an angle to a course of the alignment cord.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the second point is arranged in a shaft head of the elevator shaft or in a shaft pit of the elevator shaft.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the second point is determined by using a reference device.

7. The method according to claim 6 wherein the reference device is a positioning gauge.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the route is a first route, wherein the first point is arranged on a second route having a length equal to half of a length of the first guide-rail segment, wherein the second route is determined by a horizontally directed parallel displacement of the first route arranged along the first guide-rail segment proceeding from an abutment point at a transition from the first guide-rail segment to the second guide-rail segment.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the second guide-rail segment is arranged in a row with the first guide-rail segment.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the second guide-rail segment is aligned parallel with the fixed alignment-element portion.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein the reference point is determined at a start of an installation of the guide rail in the elevator shaft.

12. A method for installing a guide rail of an elevator installation arranged in an elevator shaft, wherein the guide rail includes a plurality of guide-rail segments that are aligned and arranged together in a row, the method comprising the following steps:
fixing an alignment element at a first point in the elevator shaft in relation to a first one of the guide-rail segments aligned and fastened in the elevator shaft, wherein the first point is positioned on a route being positioned by a horizontally directed parallel displacement of the route formed by the first guide-rail segment;
fixing of the alignment element at a second point as a reference point in the elevator shaft so that an alignment-element portion for aligning a second one of the guide-rail segments is formed between the first point and the second point, wherein the reference point is maintained during the installation of all of the guide-rail segments of the guide rail;
aligning the second guide-rail segment relative to the alignment-element portion; and
wherein the route is a first route, wherein the first point is arranged on a second route having a length equal to half of a length of the first guide-rail segment, and wherein the second route is determined by a horizontally directed parallel displacement of the first route arranged along the first guide-rail segment proceeding from an abutment point at a transition from the first guide-rail segment to the second guide-rail segment.

Assignees

• Inventio Ag

Inventors

• Püntener Urs
• Buntschu Stefan

Classifications

• B66B19/002 Primary

  installing or exchanging guide rails (details of rails B66B7/02) · CPC title

• B66B7/021

  with a particular position in the shaft · CPC title

• B66B7/023 Primary

  Mounting means therefor · CPC title

• B66B7/027

  for mounting auxiliary devices · CPC title