Fastening system for mounting a console of a rail system of an elevator installation on a wall, rail system and mounting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12024403-B2
Application number	US-202017754953-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2020
Priority date	Oct 23, 2019
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

A fastening system has two fastening elements for mounting a bracket of a rail system of an elevator installation. The fastening elements each have a clamping plate having a through-hole and a receiving sleeve receiving an anchor bolt. The receiving sleeves each have a through-opening for the anchor bolt and an angularly movable ball joint is formed between the clamping plate and the receiving sleeve.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fastening system for a bracket of a rail system of an elevator installation, the fastening system comprising:
two fastening elements;
an anchor bolt;
at least two nuts;
wherein each of the fastening elements has a clamping plate with a through-hole formed therein receiving the anchor bolt, a receiving sleeve with a through-opening formed therein receiving the anchor bolt, and an angularly movable ball joint formed between the clamping plate and the receiving sleeve, where each clamping plate has a flat clamping surface facing the bracket, and where the flat clamping surface of the clamping plate of at least one of the fastening elements has a diameter which is larger than a diameter of the ball joint formed between the clamping plate and the receiving sleeve;
wherein the anchor bolt has an external thread, the nuts are screwed onto the external thread, and the fastening elements are arranged between the nuts on the anchor bolt;
wherein the bracket has an opening with a diameter larger than a diameter of the anchor bolt;
when the anchor bolt is anchored in a wall of the elevator installation and the bracket is positioned between the fastening elements with the anchor bolt extending through the opening, the bracket is aligned relative to the wall prior to locking the nuts on the anchor bolt to clamp the bracket between the fastening elements;
wherein at least one of the fastening elements has a concave abutment of the ball joint formed in the clamping plate and a convex pressure piece of the ball joint formed on the receiving sleeve; and
wherein the concave abutment is approximately hemispherical and the convex pressure piece is approximately hemispherical.

2. The fastening system according to claim 1 wherein the through-hole of the clamping plate of at least one of the fastening elements is larger than the through-opening of the receiving sleeve allowing angular movement of the ball joint when the anchor bolt is received in the through-opening.

3. The fastening system according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the clamping plates is shaped as a disk having a diameter in a range of 12 centimeters to 15 centimeters.

4. The fastening system according to claim 1 including a spring washer arranged on the anchor bolt between one of the nuts and one of the fastening elements.

5. A rail system for an elevator installation, the rail system comprising:
a bracket;
the fastening system according to claim 1 fastening the bracket to a wall of the elevator installation; and
wherein the opening in the bracket through which the anchor bolt of the fastening system is guided is larger than the diameter of the anchor bolt by a positioning tolerance and an edge of the opening is clamped between the two fastening elements of the fastening system, and the two fastening elements are clamped between the two of the nuts that are locked on the anchor bolt.

6. The rail system according to claim 5 wherein the bracket has another opening through which another anchor bolt of another of the fastening system is guided, an edge of the another opening is clamped between two fastening elements of the another fastening system, and the two fastening elements of the another fastening system are clamped between the two of the nuts that are locked on the another anchor bolt.

7. A method for mounting a bracket of a rail system of an elevator installation on a wall, the method comprising the steps of:
providing the fastening system according to claim 1 having the two fastening elements, the anchor bolt and the at least two nuts;
anchoring the anchor bolt in the wall;
screwing a first of the nuts onto the external thread of the anchor bolt;
pushing a first of the fastening elements onto the anchor bolt until the receiving sleeve of the first fastening element abuts the first nut;
guiding the anchor bolt through an opening in the bracket until an edge of the opening abuts the clamping plate of the first fastening element;
pushing a second of fastening elements onto the anchor bolt until the clamping plate of the second fastening element touches the edge of the opening;
screwing a second of the nuts onto the external thread of the anchor bolt until the bracket is clamped between the first and second fastening elements to permit aligning movement of the bracket relative to the wall;
aligning the bracket by setting a distance between the bracket and the wall by adjusting the first and second nuts on the external thread, setting a vertical position and a horizontal position of the bracket by moving the bracket within a positioning tolerance predetermined by a size of the opening, and compensating for an angular misalignment between the bracket and the anchor bolt by rotating the ball joints; and
locking the first and second nuts in place on the anchor bolt after the aligning is performed to fix the bracket between the first and second fastening elements.

8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the bracket has at least one alignment notch, the bracket being aligned using the alignment notch and a plumb line prior to locking the first and second nuts.

9. The method according to claim 7 including arranging a spring washer on the anchor bolt between the second fastening element and the second nut, and pretensioning the spring washer by pre-tightening the second nut to clamp the bracket between the clamping plates.

10. A fastening system for a bracket of a rail system of an elevator installation, the fastening system comprising:
two fastening elements;
an anchor bolt;
at least two nuts;
wherein each of the fastening elements has a clamping plate with a through-hole formed therein receiving the anchor bolt, a receiving sleeve with a through-opening formed therein receiving the anchor bolt, and an angularly movable ball joint formed between the clamping plate and the receiving sleeve;
wherein the anchor bolt has an external thread, the nuts are screwed onto the external thread, and the fastening elements are arranged between the nuts on the anchor bolt;
wherein the fastening elements each have a concave abutment of the ball joint formed in the clamping plate and a convex pressure piece of the ball joint formed on the receiving sleeve, the concave abutment being approximately hemispherical and the convex pressure piece being approximately hemispherical; and
when the anchor bolt is anchored in a wall of the elevator installation and the bracket is positioned between the fastening elements, the bracket can be aligned relative to the wall prior to locking the nuts on the anchor bolt to clamp the bracket between the fastening elements.

Assignees

• Inventio Ag

Inventors

• Butler Erich
• Lo Jacono Romeo

Classifications

• F16B5/025

  specially designed to compensate for misalignement or to eliminate unwanted play · CPC title

• F16B43/02

  with special provisions for engaging surfaces which are not perpendicular to a bolt axis or do not surround the bolt · CPC title

• B66B7/024

  Lateral supports · CPC title

• B66B7/027 Primary

  for mounting auxiliary devices · CPC title

• B66B7/023 Primary

  Mounting means therefor · CPC title