MODULAR INSTALLATION AND MOUNTING KIT FOR MODULAR INSTALLATION
Patent Information
- Application Number
- MA41239
- Authority / Receiving Office
- MA · MA
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2015-12-23
- Filing Date
- 2015-12-23
- Publication Date
- 2017-11-01
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
AI Technical Summary
Existing methods for fixing adjacent layers of modular installations lack efficient and stable connection mechanisms, particularly along vertical edges, leading to potential instability and detachment.
A modular installation and assembly set that uses adjacent modules to secure the lower and upper layers along vertical edges, ensuring a stable fixation through a unique connection mechanism.
Provides a stable and efficient connection between adjacent layers, preventing detachment and ensuring structural integrity in modular installations.
Abstract
Description
fixing between said lower layer (12) and said upper layer (11) by means of the adjacent modules of the layer above and / or below along the verticals and are thus fixed.
Claims
Demands 1. Modular installation (1), in particular a modular industrial installation, comprising a plurality of parallelepiped installation modules (20, 20a, 40, 40a, 40b, 40c) which are arranged in at least two layers stacked one on top of the other: modules having a load-bearing structure (78) provided with fixing points (24, 24', 44, 44'); the fixing points being intended to connect a module to the corresponding fixing points of adjacent modules of an overlying and / or underlying layer; the modules (20, 40) of a layer being connected (24, 24', 64, 44, 44') to the adjacent modules (40, 20) of the layer above and / or below by complementarity of shapes in the horizontal (xy) plane; at least one traction force device (62, 70, 80) comprising a traction element (62) being provided which allows a lower layer of modules (40a) or a base block (6) to be subjected, along the perpendicular (z), to a traction force so as to press the modules located between said lower layer and said upper layer against each other, and thus fix, with the adjacent modules (40, 20) of the layer above and / or above along the perpendicular (z) at the fixing points; at least three support elements (24', 44'), which define a first plane, being arranged on an upper side (22, 42) of the supporting structure (78) of the modules (20, 20a, 40) and at least three support elements (24, 44), which define a second plane parallel to the first plane, being arranged on a lower side (21, 41) of the supporting structure opposite the upper side, the support elements serving as fixing points for the modules; a support element on the upper side and a support element on the lower side, each forming a pair and arranged aligned with each other along a straight line parallel to the normal of the planes; and two support elements (24, 24', 44, 44'), directed towards each other, of two adjacent modules (20, 20a, 40) of neighboring layers being connected by a linking element (64); characterized by the fact that said support elements (24, 24', 44, 44') include a conical recess (25, 25', 45, 45'); and the connecting element (64) has the form of a double cone or a truncated double cone, and each cone or truncated cone of the connecting element is disposed in the conical housing of one of the two support elements and bears directly flush against it.
2. Modular installation according to claim 1, the conical lateral surfaces (66, 66') of the connecting elements (64) and the conical lateral surfaces (25, 25') of the housings of the support elements (24, 24') being formed so that a cone or a truncated cone of a connecting element can bear flush in the conical housing of a support element without any part of the associated module bearing on a surface of the connecting element that is not part of the lateral surface of said cone or said truncated cone, in particular a surface of the connecting element that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the double cone or the double truncated cone.
3. Modular installation according to any one of the preceding claims, layers comprising a support module (40, 40a, 40b, 40c, 6) and layers comprising at least one functional module (20, 20', 20”, 20a) being arranged one on top of the other alternately.
4. Modular installation according to any one of the preceding claims, the modules (20, 20a, 40) being arranged so that, for at least one layer of modules, the fixing points of at least two modules of said layer are connected to the fixing points of a common module of an overlying and / or underlying layer.
5. Modular installation according to any one of the preceding claims, the modules (20, 20a, 40) being arranged in an interlaced manner and stacked so that at least part of the modules form a three-dimensional network.
6. Modular installation according to one of the preceding claims, the support elements (24, 24', 44, 44') of the modules (20, 20a, 40) having a central opening (26, 46) so that a traction element (62) is guided or can be guided through the openings along the straight lines defined each by two paired support elements.
7. Modular installation according to any one of the preceding claims, the connecting element (64) having a through hole (68) through which a traction element (62) is guided or can be guided.
8. Modular installation according to any one of the preceding claims, the modules (20, 20a, 40) being arranged so that the support elements (24, 24', 44, 44') of all the modules are aligned along a plurality of straight lines parallel to the perpendicular (z) and a traction element (62) can be guided or a traction element is disposed along each of these straight lines.
9. Modular installation according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising at least one clamping device (80) for maintaining the tensile stress on a tensile element (62) in the event of temperature variations, with a base structure (81, 82, 87, 92) that can be fixed or mounted on a module of the highest layer (11) or the lowest layer (12) of the installation, a support (94) that can be moved relative to the base structure along the longitudinal axis of the traction element, and a spring element (90) disposed between the base structure and the movable support, a first end (63) of the traction element bearing (84) on or connected to the movable support of the clamping device, a second end of the traction element bearing on or connected to a counter-support (70) on an opposite side of the installation and the ratio D1 / D2 of a first spring constant DI of the tension element to a second spring constant D2 of the spring element being at least 4 / 1, preferably at least 6 / 1 and particularly preferably at least 10. Assembly assembly intended for the construction of a modular installation according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a plurality of modules (20, 20a, 40) comprising a load-bearing structure (78), at least three support elements (24', 44'), which define a first plane being arranged on an upper side (22, 42) of the load-bearing structure; at least three support elements (24, 44), which define a second plane parallel to the first plane, being arranged on an underside (21, 41) of the load-bearing structure which is opposite to the upper side; one support element on the upper side and one support element on the lower side each forming a pair and being arranged in alignment with each other along a straight line parallel to the normal of the planes; and said support elements comprising a conical recess (25, 25', 45'); a plurality of connecting elements (64) having the form of a double cone or a truncated double cone; and at least one traction element (62); the lateral cone surfaces (66, 66') of the connecting elements (64) and the lateral cone surfaces (25, 25') of the housings of the 'support' elements (24, 24') being formed so that a cone or a truncated cone of a connecting element can come to rest flush in the conical housing of a support element without any part of the associated module resting on a surface of the connecting element which is not part of the lateral surface of said cone or said truncated cone, in particular a surface of the connecting element which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the double cone or the double truncated cone. 11• Assembly assembly according to claim 10, the support elements (24, 2444,44 a') of the modules (20, 20a, 40) having a central opening (26, 46) so that a traction element (62) is guided or can be guided through the openings along the straight lines defined each by two matched support elements. 12:' Assembly according to the indication 10 or 1, the connecting elements (64) having a through hole (68) through which a traction element (62) can be guided. 13- Assembly assembly according to any one of claims 10 to 12, comprising at least one clamping device (80) intended to maintain the tensile stress on a tensile element (62) in case of temperature variations, with a base structure (81, 82, 87, 92) that can be fixed or mounted on a module, a support (94) that can be moved relative to the base structure and a spring element (90) disposed between the base structure and the movable support, a first end (63) of the tensile element being able to bear (84) on the movable support of the clamping device or being able to be connected to it, and the ratio DID of a first spring constant DI of the tensile element to a second spring constant D2 of the spring element being at least 4 / 1, preferably at least 6 / 1 and particularly preferably at least 9 / 1.