Adjustable Scaffolding Platform for Gap-Free Deck Assembly
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Construction scaffolding often experiences gaps between decks of varying widths, which can lead to safety hazards due to additional stabilizing elements that create steps, and existing adjustable solutions lack stability and ease of assembly.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable scaffolding deck with L- or U-shaped profiles and hook-like fastening elements that allow for secure and stable connection to girders, enabling gap-free assembly by adjusting the fastening elements transversely to match adjacent decks, and featuring a design that overlaps the tread surface of adjacent non-adjustable decks to eliminate height discrepancies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If scaffolding decks of different widths are combined to adapt to width variations, then adaptability is improved, but gaps arise between adjacent decks
Solution Approach 1:
The scaffolding deck incorporates adjustable fastening elements that can be positioned at different locations along the longitudinal axis, allowing the deck width to be dynamically adapted to match adjacent decks and eliminate gaps while maintaining structural integrity
2Reliability
If additional stabilizing elements are placed to cover gaps, then reliability is improved, but stability deteriorates due to height discrepancies creating stumbling hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable fastening elements allow the deck to be configured at different positions, enabling the deck edge to be dynamically positioned to overlap with adjacent decks, thereby eliminating gaps without requiring additional stabilizing elements that create height discrepancies
3Stability of the object's composition
If adjustable fastening elements are provided on both longitudinal ends, then stability is improved by preventing tilting, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable fastening elements are divided into multiple discrete options positioned at different locations along the longitudinal axis, allowing selective activation of only the necessary fastening points based on the specific assembly situation, thereby reducing the effective complexity while maintaining stability
Solution Approach 2:
Different fastening elements are positioned at different locations along the longitudinal axis, with each location providing localized adjustability tailored to the specific structural requirements at that position, allowing optimized stability without uniform complexity throughout
Data Source
Figure 1~8
Figure 2~3
Figure 4
AI summary
An adjustable scaffolding platform (10), in particular for an (events) scaffolding or the like, comprises a first element (12), which extends in a longitudinal direction (L) of the scaffolding platform and has at least one first fastening mechanism (42) in each of the two longitudinal end regions (38, 40), for the purpose of fastening the scaffolding platform (10) on a scaffolding support, and also has a tread-surface region (18), wherein, in each longitudinal end region (38, 40), at least one second fastening mechanism (64) is provided on the first element (12) such that it can be adjusted substantially in a widthwise direction (B) of the scaffolding platform, and can be arrested against adjusting movement, to the extent where adjustment of second fastening mechanisms (64), provided in the longitudinal end regions (38, 40), make it possible to alter a region of projection (74) of the tread-surface region (18) in the widthwise direction (B) beyond the second fastening mechanisms (64).