Shuttering Safety Post with Releasable Floor Panel Anchoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Installers in concrete construction face a high risk of falling while working on shuttering systems, as they often operate at great heights and lack effective safety measures to secure themselves to the floor panels.
Innovation Solution
A safety device comprising a safety post and base element with a securing mechanism, including a rotatable engaging element that can be adjusted between securing and release positions, allowing secure attachment to the shuttering system's support profiles, thereby preventing falls.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If installers work on shuttering systems at great heights, then construction productivity is improved, but the risk of falling increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a safety post as an intermediary device between the installer and the shuttering system. The safety post includes a base element that engages with the shuttering system's support profiles and a vertical post that provides an attachment point for personal safety devices. This intermediary structure enables installers to work at heights while being secured, thus resolving the contradiction between productivity (working at heights) and safety (falling risk).
Solution Approach 2:
The safety device is segmented into distinct functional components: a base element for engagement with the shuttering system, a vertical post for structural support, and attachment points for personal safety devices. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function effectively - the base element provides stable engagement, the post provides height and attachment capability, and the personal safety device secures the installer, collectively addressing the falling risk while maintaining productivity.
2Reliability
If a safety device is added to the shuttering system, then falling protection is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The safety post is designed to engage with the existing shuttering system's support profiles, which are already part of the construction framework. The base element of the safety post utilizes the same support profiles that hold the floor panels, making the safety device compatible with the existing system without requiring additional specialized structures. This multi-functionality approach allows the safety device to integrate seamlessly, improving falling protection while minimizing the increase in overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The safety post is designed to be self-supporting through its engagement with the shuttering system's support profiles. The base element engages directly with the existing structural elements, and the vertical post maintains its position through gravity and engagement forces. This self-service design eliminates the need for additional anchoring mechanisms or complex installation procedures, thereby improving falling protection without significantly increasing device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the safety device is made adjustable and relocatable, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The safety post incorporates a base element with engaging elements that can be adjusted between different positions along the support profiles. The engaging elements are designed to lock securely at various locations, allowing the safety post to be repositioned as needed during construction. This dynamic capability enables easy repositioning while maintaining secure engagement at each position, thus improving ease of operation without compromising reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The base element features localized engaging elements positioned at specific locations to interface with the support profiles. These engaging elements are designed with specific geometric features that match the support profile structure, ensuring secure engagement at each local position. The local quality of these engagement features ensures that even though the device is relocatable, each engagement point provides reliable securing, thus maintaining reliability while improving ease of operation.
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AI summary
A safety device for securing a person to a floor panel of a shuttering system. A base element secures a safety post. The base element can be placed on a floor panel of a shuttering system. The safety post has a personal safety element, to which the person can be selectively secured. A securing mechanism has a securing carrier, on which at least one engaging element is arranged, wherein the securing carrier is coupled to the base element. The engaging element can be adjusted into a securing position and a release position, wherein the engaging element can be engaged with the shuttering system in the securing position in order to fix the base element to the floor panel, and wherein the engaging element can be decoupled from the shuttering system in the release position in order to decouple the base element from the floor panel.