Walkable Roof Platform Using Inverted Floor Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing roof structures in halls lack a safe and accessible walkable level for construction and maintenance, often requiring complex guying systems that compromise safety and accessibility.
Innovation Solution
A walkable level is created by arranging horizontally aligned floor elements on roof supports, using aluminum profiles with head profiles for secure positioning and connection, and incorporating railing elements for safety, allowing for easy assembly and secure attachment to the roof structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a walkable level is installed using guying devices to suspend the plane from the roof structure, then the walkable level can be created, but the installation complexity increases and safety is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of suspending the walkable level from above using guying devices, the invention inverts the approach by supporting the level from below using floor elements that rest on roof supports. This eliminates the need for complex guying devices and improves safety by providing direct support rather than suspension.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts and removes the guying devices from the system entirely. By using floor elements that directly rest on roof supports, the complex guying mechanism is eliminated, simplifying the installation while maintaining structural integrity and safety.
2Ease of manufacture
If floor elements are arranged to span between roof girders with head profiles for positioning, then the ease of assembly is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The head profiles are added only at specific locations (ends of floor elements) where positioning is needed, rather than throughout the entire structure. This localized addition provides easy assembly capability while minimizing overall structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The head profiles are pre-formed as integral parts of the floor elements, allowing for preliminary positioning and alignment during assembly. This pre-prepared feature enables quick installation without requiring complex field modifications or additional assembly steps.
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AI summary
Hall and walkable platform (6) for attachment to a roof structure between roof trusses (4) with horizontal bearing surfaces (5) of the hall (1) and method for erecting the platform (6). According to the invention, floor elements (10) are supported on the bearing surfaces (5), the length of which spans the center-to-center distance of two adjacent roof trusses (4), the floor elements (10) being continuously mounted transversely to the orientation of the roof trusses (4). Each of the floor elements (10) has a head profile (16) on each of its narrow sides, with which the floor element (10) rests on the bearing surfaces (5) on both sides, the width of the head profile (16) being at most equal to the width of the floor element (10). The mounting of the railing support (3) for a railing with toe boards (44) as fall protection is provided. Scaffolding elements are used, wherein a walkable platform (6) is formed by means of scaffold decks as floor elements (10).