Abstract: A compact, demountable or collapsible, portable stand or support apparatus for providing construction elements, typically scaffolding planks and poles, in a safe and user accessible position. The invention including a demounting connector, specially adapted to removably connect a leaning support to a base, in an apparatus that is assembled for use and can be collapsed or demounted for purposes of storage and/or transport between work sites. The invention seeks to prevent worker injury as a consequence of lifting heavy construction elements off the ground, by placing them in a safe and substantially upright or user-friendly and accessible position prior to their handling.

Abstract: A template for use in installing a plurality of foundation elements, in particular anchor piles, relative to one another in an underwater ground formation, comprises at least a guide for guiding a foundation element in a guiding direction during driving the foundation element into a seabed, and a frame including a holding member for holding the guide in transverse direction of the guiding direction. The template further comprises a levelling mechanism for levelling the frame with respect to a seabed when it is placed thereon. The guide is freely displaceable with respect to the holding member in the guiding direction.

Abstract: A pipe-support system including a pipe-support frame structure having plural, substantially horizontal, pipe-support levels supported by columns including a distribution of side columns uniformly spaced along at least one side of the frame structure, and featuring selectively graduated, support-level-indifferent, lateral-connectivity access for quickly available, removeable, outrigger gravity attachment to the frame's side columns, through gravity catch and hook structures, of modular, outrigger, lateral, worker-platform scaffolding either as individual scaffolding units, or as assemblies of plural, individual units, all such units deriving vertical support through outrigger connections made to the frame structure.

Abstract: A scaffolding assembly configured for use with an assembly table is provided. In one embodiment, the scaffolding assembly can include an inner scaffolding and an outer scaffolding, wherein the inner scaffolding and the outer scaffolding each include: a plurality of main posts having a lower end and an upper end; an extendible arm connected to each of the main posts, wherein the extendible arm is configured to extend substantially perpendicular from the main post; and a tertiary scaffolding support connected to the extendible arm and the main post, the tertiary support configured to transfer at least some of the force from the extendible arm to the main post, wherein the scaffolding assembly is configured to attach to the assembly table, such that the scaffolding assembly receives support from the assembly table.

Abstract: A modular filtration frame assembly is provided for holding components of a pipe system and filtration system. The modular frame assembly comprises a skid formed by a base and a central spine. The base has at least two legs and at least one lateral support disposed between the two legs, and the central spine has two uprights and at least one cross bar disposed between the two uprights. A component support member is attached to the central spine for supporting components of the pipe system. In the modular frame assembly, the base, central spine and component supports can be formed by selecting from predetermined and presized components in response to the design and size of the pipe system and filtration system. The component support member holds predetermined components of the pipe and filtration system having a predetermined centerline at the same vertical distance from the cross bar, thereby maintaining the same centerline for all pipe system components supported by the skid regardless of component diameter.

Abstract: The invention includes an access structure integration assembly and an integrated system using the assembly. An access structure integrated assembly includes at least one channeled structure and at least one joist socket slidingly engaged with the channeled structure. The channeled structure is configured to secure to a base structure, such as a suspended work platform system, and the joist socket is configured to secure to a second structure, such as a supported work platform system. An integrated system includes a base structure, a second structure and at least two integration assemblies, each assembly including a channeled structure secured to the base structure and a joist socket secured to the second structure and slidingly engaged with the channeled structure.

Abstract: A device for positioning a rope access technician next to a blade of a wind turbine, including a rigid spine, one or more clamp assemblies with each clamp assembly connected to the rigid spine and each clamp assembly capable of clamping to a blade of a wind turbine, and a lower platform connected to a lower portion of the rigid spine with a substantially flat top surface on which a technician may sit, stand or place items.

Abstract: Apparatus (10) and a method for supporting one or more turbomachines, with the apparatus including a first package (12) module including a first frame (32) and a fluid-handling machinery mount coupled to the first frame, the fluid-handling machinery mount being configured to support one or more fluid-handling machines (42). The apparatus also includes a second package module (14) including a second frame (38) and a heat exchanger mount coupled to the second frame, the heat exchanger mount being configured to support one or more process fluid coolers (46), and the second package module being coupled to the first package module. The apparatus further includes an access passage (16) extending between the first and second modules and configured to enable personnel to proceed therethrough.

Abstract: A scaffolding assembly including at least one scaffolding climbing tower defined by four corner standards, two or more working platforms, and one or more intermediate platforms between at least one pair of working platforms.

Abstract: A portable worker safety frame provides many of the benefits of a loading dock while enhancing worker safety. In one implementation, the safety frame provides a walking surface of adjustable height that may be placed adjacent to an arbitrary work surface of a transportation vehicle. The safety frame can provide a walking platform that has a similar length as the cargo bed itself, yet is portable by such conventional means as the forks of a lift truck. The portable worker safety frame also provides an overhead safety rail to which each worker may attach a safety harness cord.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing access to vehicles and containers on a pair of railways or thoroughfares. The apparatus is comprised of a raised walkway between the pair of thoroughfares having a tracking platform movable thereon. Pivotally attached to and carried by the tracking platform is a turret. Carried on the turret and hinged thereto is a bridge that is rotatable in a vertical plane. At the end of the bridge is a cage pivotally attached to the bridge so that the cage remains horizontal when the bridge is rotated vertically on the turret. The bridge and cage are dimensioned so that, when the turret is rotated such that the bridge is directed between and parallel to the thoroughfares and the bridge and cage are raised, the apparatus is entirely out of the clearance envelopes of the thoroughfares.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a frame scaffold with a mechanically operated sliding support, as well as methods of assembling, using and disassembling a frame scaffold using the sliding support are disclosed. The apparatus provides for at least one individual to vertically ascend and/or descend along the perimeter of frame scaffold by mechanical operation. The operator of the apparatus is in close proximity to the scaffold. The apparatus does not require the support of an additional structure (i.e., it is self-supporting). The apparatus provides improved safety and efficiency in the assembly and disassembly of frame scaffold.

Abstract: A servicing station for flatbeds includes a workers platform which is driven along one lateral side of the flatbed by an electric motor driving a spur gear in mesh with a rack on an overhead beam positioned sufficiently high to not interfere with lift truck loading and unloading of the flatbed. The electric motor is supplied electrical power through a power chain positioned on the overhead beam.

Abstract: A method for erecting a pre-stressed sectionalized and segmented concrete tower for wind power or heliostatic generator or chimney comprising the steps of (a) building a tower foundation; (b) fabricating a plurality of concrete segments having internal ducts for introducing pre-stressing tendons; (c) fabricating a plurality of assembling supports and lifting harnesses for proving a support to the concrete segments when assembled in tower sections; (d) installing, with a crane the concrete segments to conform the concrete tower section; (e) engaging a lifting harness to the concrete tower section, lift the whole section of tower, mount such concrete section on the foundation and disengage the lifting harness and/or the assembling support; (f) assembling the following concrete tower sections though the use of assembling supports and mounting such tower sections through the use of lifting harnesses; and (g) joining the concrete sections through prestressing tendons to provide a rigid tower.

Abstract: A device for enabling access to a structure above ground or sea level, in particular a rotor blade of a wind turbine, by lowering and/or lifting the device in relation to the structure, the device including a frame structure,—means for supporting the device in relation to the structure, and—means for lowering and/or lifting the device in relation to the structure, where at least part of the frame structure includes a track portion, the track portion being adapted to guide an, in relation to the track portion, movable object along the track portion, where the means for supporting the device in relation to the structure are configured for positioning the device in relation to the structure, and the means for supporting the device in relation to the structure are configured for facilitating a movement of the device essentially in the longitudinal direction of the structure.

Abstract: A scaffolding assembly including at least one scaffolding climbing tower defined by four corner standards, two or more working platforms, and one or more intermediate platforms between at least one pair of working platforms.

Abstract: In a dock unit for maintenance of aircraft there is provided, in addition to an outer support which supportingly engages against a frame disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft in the vicinity of the end of said frame and is adjustable, a further support which is located further in and is likewise adjustable. The distance between the two supports is greater than the largest dimension of the wings of the aircraft to be maintained, measured in the longitudinal direction of the fuselage. One of the supports can therefore be temporarily retracted in order to move a wing past and below this support.

Abstract: A cabled platform suspension system includes a platform having first and second support points at spaced locations along a front work-access edge of the platform and a third, stabilizing/rotator support point. A platform support structure, such as the two or four towers of a dry dock, defines first, second, third and fourth platform suspension points arranged in a substantially rectangular pattern. Six cables are connected between the platform and support structure, with five cables being respectively connected between the first and fourth suspension points and the first and second platform support points, two cables being respectively connected between the second and third suspension points and the first and second platform support points and two cables being respectively connected between the second and third suspension points and the third platform support point.

Abstract: A multi-level vehicle servicing system includes site-erectable units each with four levels, to facilitate vehicle repairs by several technicians at the same time. Each unit includes vertical structural members, horizontal supports, flooring, tool storage, parts storage, panels, stairs, ladders, ramps, lifting mechanisms to raise the vehicle off its wheels, and mechanisms to facilitate removal of heavy repair components to other levels below. Lighting, power, compressed air, fluid delivery and extraction, and fire suppression systems are integrated in the system of components. The system is erected on a conventional building floor and is free-standing, independent of the building structure itself. The modular apparatus is installed without major modifications to an existing building of appropriate size and structural compatibility. Several of the four-level units can be stacked and any number may be combined in any horizontal configuration.

Abstract: A scaffold system in which a scaffold bed is suspended between a pair of channel members. The channel members are horizontally disposed in respective frames that include a spaced pair of column members. The bed is modular and provides a deck surface that is formed by a plurality of panel members that are joined by a pair of beam members. The panel members have retainer flanges at opposite ends thereof, the end most retainer flanges of the bed engaging respective ones of the channel members. Each of the column members is provided with a retainer for holding the bed engaged with the channel members. Handrails are selectively connectable between the column members in elevated relation to the deck surface. The retainers are adopted for connecting wall braces for laterally stabilizing the system. The frames can rest on stationary supports, or they can be configured as hangers for suspension by tension members.

Abstract: A deck assembly. The deck assembly may have at least one nonmovable horizontally-oriented unit and at least one movable unit that pivotally attached to a nonmovable unit. The movable unit can be pivoted between a first position wherein it is substantially co-planar with the nonmovable unit to which it is attached to form a substantially planar deck surface. The movable unit may also be selectively pivoted to at least one position wherein it is not co-planar with the nonmovable unit to form an upstanding fence or barrier. Each movable unit may be fitted with a support brace for supporting the nonmovable unit in the non-coplanar position. The deck units may also be equipped with shock absorbers for controlling the pivotal travel of the movable deck units to a predetermined rate. In addition, the deck units may also be pivoted and retained in any non-coplanar position by fluid actuated air cylinders attached between the nonmovable units and the movable units.

Abstract: A work platform is supported by a sleeve which is movable along a tower having a plurality of vertically equally spaced rungs. The raising system of the invention comprises two hydraulic rams pivotably attached to the sleeve and equipped with corresponding hooks at the extremity of their piston rods. The rams are activated simultaneously in up and down movement but in alternate directions, bearing in a hooking engagement in turn on the rungs of the tower to pull the sleeve upwards along the tower. When a rung is in the path of a hook in the upward movement, the latter pivots backwards to clear the rung and is pivoted back by means of springs.

Abstract: A walk board system comprises at least first and second platform assemblies, each assembly having first and second pairs of support legs pivotally connected to the platform. At least one of said pairs of legs presents a staircase for user entry onto the platform. The legs are selectably extensible to vary the height of the platform above the underlying ground surface. The legs are pivotable to a position within the confines of the platform so as to allow for easy transport of the platform assembly between work sites. About the perimeter of each platform are a plurality of slots designed to engage a depending flange of a fastener member therein. Upon placement of the platforms in a side-by-side relationship and alignment of selected slots therebetween, insertion of a fastener within the aligned slots will maintain the platforms in selectable adjacent relationships.

Abstract: A hanging scaffold panel for use in a hanging scaffold has a rectangular frame with an elongate male portion projecting from one side and attached to the rectangular frame with a fixing pin. The rectangular frame has a female portion on a side opposing the male portion and adapted to receive a male portion from an adjoining panel. The elongate male portion has two semi-cylindrical sections that are threadably adjusted to engage the female portion. A fastening pin is used to lock the male portion in the female portion.

Abstract: A temporary scaffold comprising a platform section and an auxiliary section, each comprising a E-shaped frame formed of an arrangement of pipes. The pipes are telescopically connected in end-to-end relationship. As a result, the platform and auxiliary sections are interconnected so that their connected length is adjustable.

Abstract: A system for servicing and maintaining an aircraft includes a fuselage dock assembly having a first ground-supported column, a second ground-supported column and a walkway section supported by the first and second columns. The system also includes a tail dock assembly having a recess defined therein for receiving a tail section of an aircraft, and an engine stand for servicing an engine of the aircraft that is not readily accessible from the fuselage dock assembly or the tail dock assembly. Structure is also provided for adjusting the height and inclination of the walkway section relative to a horizontal plane, so that the walkway section will conform to the natural inclination of a particular aircraft. The system includes several other novel and advantageous features for increasing the safety and efficiency of aircraft maintenance.

Abstract: A carrier having (a) a frame having a middle portion transversely formed between two lateral portions attachable to and detachable from a layer of wall formed between two shutters, the lateral portions having a length more than twice as great as the height of the shutters and (b) a rectilinear elevator operatively linked to the middle portion of the frame so that the frame is slidable upwards and downwards by means of the elevator. The elevator moves itself upwards relative to the frame when the lateral portions of the frame are attached to a first layer of wall so that the frame carries workers who install shutters between which concrete is grouted for a second layer of wall. The elevator moves the frame upwards relative thereto when the second layer of wall solidifies so that the lateral portions of the frame can be detached from the first layer of wall and attached to the second layer of wall and that the elevator can move itself upwards relative to the frame.

Abstract: A system for servicing and maintaining an aircraft includes a fuselage dock assembly having a first ground-supported column, a second ground-supported column and a walkway section supported by the first and second columns. The system also includes a tail dock assembly having a recess defined therein for receiving a tail section of an aircraft, and an engine stand for servicing an engine of the aircraft that is not readily accessible from the fuselage dock assembly or the tail dock assembly. Structure is also provided for adjusting the height and inclination of the walkway section relative to a horizontal plane, so that the walkway section will conform to the natural inclination of a particular aircraft. The system includes several other novel and advantageous features for increasing the safety and efficiency of aircraft maintenance.

Abstract: A rocket assembly apparatus is disclosed in which a vertical assembly building houses a multi-stage rocket and provides a clear work area around the entire circumference of the rocket. A mobile rocket service tower is moveable on the floor of the vertical assembly building to any desired circumferential location with respect to the rocket and has a plurality of cantilevered access platforms with curved outer edges for conforming to the shape of the rocket at various vertical and circumferential positions.

Abstract: A scaffold, having a main frame including four vertical posts arranged in a rectangular array and connected at the sides of the scaffold by two side trusses that support a scaffold main platform, is further provided with an auxiliary frame that supports a plurality of vertically spaced auxiliary platforms above the main platform and parallel thereto. The auxiliary frame is located at one end of the main frame and has two parallel side members, each side member having a first clamp member formed of angle stock at one end to receive a vertical post and a second clamp member formed of angle stock at the other end to receive a side truss. The vertical post is maintained with the first clamp member by a bent, partially threaded rod that is bolted to the perpendicular webs of the first clamp member and extends about the vertical post.

Abstract: A system for servicing and maintaining an aircraft includes a fuselage dock assembly having a first ground-supported column, a second ground-supported column and a walkway section supported by the first and second columns. The system also includes a tail dock assembly having a recess defined therein for receiving a tail section of an aircraft, and an engine stand for servicing an engine of the aircraft that is not readily accessible from the fuselage dock assembly or the tail dock assembly. Structure is also provided for adjusting the height and inclination of the walkway section relative to a horizontal plane, so that the walkway section will conform to the natural inclination of a particular aircraft. The system includes serveral other novel and advantageous features for increasing the safety and efficiency of aircraft maintenance.

Abstract: A basic scaffolding tower assembly for building up, in modular fashion, a multi-level scaffolding system includes a pair of load-bearing tower panels spaced from and parallel to the building facade. The tower panels are joined together by a pair of landing channels extending perpendicularly to the building facade, thereby forming a generally rectangular tower structure. The landing channels support a work deck running parallel to the building facade, and the tower panels are spaced apart sufficiently to provide a drive-through passageway along the work deck wise enough for motorized construction equipment. Extension members carried by the landing channels extend inwardly towards the building facade and support, in cantilever fashon, a four foot or wider work deck immediately adjacent the facade. The tower assembly components are made of aluminum and are sufficiently robust to support twenty or more work levels.

Abstract: A scaffold, having a main frame including four vertical posts arranged in a rectangular array and connected at the sides of the scaffold by two side trusses that support a scaffold main platform, is further provided with an auxiliary frame that supports a plurality of vertically spaced auxiliary platforms above the main platform and parallel thereto. The auxiliary frame is located at one end of the main frame and has two parallel side members, each side member having a first clamp member formed of angle stock at one end to receive a vertical post and a second clamp member formed of angle stock at the other end to receive a side truss. The vertical post is maintained with the first clamp member by a bent, partially threaded rod that is bolted to the perpendicular webs of the first clamp member and extends about the vertical post.

Abstract: An outrigger is designed to be used at the corner of a scaffold in generally cantilever-like fashion to underlyingly support what would normally be free projecting ends of horizontal planks projecting outboard or endwise of the scaffolding and thereby permit a worker to safely stand outboard endwise of the scaffolding, the outrigger including a pair of generally spaced parallel first and second arms each having inboard and outboard ends with a hook-like element at each inboard end to secure the outrigger by either arm to a corner of the scaffold, and the first and second arms being supported in cantilivered and extensible fashion from each other to accommodate the outrigger for varying distances between an associated scaffold buck and the work surface which is located endwise therefrom.

Abstract: Assembly equipment for rocket stages or other large structures includes three towers arranged on a circle and being circumscribed by a plurality of platforms; another platform ring is held in different levels on an inside circle, and a spiral structure is coaxially mounted for rotation on a circular track to permit access to every part of the centrally positioned structure to be assembled. An arch shaped bridge may span the top part; multiple equipment may be axially superimposed.

Abstract: An elevated bikeway can be constructed to be extremely lightweight and therefore inexpensive by restricting use to bicycle traffic only and by using aluminum as substantially the only structural material. The bikeway includes two spaced apart trusses supporting horizontal bracing, which supports a deck tread surface.

Abstract: A chain supported scaffolding arrangement for use inside of a building or vessel or in working under a bridge. Chain gripping plates engage the chain and support hollow tubular vertical posts which have a plurality of receptacles connected thereto. The chain engaging plates have a recess formed therein for receiving and positioning the vertical posts. Horizontal members engage the receptacles and extend between the vertical posts which are supported from the chains. The horizontal members are connected to the vertical posts by connectors which prevent movement about their connection axes so that when the various horizontal and vertical members are interconnected, a relatively stiff structure, which is chain supported, is provided.

Abstract: A scaffold having a number of platform plates connected through independent chains. Independent chains are also provided above the uppermost platform and below the lowermost platform for connection to upper fitting members and lower fitting members, respectively integral with a wall. The latter chains are provided with tensioning means enabling the scaffold to be firmly and rigidly secured to the wall. The platforms are also adjustable horizontally.

Abstract: An improvement in portable scaffold assemblies which enables a scaffold to be securely hung upon a vertical portion of the building, without the need for permanent anchoring means, either on the building or on the scaffolding frame itself. The portable scaffold assembly is preferably constructed of square tubing, with a main pair of open-ended vertically extending tubular members comprising the main structural member for a permanent walkway, and also for hanging an auxillary walkway, therebelow. The scaffold may be positioned, in a vertical sense, very close to the top of the vertical building portion which supports the assembly, or telescoped downwardly therefrom to any desired extent. This is allowed by a pair of L-shaped upper arms which telescopically engage both the main scaffold holder assembly, and also the removable L-shaped anchors, which are movably fitted against the vertical supports of the building structure.

Abstract: A scaffold device for harvesting and maintaining fruit trees is disclosed comprising a frame structure adapted for securement to a movable support means such as a conventional pick-up truck, a generally semi-circular open ended catwalk attached to the frame structure and residing in an elevated horizontal plane, and an upstanding ladder attached to the catwalk and extending upwardly therefrom and inclined toward the center of the semi-circle.

Abstract: The invention involves working on a pipeline which is subject to movements relative to a base such as ground, the deck of a floating barge, and the like. A rollable scaffold is frictionally coupled to the pipeline so that workers carried by the scaffold can move relative to the base and, therefore, become stationary relative to the pipeline. The scaffold carries a lift means for raising and lowering a pipe support positionable under the pipeline. The scaffold therefore allows the workers to work on the pipeline without being disturbed by the relative movements between the pipeline and the base.

Abstract: A scaffold for carrying out activities inside a tank having a substantially cylindrical side wall and a roof with centrally provided therein a manhole, comprising a central mast and, movable therearound, a section for carrying operating platforms rotatably connected to said mast, all scaffold members being coupled for mutual pivotal movement and having such a cross-section that they can be lowered into the tank via the manhole.

Abstract: A composite transfer device for conveying material used in the construction of high tower-like structures, from a loading position at the base of the structure to a working platform which is raised as building proceeds. The device includes portions giving horizontal and vertical movement of a container, and includes a first transport unit at the loading level, a vertical hoist, and a second transport unit mounted on the working platform. The second transport unit includes a radial track movable around the working platform to deliver materials from the hoist, which is centrally situated, to different working areas around the structure. A special feature of the device is the use of a carrier frame which is square in plan view and which is supported on two hoist ropes attached to opposite corners of the frame, and which is also guided by guide tubes connected to the remaining two corners of the frame and which are located by downwards travelling reaches of the hoisting rope.