US 11,993,482 B2 · Method and arrangement

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for transporting construction material and/or equipment inside a building under construction, wherein the building under construction comprises plurality of vertically displaced floors, the method comprising providing an elevator for transporting transport containers in the building under construction, said elevator comprising at least a load receiving unit vertically movable along one or more guide rail lines in an elevator shaft formed in the building under construction; and providing plurality of transport containers each comprising a container body, and an identification provided on the container body for identifying the container and/or its destination in the building, most preferably the destination floor in the building under construction; providing one or more detectors within the building under construction for detecting identifications of containers when they are within the detection ranges of the one or more detectors; moving a first transport container belonging to said plurality of transport containers to a loading floor; loading the first transport container belonging to said plurality of containers on the load receiving unit; determining by a control system destination floor of the first container comprising detecting the identification of the first transport container with a detector; automatically moving the load receiving unit vertically in the elevator shaft to the destination floor of the first container; and unloading the first transport container from the load receiving unit to the destination floor of said first container. The invention also relates to a method for constructing a building and an arrangement, which implement the aforementioned method.

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Dependent claims

A method for transporting construction material or equipment inside a building under construction, the building under construction including a plurality of vertically displaced floors, and the method comprising:

providing an elevator for transporting transport units in the building under construction, said elevator including at least a load receiving unit vertically movable along one or more guide rail lines in an elevator shaft, the elevator shaft being formed in the building under construction;
providing a plurality of transport units, each of the plurality of transport units carrying construction material or equipment, each respective transport unit among the plurality of transport units including a corresponding identification on the respective transport unit, the corresponding identification identifying
the respective transport unit, or
a destination floor of the respective transport unit in the building under construction;
providing one or more detectors in the building under construction for detecting the corresponding identifications on each of the plurality of transport units when the corresponding identification is within a detection ranges of the one or more detectors;
moving a first transport unit among the plurality of transport units to a loading floor;
loading the first transport unit on the load receiving unit;
determining, by a control system, a destination floor of the first transport unit based on the corresponding identification of the first transport unit detected with at least one among the one or more detectors;
automatically moving the load receiving unit vertically in the elevator shaft to the destination floor of the first transport unit;
and
unloading the first transport unit from the load receiving unit to the destination floor of said first transport unit.

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An arrangement for transporting construction material or equipment inside a building under construction, the building under construction including a plurality of vertically displaced floors, and the arrangement comprising:

an elevator for transporting transport units in the building under construction, said elevator including at least a load receiving unit vertically movable along one or more guide rail lines in an elevator shaft, the elevator shaft being in the building under construction;
a plurality of transport units, each of the plurality of transport units carrying construction material or equipment, each respective transport unit among the plurality of transport units including a corresponding identification on the respective transport unit, the corresponding identification identifying
the respective transport unit, or
a destination floor of the respective transport unit in the building under construction;
one or more detectors in the building under construction for detecting the corresponding identifications on each of the plurality of transport units when the corresponding identification is within a detection ranges of the one or more detectors;
and
a control system configured to
determine a destination floor of a first transport unit among the plurality of transport units based on the corresponding identification of the first transport unit detected with at least one among the one or more detectors, and
automatically control the elevator to move the load receiving unit vertically in the elevator shaft to the destination floor of the first transport unit for unloading of the first transport unit to said destination floor of said first transport unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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