US 12,540,058 B2 · Crane system and method for delivering crane from floor-to-floor of high-rise building under construction

Abstract

Disclosed embodiments provide an accelerated construction technique that is well-suited for concrete steel-reinforced buildings. As construction of a building continues, and new floors are built, cutouts in each floor are formed that are vertically aligned with each other to form a multi-floor channel. A climbing hydraulic piston system is installed in the multi-floor channel. The hydraulic piston system lifts a mobile, slab-based mini crane. The climbing hydraulic piston system elevates the crane to a sufficient height to build the next floor slab. Then the crane is lowered onto the slab to be used for construction activities on that floor. The process can be repeated as needed until the final level of the building is constructed. The climbing hydraulic piston systems is then removed from the channel and lowered to the ground by the crane. The crane is then disassembled and removed via the building freight elevator.

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Dependent claims

A method for using a crane for construction of a building with multiple floors, comprising:

building a set of initial floors;
installing a cutout in each floor of the set of the initial floors;
installing upper and lower support collars in the cutouts of one or more floors of the set of initial floors;
installing a plurality of lift ladders in a multi-floor channel formed by the cutouts, wherein the plurality of lift ladders is secured to the upper and lower support collars;
installing an adjustable locking base coupled to a piston system in the multi-floor channel secured into the lift ladders;
installing a tower coupled to the adjustable locking base and piston system, wherein the tower rides in the multi-floor channel and is advanced by the piston system;
positioning a crane over the tower coupled to the piston system;
elevating the crane above a level of a next floor to be constructed;
building the next floor to be constructed;
lowering the crane onto the next floor which has now been constructed;
operating the crane on the next floor which has now been constructed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Crane system and method for delivering crane from floor-to-floor of high-rise building under construction

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Crane system and method for delivering crane from floor-to-floor of high-rise building under construction

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Abstract

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