Scaffold rosette
AssigneeAt-Pac China Business Trust
InventorPeter ROGERS
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Abstract
Disclosed are a scaffold rosette (60), a scaffold system and a method thereof. The scaffold rosette (60) includes a plurality of holes (65) of similar size and shape that extend axially through the scaffold rosette (60). Each of the plurality of holes (65) includes a first wedge alignment notch (70) and a second wedge alignment notch (70) spaced apart circumferentially from the first wedge alignment notch (70). The scaffold system comprises the scaffold rosette (60). The method comprises the steps of providing the scaffold rosette (60), locating a first ledger in a first hole (65) of the scaffold rosette (60) and locating a second ledger in a second hole (65) of the scaffold rosette (60).
Claims15
In a scaffold system with upright members connected to adjacent upright members by releasable ledgers that engage rosettes at spaced intervals on the upright member,
- characterized in that the rosettes on at least some of the upright members, each having 4 securing ports through the rosette;
- each port of the rosette is elongate and has opposed end positions orientated to locate a ledger head with these end positions being 45 degrees apart;
- and
- wherein the port allows for ledger locating at a host of positions between the positions;
- and
- wherein said ports are of similar size and adjacent ports are separated by one of 4 support spokes located between said ports.
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A scaffold system comprising:
- a scaffold rosette that extends circumferentially around a longitudinal axis and adapted to support ledgers thereon, the scaffold rosette including a plurality of holes of similar size and shape that extend axially through the scaffold rosette, each of the plurality of holes extends circumferentially partway about the longitudinal axis (62) between a first circumferential edge and a second circumferential edge thereof,
- wherein each of the plurality of holes includes a first wedge alignment notch and a second wedge alignment notch spaced apart circumferentially from the first wedge alignment notch, the first wedge alignment notch and the second wedge alignment notch extend radially outward away from the corresponding hole.
A method comprising:
- providing a scaffold rosette that extends circumferentially around a longitudinal axis (62), the scaffold rosette including a plurality of holes that extend axially through the scaffold rosette, each of the plurality of holes extends circumferentially partway about the longitudinal axis between a first circumferential edge and a second circumferential edge thereof, wherein each of the plurality of holes includes a first wedge alignment notch and a second wedge alignment notch spaced apart circumferentially from the first wedge alignment notch, the first wedge alignment notch and the second wedge alignment notch extend radially outward away from the corresponding hole,
- locating a first ledger in a first hole included in the plurality of holes, and
- locating a second ledger in a second hole included in the plurality of holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.