Method and equipment for erecting multi-storey building structures

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF ERECTING A MULTI-STORY BUILDING HAVING FLOOR SLABS CONNECTED TO VERTICALLY EXTENDING LOAD BEARING MEMBERS WITH JACKS AND LIFTING RODS ALONG WHICH SAID JACKS ARE MOVABLE, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) ERECTING THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS; (B) CONSTRUCTING THE FLOOR SLABS IN A VERTICAL STACK AT A BASE LEVEL BELOW THE UPPER ENDS OF THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS; (C) LIFTING SAID SLABS TO VERTICALLY SPACED APART LOCATIONS ALONG THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS BY: (1) CONNECTING THE LIFTING RODS TO SAID LOAD BEARING MEMBERS ABOVE SAID FLOOR SLABS TO PREVENT VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID LIFTING RODS RELATIVE TO SAID MEMBERS; (2) CONNECTING SAID JACKS TO SOME OF SAID FLOOR SLABS; (3) ACTUATING SAID JACKS AND MOVING SAID JACKS UPWARDLY ALONG SAID LIFTING RODS AND THEREBY LIFTING THE FLOOR SLABS TO WHICH SAID JACKS ARE CONNECTED UPWARDLY ALONG SAID LOAD BEARING MEMBERS; (4) FIXEDLY POSITIONING THE JACKS RELATIVE TO THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS ABOVE THE FLOOR SLABS; (5) DISCONNECTING SAID LIFTING RODS FROM SAID LOAD BEARING MEMBERS AND FIXING THEM TO AT LEAST SOME OF THE REMAINING SAID FLOOR SLABS; AND (6) ACTUATING SAID FIXEDLY POSITIONED JACKS AND ELEVATING SAID LIFTING RODS RELATIVE TO SAID JACKS AND THEREBY LIFTING THE FLOOR SLABS ATTACHED TO SAID LIFTING RODS RELATIVE TO SAID LOAD BEARING MEMBERS; (D) THE ERECTION OF THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAID FLOOR SLABS BEING CARRIED OUT IN ANY DESIRED ORDER; AND (E) THEREAFTER CONNECTING THE FLOOR SLABS TO THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS AT SAID VERTICALLY SPACED APART LOCATIONS.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF ERECTING A MULTI-STORY BUILDING HAVING FLOOR SLABS CONNECTED TO VERTICALLY EXTENDING LOAD BEARING MEMBERS WITH JACKS AND LIFTING RODS ALONG WHICH SAID JACKS ARE MOVABLE, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) ERECTING THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS; (B) CONSTRUCTING THE FLOOR SLABS IN A VERTICAL STACK AT A BASE LEVEL BELOW THE UPPER ENDS OF THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS; (C) LIFTING SAID SLABS TO VERTICALLY SPACED APART LOCATIONS ALONG THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS BY: (1) CONNECTING THE LIFTING RODS TO SAID LOAD BEARING MEMBERS ABOVE SAID FLOOR SLABS TO PREVENT VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID LIFTING RODS RELATIVE TO SAID MEMBERS; (2) CONNECTING SAID JACKS TO SOME OF SAID FLOOR SLABS; (3) ACTUATING SAID JACKS AND MOVING SAID JACKS UPWARDLY ALONG SAID LIFTING RODS AND THEREBY LIFTING THE FLOOR SLABS TO WHICH SAID JACKS ARE CONNECTED UPWARDLY ALONG SAID LOAD BEARING MEMBERS; (4) FIXEDLY POSITIONING THE JACKS RELATIVE TO THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS ABOVE THE FLOOR SLABS; (5) DISCONNECTING SAID LIFTING RODS FROM SAID LOAD BEARING MEMBERS AND FIXING THEM TO AT LEAST SOME OF THE REMAINING SAID FLOOR SLABS; AND (6) ACTUATING SAID FIXEDLY POSITIONED JACKS AND ELEVATING SAID LIFTING RODS RELATIVE TO SAID JACKS AND THEREBY LIFTING THE FLOOR SLABS ATTACHED TO SAID LIFTING RODS RELATIVE TO SAID LOAD BEARING MEMBERS; (D) THE ERECTION OF THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAID FLOOR SLABS BEING CARRIED OUT IN ANY DESIRED ORDER; AND (E) THEREAFTER CONNECTING THE FLOOR SLABS TO THE LOAD BEARING MEMBERS AT SAID VERTICALLY SPACED APART LOCATIONS.