Patent ID: 8714512

Claim:
A climbing shoe of a climbing formwork for fixing to a concrete section of a building wall, the wall having a substantially vertical front surface, the climbing shoe structured to cooperate with a climbing rail having bolts directly connecting two beams, the climbing shoe comprising: a wall shoe part structured for direct attachment to the front surface of the wall; a sliding shoe part; a connecting element disposed between and cooperating with said wall shoe part and said sliding shoe part, wherein said connecting element comprises a stub shaft for detachable connection of said sliding shoe part to said wall shoe part, said stub shaft having a major longitudinal axis, said wall shoe part, said sliding shoe part and said stub shaft each being structured such that said major longitudinal axis of said stub shaft is substantially horizontal and parallel to the front surface of the wall when said wall shoe part is attached to that front surface, wherein said wall shoe part, said sliding shoe part and said connecting element are further structured such that removal of said connecting element detaches said sliding shoe part from said wall shoe part; a first claw disposed on said sliding shoe part; a second claw disposed on said sliding shoe part and facing said first claw, said first and said second claws being structured to embrace and guide the climbing rail for displacement of the climbing rail in a substantially vertical direction, said second claw being structured to pivot or telescope relative to said sliding shoe part for inserting or removing the climbing rail, wherein said wall shoe part, said sliding shoe part, said first claw and said second claw are structured to permit removal of said sliding shoe part from engagement with said wall shoe part and from engagement with the climbing rail subsequent to said pivoting or telescoping of said second claw out of engagement with the climbing rail and following removal of said connecting element, the sliding shoe part structured to be removed from in between the beams of the climbing rail and the wall shoe while said climbing rail is adjacent to said wall shoe during use.