Patent ID: 8708100

Claim:
A rail-guided climbing system, the climbing system structured to support and lift a scaffold unit of a climbing formwork to build a structure having a wall, the climbing system comprising: a first climbing bracket structured for attachment to the wall at a first wall location; a second climbing bracket structured for attachment to the wall at a second wall location disposed above said first wall location; a third climbing bracket structured for attachment to the wall at a third wall location disposed above said second wall location; a first climbing rail section; a second climbing rail section disposed above said first climbing rail section; a joint disposed between and directly connecting a lower end of said second climbing rail section to an upper end of said first climbing rail section, said first and said second climbing rail sections being capable of moving between a lower position and an upper position, wherein, in said lower position of said first and said second climbing rail sections, said joint is disposed below said second climbing bracket, said first climbing rail section is guided in said first climbing bracket and said second climbing rail section is guided in said second climbing bracket, wherein, in said upper position of said first and said second climbing rail sections, said joint is disposed above said second climbing bracket, said first climbing rail section is guided in said second climbing bracket and said second climbing rail section is guided in said third climbing bracket; a first platform directly connected and extending substantially perpendicular to said first climbing rail for a user to stand upon; a second platform directly connected and extending substantially perpendicular to said second climbing rail for a user to stand upon; and an adjustor device directly connected between said first platform and said second platform, said adjustor device disposed, structured and dimensioned for adjusting and maintaining an angular orientation between said first and said second climbing rail sections via said joint to facilitate insertion of an upper free end of said second climbing rail section into said third climbing bracket when said first and said second climbing rail sections are being raised from said lower position into said upper position.