Wall panel lifting system used for forming multistory block and brick walls

Abstract

A wall panel lifting system used for forming multistory walls. The system includes a vertical wall panel lifting frame, a wall panel trolley frame and a wall panel. The wall panel lifting frame includes a plurality of vertical legs connected together using leg couplings, cross braces and angled lifting frame braces and a pair of vertical jacks. The lifting frame also includes a cable winch with a cable and pulleys. One end of the cable is attached to the trolley frame for lifting the trolley frame and attached wall panel as the building of the block or brick wall proceeds upwardly. The trolley frame is rides on wheels up and down inside a vertical groove in a front of the vertical legs of the lifting frame. The trolley frame includes a pair of vertical channel members. The channel members include a rear “U” shaped channel and a front “U” shaped channel. The front channel is attached to the wall panel and is used to move the wall panel from a retracted position to an extended level position for use as a guide in forming the block or brick wall.

The embodiments of the invention for which an exclusive privilege and property right is claimed are defined as follows:  
     
         1 . A wall panel lifting system used for forming multistory block or brick walls, the wall panel lifting system comprising: 
 a vertical wall panel lifting frame;    a wall panel trolley frame mounted on said panel lifting frame for riding vertically up and down thereon;    a wall panel adapted for laying blocks or bricks thereagainst, said wall panel mounted on a front of said trolley frame; and    lifting means attached to said panel lifting frame and said trolley frame, said lifting means for raising and lowering said trolley frame and said wall panel on said lifting frame.    
     
     
         2 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 1    wherein said lifting means includes a cable winch with cable, said cable winch attached to said panel lifting frame, one end of said cable attached to a top of said trolley frame.  
     
     
         3 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 1    wherein said trolley frame is slidably mounted up and down in a vertical groove in a front of said lifting frame.  
     
     
         4 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 3    wherein said trolley frame includes a vertical flange with a plurality of wheels mounted thereon, said wheels engaging sides of said vertical groove in the front of said lifting frame.  
     
     
         5 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 1    wherein said trolley frame includes a pair of vertical channel members, each of said channel members having a rear “U” shaped channel and a front “U” shaped channel, said front “U” shaped channel spring biased and expandable on said rear “U” shaped channel, said wall panel attached to the front of said front “U” shaped channel  
     
     
         6 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 1    wherein said panel lifting frame includes a pair of vertical legs with a plurality of leg sections connected together using leg section couplings.  
     
     
         7 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 1    wherein said panel lifting frame also includes angled lifting frame braces and a pair of vertical jacks attached to said vertical legs for plumbing said panel lifting frame horizontally and vertically.  
     
     
         8 . A wall panel lifting system used for forming multistory block or brick walls, the wall panel lifting system comprising: 
 a vertical wall panel lifting frame, said panel lifting frame including a pair of vertical legs connected together using cross braces;    a wall panel trolley frame slidably mounted on said vertical legs of said panel lifting frame for riding vertically up and down thereon;    a light weight metal wall panel adapted for laying blocks or bricks thereagainst, said wall panel retractably mounted on a front of said trolley frame; and    a cable winch with cable, said cable winch attached to a side of one of said vertical legs, one end of said cable attached to a top of said trolley frame.    
     
     
         9 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 8    wherein said trolley frame is slidably mounted up and down in a vertical groove in a front of said vertical legs of said lifting frame.  
     
     
         10 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 9    wherein said trolley frame includes a vertical flange with a plurality of wheels mounted thereon, said wheels engaging sides of the vertical groove in the front of said pair of vertical legs of said lifting frame.  
     
     
         11 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 8    wherein said trolley frame includes a pair of vertical channel members, each of said channel members having a rear “U” shaped channel and a front “U” shaped channel, said front “U” shaped expandable and retractable on said rear “U” shaped channel, said wall panel attached to the front of said front “U” shaped channel.  
     
     
         12 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 11    wherein said trolley frame includes a rotatable torque tube mounted thereon, ends of said torque tube mounted on cams, said cams engaging said front “U” shaped channels for expanding said wall panel outwardly into a level or plumb position.  
     
     
         13 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 12    further including a torque handle attached to a portion of said torque tube, said torque handle for rotating said torque tube on said trolley frame.  
     
     
         14 . A wall panel lifting system used for forming multistory block or brick walls, the wall panel lifting system comprising: 
 a vertical wall panel lifting frame, said panel lifting frame including a pair of vertical parallel legs having leg sections connected together using leg section couplings;    a wall panel trolley frame with a plurality of wheels mounted on said vertical parallel legs of said panel lifting frame for riding vertically up and down thereon;    a light weight metal wall panel adapted for laying blocks or bricks thereagainst, said wall panel retractably mounted on a front of said trolley frame; and    a cable winch with cable, said cable winch attached to a side of one of said vertical parallel legs, one end of said cable attached to a top of said trolley frame.    
     
     
         15 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 14    wherein said wheels of said trolley frame ride up and down on sides of a vertical groove in a front of said vertical parallel legs of said lifting frame.  
     
     
         16 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 15    wherein said trolley frame includes a vertical flange with said wheels mounted thereon.  
     
     
         17 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 14    wherein said trolley frame includes a pair of vertical channel members, each of said channel members having a rear “U” shaped channel and a front “U” shaped channel, said front “U” shaped expandable and retractable on said rear “U” shaped channel, said wall panel attached to the front of said front “U” shaped channel.  
     
     
         18 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 17    wherein said trolley frame includes a rotatable torque tube and torque handle mounted thereon, ends of said torque tube mounted on cams, said cams engaging said front “U” shaped channels for expanding said wall panel outwardly into a level or plumb position.  
     
     
         19 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 14    wherein said panel lifting frame includes an upper cross brace, a middle cross brace and a lower cross brace, ends of said braces attached to said vertical parallel legs.  
     
     
         20 . The wall panel lifting system as described in    claim 19    wherein said panel lifting frame also includes angled lifting frame braces and a pair of vertical jacks attached to said vertical parallel legs for plumbing said panel lifting frame horizontally and vertically.