Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – With insulation – Fire or heat shield
Patent
1976-11-09
1978-05-23
Machado, Reinaldo P.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
With insulation
Fire or heat shield
182 82, 182113, 52 64, E04B 1346, A62B 500, A62B 300
Patent
active
040905853
ABSTRACT:
A balcony for fire escape purposes for use below a window in an exterior wall of a multistory building which comprises support means to secure it in place on the wall; a platform secured to said means, preferably by spring hinges biasing it to horizontal position so that it can be removably held in vertical position against the wall or at right angles thereto; means secured to the support means for holding the platform in horizontal position against downward forces; an outside guard means secured to the platform parallel to and spaced from the connection thereof to the support means, preferably by spring hinges so that it is biased from a folded position against the platform to a position at right angles thereto; means operatively connected to the outside guard means and the support means to prevent the guard means from swinging beyond a right angular position with respect to the platform; an end guard means secured to each end of the outside guard means, preferably by spring hinges biasing them away from a folded position parallel to the outside guard means to an open position at right angles thereto; means operatively connected to the support means for limiting the movement of the end guard means beyond a right angular relation to the outside guard means while permitting movement toward the outside guard means against the force of the spring hinges; and means for releasably holding the parts in folded parallel relationship. The outside surface of the platform may be decorated to match or blend with the exterior wall to which it is attached and/or covered with a heat insulating material.
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Machado Reinaldo P.
Mortimer George H.
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