Device and method for escaping fire and smoke in high-rise build

Details Device and method for escaping fire and smoke in high-rise build Device and method for escaping fire and smoke in high-rise build

1981-03-10

1984-01-17

Machado, R. P.

Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold

Traversing, track-mounted

182 3, 182 82, A62B 102

Patent

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044259824

ABSTRACT:
In the event of fire, a telescoping pole is transported, by means of a hoist, from a stored location within a building to a sleeve permanently mounted on a balcony or near a window. The pole is inserted into the sleeve and telescoped to its full extended position. A trolley is mounted on this pole. The user straps himself in a seat, attaches the seat to the trolley, and suspends himself from the pole. Using a hand-over-hand motion, the user propels himself away from the building to the end of the pole where he may be rescued by firemen.
In a second embodiment, the pole is telescopingly mounted and permanently stored in the sleeve, thereby eliminating the need to transport the pole. The sleeve is pivotally mounted on a stand for rotation about a vertical axis and the pole, when stored therein, is interior to the side of the building. In the event of fire, the user manipulates the pole by rotating it to a position which permits it to be telescopingly extended away from the side of the building. After extending the pole, the user escapes from the fire by means of the trolley and seat, as described above.

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