Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Wall- or floor-attached
Patent
1984-09-24
1986-03-18
Britts, Ramon S.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Wall- or floor-attached
182 63, 182131, 182135, 182148, 182179, 187 18, 187 6, E04G 316, E04G 504
Patent
active
045762490
ABSTRACT:
A device for fighting fires in highrise buildings and towers is disclosed, whereby a pair of parallel arranged platforms are provided for alternative ascension up the side of the building in stepwise fashion. The upper platform is first released from fixed connection with the upper story to which it is attached and raised relatively to the lower platform still fixedly attached the story of the building below. After raising the upper platform to a higher story, it is fixedly attached to that story, whereupon the lower platform is released and raised toward the upper platform until it is positioned adjacent the story previously having the upper platform attached thereto. At this point, the lower platform is fixedly attached to that story. The process repeats a series of times to climb up the side of the building to the upper floors where a fire is burning to put out the fire and save lives. To descend, the process is simply reversed. Each platform is provided with clamping means for fixedly attaching the platform to a story of a building at which it is positioned. The clamping means are reciprocal between a clamping position fixing the platform to the story of the building, and a retracted release position to allow movement of the platform relative to the building. Each platform is also provided with hoisting equipment for lowering persons to the ground, and for allowing access to the ground below and the providing of necessary equipment to the upper floors.
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patent: 217439 (1879-07-01), Zimmerman
patent: 278249 (1883-05-01), Little
patent: 494452 (1893-03-01), Witzel
patent: 3228659 (1966-01-01), Sturm
Britts Ramon S.
Chotkowski Karen
Gerstein Milton S.
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