Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Torso harness – Strand-engaging – with descent retarder
Patent
1982-04-22
1984-01-31
Machado, R. P.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Torso harness
Strand-engaging, with descent retarder
182191, 188 654, A62B 110
Patent
active
044284551
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a fire escape for high rise buildings. Cables are automatically lowered from the roof of the building, and once they have descended, brake apparatus is slipped over each cable to be used from various levels of the building. A person is suspended from each brake apparatus, and is controllably lowered to the ground. Since the brake apparatus can be attached anywhere along the cable without prethreading, a plurality of persons can be lowered at the same time, and the same cable can be used repeatedly by many people.
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Chin-Shue A.
Machado R. P.
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