Escape device

Details Escape device Escape device

1975-12-18

1977-12-20

Machado, Reinaldo P.

Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold

Torso harness

Strand-engaging, with descent retarder

254157, B66D 504

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040636151

ABSTRACT:
An escape device which includes a housing from which the user of the device is supported. The housing journals a drum about which a cable is coiled. During use of the device the free end of the cable is secured to a building part while the user being supported by the housing descends to the ground. A braking mechanism is incorporated in the housing to regulate the rate of descent of the housing and supported user.

REFERENCES:
patent: 285319 (1883-09-01), Stofflet
patent: 751361 (1904-02-01), Van Gent
patent: 940601 (1909-11-01), Jahnke
patent: 1098223 (1914-05-01), Brown
patent: 2205026 (1940-06-01), Barham
patent: 2569597 (1951-10-01), Bailey
patent: 3915432 (1975-10-01), Bustamante
patent: 4000881 (1977-01-01), Matsumoto

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