Fire escape apparatus

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1989-09-19

1990-07-17

Machado, Reinaldo P.

Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold

Torso harness

Attached to strand wound on reel, and means for retarding...

182235, 182239, 182240, 182 42, A62B 110, A62B 3500

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049415492

ABSTRACT:
A fire escaping apparatus being of a small bulk, requiring no energy source and capable of continuously transporting escaping persons is provided. The apparatus includes a housing attached to a place from where relevant persons can escape a fire, a hollow active shaft rotatably mounting therein a following shaft and securing thereon a driving member, an escaping loop rope positively circulating on the periphery of the driving member, a speed-increasing mechansim mounted between the active and following shafts, and a speed-limiting mechanism mounted on the following shaft so that the escaping person grasping on the rope can be rapidly and safely transported from the place to a ground surface.

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patent: 637878 (1889-11-01), LePore
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patent: 708846 (1902-09-01), Vieregg
patent: 715330 (1902-12-01), Zimmer
patent: 4209077 (1980-06-01), Yui
patent: 4867276 (1989-09-01), Tamietti

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