Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Torso harness – Attached to strand wound on reel – and means for retarding...
Patent
1981-11-25
1984-09-25
Machado, R. P.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Torso harness
Attached to strand wound on reel, and means for retarding...
182238, B63C 12
Patent
active
044731329
ABSTRACT:
A device and method for safely removing occupants of multi-story buildings under conditions of fire and catastrophe by allowing one occupant at a time to don a harness attached to the device and safely jump, with his rate of descent controlled so that he reaches the ground safely. The device has a rigid frame in which a rotatable shaft is positioned. On the shaft are mounted two drums. On each drum is wound enough cable to reach the ground from the height of installation of the device. Each drum has its cable wound in a direction of rotation opposite from that of its mate. A drag element acts on the shaft to limit the rotational velocity of the shaft, and thereby the rate of fall of the escaping occupant, to a speed which will not injure the occupant on contacting the earth. Only one user at a time will be able to occupy the apparatus since the cable end of the second cable is hidden under the first cable and is not accessible until the first cable has been completely unwound. A pair of elevator type tubular conduits are provided, each with a walk-in shuttle, to enclose each occupant on his descent and a keyway to prevent rotation of the occupant-containing shuttle during its descent and ascent.
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Chin-Shue Alvin
Kramer Daniel E.
Machado R. P.
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