Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Torso harness – Attached to strand wound on reel – and means for retarding...
Patent
1982-02-26
1984-05-15
Machado, R. P.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Torso harness
Attached to strand wound on reel, and means for retarding...
182239, 188184, A62B 106
Patent
active
044482841
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a device for escaping from buildings in case of fires or other emergencies. The device enables persons to be rescued to leave the building by descending vertically along the external building walls. The device is made up of a closed casing provided with a hook to hook the same to an anchorage provided therefor near the upper windows or openings of the building. Inside the closed casing is a steel cable coiled on a reel that is connected, through an overgear, to a dynamic brake. A harness or safety belt is provided for being hooked to the free end of the steel cable that projects outwardly from the closed casing, and by means of this harness or safety belt the persons to be rescued leave the building by descending vertically.
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Chin-Shue Alvin
Machado R. P.
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