Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Torso harness – Attached to strand wound on reel – and means for retarding...
Patent
1986-09-02
1987-06-09
Machado, Reinaldo P.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Torso harness
Attached to strand wound on reel, and means for retarding...
182239, A62B 108
Patent
active
046713840
ABSTRACT:
The window escape descent control device for emergency use from upper windows of tall buildings comprises a body harness supported on the end of a rope wound around a flanged spool. The spool, when turned by the unwinding rope pulled by the weight of an escaper in the body harness, turns the shaft and an electrical generator operatively mounted thereon. The shaft also carries, and is controlled by, an electromagnetic brake and a speed control governor, which may be either centrifugally or optically operated and which, when a predetermined rate of shaft rotation is reached, causes energy to be released from the generator to actuate and apply the brake to the shaft; thus the rate off all of the escaper cannot exceed a pre-selected maximum.
The mechanism is mounted on a frame support structure straddling and depending from the escape window ledge. The frame strucutre provides hand and foot support to aid the escaper in climbing out the window and in getting into position for descent. Means for rewinding the rope onto the spool for another escape descent from the same window is also provided.
REFERENCES:
patent: 639455 (1899-12-01), Spalding
patent: 643286 (1900-02-01), Feiker
patent: 3880255 (1975-04-01), Huntley
patent: 4088201 (1978-05-01), MacFarlane
patent: 4287963 (1981-09-01), Coxsey
patent: 4399889 (1983-08-01), Todd
patent: 4437546 (1984-03-01), Marinoff
patent: 4611688 (1986-09-01), Sekhar
patent: 4654464 (1891-12-01), Dixon
Altman Nathaniel
Machado Reinaldo P.
LandOfFree
Window escape descent control device does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Window escape descent control device, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Window escape descent control device will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1823504