EP2374750B1 - Handrail for a fire-fighting rescue cage - Google Patents
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- The present invention relates to a handrail for a fire-fighting rescue cage.
- Rescue cages of this kind are usually mounted at the top of a ladder set of a fire-fighting vehicle to be lifted and positioned in a suitable operating position. The rescue equipment of such rescue cages includes, for example, water monitors for fire extinguishing purposes that are to be operated by rescue workers located inside the cage. One important function of rescue cages is to accommodate persons to be rescued and to bring them safely to the ground.
- These cages have to fulfill a large number of safety requirements, that are partially prescribed by law regulations of the several countries in which such rescue cages are operated. One of these requirements is to provide safety means to prevent persons from falling out of the cage. This requirement is fulfilled by a closed handrail mounted on top of the walls of the rescue cage and encircling the whole cage. Another requirement is, however, that the cage can be left by the accommodated persons at any time. For this reason the handrail must be provided to be opened. Usually such an opening portion of the handrail is located at the rear wall of the cage, leading to the ladder at which the cage is suspended. U.S. Patent specification nr.
US 4185716 discloses a typical fire-fighting rescue cage. - For these reasons the closing mechanism of the handrail must be provided to be opened easily, for example, with only one free hand. On the other hand, the handrail must keep its closed position reliably without any danger to be opened accidentally. The known handrails of rescue cages do not fulfill these conflicting requirements and do not satisfy one of these two aspects. Either the cage can easily be opened but does not keep its closed position reliably, or it can be locked safely in its closed state but the locking mechanism can only be opened by force with both hands, for example.
- It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a handrail for rescue cages of the above kind that can be opened easily but comprises a locking mechanism that keeps the locked state with no danger of being opened unintentionally.
- This object is achieved by a handrail for a fire-fighting rescue cage comprising the features of
claim 1. - The handrail according to the present invention comprises two elements to be joined with one another. Each of these elements is disposed on an end portion of one of two handrails section that are to be joined to close the handrail completely and safely.
- One of these two elements is formed as a sleeve, while the respective other element is a shaft end portion that can be slidably inserted into a joining end of the sleeve in a translatory movement, i. e. along one guiding axis of the sleeve. One of these elements mentioned before is turnable around this guiding axis with respect to the other element.
- A first element of these two elements comprises a radial protrusion, while the remaining second element comprises a recess for engaging said protrusion. The recess comprises an insertion portion extending from a joining end of the second element along the guiding axis and a notch extending from this insertion portion in a circumferential direction about the guiding axis. While the protrusion can be inserted along the insertion portion into the recess, it can be locked inside the recess by means of the notch by a turning movement around the guiding axis so that the protrusion slides into the notch and is caught there.
- In this position the two elements are joined and cannot be released simply by a sliding movement in opposite directions along the guiding axis. The two elements rather have to be turned with respect to each other so that the protrusion can slide out of the notch against its extension direction and is then free to be pulled out of the recess axially along the guiding axis. This is a combined movement that can be performed by turning the turnable element with regard to the other element by one hand, followed by a pulling movement in the axial direction. Although this combination of movements can be simply performed, even in a confusing rescue situation by an unexperienced user, there is no danger that the locking mechanism, represented by the engagement of the protrusion and the recess, can be opened unintentionally. This is mainly due to the fact that the protrusion can only be moved out of the notch by applying a torque to the turnable element before pulling out of the recess.
- The handrail according to the present invention further comprises a biasing member for biasing the second element with respect to the first element in a circumferential direction around the guiding axis against the extension direction of the notch. This biasing member can be represented by a spring, for example, that biases the element comprising the recess in the direction to let the protrusion slide into the notch. The biasing member is therefore another securing means to assure that the protrusion is safely held within the notch without the danger of sliding out accidentally.
- According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the turnable element of the two elements is mounted on an end portion of a first handrail section that is mounted in a rotation proof manner.
- According to another preferred embodiment, the non-turnable element of the two elements is arranged on an end portion of a second handrail section, at least one of said first and second handrail sections being slidable along the guiding axis.
- Preferably the second element is provided as the sleeve, and the first element is provided as the shaft end portion to be slidably inserted into a joining end of the sleeve along the guiding axis of the sleeve, said protrusion protruding radially outwards on the periphery of the shaft end portion, and the recess being formed as a cut-out in the mantle of the sleeve.
- More preferably, the sleeve is provided as the turnable element arranged on an end portion of the first handrail section, and the shaft end portion is provided as a rotation proof element, wherein the biasing member is provided as a torsion spring wound around the end portion of the first handrail section within said sleeve.
- According to this embodiment, the sleeve is mounted turnably on the end portion of the first handrail section that is mounted in a rotation proof manner. The sleeve can be turned with respect to this torque-proof end portion against the biasing force of the torsion spring. When released, the sleeve is turned in a circumferential direction around the guiding axis against the extension direction of the notch of its recess within the mantle of the sleeve. The protrusion, that is provided on the periphery of the shaft end portion as the second element, is then caught within the notch automatically when it is completely taken into the insertion portion of the recess. This means that a certain torque must be applied to the sleeve to let the protrusion slide out of the notch into a position where it can simply be pulled out of the insertion portion of the recess, separating both elements. With this pulling movement, the first and second handrail sections slide laterally along the guiding axis to leave a free access portion that can be crossed by the user. According to another preferred embodiment, the handrail comprises tube members arranged to support said first and second handrail sections, each of said first and second handrail sections being accomodated in one respective tube member to be slidable along said guiding axis, both first and second handrail sections being fully extracted from their respective tube members in the joined state of the two elements.
- These and other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description with respect to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a rear wall of a fire fighting rescue cage, comprising a handrail as one embodiment of the present invention; -
Fig. 2 shows the rear wall of a fire fighting rescue cage fromFig. 1 in an opened position; -
Fig. 3 is a view of the handrail of the fire fighting rescue cages ofFig. 1 and2 in detail; -
Fig. 4 shows the handrail ofFig. 3 in a view wherein the inner parts of the opening/closing mechanism are visible; and -
Fig. 5 shows the handrail ofFig. 3 and 4 in an opened position. - The construction shown in
Fig. 1 represents arear wall 10 of a fire fighting rescue cage, comprising anupper handrail 12 to prevent persons located in the rescue cage from falling out. Thehandrail 12 extends along the whole width of therear wall 10 in a horizontal direction over aleft frame 14 and aright frame 16 that represent constructional parts of therear wall 10, respectively. Between these left andright frames free space 17 shown inFig. 1 . Thisspace 17 can accommodate another wall portion comprising, for example, the revolving door that can be opened by a user and closes automatically. However, such a door is not part of the present invention, and its description will be omitted here for the sake of simplicity. - The
handrail 12 extends over bothframes handrail 12 comprises an opening mechanism to open thehandrail 12 so that a person can pass the spacing and the revolving doors located therein. InFig. 2 , thehandrail 12 is shown in its opened state. - In this open state, a
first handrail section 18 connected to theright frame 16 and a second handrail section mounted to the left frame 14 (seeFig. 1 ) are separated by sliding these first andsecond handrail sections tube members second handrail sections frames Fig. 2 , the first andsecond handrail sections tube members tube members second handrail sections - In the closed state of the
handrail 12, the first andsecond handrail sections locking mechanism 26 that is explained in more detail with respect toFig. 3 to 5 . It is noted that in the connected state, bothhandrail sections respective tube members respective tube members locking mechanism 26 comprises two elements, namely afirst element 28 being integrally formed with the end of the second handrail section 20 (shown on the left side inFig. 3 ) and asecond element 30 being provided as a sleeve mounted in a turnable manner at the end portion of thefirst handrail section 18. The turning mechanism of thissleeve 30 with respect to afirst handrail section 18 will be described later. Thesleeve 30 can be turned around the guiding axis A on which the first andsecond handrail section first element 28 is formed as a shaft end portion comprising a section with enlarged diameter with respect to thesecond handrail section 20 and a section at the end of thesecond handrail section 20 with the same diameter as the remaining main part of thesecond handrail section 20, so that the section with enlarged diameter is thicker than the section and the remainingsecond handrail section 20. - The
first element 28 is provided to be slidably inserted into thesleeve 30 so that its end section slides into a joiningend 36 of thesleeve 30 until the joiningend 36 abuts the section with enlarged diameter. On its outer peripheral surface, the end section of thefirst element 28 is provided with aradial protrusion 38 in form of the head of a screw bolt that is inserted into the end section in a direction perpendicular to the guiding axis A. On the other hand, the mantle of thesleeve 30 is provided with a cut-out 40 forming a recess for engaging theprotrusion 38. Thisrecess 40 comprises aninsertion portion 42 extending from the joiningend 36 of thesleeve 30 in the axial direction towards thefirst handrail section 18. Along its extension direction, theinsertion portion 42 narrows so that it has a wide insertion end to make it easier to introduce theprotrusion 38 when sliding into therecess 40. At the end of therecess 40 on the side of thefirst handrail section 18, therecess 40 comprises anotch 44 extending from theinsertion portion 42 in the circumferential direction of thesleeve 30 around the guiding axis A. When theprotrusion 38 has reached the end of theinsertion portion 42, it can be inserted into thenotch 44 by turning thesleeve 30 in a circumferential direction opposite to the extension direction of thenotch 44. In the present embodiment, thenotch 44 extends downwards in the circumferential direction, and theprotrusion 38 can be caught in thenotch 44 by turning thesleeve 30 upwardly.Fig. 3 shows the state wherein theprotrusion 38 lies safe within thenotch 44 so that it blocks a sliding movement of the first andsecond handrail section sleeve 30 downwards, so that theprotrusion 38 is free again to slide out of therecess 40 along theinsertion portion 42 out of the joiningend 36 of thesleeve 30. - At its end portion on the side of the
first handrail section 18 to which thesleeve 30 is fixed, thesleeve 30 comprises an elongated hole extending in a circumferential direction within the mantle of thesleeve 30. Anend section 48 of thefirst handrail section 18, onto which thesleeve 30 is turnably attached, is provided with aradial protrusion 50 in form of the head of a screw bolt that is inserted into thisend section 48 in a direction perpendicular to the guiding axis A. Thisprotrusion 50 lies within the elongated hole 46 to delimit the turning end positions of thesleeve 30. That is, thesleeve 30 can only be turned around the guiding axis A between a position wherein theprotrusion 50 lies within one end of the elongated hole and another position wherein theprotrusion 50 lies with in the opposite end of the elongated hole . One of these positions is shown inFig. 3 . As can be taken fromFig. 4 , atorsion spring 52 is wound around theend section 48 within thesleeve 30. Thistorsion spring 52 is disposed axially between aflange portion 54 on theend section 48 of thefirst handrail section 18 with enlarged diameter with respect to theend section 48 and an inner ring-shaped fixingmember 56 fixed at the inner peripheral surface of thesleeve 30 by a screw bolt 58 extending through the mantle of thesleeve 30 into the fixingmember 56. That is, theflange portion 54 is fixed to thefirst handrail section 18 that is supported in a rotation proof manner, while the fixingmember 56 is fixed to thesleeve 30 and turns together with thesleeve 30 around theend section 48. One end of thetorsion spring 52 is fixed to the fixingmember 56, while its other end is fixed to the flange portion 54 (not shown). Thetorsion spring 52 biases thesleeve 30 around the guiding axis A against the extension direction of thenotch 44. That is, in the position inFig. 3 , thesleeve 30 is biased to keep theprotrusion 38 safe in the end of thenotch 44. The locking can only be released by turning thesleeve 30 against the biasing force of thetorsion spring 52 downwards so that theprotrusion 38 can slide out of the notch to be pulled along theinsertion portion 42 of therecess 40 along the guiding axis A. - The disassembled state of the
first element 28 and thesleeve 30 as the second element is shown inFig. 5 . In this released state, bothhandrail sections tube members second handrail sections protrusion 38 can slide again into theinsertion portion 42 of therecess 40, and theprotrusion 38 is caught within thenotch 44 to be held by the biasing force of thetorsion spring 52, as described above.
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- Handrail (12) for a fire-fighting rescue cage, with two elements (28, 30) to be joined with one another, each of these elements (28, 30) being disposed at an end portion of one of two handrail sections (18, 20) to be joined, characterized by one of said two elements (28, 30) being formed as a sleeve (30) and the other of these two elements (28, 30) being formed as a shaft end portion to be slidably inserted into a joining end (36) of said sleeve (30) along one guiding axis (A) of the sleeve (30),one of said two elements (28, 30) being turnable around said guiding axis (A) with respect to the other element, wherein a first element of said two elements (28, 30) comprises a radial protrusion (38) and a second element of said two elements (28, 30) comprises a recess (40) for engaging said protrusion (38), said recess (40) comprising an insertion portion (42) extending from a joining end (36) of said second element along said guiding axis (A) and a notch (44) extending from the insertion portion (42) in a circumferential direction around said guiding axis (A), said handrail (12) further comprising a biasing member (52) for biasing said second element with respect to said first element in a circumferential direction around said guiding axis (A) against the extension direction of said notch (44).
- Handrail according to claim 1, characterized in that the turnable element of said two elements (28, 30) is mounted on an end portion of a first handrail section (18) that is mounted in a rotation proof manner.
- Handrail according to claim 2, characterized in that a non-turnable element of said two elements (28, 30) is arranged on an end portion of a second handrail section (20),
at least one of said first and second handrail sections (18, 20) being slidable along said guiding axis (A). - Handrail according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said second element is provided as the sleeve (30), and said first element is provided as the shaft end portion to be slidably inserted into a joining end (36) of said sleeve (30) along one guiding axis (A) of the sleeve (30), said protrusion (38) protruding radially outwards on the periphery of the shaft end portion, and said recess (40) being formed as a cut-out in the mantle of the sleeve (30).
- Handrail according claim 4 in connection with claims 2 and 3, characterized in that said sleeve (30) is provided as the turnable element arranged on an end portion of said first handrail section (18), and said shaft end portion is provided as a rotation proof element, wherein said biasing member (52) is provided as a torsion spring wound around the end portion of said first handrail section (18) within said sleeve (30).
- Handrail according one of the preceding claims, characterized by tube members (22, 24) arranged to support said first and second handrail sections (18, 20),each of said first and second handrail sections (18, 20) being accomodated in one respective tube member (22, 24) to be slidable along said guiding axis (A), both first and second handrail sections (18, 20) being fully extracted from their respective tube members (22, 24) in the joined state of the two elements (28, 30).
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