US1021336A - Fire-escape. - Google Patents

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M. RODRIGUEZ Y FONOLL.

FIRE ESCAPE APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1911.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

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Attorneys M. RODRIGUEZ Y FONOLL.

FIRE ESOAPE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1911.

1,021,336. Patented Mar.26, 1912.

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MANUEL RODRIGUEZ Y FONOLL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FIRE-ESCAPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 30, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MANUEL RODRIGUEZ Y FONOLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Fire-Escape, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fire escapes, and the primary object of the invention is the provision of a parachute apparatus adapted to be disposed in operable relation with the respective windows or outlets of a structure or building, and provided with means for receiving the body of the first person to be rescued and retaining the same in such position until delivery upon the sidewalk or ground.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a parachute device adapted to be so disposed with relation to the opening of a building or structure that after having received the body or person to be rescued will travel by gravity and be momentarily halted to properly dispose the parachute so that in falling it will not strike the face of the building or any projections thereof, the support for the same being so disposed as to carry the parachute beyond the building line.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimedwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus in operable relation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device, a section being taken through a window frame and the adjacent portion of a building, showing the apparatus in the position for use. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the support showing the position of the parachute hanger therein. Fig. 4 is a cross sect-ion through the support showing the parachute hanger in operable relation thereto.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the building, B the window frame therein and depending from the underside of the top portion of the frame exterior of the Window sashes are the arms 1, which grip Patent-ed Mar. 26, 1912.

Serial No. 636,169.

the inner end of the tubular support 2, which as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings is slotted upon the lower side thereof and has mounted at its outer end a collar 4 to which is connected the guy or supporting ropes 5 and 6, thereby holding the said tubular support 2 in the position as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Mounted in the outer end of the tubular support 2 is a plug or abutment 7, and disposed within said tube, is a track or rail 8, which is mounted at its inner end upon the hanger 9, and within the tube upon the bracket 10 as clearly shown. By this means the rail is disposed above the slot 3, and has mounted thereon oppositely disposed pulleys 11 and 12 of the carria e 13 which has connected thereto the flexible or chain connection 14 by means of which and the hook 15 the parachute 16 is operably carried upon the pulleys 11. and 12 and when in inoperable position assumes the position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Connected to the parachute 16 are the flexible arms 17 which carry the jacket or frame 18 provided with the arm supports 19 and with the sectional flared lower auxiliary parachute 20, whereby the body of the party to be rescued is placed and held until delivery to the ground or pavement. The inner section 20 assumes the position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The rings 20 and 21 of the life saving frame 18 are made adjustable so that various sized persons may be accommodated and the parachute is of suflicient size to properly permit the descending of the average weighted person.

The body receiving portion of this apparatus is detachable from the arms 17, so that the same may be adjusted upon the person to descend before being attached to the parachute 16 by the arm 17. Also as the auxiliary parachute and the frame (1819) are made of flexible'and foldable material, the parts may be placed within ready reach in a room or carried in a satchel or suit case.

From the foregoing description it is evident that a device of this character can be readily placed in position in front of the windows or other openings of a building or structure, and at the same time may be so mounted or pivoted that the tubular support 2 may be automatically returned toward the building line when delivering the parachute so that objects falling from above may not strike the same. It is also evident that the said tubular support and its parachute may be so disposed within the structure that by a simple manipulation they may be projected exteriorly of the building line to operable position.

In order to operate the device, the party to be rescued is placed within the portion 18 their arms through the arm supports 19, the rear section of the flared portion or auxiliary parachute 20, the party' to be rescued at this time being upon the outer edge of the window sill. As noted the tubular support inclines outwardly, so that as soon as the party moves from the sill the pulleys 11 and 12 will by gravity run down upon the rail 8 and as it approaches the lower end of the tubular support 2 will strike the pivoted check or wing 22, normally held in the position as shown in Fig. 3 by means of the coiled spring 23 and the said pulleys will then strike the inner face of the plug or abutment 7 and be halted sufficiently to permit the parachute when freed through the opening 24 of the tube to descend in a substantially vertical line to the ground below,

the action of descension opening the parachute so as to retard and finally break the fall of the occupant of the apparatus.

What is claimed is:

1. In a fire escape, the combination of a tubular support adapted to be mounted so as to have its outer end beyond the face of a building, said outer end being provided with downwardly opening chamber therein, a carrier mounted for movement. through said tube, and a parachute carried by said carrier, said parachute being adapted to be released from the tubular support as the carrier passes through the chamber and opening in the outer end thereof.

2. In a fire escape, the combination of a tubular support provided with a. longitudinal slot in the lower wall thereof terminating in an enlarged outlet, a spring actuated check mounted in the end of said slot within the tubular support, a track disposed within said tubular support longitudinally thereof above the slot therein, a wheel car rier mounted upon said track within the support, a parachute carried thereby and means for supporting the party to be rescued carried by the parachute.

3. In a fire escape, the combination of a Copies of this patent may be obtained for tubular support having a longitudinally disposed track therein, a Wheeled carrier mounted upon said track within the tubular support, the outer end of said tubular support being curved downwardly to permit the movement of the carrier therein by gravity, a parachute carried by the carrier, and means for checking the movement of the carrier at the end of the support and directing the movement of the parachute downwardly. I

i. In a fire escape, the combination with a tubular support provided with a longitudinal slot in the lower end thereof, said tubular support having a straight portion adapted to be adjacent the building and with a downwardly and outwardly extending portion terminating in a downwardly opening chamber in the end thereof, a spring actuated check mounted in said chamber and adapted to seal the main portion of the tubular support, a track disposed in said tubular support above the slot therein, a Wheeled carrier mounted upon said track, a parachute carried by said wheeled carrier and adapted to move with said carrier by gravity through the tubular support and be checked in its movement by the spring actuated check, and a bodysupport carried by said parachute.

5. In a fire escape, the combination with a curved tubular support provided with a longitudinal slot in the lower wall thereof terminating in an enlarged opening, a plug sealing the outer end of said support and providing a chamber thereat, a hingedly mounted stop disposed in the support near the opening at the outer end thereof, a spring for normally holding said stop away from the sealed end thereof, a track disposed longitudinally within the support above the opening therein, a wheeled carrier disposed upon said track for movement within the support, a parachute carried thereby, and an adjustable body support carried by the parachute.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MANUEL RODRIGUEZ Y FONOLL. IVitnesses JOAN COHN, FRANK E. CAMPBELL.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

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