US1027724A - Fire-escape. - Google Patents

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E. H. 'HANEY.

FIRE ESCAPE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 7, 1910.

Patented May 28, 191.

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FIRE-ESCAPE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 28,1912.

. Application filed June 7, 1910. Serial No. 565,632.

To all whom. it may concern I Be it known thatL Enwm H. HAN Y, a citizen of French Camp, county of San .'Joaquin, State of California, have invented Fire-Escapes; and -I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in fire escapes, the object of the inventionbeing to produce a. means. whereby fires on high'buildings may be successfully fought and extinguished from the outside'of the building, as well as permitting inmates to be saved by reason of 'thefact that my device is designed to permit'the firemen to go above a burning portion of a building and save lives and property before the fire reaches the same, whereas in the present day method often the fire shuts v off the work of rescue.

. Afurther object of the invention is to produce a comparatively simple and inerpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement ofparts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In thedrawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a side view of a building showing. my improved structure thereon.

Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof a fire fighting cage.- Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken ona llIlO'iE-flfl of Fig. 2. Fig. 4'is a sectional view taken on a line g of Fig. 2. -Fig.. 5 is a fragmentary side view of a cable and pulley mechanism. *Fig. 6 is an end view and lined with asbestos and having suitable braces and to be water proof and fireproof of a connecting bar and pulleymechanism. Fig. 7 is asideview of the same.- Fig. 8 is a side view'of an automatic floor indicator.

. Referring now rmo re particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings,.1 designates a cage made of suitable metal the shaft 32 .said drum.

building to carry by'the u'suallmown expedients for that purpose. Such cage 1 has supporting rollers 1 and a sliding door 2 moving on rollers 3 and having an inner operating handle 4. certaln new and useful Improvements in In practice a building 5 would be provided with a projecting beam 6 at itstop,

suchbeam having a cable 7 secured at one back through a pulley 13 on the beam 6. and. thence normally connecting by a ring 14: with a hook 15 ing 5. i.

' In case of a fire the firemen'arrive carryat the base of the build- ,ing with them the cage 1 which is at once connected wit-lithe bar 10 by means of eyes ENT OFFICE.

or rings 16 which receive snap hooks 17 on the bar 10. The cable 7 is then suitably connectedwith a drum 18 within the car 1 such drum being operated byan engine 19 driving a shaft 20 driving in turn a shaft 21 by a belt 22 working over pulley'23 and 24-. re 'spectively. On 7 clutch 25 operated by a; lever 26 to drive. a gear 27 interme'shing with a gear 28 to the shaft 2],"1S a friction drive a shaft 29. This shaft 29 drives -a gear "30 which in turn drives a-gear 31 on The operationof the druin winds up the cable? rapidly thus raising 'the'cage' 1' to of the drum 18 thus driving anyheight on the building desired. When any desired Height is reached .and it" is.de-

.sired to .enter the building through a window or the like, then abridge or ladder 33 having rings34 swiveled onto and slid longitudinal rollers 37 on the top of. the

cage 1 and thence over a roller 38 under a hood 39 and thence into the cage 1 and around drums 4:0 on a shaft 41 held normally stationary by a chain 42connecting with a shaft 43 having a ratchet wheel'44 able on a longitudinal rod'35 on'the under 1 .105 heldby a ratchet dog 45. :When the bridge .1 Y

or ladder 33 is to be dropped as above de-.

scribed, the dog 45 is released from the lights 49. v

hooks for holding the'fire hose 51.

wheel 44 allowing the weight of such bridge or ladder 33 to fall and smash into'the window as aforesaid. Then when it is desired to raise it again the dog 45 is dropped into position in the wheel 44; and a handle crank 46 is operated to raise the same by the cables as aforesaid. I I

In order that ladder 33, cables 36 and drums 40 may always be in alinement with each other to insure successful operation the drums 40 are slidably keyed on the shaft 41 and are provided with a connecting sleeve 40 which keeps them spaced at the proper distance apart. Thus when the ladder moves along these drunis 40 move along to keep in alinement therewith.

The operation of the shaft 20 drives a dynamo 47 to furnish power to operate a "fan 18 to drive the smoke and heat from the cage 1 and also to operate one or more 50 .are VVithevery revolution of the shaft 32 it causes a dog 53 on a drum 54 to make a dog.

55 operate a ratchet wheel 56 whereby every third revolution, (which has been previously determined will raise .the cage one story on a building) will cause an arm 57 on said wheel 56. to operate an indicator 58 to show at which story the cage is as.

shown in Fig. 8. Similarly with every revolution of the shaft 32 a dog 59 on said shaft strikes a lever 60 which operates arms 1 61 to drive links 62 to operate other levers 63 having/balls 64 which strike gongs 65 thus giving the alarm, to persons in the building, ofthe fire and the approaching of the cage. The normal operative position of said parts is maintained by' a spring 66.- a t Y 67 1s the fuel' tank for the engine 19 and 68 the water tank connectedvwith said engine by supply pipes69 and 70 respectively.

The drum 18 has hand brakes ,18 options from such detail may be resorted 'to as do not form a departure from the spirit 'of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described comprising the combination of a cage, means 'to raise or lower said cage, such cage being provided with a door, a rod extending along the bottom edge of said cage on the side in which said door is located, a ladder movable longitudinally on said rod, a driven shaft within said cage, drums slidably keyed to said shaft, a sleeve connecting said drums, cables secured tosaid drums and to the outer end of said ladder, a sprocket wheel on said shaft, another sprocket wheel mounted independently of said shaft within said cage, chains connectingsaid sprocket wheels, an operating handle on said last named sprocket wheel, a 'ratchet wheel in said last named; sprocket wheel, a dog pivoted independently of said last named sprocket wheel and normally engaging said ratchet wheel as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my 'signature in presence of two witnesses.

j EDWIN HORICE HANEY. Witnesses:

GEORGE K. HANEY, FRANK H. CARTER.

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