US2424365A

US2424365A - Fire escape

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Publication number: US2424365A
Application number: US552315A
Authority: US
Inventors: Needre John
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1944-09-01
Filing date: 1944-09-01
Publication date: 1947-07-22
Anticipated expiration: 1964-07-22

Description

July 22,1947. EE RE I 2,424,365

FIRE ESCAPE Filed Sept. 1, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 S 1- J 11 I n I u /2 I H L- 'f I I I film/mm i fir? (W 865 513 7 July 22, 1947. 4 NE E RE 2,424,365

FIRE E SCAl PE Filed Sept. 1, 1944 2 Sheets--Sheet 2 v/Ve eJ/z WW 12m Inventor Patented July 22, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE FIRE ESCAPE John Needre, Newport News, Va. Application September 1, 1944, Serial No. 552,315

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to fire escapes, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and durable structure of this kind adapted to be installed upon public and private buildings, whereby ready and safe egress from the different fioors and from any window on the front or side of the building on which the fire escape is arranged, can be readily had in case of a fire in the building.

Other and more specific objects and features of the invention will become apparent from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevational view showing a wall of a building provided with my improved fire escape.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3-4! of Figure 1.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 represents a wall of a building, and 6, Ga.- and 6b the windows arranged, respectively, on the second, third and fourth floors of the building.

The present fire escape includes horizontal rails I arranged across the upper portions of the windows on the different floors and extending across the entire width of the building. These rails are preferably formed of metal tubing and secured to metal brackets or supports 8 provided at their outer ends with couplings 9 to which the rails are connected. The rails 1 are arranged at a suitable distance from the wall of the buildin and across the upper portions of the windows on each floor, so as to permit a person to conveniently reach .a rail near each window.

Vertical hanger bars III are secured on the outside of the wall 5 between the adjacent windows and extend from the top of the wall to a point below the windows 6 on the second floor. These hanger bars have brackets 8 welded or otherwise secured thereto, and they are preferably secured to the wall by means of bolts ll passin through the wall and the bars l and having nuts l2 threaded thereon. Also, the bars ID are preferably provided with hooked upper ends [3 arranged to engage over the parapet at the top of the wall to aid the bolts II, in sustaining the weight of the various parts of the fire escape. Relatively narrow horizontal platforms l5 are arranged directly below the windows on the different floors and extend across the entire Width of the building, said platforms being mounted on the hanger bars I0 by suitable brackets 16. Suitable spacers ll are arranged on the bolts ll between the wall 5 and the hanger bars If! so as to space the latter from the wall and thereby furnish additional foot room which is needed in view of the narrow form of the platforms I5.

Upon leaning a suitable distance out of the window on any floor, a person can grasp the adjacent rail 1 and thereby succeed in readily and safely passing outwardly through the window to assume a standing position upon the platform directly below that particular window. The person may then safey reach the ground by passing to the successive rails 1 and platforms [5 below the window through which egress has been had, the descent being accomplished much in the same manner as that followed in dismounting from an ordinary ladder.

It will be seen that the present fire escape is very simple and durable, easy and safe to use, convenient and economical to manufacture and install, and composed of no movable parts needing attention or care or capable of placing the user in a precarious position. Minor changes in details of construction illustrated and described are contemplated, such as fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. In a fire escape, the combination of horizontal rails indirectly mounted on the wall of a building so that one rail extends across the entire Width of the Wall and across the upper portions of the windows on each of the different floors, and horizontal platforms mounted on the wall. of the building so that one platform extends across the entire width of the wall directly beneath the windows on each of the different fioors, and vertical hanger bars bolted to the wall of the building between the windows and extending from the top of the Wall to a point below the W ndows on the second floor of the building, and brackets rigidly attached to said hanger bars and extending outwardly therefrom, said horizontal rails being carried by the outer ends of said brackets, said platforms being carried by said hanger bars.

2. In a fire escape, the combination of horizontal rails mounted on the wall of a building so that one rail extends across the entire width of the wall and across the upper portions of the windows on each of the different floors, and horizontal platforms mounted on the wall of the building so that one platform extends across the entire width of the wall directly beneath the windows on each of the different floors, and hanger bars carrying said rails and platforms and having hooked upper ends engaged over the parapet of the building wall.

3. In a fire escape, the combination of horizontal rails indirectly mounted on the wall of a building so that one rail extends across the entire width of the wall and across the upper portions of the windows on each of the different floors, and horizontal platforms mounted on the wall of the building so that one platform extends across the entire width of the wall directly be-' neath the windows on each of the different floors, and vertical hanger bars bolted to the wall of the building between the windows and extending REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Barker July 23, 1889 Number I 407,322