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(No Mdelf) A F. J. FAIRGHILD.

FIRE ESCAPE.

No. 521,339. Patented June 12,1894

WITNESSES: ma( INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNirsn S'rnrss' PATENT @erica FRANK J. FAIRCIILD, OF SAGNA'W, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-I-ILF T0 THOMAS NICHELS.

FlREHESCAPE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 521,339, dated J une 12,1894.

Application tiled March 3, 18911. Serial No.502168- (N0 mOGl-l To all w/'tom it mfr/y concern:

.lie it known that I, FRANK J. FMRCHILD,`

x My invention is a tire escape and consists in the special features of construction, arrange.

ment and combination shown and claimed. It is similar in design to the fire escape for which I obtained Letters Patentot the United 2o States on el'uly 25, 1S93,No.' 502,070', and is an improvemement on the same, being much simpler in construction and more readily secured to a building. lt is adapted for use on the outside of a building only, extending from balcony to balcony, or Where there are no balconies, from story to story, from -the first story to the top of the building.

in the drawing, the gure is a perspective of the escape, showing two stories of the escape having different covering or protection,

one a Wire screen, rails, li., R..

A, is the building. Y

i5, B, are rods extending through the Wall of the building and secured upon the inside thereof.

C, C, are corner irons or angle irons forming the outer corners of the escape and extending from just below the top of the first 4o story when they are bont inward to and into the biiilding, to the top of the building. These corner irons C, C, are bolted to the rods l5, l5, at each flight of stairs, or as often as needed. it is obvious gas pipe could be used in place of angie irons.

C is a piece of band or fiat iron' between the corner irons G, l, and extending parallel 4with them, and secured in the same way to the building.

5o l is anbrachet underneath ilie supporting lW, the otherv two hand rods B, B, being bolted to them as shown, and' having its foot extending into the Wali of the building. f

D, D, are braces connectingr the corner irons and middle irons, C, C, and C', to stay and 55 support them,` also to support the stair as will hereinafter appear. i

P,'P, is an inner wall or partition dividing the escape into two compartments. This Wall may be tight, as shown in tlie lower half of 6c the figure, or-it maybe simply two or more pieces of band iron secured to the middle braces B. Y l l -S, S, is a series of stairs extending from and to the building, being secured at the topand bottom landing to the frame work ot theosc'ape. These stairs are of the properwidth and height to bel easily traveled, and nare strong enoughv to receive the Weight of several poepie. 1 y I 0n entering the escape from a balcony, a person would turn from the building and go` down a series of steps a quarter of a story or thereabout, then tu rn to the left, pass through an opening in the middle partitiomand turn and go down a series of steps toward the building t'o tlie ne'xt landing atthe side of the building, and so onout and in, from andto the building, until the low'erbaleony is reached. Here I provide a folding stair F, hinged t-o the 8o balcony atE, on rod H, and adapted to turn, up above the balcony when not in use, or to be easily let down for use. It may be provided with the hand rails Las shown. Counmovement.

L, is a tiremansladder on the outside of the escape atording the firemen a ready access to any story ofthe buildingwithout interfering with the passage in the escape.

Having thus 'described my invention, what i claim as nevv, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

in a fire escape consist-ing of rods B, B,se cured in the Wall 'of the building, brackets B' secured under the rods B, B, in the Wall and supporting the ends of the rods B, B, angle irons C, C, extending from the rst vstory tothe top and forming the outer corners of the terweights may be used to `regulate vtheir escape, and secured to and supported by the leo;

rods B, B, the lower ends of the irons C, C, extending into the wall, the iron C extending)r parallel to the irons (l, C, and Seen red in the same way, forming part of the middle partition of the escape, braces D, l), Connectinit,r the irons U, C, and C', the ladder l', on the outside of the escapo, the partition l, at right angles to tlie wall of the building, the .eries of right and left stairs, one on encli Io side 0f the partition, one extending from the l building, the other to it, and the outer covering or protection, substantially as and for tlie purpose Set forth.

In testimony wllereoi:` I affix my signature 1n presence of two winesses.

FRANK J. FAIRGHILD.

Witnesses:

A. II. SWARTHOUT, J. F. OKEEFE.

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