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No. 623,305. Patented Apr. I8, I899. R. BUGGE.

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MEANS FOR PREVENTING SPREAD OF FIRE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,305, dated April 18, 1899. Application filed April 1, 1898. Serial No. 676,085. on, model.)

To all whom it Ina/y concern:

Be it known that I, RASMUS BUGGE, a suband a resident of 12 Annis road, Victoria Park, South Hackney, London, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Means for Preventing Spread of Fire, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact 'specifica tion.

This invention relates to an improved' means for preventing the spread of fire from a building or structure involved to an adjacent structure; and this object is effected by covering the threatened side or portion with a specially-prepared screen or fire-sail.

In order to carry out this invention, I provide a sail or covering made of strong coarse woolen cloth, somewhat similar to rough Irish frieze undressed and open as it leaves thelooni. This sail orcoveringmay be madein onepiece or in sections, according as the size orcircumstances may require. The said sail is fitted with a bordering of rope around its edges,

of the sheet or sail is strengthened with strips or belts, technically termed reef-bands, fixed on one side of the sheet. On the opposite side or surface are attached other bands of woolen material; butthese are attached in such a manner that they form a row of pockets from side to side of the sail, each row being at convenient distances apart one from the other and placed horizontally. Along the top of the screen, sail, or covering I provide a perforated hose-pipe extending across the whole length of the top of the screen, this said perforated pipe being covered with cloth and having connectingunions provided at each end and in the middle orat any convenient position along the length of the perforated pipe, the connecting-unions being attached, if desired, to T-pieces providedin the pipe. \Vhen the sail is spread over the side or surface of the threatened building or structure, a connecting-hose can be attached from a hydrant to either end of the perforated hose, the other end being closed; or, if a T-piece is provided for connection along any part of the length of the perforated hose-pipe, the conn ecting-hose can be attached thereto. IVhen the fire-preventing apparatus is put in operation, water is turned on from the hydrant and is forced through this said perforated hose and, escaping through the holes, will saturate the entire width of the sail or screen,trickling down and filling the projecting pockets aforesaid and keeping the Whole surface of the screen or covering saturated with water, and thus rendering the said screen able to resist the heat of the fire and check or prevent the spread of the confiagration.

If no hydrant is available for connection to the perforated hose, a connection may be made, in the case of a building, with the firehose from the street or any other convenient connection, and the pockets hereinbefore described will retain the water and slowly distribute it over the surface of the screen or sail, thus economizing the water and enabling the fire-hose to be applied elsewhere till required again for this purpose.

If no other water connection is available, the fire-hose from the street can be directed and made to playon the surface of the screen or sail, which can be kept saturated by this means.

If the aforesaid screen or covering is provided in sections or pieces, thesaid sections may be fastened together by loops or backets, as is usually adopted in marine sails, or by any other convenient means.

The screen or sail may be hung in any convenient manneras for instance, holes or eyelets maybe provided along the upper part of the screen or sail and the whole hung by loops or cords threaded through the eyelets and attached to dog-hooks fixed in the walls or structure to be screened, and the same plan may be adopted in providing eyelets also to any part of the surface of the screenas, for instance, along the strips or belts aforesaidan d the screen thereby attached to windows or doors or other fixtures in the walls which the said screen is covering.

I also further provide a modification of this invention specially adapted for the protection of the outside walls, windows, and doors of buildings by using an endless sailor screen constructed in the same manner as hereinbefore described, except that the perforated hose-pipe is omitted in this arrangement. This said endless sail is made to revolve upon an upper and lower roller, the top roller revolving at a height requisite for the protection of the building and the bottom roller revolv- ICC ing at or near the ground or bottom floor of the building and immersed in a trough which is kept fullof water. These said rollers may be made of wood or hollow tube or any convenient material or in any convenient manner. To carry the upper roller,I provide brackets, each fixed to and projecting from an iron bracket-plate, which hangs against the wallof thebuilding. These-said brackets are hung to wire or other ropes or chains, which pass over pulley-blocks hung onto hooks or brackets firmly fixed in the upper part of the wall of the building or any other lengths of screen being added till the amount of screen required is provided and in place ready for use. The motion of the screen may be effected by revolving the top or bottom roller by an ordinary crank or messengerchain or by any means that may be found convenient. The effect of this motion will be that the pockets provided in the sides of the screen will take up the water in the trough and convey said water up with the screen and so allow it to lie-distributed over the surface, thus constantly keeping the screen saturated with water. At the same time a double protecting-screen is provided.

In order that this invention may be readily understood, 1 will describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a screen or sail, showing the pockets and perforated pipe. Fig. 2 is a section orend view of same, and Fig. 3 shows a part of another sail with holes along the edges for attaching to the other sail or sails by means of looped ropes. Figs. & and 5 are enlarged details of the pockets, and Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged details showing the method of joining sheets of screen or sail cloth together by means of looped cords or ropes. Fig. S represents a front elevation of the revolving screen or sail, Fig. 5) being an end elevation of the same, and Figs. 10 and 11 are enlarged details of the top brackets and plates for carrying the rollers for supporting and revolving the traveling screen or sail.

In the drawings the same letters refer to the same parts in the several views.

A is the sail or screen, made of strong coarse woolen cloth, as hereinbefore described.

13 is the bordering, of rope, and C C are the strips or belts for strengthening the sheet or sail.

D D are the woolen pockets attached to the surface of the sheet or sail.

E is the perforated hose-pipe at top of the screen, which may be connected with a hydrant at either end, as shown at F F, or by a T-piece in the middle or other convenient position, as shown at G.

As has been already explained, the screen may be made of any size by attaching sheets together, which is accomplished by means of loops of cord or rope threaded through holes at the edge of the sheet, as shown in detail in FigsKG and 7, H being the holes, and J the loops, threaded through and fastened at the end in the manner shown in Fig. 7.

H H are holes or eyelets for holding up the screento the wall or structure.

The same details and manner of construction can be adopted in the traveling or moving screen. (Shown in Figs. 8 and 9.)

The supporting-roller is shown at K, re-

volving in bracket-bearings L L of bracket M M, which brackets are fixed to or form a part of the bracket-plate N. These brackets and plates are hung in position by ropes or chains 0, which pass over pulley-blocks I hooked or hung firmly onto a hook or other support in the wall of the building, the said rope or chain continuing down to the ground or [ioor level, so that it can be controlled by hand at a convenient part. The lower roller Q may revolve in' bearings, if required, and serves to keep the screen or sail in position in the water tank or trough R. I

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fi re-shield comprising a single sheet of absorbent material provided upon one side with strengthening-strips and upon the oppoisite side with upwardly-opening cups in contin uous horizontal series extending from edge wedge of the sheet.

9. A fire-shield comprising a single sheet of absorbent material and horizontal absorbent strips stitched along their lower edges to the sheet and having transverse stitching at intervals to form absorbent cups in continuous series across the sheet.

A double fire-shield for buildings comprising an endless sheet of absorbent material, mounted over parallel rollers and having upon its surface pockets to contain and exude Water,together with means for supporting said rollers, means for rotating said sheet and a water-supply for said pockets.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses. I

RASMUS BUGGE.

\Vitnesses:

BJAR-NE LARSSEN, DANIEL KNUDSEN.

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