US770808A

US770808A - Fire-escape.

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Publication number: US770808A
Application number: US19446004A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Iron
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-02-19
Filing date: 1904-02-19
Publication date: 1904-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1921-09-27

Description

PATENTBD SEPT. 27, 1904 J. IRON. FIRE ESCAPE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19. 1904.

I I Inventor:

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JOHN IRON, OF DOVER, ENGLAND.

FIRE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 770,808, dated September 27, 1904. Application filed February 19, 1904. Serial No. 194,460. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN IRON, a subject of the King of England, residing at Dover, in the county of Kent, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire- Escapes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fire-escapes, and particularly to that class of fire-escapes in which a receptacle is lowered from a window by means of a rope and pulley.

The object of my invention is to construct a receptacle of flexible material, so that it may be stored away in a very small space when not in use.

A further object of my invention is to provide a hood to protect the occupant when descending from flames emerging from the lower windows of the burning building.

A still further object is to construct said hood so that it may be used as a shield to cut off the view of the ground when the receptacle is being used by a timid person.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an attachment by which the free end of the rope may be held so that the receptacle will descend at any desired speed and also by which the receptacle may be lowered at an oblique angle from the building by persons operating the same from the ground.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the window, showing my improved fire-escape attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the receptacle, showing the hood used as a shield. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side view showing the attachment for the rope supporting the receptacle. Fig. 5 is a view of the receptacle, showing the hood arranged in a different manner and covering the top of the receptacle.

In the drawings,A represents the receptacle, having a rigid base B and a ring C at the top for holding the mouth of the receptacle open. The said ring and base are elongated, so that the receptacle will have a flat side to rest against the window-sill, as shown in Fig. 1. The base B and the ringCare supported from a stretcher D by means of ropes E. At the side of the receptacle are ropes F, as shown 'dow.

in Figs. 2 and. 3, which are provided to connect the base B and the ring C. A canvas covering G is placed around the base and ring and completes the receptacle. Attached to the ring C is a canvas hood H, shown out of use and hanging over the receptacle in Fig. 1, and in Figs. 2 and 3 said hood H is shown drawn up to the stretcher D and held by the same by means of hooks it, carried by said hood and adapted to enter eyes (Z on the ends of the stretcher D. When the hood is in the position shown in Fig. 2, it will form a screen, so that a timid person cannot see the ground when getting in the receptacle from the win- The hood H may also be used to cover the occupant of the receptacle, when descending, from the flames emerging from lower windows.

Connected to the stretcher D by means of a shackle I is a link J having an eye j, to which is secured the rope K, which supports the receptacle. An elongated opening j is formed in said link, through which the free end of the rope K is run after it has been passed around the pulley L, as shown in Fig. 1. On either side of the link J are formed hooks 7' over which the free end of the rope K may be drawn to form a brake to prevent the receptacle descending too rapidly when operated by a person in said receptacle. By having the free end of the rope running through the eye 7" in the link J the receptacle can be lowered at an oblique angle to the building by persons on the ground holding the other end of the rope at an angle, as shown in Fig. 1, which will allow the receptacle to be swung out from the building and avoid the same descending through the flames from the windows below.

The pulley L is held by a chain M, having hooks n, which are secured in eyes N in the wall of the building. A bar may be placed across the inside of the window to support the pulley in place of the chain when so desired. A guide-rope P is attached to the base B of the receptacle, so that said receptacle may be guided and prevented from swaying by the person on the ground.

The flexible covering forming the receptacle and the ropes are intended to be covered or chemically treated, so as to render them fireproof. v

Having thus described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of a rigid base, a ring, a flexible covering between the same forming a receptacle, a stretcher having an eye at either end. ropes supported by said stretcher and carrying said ring and said base, a hood above said ring and hooks attached to said hood adapted to enter said eyes on the end of said stretcher, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a fire-escape, of a receptacle, a rope by which said receptacle is raised or lowered, a solid metal link having an aperture in its upper portion for attaching JOHN IRON.

Witnesses:

SYDENHAM PAYN, S. ARMSTRONG PAYN.