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US785019A
US785019A US21217804A US1904212178A US785019A US 785019 A US785019 A US 785019A US 21217804 A US21217804 A US 21217804A US 1904212178 A US1904212178 A US 1904212178A US 785019 A US785019 A US 785019A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62B—DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
    • A62B1/00—Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like
    • A62B1/06—Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like by making use of rope-lowering devices
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  • This invention relates to fire-escapes, the object of the invention being to provide a portable fire-escape embodying a 'novel construction of a frictional rope-grip which will greatly facilitate and render safe the escape of a person from a burning building and his descent to the ground, the rope-grip being of such construction that while it acts with a frictional or binding grip on the rope, such gripping action may be easily regulated by the person descending, the construction of the grip being especially advantageous by reason of the fact that it may be grasped as a handhoid without danger of the rope burning or chaiingv for supporting a sling, belt, or other bodysupporting device.
  • Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View of the rope-grip.
  • the frictional rope is composed of a bar or stock l of'any suitable size and preferably round in cross-section.
  • the stock l is provided with terminal eyes 2 and 3, which are considerablyenlarged, as shown, and adapted to receive portions of a rope which is reeved therethrough, as shown in the figure.
  • the stock or bar l is provided with a central intersecting eye 5, which divides the stock into two equal straight parts.
  • the said intermediate eye is made quite large, so as to provide oppositely-projecting semicircular offsets 6, which when the rope is passed through the eye 5 always project considerably beyond the rope and form an eiiicient hand-grip, so that a person descending by means of the apparatus may steady himself by grasping the central portion of the stock, the said offsets 6 keeping his hands out of injurious contact with the rope as it runs through the intermediate eye.
  • the central eye is arranged in reverse direction from the end eyes, so that the oifsets thereof will extend laterally on opposite sides ofthe intersecting ends of the two parts of the stock.
  • the upper end of the rope 4 is secured to any suitable object in a room or hallway and the remainder of the rope thrown out of the window, the rope being long enough to reach to the ground.
  • the frictional rope-grip is mounted on the rope so that the said rope passes downward through the upper eye 2, thence wrapping partially around the stock l, passing through the eye 5, thence wrapping partially around the lower portion of the stock and passing through the lower eye 3.
  • it may be extended upward after passing through the eye 3 and carried again through the eye 2 and then downward, so that a person may grasp the grip with one hand and control the rapidity of descending by grasping the lower portion of the rope in the other hand and allowing the same to slip through the hand as he descends.
  • the frictional rope-grip hereinabove described may be used in connection with any rope or flexible cable and enables a person to safely descend to the ground from any height and control the rapidity of descent.
  • the intermediate eye By making the intermediate eye large, and thereby providing the semicircular offsets, and placing said eye 'at right angles to the terminal eyes the rope is guided through the several eyes in such manner as to car-ry the same clear of the Verse direction from the end eyes so that the offsets thereof will' extend laterally 'on opposite sides of the intersecting ends of the two parts of the stock, substantially as specified.

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PATBNTED MAR. '14,` 1905.
l P. A. PARKER.
' FIRE BSCA'PB. APrLI'oATIon ULEB JUN; 11`, 1904.
- Witness@ @Robust UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905.
PATENT OFFICE.
FIRE-ESCAPE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,019, dated March 14, 1905.
Application filed Tune 11, 1904. Serial No. 212,178.
To all whom, it may concern:
Be it known that I, FRANK ALBERT PARKER, acitizen ofthe United States, residing at Spencer, in the county of Clay and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fire-Escapes, of which the following is a speciiication.
This invention relates to fire-escapes, the object of the invention being to provide a portable fire-escape embodying a 'novel construction of a frictional rope-grip which will greatly facilitate and render safe the escape of a person from a burning building and his descent to the ground, the rope-grip being of such construction that while it acts with a frictional or binding grip on the rope, such gripping action may be easily regulated by the person descending, the construction of the grip being especially advantageous by reason of the fact that it may be grasped as a handhoid without danger of the rope burning or chaiingv for supporting a sling, belt, or other bodysupporting device. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View of the rope-grip.
Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings.
The frictional rope is composed of a bar or stock l of'any suitable size and preferably round in cross-section. The stock lis provided with terminal eyes 2 and 3, which are considerablyenlarged, as shown, and adapted to receive portions of a rope which is reeved therethrough, as shown in the figure.
Intermediate its ends the stock or bar l is provided with a central intersecting eye 5, which divides the stock into two equal straight parts. The said intermediate eye is made quite large, so as to provide oppositely-projecting semicircular offsets 6, which when the rope is passed through the eye 5 always project considerably beyond the rope and form an eiiicient hand-grip, so that a person descending by means of the apparatus may steady himself by grasping the central portion of the stock, the said offsets 6 keeping his hands out of injurious contact with the rope as it runs through the intermediate eye. The central eye is arranged in reverse direction from the end eyes, so that the oifsets thereof will extend laterally on opposite sides ofthe intersecting ends of the two parts of the stock.
The upper end of the rope 4 is secured to any suitable object in a room or hallway and the remainder of the rope thrown out of the window, the rope being long enough to reach to the ground. The frictional rope-grip is mounted on the rope so that the said rope passes downward through the upper eye 2, thence wrapping partially around the stock l, passing through the eye 5, thence wrapping partially around the lower portion of the stock and passing through the lower eye 3. In order to obtain additional friction on the rope, it may be extended upward after passing through the eye 3 and carried again through the eye 2 and then downward, so that a person may grasp the grip with one hand and control the rapidity of descending by grasping the lower portion of the rope in the other hand and allowing the same to slip through the hand as he descends.
7 designates a snap-hook, which is attached by means of a suitable connection 8 to the lower eye 3 of the grip, said snap-hook being adapted to be engaged quickly with the sling or belt or analogous device secured about-the body of the person using the apparatus.
The frictional rope-grip hereinabove described may be used in connection with any rope or flexible cable and enables a person to safely descend to the ground from any height and control the rapidity of descent. By making the intermediate eye large, and thereby providing the semicircular offsets, and placing said eye 'at right angles to the terminal eyes the rope is guided through the several eyes in such manner as to car-ry the same clear of the Verse direction from the end eyes so that the offsets thereof will' extend laterally 'on opposite sides of the intersecting ends of the two parts of the stock, substantially as specified.
In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
FRANK ALBERT PARKER.
Witnesses:
A. F. LAMAR, y K. V. MITCHELL.
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US4466612A (en) * 1981-11-16 1984-08-21 Marczewski George B Adjustable resistance exercising device
US4493391A (en) * 1982-06-01 1985-01-15 Patten Preston J Van Safety lowering device
US4714135A (en) * 1986-01-22 1987-12-22 Rappel Rescue Systems, Inc. Rappel rescue system
US4723634A (en) * 1986-05-02 1988-02-09 Fisk Brian K Rappelling device
US5511291A (en) * 1994-08-08 1996-04-30 Crawford; Jeffrey W. Power brake descender for rappelling
US5803209A (en) * 1995-10-26 1998-09-08 Suzaki; Kiyoshi Adjustable rope tensioner
US6102837A (en) * 1996-08-12 2000-08-15 Vital Visions, Inc. Rope exercise device
US6301753B1 (en) 1997-08-22 2001-10-16 Daniel W. Karg Knotless securing device
US6154932A (en) * 1997-08-22 2000-12-05 Karg; Daniel W. Knotless securing device
US6095282A (en) * 1997-12-18 2000-08-01 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Rappel tool for descent of a load and rappel tool and stirrup assembly for ascent along a rappel rope
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