Patent ID: 9010489
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A62B,E04F

Abstract:
1. A helix fire escape for a building comprising: an inner shaft having a metal ducting system; said metal ducting system having an upper end with a motor that removes smoke from a fire below said upper end within a high-rise building; a fire or smoke detection system; said inner shaft being connected to a two-way traffic pathway that encircles said inner shaft in a helical relationship; said two-way traffic pathway further connected to at least one door located at each floor of a high-rise building; said two-way traffic pathway having a first fixed solid pathway extending substantially the entire longitudinal length of said two-way traffic pathway and a second roller pathway that extends substantially the entire longitudinal length of said two-way traffic pathway in a side-by-side relationship with respect to said first pathway, said second pathway being distal with respect to said first pathway relative to said inner shaft, and said motor connected to a fan having fan blades that create a vacuum in said metal ducting system whereby vacuuming said smoke from hallways within said high-rise building.