Patent ID: 8789576
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: A62C

Abstract:
1. A fire or smoke protection device comprising: a flexible partition element that prevents the spread of fire or smoke when put in a protection arrangement and which is stored when put in a storage arrangement; a winding shaft upon which the partition element is wound up in the storage arrangement and wound off in the protection arrangement; a mounting device for mounting the fire or smoke protection device on a building section; at least one anchoring device which directly engages with the winding shaft only if the partition element is in the protection arrangement; and a bearing device on which the winding shaft is rotatably supported, and the bearing device being mounted to the mounting device, wherein the winding shaft is supported by the at least one anchoring device to prevent the winding shaft from falling when the bearing device of the winding shaft no longer supports or holds the winding shaft or when the mounting device has become deformed due to high temperatures during a fire.