Improved Portable Fire Escape for Combined Brigade and Domestic Use.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 21st Nov.. 1899-Accepted, 1st Mar., 1900
Improved Portable Fire Escape for Combined Brigade and Domestic
Use.
I, JOHN PILLEY, of No. 2, Broughton Road, Pendleton, in the County of
Lancaster, Fire Brigade Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My said invention relates to improvements in the method of, and means for,
escape from fires in high buildings and is particularly applicable for use by fire
brigades.
According to my invention I provide means whereby persons may be rescued
from burning buildings rapidly, reducing the labour and danger and doing the
work in a more efficient manner.
In the chute escape constructed in accordance with my invention I provide
means of escape from any number of windows on different levels without removing
the escape to which the chute is attached.
Upon à frame, which is portable, is attached a canvas chute, and can be worked
with ease from the exterior or interior of buildings, held in position by chains
or other means attached to the said frame with clip hooks.
The chute is of canvas, woven in one piece, and the inlets sewn on, each
being supplied with suitable hooks for gripping the window sashes, and the outlet
fitted with band beckets spliced through brass eyelets into lower end of chute, ·
the upper end being laced to frame through brass eyelets with wire rope.
Dated 22nd day of February 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Portable Fire Escape for Combined Brigade and Domestic
Use.
I, JOHN PILLEY, of No. 2, Broughton Road, Pendleton, in the County of
Lancaster. Fire Brigade Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described.
and ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying drawings:-
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My said invention relates to improvements in the method of and means for
escape from fire in high buildings and is particularly applicable for use by fire
brigades.::
According to my invention I provide means whereby persons may be rescued
from burning buildings rapidly. reducing the labour and danger and doing the
work in a more efficient manner.
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The accompanying sheet of drawings to which I will now refer, more clearly
illustrates my invention.
Fig. 1 is a plan of my improved frame.
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Fig. 4 is a side view of spring. bolt and
Fig. 5 is a plan.
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In an apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention I provide a
chute A, A, of woven canvas. or other suitable material into which I sew on the 5
inner side a piece of canvas B. (at each inlet C) sewn at the top and sides and left
at the lower end.,....
The inlet, C, is sewn on to chute A, A, about 12 feet from top or frame, and
is provided with gripping hooks D,, D. and hooks, R, Rare secured by chains or
the like to inlet, C, by means of spring bolts Q, Q, Q, 'Q as shown more clearly in
Fig. 4 and 5 which are secured to inlets, C, by rivets the link of chain being
passed through the hole in plate and held fast by spring bolt passing through link
spring bolts Q, Q, Q, Q, being worked by lines P P, to release chute inlets, C,
after use from fire escape and leaving hooks R, R, and gripping hooks D, D
fast to the window casement.
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Upon improved frame sides E, E, I provide slots G, G to fix on the rung of
escape ladder, sides E, E, are provided with holes I, I, I, I, to take the pins
through shackles N N; attached to wire,ropes or the like, M, and provided with
suitable hooks, L, for hooking on. ladder rung. or-to-suitable eyes on casement
when in use from inside of building.
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The rods F, F,. are provided with threaded ends and nuts K, K, K, on each
side of E, E, for adjusting size of frame, to ladder the sides E, E, and ends F, F,
are provided with holes to take bolts J, J, J, for securing ring H in frame as
shown more clearly in Fig. 1.
The action of, my improved apparatus is as followes..
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Fig. 1 is a plan of frame which is composed of two flat sides E, E, bolted
together with two round rods F, F, with nuts K, K, each side of E, E, for
adjustment of frame to fire escape and the ring H, H, is held in position. by
bolts J, J, J, J, through frame sides E, E, and ends F, .F..
The chute A, A, is attached to ring H by means of wire lacing. through eyelets
as shown in Fig. 2 and the ropes M. attached to frame by means of shackles N, N,
are shown in Fig. 2 as working from building-the-shackles will be reversed for
working from escape to the holes I, I, at end 0, 0, which is wedge shaped- to
rest on window sill.
Chute A, A, of special woven canvas or other suitable material is attached to
a frame of iron or other suitable metal.
The chute is provided with one or more inlets, C, for each floor about 12 feet
apart from the frame downwards each provided with suitable hooks D, D & R R
for windows, each inlet C are covered inside chute AA, by means of canvas B
to prevent persons coming through inlet, C. (when not in use) when descending
from a floor above.
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The outlet is provided with suitable hand beckets (rope loopes spliced into
canvas) for holding out the lower end of chute when in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what way the same is to be performed I declare, that what
I claim is:
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1. The improved method of fixing frame for fire brigade and private use.
2. The improved chute for working at different levels without removing the
escape and
3. The means for removing.inlets from windows after use by the aid of spring
bolts.