Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 15th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1888
LEWIS ANIDJAH 9 Buckingham Palace Road, Pimlico S.W. London Fruit
Salesman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A shoot made of sail cloth or other material folded in wooden or other box or fitted
to scat of couch or other furniture on each side of shoot rings are fixed through which
are passed two stout cords or chains the upper ends are attached to inside of box the
lower ends have rope rings attached which are thrown from the window rings are
caught by person in street and shoot slides down. The upper part of shoot is in part
fixed to box the other part has rings at corners which are placed in hooks fitted to the
If no one in
window frame. The shoot is then in position for persons to slide down.
the street to catch rings one person can be lowered by passing their arins through the
rings and so having their hands free to push themselves away from any projection,
can be fitted in a box 36 inches long 18 inches wide 9 inches high.
LEWIS ANIDJAH.

page_text: I, LEWIS ANIDJAH, of 9 Buckingham Palace Road, Pimlico, in the County of
Middlesex, "Fruit Salesman," 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 :—
My invention consists of a portable household fire escape, which is rendered
uninflamable by a chemical process, and is fitted in a wood box, or couch, easy chair,
or any other article of furniture, which when required to be used is moved against the
wall of the room immediately under the window; the lid is then raised and placed
against the wall, and the front of the box falls flat on the floor, disclosing a strongly
made canvass shoot or tube open at both ends, flanked on each side, with ropes,
running through rings fixed at intervals on each side of the shoot or tube. Attached
to these said ropes below the outlet are two large plaited rings.
An arrangement also of netted cord (metal wire covered with hemp, flax, or other
material rendered uninflamable by a chemical process, is used by preference) can be
made to fit outside the upper part, to reach down outside the shoot; and attached to it
for nearly half the length of the said canvass shoot, which in the event of the flames
issuing from a burning house in great volumes, would resist the fire and not admit of
the canvass shoot although uninflamable becoming useless through carbonizing.
When the window is open the aforesaid ropes are thrown out into the street to
bystanders, or in their absence anyone can be lowered after simply passing their arms
through the plaited rings leaving their hands and feet free to push themselves away.
from any projection obstructing their descent, these said rings can either be held or
can be placed on the tops of railings in front of the opposite houses, or tied to posts or
any other convenient objects. The shoot is then thrown from the window, and travels
along the guide lines, by means of iron rings securely fastened to each side of the
shoot and the whole length of the canvass.
The under part of the upper end of the shoot is fixed to the box, the upper part
forming a flap, which covers the space of the open window and is kept in that position
by two hooks, one on each side of the window frame.
The mouth of the shoot being thus formed, it is absolutely impossible for any person
to fall themselves or to drop another into the sheet by accident.
An inside rope can be provided for the shoot if required to enable anyone to be
lowered gently down the shoot; if an invalid, or too weak or otherwise incapacitated
from assisting themselves.
And in order that my Invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Figure 1. represents a perspective view of the apparatus in operation, with shoot E,
fixed to the opposite railings by the rings J, J. The guide ropes C, C, running
through the rings G, and the outlet of the shoot marked F.

page_text: Figure 2. denotes the view of the mouth of the shoot marked A, attached to the
window by the rings K. The box D, is described as open, with the guide ropes C, C,
fixed to the rings H, and the canvass attached to the box marked B.
Figure 3. represents the apparatus packed in the box with the lid thrown open.
Figure 4. is an enlarged section of the shoot on line a, b, with an inner guide rope
marked I.
Having now fully described the nature and object of my Invention and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I claim as new the following
:-
First. The combination of the apparatus for the purpose of saving life in the case
of fire, which is for lowering the inmates of any building when the same has taken
fire, from any height down to the ground, by sliding down inside the shoot or tube,
substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Secondly. The combination of the shoot E, with the guide ropes C, C, in the
rings G, and the rings J, J, with the mouth A, of the shoot, on the rings and hooks K,
and attached to the box D, with the ropes C, on the rings H as figure 2, substantially
as herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly. I claim the guide ropes C, C, as an arrangement for lowering any persons
from the room or window of a burning house and along which the canvass shoot
travels on being put out of window, substantially as herein described and according to
the accompanying drawings.
Fourthly. The combination of the apparatus when not in use, being neatly folded
up in a box as figure 3, or in the seat of a couch, easy chair, or any article of
furniture, substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying
drawings.
Fifthly. 1 claim the arrangement of netted wire covered with hemp, flax or other
material rendered uninflamable by a chemical process; which can be made to fit out-
side the upper part, to reach down any distance outside the canvass shoot, which in
the event of flames of great volume issuing from a burning house, would resist the fire
and not admit of the canvass shoot becoming useless through carbonizing, substantially
as herein described.
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