A New or Improved Portable Household Fire-escape.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 23rd May, 1896-Accepted, 4th Ju y, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Portable Household Fire-escape.
HENRY ALBERT FOOT 171 Stamford Street London S.E. Hotel Porter do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Which first consist of a wrought iron or steel telescope bar, worked with hand
wheel, with internal screw nut; from the center of the bar, to extend centre points
which will then firmly insert themselves in the window frame or any opening for
exit; this said bar made in two sizes will fit any ordinary window.
Unattached, but fitting to the said bar, will be a wrought iron or steel arm
and drop piece, to form portable crane, with appliances for ladder and bucket and
shoot.
Dated 11th of March 1896
HENRY ALBERT FOOT.
A New or Improved Portable Household Fire-escape.
I, HENRY ALBERT FOOT, of 171 Stamford Street, in the County of Surrey,
Hotel Porter, 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 relates to a new or improved portable household fire-escape, which
consists of a wrought iron or steel telescopic bar worked by a hand wheel with an
internal or female screw nut running on a male thread on or near the centre of the
bar to extend the extreme points, which will then firmly insert themselves in a
window frame or any other opening for exit. The said bar may be made in two
sizes and will fit any ordinary window.
Unattached, but fitting to the said bar, will be a wrought iron or steel arm and
drop piece to form a portable crane, with appliances for a ladder, bucket or shoot,
attached by hooks or rings.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a view of the apparatus closed up.
Fig. 2, is a view of the apparatus extended with the hand wheel and lock
nut screwed into position. The dotted lines C represent the door or window
jambs.
Fig. 3, is a section on line A B.
Fig. 4, is a side elevation of the arm and drop piece.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a rod or tube e of barrel, one
end of which I fix thereto a solid split end with spikes a. At the other end of
bar or tube e I fix thereto a socket d and inside the said socket d I slide in a
screwed bar with a quick or slow male thread after placing on the bar fa hand
wheel c with female screwed nut b in the centre as in Fig. 1. At the extreme end
of the screwed bar f I fix also a solid split end with spikes a.

page_text: Unattached, but fitting or sliding on the bar e is a collar j with a wrought iron
or steel arm g and a ring i or loop at the end. To the arm g I pivot loosely a drop
piece or strut in order to support the arm g by the said drop piece h resting on a
window sill or any other projection, so as to form a crane.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a portable fire-escape, the combination of the hollow bar or tube e socket d
hand wheel c and the nut 6 in the centre of the hand wheel, with the split ends or
spikes a a and screwed sliding bar f, and the loose crane, substantially as herein
described and according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In a portable fire-escape, the combination of the various parts without the
crane, substantially as herein described and according to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, of the
accompanying drawing.
3. In a loose crane, the combination of the arm g drop piece ring i and collar,
substantially as described and according to Fig. 4, of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1896.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.