Improvements in connection with Street Fire Alarm and Ambulance Stations and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: 'Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 28th June, 1893-Accepted, 23rd Sept. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Street Fire Alarm and
Ambulance Stations and the like.
We, ALFRED ROBERT TOZER, Chief Superintendent, Fire Brigade, in the
City of Birmingham, and FREDERICK DALE TIPPETTS, Managing Director, of
the Firm of Tippetts Limited, Princes Chambers, Corporation Street, in the City
of Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manner in which we construct and arrange a cabinet
or receptacle for use as a street fire alarm, ambulance, first aid and advertising
station, and has for its objects to provide a complete equipment for use in fire
extinguishing and for street accidents, police calls, together with a means of
publicly displaying advertisements in an effective manner.
In carrying our invention into effect, we construct our cabinet or case of
rectangular form and of any convenient height, having its outer surfaces arranged
to receive panel or other advertisements, and having one portion of the outer
casing constructed as a door with a small alarm box or aperture provided for the
reception of a key and whistle, the one being to unlock the door and the other to
serve as police call; the front of the aperture or small case containing the whistle
and key being protected or covered by a glass or other front plate, so that when
the glass or other front plate is broken or removed the key and whistle can be
obtained for their distinctive purposes.
Within the cabinet we provide fittings which may be used for the extinguishing
of a fire, such as a sliding ladder, hand pump, short length of hose, hydrant key,
fireman's axe, and buckets, while for the ambulance and first aid purposes we
provide a portable stretcher and other common ambulance materials suitable for
use in emergencies. We provide the fittings for the reception of these articles
within a cabinet of a size and shape suitable for their compact and secure retention.
The door portion of our cabinet we arrange with a spring or electrical contact
maker or lever connected to an electric bell so that upon the opening of the door
the electrical signal is communicated to the central fire station of the locality.
We fix within our cabinet a telephone so that the central station may be
communicated with orally for the purpose of giving definite and precise
information.
We sometimes provide upon our cabinets a receptacle serving as a postal pillar
or letter box and we arrange where possible for an electrical or other light to be
displayed from the cabinet.
We construct our cabinets wholly or partly of wood, metal or a combination of
both, or other suitable material, and we arrange our cabinets so that they may be
placed in any public position forming their own support or capable of being
attached to a building or wall as may be desired.
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MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Street Fire Alarm and
Ambulance Stations and the like.
We, ALFRED ROBERT TOZER, Chief Superintendent, Fire Brigade, in the
City of Birmingham, and FREDERICK DALE TIPPETTS, Fire Engineer, of
St. Bernards, Chantry Road, Moseley, in the County of Worcester, 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:-
This invention relates to the manner in which we construct and arrange a cabinet
or receptacle for use as a street fire alarm, ambulance, first aid and advertising
station, and has for its objects to provide a complete equipment for use in fire
extinguishing and for street accidents, police calls, together with a means of
publicly displaying advertisements in an effective manner.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved alarm cabinet, and Figure 2 is an
elevation with the door open to display the internal fittings.
Figure 3 is a detail of an alternate arrangement of fastening device.
Figure 4 is an illustration of the stretcher removed from the cabinet.
Figure 5 is an illustration of the ladder in position.
Figures 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are detail illustrations of the search light lamp,
ambulance box, axe, bucket, pump and telephone respectively.
In carrying our invention into effect, we construct our cabinet or case A of
rectangular form and of any convenient height, having its outer surfaces B B
arranged to receive panel or other advertisements, and having one portion of the
outer casing A constructed as a door C with a small alarm box or aperture D
provided for the reception of a key and whistle D', or sliding bolt, handle or
latch D2 (Figure 3); the one being to unlock or unfasten the door and the other
to serve as a police call; the front of the aperture or small case containing the
whistle and key or bolt or other fastening being protected or covered by a glass or
other preferably transparent front plate, so that when the glass or other front plate
is broken or removed the fastening key and whistle can be obtained and used for
their distinctive purposes.
Within the cabinet we provide fittings which may be used for the extinguishing
of a fire, such as a sliding ladder E, hand pump F, short length of hose G, hydrant
key, fireman's axe H, lamp L, and buckets M, while for the ambulance and first
aid purposes we provide a portable stretcher N and other common ambulance
materials suitable for use in emergencies. We provide the fittings for the
reception of these articles within a cabinet of a size and shape suitable for their
compact and secure retention. The door portion of our cabinet we arrange with a
spring or electrical contact maker or lever connected to an electric bell so that
upon the opening of the door the electrical signal is communicated to the central
fire station of the locality. We fix within our cabinet a telephone P so that the
central station may be communicated with orally for the purpose of giving definite
and precise information.
We sometimes provide upon our cabinets a receptacle serving as a postal pillar or
letter box and we arrange where possible for an electrical or other light to be
displayed from the cabinet.
We construct our cabinets wholly or partly of wood, metal or a combination of
both, or other suitable material, and we arrange our cabinets so that they may be
placed in any public position forming their own support, or capable of being
attached to a building or wall as may be desired.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The construction of street fire alarms and first aid stations substantially as
and for the purposes herein before described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The combination and arrangement of a cabinet or case having portable
fittings placed within for use in extinguishing fires and for first aid or ambulance
purposes, substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings.
3. In a street fire alarm station, the arrangement of electrical fittings for making
an automatic connection with and giving a signal or aların to the central fire
station upon the door being opened, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 27th day of June 1893.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.