Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 3rd May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 10th June, 1887..
I HENRY GEORGE POWELL of 40 Kensington Garden Square Bayswater London do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to ho as follows:-
The combination of an article of furniture with a fire escape aparatus. In a chair
the back turns upon the chair feet by means of a bolt which takes the place of the
usual top back rail this falls over and upon the window sill with slight projection.
The body of chair is a Box the lid or seat of which is hinged at front this upon being
opened exposes the rope an endless one having a body band at each extremity or
loop upon which a snap hook is fastened to form a noose for the body the first person
to descend bringing up the noose for the next & so on, along the front of inside of
rope Box a glass receiver is fixed holding about gallon of fire proofing solution.
This on being broken discharges the contents into a well in and under the bottom of
box within which the reel runs upon which the rope turns so wetting & fire proofing
it The rope is made additionally secure by the three copper wires laid in the strands,
where a Table is utilised the principle is the same. The Top is hinged and falls over
the sill in the same way as the chair back, the box under the Table top being fitted as
in the chair. The chair seat when closed upon the rope in action forms a good break
the slightest pressure regulating the speed of descent. The Table is fitted with an
under flap acting as a break in the same way, The great merit claimed is that the
Article requires no fastening whatever when properly adjusted to height of window
frames, so as to allow of no leverage, the reel upon which the rope turns being placed
as far back as possible. The pull is distributed over three sides of a square, with a
comparatively heavy resisting weight. For French door openings the chair is most
valuable, being laid upon its back, two folding Hooks fastened to the back legs catch
two sunken staples in the floor, the aparatus working as in the upright position,
the chair may be fixed in this way to the nose piece of inner window frame the back
legs resting on outer wall to overcome heavy projections on House fronts, The method
of regulating chairs to the varied heights of window openings is by a vertical bore
down the back feet into which a spring is inserted also two rods upon which the bolt
is fastened and the back turns, Tables are adjusted upon a column having a turn
screw.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Article of Furniture and Domestic Fire Escape.
I HENRY GEORGE POWELL of No. 40 Kensington Garden Square in the parish
of Paddington County of Middlesex, Journalist, 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:-
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When a chair is adapted to the purpose of a running rope and it is preferred that
the rope should not run upon the edge of the window sill a portion of the back will
turn upon a hinge or bolt as displayed in the accompanying Drawing Figure 1 letter a
and rest upon the window sill 6 The dotted lines shew the rope e passing over a reel
which is set as far back as possible in a well sunk in the bottoin of the rope box d-a
glass receiver containing a fire proofing solution seen at e drops partly through a
Hole in the bottom of the rope box into the well, on being broken the fluid saturates the
rope as it works. The chair seat is hinged at front as at fand when closed upon the
rope in action as at g it forms a break which enables a person to control the descent
of children or infirm persons or others, In the family fire escape the rope may be
united at the ends so as to form a loop at either extremity of which one or more body
bands are attached which terminate with a fastener or hook seen at The first person
to descend brings up the body band for the next and so on. Chairs when adjusted to
the heights of windows so as to avoid excessive leverage require no fastening
whatever-being able to resist the pull of the heaviest person. The Chair may be
adjusted by shifting the screw holfs which hold the back rail as in Pattern shewn
at Figure 4 letters i. For door openings the chair may be laid horizontally as at
Figure 2 held by short chains and hooks as at j which will enter holes or staples
sunk in the floor, when not in use the hooks will enter the eye at k. When there
are heavy projections upon walls the chair is made adaptable by hooks upon the front
feet which catch upon the inner wall as shewn at Figure 3 letter 7 the back feet
resting upon outer wall, this chair is strengthened by arms m, When a single rope is
used it is fastened upon the reel or upon an eye in the same backward position and a
traveller will be provided, the rope passing in and out at two eyes as seen upon rope
at Figure 4 the body band his seen attached to the traveller, the rope may be
admitted by side cuts and closed in by button or hook shewn ato a flange may be a
hinged upon the traveller as at P which closes upon the rope and is tightened by a turn
screw enabling a person to descend or stop at will. These travellers may be used
as a means of attaching the body bands to a running rope and when provided with a
knob similar to a door knob will afford a good hold to those who would hesitate to
grasp a rope firmly. When a table or other article of furniture is adapted as part of
a lowering apparatus the principle is the same as described in the chair, a portion of
the top will be hinged as seen at side view of Table Figure 5 letter with rope box
underneath as at d A jointed flap as shewn at ris adapted to various depths of sills
and folds back upon the rope when coiled in the box.

page_text: 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:
Novelty
1st. In combining in an article of furniture all the mechanical appliances for
lowering persons from buildings expeditiously.
2. In the application of a fire resisting fluid to a rope in action.
3. In the well and reel and glass receiver and their applications as connected with
the rope box.
5. In the hinged chair seat or table top and its application as a break.
6. In the rope traveller as connected with the article of furniture.
Dated this Thind das
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