Improvements in Fire Escapes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1891--Accepted. 17th Oct.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fire Escapes.
I LEWIS ANIDJAH of 38 Barnsdale Road Elgin Avenue London W. do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A frame of iron steel or other metal covering the whole of the open space of
window and extending over the sash frame and fitted with plates on bottom bar to
attach to window sill or other part of window frame so that when the canvas shoot
attached to frame is thrown from window the frame of metal is raised to its proper
position that is to completely cover the window opening.
November 13th 1890.
LEWIS ANIDJAH.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fire Escapes.
I, LEWIS ANIDJAH, of Aubrey House, 123, Seven Sisters Road, Holloway, in
the County of London, 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 fire-escapes of the kind described in the Specification of
former Letters Patent granted to ine No. 10840 of 1888 in which is employed a
canvas shoot having its mouth arranged to completely cover the opening of the
window in connection with which the fire-escape is to be used.
The object of this invention is to provide means whereby, when the escape is
thrown from the window, the opening will be covered without the necessity for
using hooks and rings as described in the said Specification, and to this end it
consists in the employment of a metal frame to which the mouth of the fire-escape
is permanently attached; the said metal frame being hinged to the window-sill or
other suitable part of the window-frame and made of such a size that, when the
frame is turned up, it will not pass through the window opening.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my fire-escape attached to my metal frame and
in the position which it occupies when not in use; and,
Figure 2 is a sectional side view of the same;
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, but shewing the apparatus in position
for use.
a indicates my frame which is hinged to the window-sill at b, b and which is of
such a width that, when thrown up, it will bear against the sides c, c of the frame,
and of such a height that it will cover the opening of the window. d is the canvas
shoot which is attached to the top and bottom bars of the frame a and to two
auxiliary bars e, e extending across the frame.
With this arrangement it will be understood that, when the shoot is thrown from
the window, the weight thereof will lift or turn up the frame a to cover the window
opening, as shewn in Figure 3.
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. A fire-escape the mouth of which is secured to a frame hinged to the sill or

page_text: other part of a window in such a manner that the weight of the canvas shoot, when
thrown from the window, will lift the frame to cover the window opening, substan-
tially as described.
2. The improvements in fire-escapes hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated the 14th day of September 1891
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agent for the Applicant.