US1647684A - Portable fire escape - Google Patents

Description

Nov. 1, 1927.

- 1,647,684 P. c. cANlzARo PORTABLE FIRE ESCAPE Filed July 1o, 192'5 v2 sheets-sheet 1 Novil, 1927. 7

E FIRE ESC Filed my 1o. 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 Vil Patented Nov. l, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER C. CANIZARO, OF VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI.

PORTABLE FIRE ESCAPE.

Application led July 10, 1925.

The present invention relates to fire escapes, and more particularly to lire escapes of the portable type, the primary object of the invention being to provide aiire escape which may be readily and easily brought into use and one which may require comparatively little space for storing, when not in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fire escape which may be normally contained in a cabinet, which cabinet may be moved from place to place.

lfith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be Ina-de within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is an elevational view illustrating a fire escape constructed in accordance with the invention as in its active position.

Figure Q is a longitudinal sectional view through the lire escape in its active position.

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of a cabinet forming a part of the tire escape, a portion thereof being broken away to illustrate the ladd-er forming a part of the fire escape.

Figure l is an elevational view illustrating` the cover sections as moved to their active or supporting` positions.

Referring` to the drawings in detail, the device includes a cabinet indicated generally by the reference character 5, the cabinet being supported on the rollers 6 whereby the same may be moved from room to room.

The front of the cabinet is normally closed by means of the hinged closures 7, while the top of the cabinet is normally closed by the closures 8 that swing in a vertical plane. Hinges 9 connect the closures 8 to the side walls of the cabinet, and as shown by Figure 4 ofthe drawings, these closures 8 may be moved to positions to engage adjacent to the window sill over which the ladder normally housed by the cabinet is thrown in moving Serial No. 42,815.

the sam-e to its active position, so that the cabinet 4is held against movement while a person is descending the ladder and eliminating any possibility of the weight of the person passing down the ladder pulling the cabinet through window. i f

The reference character 10 indicates a hinged supporting member or apron which normally lies within the confines of the walls of the cabinet, but when in its active position is adapted to be moved to'overlie the window sill in a manner as shown by Figure 2, thereby providing a rigid support for the ladder ll and at the same time providing means for holding the ladder in spaced relan tion with the wall of the building so that persons passing over the ladder may conveniently grip the rungs thereof.

As shown, the ladder isV of conventional type and includes lateral chain sections or flexible members l2 that are connected throughout their lengtls by means of the rungs 13.

In the use of the device, the cabinet is moved to a window and the closures 8 moved to their open positions to engage the sill of the window in a manner as shown by Figure 4:.

The guard l() is now positioned over the sill and the ladder allowed to drop to its active position by gravity. i person may now descend the ladder in safety.

l'. claim:

A portable fire escape including a roller supported cabinet having outwardly swing ing front closures, upwardly and outwardly swinging closures closing the upper portion f the cabinet and adapted to engage a window frame to `secure the cabinet against movement, a wide apron, hinges including ring angled portions secured within the cabinet for securing the apron to the cabinet, said apron adapted to rest on the window sill when the apron is swung to its active position, said apron being of width to extend beyond the window sill, and a flexible ladder secured to the apron and adapted to be swung to a position exteriorly of the win* dow.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto aflixed my signature.

PETER C. CANIZARO.

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