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8181741 Life saving implement  
A life saving implement includes a prime motor assembly, a winding drum installing in the prime motor assembly to wind a wire rope, a braking drum installed on a side of the winding drum to control...
8181744 Self-retracting lifeline systems and braking systems therefor  
A lifeline system includes a lifeline and a drum assembly around which the lifeline is coiled. The drum assembly is rotatable about a first axis in a first direction during extension of the...
7963370 System and apparatus for personal high altitude rappel escape safety device  
A personal, lightweight, high altitude rappel escape safety device is worn by an individual as a backpack and provides a safe means of lowering the individual from an elevated structure. The device...
7278601 Speed-adjustable life-saving apparatus  
Provided is speed-adjustable life-saving apparatus which comprises a housing, a drum disposed in the housing, a life rope and a resistance wheel hub motor. One end of the life rope is fastened and...
6966407 Escape-Right  
The Escape-Right is an emergency escape system comprising: a passenger harness, a cable, a reel, a shaft fixed to the reel permitting rotation of the reel as the cable is unrolled, a reduction gear...
6962235 Apparatus for exterior evacuation from buildings  
An apparatus for safely evacuating a person within a prescribed weight range from a multistory building by enabling the person to exit from the interior of the building to the outside very quickly...
6607055 Emergency escape pulley structure  
An emergency escape pulley structure includes a main shaft on which a plurality of rope wheels are mounted. The main shaft actuates a deceleration gear set, so as to link a braking wheel. The rope...
6450293 Fire escape device  
A fire escape device includes first and second cable drums rotatably mounted on a mounting shaft and spaced apart from each other axially, first and second support cables respectively wound around...
6401863 Multi-purpose portable davit anchoring system  
A new multi-purpose portable davit anchoring system is provided, having a sectional vertical support mast which comes apart for compact stowage and is easily reassembled. The support mast...
6371244 Escape device  
A worm gear mechanism driven by an electric motor and operatively coupled to a reel having a length of high tensile line for an emergency escape from a high structure. The reel is arranged within a...
6129302 Means of securing against impermissible unreeling of a belt element  
The invention relates to a device for securing against the impermissible unreeling speed of a belt element (80) from a shaft (82) of a lifter (70) used for transporting a handicapped person; the...
5979601 Telescopic emergency egress device  
A telescopic emergency egress device includes an outer tube having a front end and a back end, an inner tube having a front end and being telescopically movable along the outer tube, a spring...
5913383 Fire escape device for lowering people from a high rise  
A fire escape device for lowering people from a high-rise, including a casing having a hanger for hanging on a support in a high-rise from which the user is going to escape, a driving pulley...
5842542 Single rope descending device  
A single rope descending device, especially a portable descending device for use of a single person, comprises a receiving housing, a cap, an adjusting nut, and a rope windlass. The receiving...
5645139 Circulatable ladder  
The present invention relates generally to the safety equipment of a circulatable ladder. The device requires no automatic power and can be operated for heavy loading capacity. The device includes...
5590740 Descending device for emergent escape from a building  
A power-free descending device for emergent escape from a building which comprises a frame having a hook engaged on the top thereof for hanging on fixed objects and having an opening on central...
5581901 Lifesaving apparatus  
A lifesaving apparatus comprising a scale usable as a life line, the scale comprising a high tensile strength wire with graduations in a longitudinal direction thereof, a drum for winding the metal...
5383285 Scale usable as life line  
A scale usable as a life line includes a metal wire 5 of high tensile strength with graduation 6 in a longitudinal direction thereof, a drum 2 for winding the metal wire 5 thereonto, a casing 1...
5343981 Emergency cable descent system  
An emergency cable descent system for lowering a person from a building in an emergency situation. The system includes a boom which may be pivoted outside a window of a building to support a cable...
5186275 Highrise family fire escape device  
A fire escape device enabling persons to be lowered from tall structures. The device features a cable spool about which a cable is wound for at least one revolution. A helical channel is defined on...
5168958 Elevating and lowering apparatus  
The elevating and lowering apparatus comprises a baseplate (1) on which a freely rotatable lowering pulley (2) including a back-run safety is mounted. A toothed crown (7) is mounted on the side of...
5147013 Confined space entry apparatus  
Apparatus for moving personnel or materials through an opening in a sidewall of a vessel and down into the vessel wherein a lower support and an upper support are mounted on the portion of the...
5127490 Emergency descent device  
An emergency descent device includes a casing, a rotation retarding device, a suspension gear pulley, a cable extending around the suspension gear pulley and a cable guiding unit. The cable guiding...
5101935 Hoisting and rescue apparatus  
The present invention provides an apparatus that can be used for hoisting and rescue purposes at significant elevations such as in high rise buildings.
5065839 Escape system  
An escape system for enabling occupants to escape from the upper levels of buildings includes a vessel suspended from at least two fire-resistant cables spaced apart upon the surface of the vessel,...
5010980 Assembly for lowering a person to safety from a building  
An assembly for lowering a person to safety from a building under a descent operation that is controlled by the person without requiring such person to manipulate a hand operated device, such as a...
4997064 Device for automatically securing a climber climbing a wall  
This invention relates to a device for automatically securing a climber climbing a wall, wherein it comprises: a shaft guided in rotation, at least one drum comprising a groove for receiving a line...
4942943 Roofing safety device  
A roofing safety device, adapted to be used in connection with substantially all roof configurations comprises an upright support, adapted to be secured to the roof of a building, having at least...
4903797 Apparatus for escaping from building on fire  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for escaping from a building on fire. The apparatus comprises a body frame with a gondola, a pin-wheel, a rolling drum, an anchor, a weight, an inside...
4712645 Fire escape device  
A fire escape device suitable for receiving a person or persons to be safely descended from a relatively high elevation to the ground. The device includes a substantially box-like housing which...
4674599 High rise fire escape mechanism  
A high rise fire escape mechanism uses a flat cable having notches to lower the victim. The cable is wound around a notched sprocket mounted inside a housing on a first axle. A second axle and an...
4650033 Gravity impelled personal lowering vehicle  
A descent vehicle for persons to lower themselves in a controlled manner by gravity from a high place or building on the outside. The unit rides on a rope secured to the building or high place and...
4645034 Descent system  
A descent apparatus to control the descent of people or materials from physical heights, for example, buildings, aircraft, ships, trees or mountains and may be used for business, pleasure, and...
4598793 Sky-ride emergency escape system  
This invention relates to an emergency escape system for escape from elevated structures such as sky-scrapers, high-rise apartment or office buildings, etc., which system enables one to lower...
4588046 Device for lowering a load along a line  
Escape device comprising a holder 1 in which is guided a flat belt 23 and which accommodates at least one brake shoe 12a on which a force is exerted depending upon the weight of the load and which...
4567963 Eddy current retarder for use in emergency escape as from higher stories of a building  
A device utilizing energy conversion into heat by eddy currents for braking the descent of a refugee as from higher stories of a building in the event of a fire or other emergency. Included is a...
4503933 Building evacuation device  
An emergency device which is stowed into a compact enclosure attached to the lintel of an upper-story window to facilitate evacuation in case of fire. The device comprises a windlass upon which is...
4469196 Fire escape device  
A fire escape device enabling a person to escape from a multi-story building. The fire escape device of the invention comprises two sets of planetary gears which operatively interconnect a winding...
4436181 Escape system  
An escape system (10) for lowering a user mounted thereon in a vertical direction (12) at a predetermined rate of descent responsive to a user applied force in predetermined areas on a seat member...
4432437 Fire escape system  
A controlled descent-speed, line system is described for the emergency evacuation of high office buildings, apartments and hotels. Included is a small diameter, high-strength steel cable of...
4287963 Safety apparatus  
Safety apparatus for lowering one or more persons from a window or a hotel room or the like characterized by structural framework that is affixed inside the room and disposed adjacent the window,...
4171795 Safety line and mechanism  
A safety line for use in industrial and other construction is combined with a take-up reel and braking device. The mechanism is maintained in a housing attached to harness device worn by the...
3850263 APPARATUS FOR FIRE ESCAPING FROM HIGH BUILDING  
Apparatus for fire escaping from a high building comprising a frame, a winch rotatably mounted on said frame, a gear train driven by the winch shaft, a pair of parallelly disposed screw rods having...
3702690 WINCH LAUNCH SYSTEM  
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