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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 wound on the drum. The resistance wheel hub motor disposed in the dru... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7237650 | Tension device for use with a self-retracting lifeline A tension device for use with a self-retracting lifeline having a drum includes a lifeline and an elastic member. The lifeline has a retracting end, an intermediate portion, and a connecting end. The retracting end is operatively connected to the drum, and the conne... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7117975 | Elevated location descent apparatus An elevated location descent apparatus comprising a descending device, a braking device and a power transmitting device; the descending device comprising sprockets positioned in a vertical plane, a suspension chain positioned around the sprockets and a payload-suspe... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 assembly, a centrifugal brake assembly, a housing enclosing the brak... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6955244 | Individually operated escape device The escape device is lowered via a cable which can be anchored above and outside a window of a burning building. The descent of the device is regulated by a speed regulating brake or by a valve mounted in a hydraulic line for manual operation by the user. A guide de... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6810997 | Controlled descent device A controlled descent device for use in industrial or recreational settings for controlled descent of a user from an upper level to a lower level. The device comprises principally a steel housing, an internal spring-loaded drum on which a webbing line is wound, and a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6745872 | Refuge device from high place A modified hole is simply fitted and retained to a rotary shaft so that a pulley may be coupled so as to be rotated together with the rotary shaft, in particular, pulley forming plates are coupled in a rotation preventing manner but slidably to the rotary shaft, an ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6672428 | Personal descent apparatus A small and easily portable apparatus for safely descending from a high elevation, comprising a drum rotatably mounted on a mounting frame; a body securing device for securing the mounting frame to the body of a user; and a line wound around the drum, hav... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6626265 | Controlled descent apparatus A controlled descent apparatus includes a cable which is wound on a spool and is unwound from the spool by the weight of a person to effect the descent. To limit the rate of descent, the spool turns as the cable is unwound and drives a positive displaceme... | 09/30/2003 |
| 5826679 | Emergency escape device for buildings An emergency escape device for buildings in accordance with the present invention comprises a rotatably supported axle, a reel mounted on the shaft to rotate therewith, a string wound around the axle and having a first end securely attached to the axle an... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5586617 | Automatic emergency escape for tall structures A device for safely lowering persons from upright structures such as buildings during an emergency at a safe, predetermined speed of no more than about four feet per second irrespective of the weight of the person being lowered. The device has a drum abou... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5494133 | Controlled weight-lowering device A controlled weight-lowering device is presented which allows an individual to descend from a building at a predetermined rate of descent. The device can be permanently attached to the building or it can be portable. The device has an outer bracket which ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5083633 | Roping-down device The device for roping down includes a shaft 2 with a central portion which forms a reel 5 for coiling up band rope 6. The two end sections of shaft 2 form brake rotors 9 and 10, which are equipped with wings 11. The wings 11, which rotate during the uncoi... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5046402 | Rotary to axial motion converting device with groove in piston guide The device serves to convert rotary motion to hydraulic pressure and vice versa. A piston assembly is entirely located within a cylinder, including a piston head and a piston stem fixed to the piston head. The piston assembly divides the cylinder into two... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4867276 | Fast-lowering hydraulic equipment A fast-lowering hydraulic equipment is described, fully automatic (10) which includes a box (11) with two chambers (12, 13) separated by a partition wall (14) where a central supporting shaft (19) is arranged. A chain (42), rope (71) or steel cable (66) w... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4781269 | Descent regulator and escape system The invention provides an escape system that enables automatic and unmonitored lowering of a body from a building or other height. The system includes a frame portion installed in a building so that it can be placed in or moved to a window in an emergency... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4722422 | Emergency escape apparatus An emergency escape apparatus allows safe escape from a tall building on fire. It includes a case carried by a user on his back. A wire wound around a reel mounted in the case has one end secured to the case. With the other end of the wire secured to the ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4688659 | Emergency descent device An emergency descent device includes a fluid-filled chamber with telescopic vanes of variable vane surface for self-adjusting the retarding force of the fluid, and an annular friction member in the chamber for simultaneous rotation with the vane members w... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4653609 | Controlled descent apparatus A controlled descent apparatus for lowering a person from an elevated place includes a cable which is wound on a drum and is unwound from the drum by the weight of the person to effect the descent. To limit the rate of descent, the drum turns as the cable... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4616735 | Escape device for use in high-rise structures A fire escape device is disclosed for use in lowering persons from high-rise structures. The device comprises a frame having a spool rotatably mounted thereon, with a cable being wound around the spool. There is a first sprocket wheel fixed to the spool a... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4554997 | Emergency descent device An improved descent device including a rotating spool on which is wound a cable is provided with a fluid rotation-retarding means having a plurality of vane members mounted for rotation in a fluid-filled chamber. The vane member is comprised of a vane she... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4523664 | Safety descent device A portable descent device for lowering an object at a controlled speed has a rotating spool carrying wrapped cable mounted within a casing. The spool rotates about a fixed shaft in a sealed chamber containing a viscous liquid. A series of alternating, clo... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4520900 | Fire escape apparatus for use in high-rise buildings and the like A personnel escape mechanism for emergency evacuation of a high-rise building. An escape support for personnel in the form of harnesses or a protective cage is suspended from a trolley, riding on a rail extending externally from the building. The escape s... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4512438 | Escape apparatus An escape apparatus for lowering persons down a structure includes an upper pulley and a lower pulley, both of which are secured to the structure. An endless loop cable passes around the pulleys such that movement of the cable causes the lower pulley to r... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4493396 | Winch for safely lowering a person at a controlled rate A winch for use in safely lowering a person from an elevated position comprising a cylindrical casing, a rotatable shaft mounted on a pair of bearings located in the casing, a spool affixed to the shaft, a cam plate affixed to the shaft, a brake disc affi... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4485891 | Emergency escape system The invention herein described is directed to an emergency escape system, such as for use in exiting from a high-rise building. Such system includes a personnel lowering device adapted to be clamped to a vertically mounted I-beam running the full height o... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4480716 | High rise escape device A casing incorporates a spool having a cable wound thereon. One end of the cable is fixed to the spool and the other end passes from the casing. A safety belt is secured to the casing and arranged to support a human body. The extending free end of the cab... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4473132 | Fire escape mechanism A device and method for safely removing occupants of multi-story buildings under conditions of fire and catastrophe by allowing one occupant at a time to don a harness attached to the device and safely jump, with his rate of descent controlled so that he ... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4463830 | Reel for a life-line A reel for a life-line comprising a frame, a winding member rotatably journalled in said frame and damping means connected on the one hand with the frame and on the other hand with the winding member for counteracting the rotation of the winding member, s... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4452430 | Safety device for lowering persons and loads A safety device for lowering persons and loads comprises a two-piece casing, the two halves of which are symmetrical forming a cylinder therebetween, in which a piston provided with flow channels for a medium is fitted to move axially, the circumference o... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4442918 | Emergency escape device An escape device for allowing an endangered person to be safely lowered from a drilling tower or other elevated structure includes an automatic brake which controls the descent of a trolley assembly downwardly along an escape cable extending from the elev... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4437546 | Fire escape device A fire escape device includes a housing with a reel journalled for rotational movement within the housing. A cable is fixed at one end thereof to the reel and is wound upon the reel with the other end thereof extending through an opening in the housing. T... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4416351 | Reel for a life-line The invention relates to a reel for a life-line comprising a frame, a winding member journalled in said frame so as to be rotatable about a rotary axis, damping means connected on the one hand with the frame and on the other hand with the winding member a... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4359139 | Lifesaving apparatus for roping down persons A life saving equipment for roping down persons along a rope has a rack with an inlet opening and an outlet opening for the rope so that the rope passes the rack when the person is roped down. A rope pulley is rotatably mounted within the rack and has on ... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4327818 | Sky shepherd 1 An apparatus for persons to be lowered to a ground from upper stories of buildings, in case of a fire, or the like; the device including a frame suspended outside a window, two heels of ropes supported on the frame, a seat on the end of each rope, one rop... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4029298 | Escape device Escape device comprising a reel having a cable wound on it, said reel being coupled with a rotatable shaft on which the outer end of a spiral spring wound on a rotatable shaft is wound with a curve opposite the curve in the rest position when the cable is... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4018423 | Emergency descent device A descent device is provided for emergency descent from tall structures and for lowering objects from high elevations such as a hovering helicopter. The device includes a rotating spool having a cable wound thereon for descent and a rotation-retarding van... | 04/19/1977 |
