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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7055653 | Escape device A shaft with a gear and a small-diameter drum mounted and a different shaft with a gear and a large-diameter drum mounted are axially mounted in a rotatable condition across the inside of a housing. The gears are engaged with each other. A case has a horizontally lo... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6988589 | Rappelling device for permitting persons to be rescued from high buildings, towers or the like A solution is supposed to be achieved with a rappelling device (1) for permitting persons (3) to be rescued from high buildings, towers, and the like, having a suspension strap (2), suspension vest, or the like, to be worn by the person in quest... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6964319 | Retractable lanyard systems, anchoring brackets for retractable lanyards and methods of anchoring retractable lanyards An anchoring system includes an anchor member to anchor the lifeline and at least one extending unit to extend the anchor member out to a working position beyond (horizontally) and above (vertically) an edge to provide for an overhead anchoring point. The anchoring ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6869146 | Fishing pole harness A fishing pole support or harness for connecting a user to a fishing pole to support and control the fishing pole. ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 5927438 | Personnel lifting-lowering system A pulley system particularly useful for lifting or lowering an injured worker includes an upper pulley assembly adapted to be secured to a fixed structure and a lower pulley assembly adapted to be secured to the worker being lifted or lowered and further ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5884726 | Adjustable descending device for emergency escape An emergency escape device is composed of a cap, a cylindrical main body, a conical movable body, and a rope. The cap is provided with an operation pin and a plurality of movable handles capable of triggering the operation pin so as to actuate the escape ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 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 housing is made up of a left and a right semi-circular hollow h... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5682962 | Personal portable life-saving device A personal portable life-saving device includes a housing, a reel set, at least a guide roller, a control disk, a braking unit, a metal strap and a body fastening means. In case a fire accident happens in a high building, the user may fasten the metal str... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5076395 | Portable slow descender A portable slow-descending device is provided in which a lifeline in the form of a tape is selectively dispensed from a reel around which the lifeline is wound. A planetary gear mechanism and a centrifugal brake mechanism are housed within a cylinder port... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4986390 | Portable slow descender The slow-descending device of this invention is so small and light that anybody can easily carry it in a traveling bag, or the like. Therefore, it is useful as an emergency evacuation device which enables him to escape from a fire in a hotel, apartment ho... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4941549 | Fire escape apparatus A fire escaping apparatus being of a small bulk, requiring no energy source and capable of continuously transporting escaping persons is provided. The apparatus includes a housing attached to a place from where relevant persons can escape a fire, a hollow... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4730703 | Load lowering device with a rope or cable drum A load lowering or rescue device for lowering a load or person from an elevated location, has a drum rotatably mounted on a frame. One end of a rope or cable is secured at the elevated location. The other end of the rope or cable is secured to the drum an... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4729454 | Self-braking safety apparatus for the rapid descent of persons in cases of emergency A self-braking apparatus is provided for cases of emergency in which a rapid descent of persons threatened by fire or danger is required on the outside of buildings or the like. The apparatus can be secured to a fixed point from which the descent is to be... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4714137 | Building safety rescue device A building safety survival rescue cable device includes a large pulley having two pulley halves which are biased toward each other for guiding the rescue device over a cable that is strung from a building. The inner surface of each pulley half is provided... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4687077 | Portable manually operated rescue and lowering cable This specification describes a portable manually operated rescue and lowering device. It consists of a coaster-brake bicycle hub with its flanges extended enough to form a drum to accommodate about 40 meters of fine aircraft cable. To permit hand operatio... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4603759 | Fire escape descender A fire escape descender capable of controlling the descending speed, thereby ensuring that the escaper can escape from the burning building at a desired speed, wherein the speed controlling is effected either manually or automatically.... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4399889 | Load lowering apparatus A lightweight apparatus for lowering a load at a controlled rate utilizes an elongated load-carrying strand and a slider assembly mounted on the strand to support a load for controlled downward sliding movement along the strand. The slider assembly includ... | 08/23/1983 |
| 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 |
