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Escape chute

US4167224A · kind A · utility

11Cited by
5References
4Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 21, 1977
Grant dateSep 11, 1979
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Expiry dateOct 21, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA62B1/20
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An escape chute made up of a framework which can be horizontally projected outward from a building; a double tubular body having an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder made of cloth, and a spiral slide cloth forming a slide surface which is fixed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder; an upper entrance at the top and an exit at the bottom; one or more intermediate access apertures and intermediate entrance passages made of cloth to permit entrance into the space between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder wherein the height of the lower edge of the intermediate access aperture is higher than the spiral slide surface at the position so as to prevent a part of a person from becoming hung up upon the aperture. The intermediate entrance passages are held by ropes connected to the framework. One or more intermediate exits are formed on the side surface of the bottom outer cylinder at higher than the exit.

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