Rescue system on high rise buildings for evacuating persons in the case of fire

US4350224A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Walther & Cie AG · DE

Inventors

• Friedrich Jochum · Kaiserslautern, DE
• Ernst Landsberg
• Plano Zschernack · Odenthal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 1980
• Grant date: Sep 21, 1982
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66B9/02
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A rescue system for a multi-floor building includes an upright climb rail assembled of profiled rail sections defining two lateral cooling channels and an upright tooth rack extending around the entire length of the rail; a rescue cabin includes a projecting frame insertable into a front guiding slot in the rail and supporting a driving gear engaging the upright tooth rack; the frame of the cabin overlaps safety windows provided on each floor of the building and has an entrance opening facing the windows.