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US 2006/0231332 A1Published application
Cable rescue apparatus and method
OwnerDavid Ellingsoninventor
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Abstract
A high-rise building rescue system utilizing a single suspension cable and self-propelled gondola. The cable is peeled from the building side with a motorized vehicle and anchored at a pre-determined ground location. A support vehicle with an attached gondola is dispatched to the pre-determined ground location. The gondola is attached to the cable and moves to an upper floor of the high-rise building utilizing a cable traction mechanism.
Claims20
A transport system comprising:
- a. a container with means for causing traction;
- b. a base location with means for anchoring;
- c. means for suspending a cable from an elevated location through said means for causing traction to said base location;
- d. wherein said means for causing traction moves said container up said cable.
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A transport system comprising:
- a. a base location;
- b. an elevated location;
- c. a cable suspended from said elevated location to said base location;
- d. a container;
- e. a vehicle for moving said container to said base location;
- f. a traction apparatus for moving said container up said cable.
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A method of transport, the method comprising:
- a. suspending a cable from an elevated location to a base location;
- b. moving a container to said base location;
- c. connecting said container to said cable;
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- d. moving said container up said cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.