Interior fire escape chute for a building
OwnerSherlene Hopkinsinventor
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Abstract
A fire escape chute for a building having a plurality of floors, hallways, and a plurality of pairs of apartments on each floor, includes a plurality of spaced descending spiral-shaped chute segments extending between floors. Each segment has an entrance on one floor and an exit on a floor below. A downwardly inclined escape chute for one of each of the pairs of apartments has an entrance opening on an interior wall of one of the pairs of apartments and an exit opening connected to an adjacent chute segment. A downwardly inclined escape branch chute for the other of each pair of apartments has at one end an entrance opening within an interior wall of the other of the pairs of apartments and an exit connected to the adjacent escape chute.
Claims15
A fire escape chute for a building having a plurality of floors with hallways and a plurality of pairs of apartments with interior walls on each floor;
- a plurality of vertically spaced aligned descending spiral chute segments positioned within the building and extending between adjacent floors;
- each segment having an entrance on one floor and an exit upon a succeeding floor below;
- a downwardly inclined escape chute for one of each of said pairs of apartments positioned within said building;
- each escape chute having at one end an entrance opening within an interior wall of said one apartment, and an exit opening at its other end, said escape chute at its exit opening being connected to, merging and communicating with an adjacent chute segment for passage of a person thereinto;
- and a downwardly inclined escape branch chute for the other of each of said pairs of apartments, positioned within said building, each escape chute branch having at one end an entrance opening within an interior wall of said other apartment, and an exit opening at its other end, said escape branch chute at said exit opening being connected to, merging and communicating with an adjacent escape chute for passage of a person thereinto and successively into the adjacent chute segment;
- all of the persons using the escape chute and escape branch chutes successively passing therethrough and through the adjacent chute segment, successively exiting upon the adjacent lower floor.
A fire escape chute for a building having a plurality of floors and hallways and a plurality of pairs of apartments with interior walls on each floor;
- a continuous descending spiral chute positioned within said building and including a plurality of connected spiral chute segments extending between adjacent floors;
- said chute having an entrance at its top and an exit to a floor at ground level;
- a downwardly inclined escape chute for one of each of said pair of apartments positioned within said building;
- each escape chute having at one end an entrance opening within an interior wall of said one apartment, and an exit opening at its other end, said excape chute at its exit opening being connected to, merging and communicating with an adjacent chute segment for passage of persons thereinto;
- and a downwardly inclined escape branch chute from the other of each of said pairs of apartments, positioned within said building, each escape chute branch having at one end an entrance opening within an interior wall of said other apartment, and an exit opening at its other end, said escape branch chute at said exit opening being connected to, merging and communicating with an adjacent escape chute for passage of a person thereinto and successively into the adjacent chute segment, all of the persons using the escape chute and escape branch chute successively passing therethrough through the adjacent chute segment of said spiral chute for ultimate progressive exit at the floor at ground level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.