Fire protection apparatus for a building structure

A fire protection apparatus for a building structure having contiguous exterior walls and a roof structure, said apparatus comprising,

• a blanket housing for installation on said roof structure,
• a combination roof and wall fire retardant blanket stored in said housing for deployment over the building structure,
• motor powered means including a cable coupled to said roof and wall fire retardant blanket to deploy the blanket into a location overlying a portion of the roof structure and of a first wall of the building structure,
• a blanket support for pivoted attachment to the building structure and having a stowed elevated position and an operational lowered position and including a fire retardant end wall blanket for gravity deployment into position adjacent a second wall of the building structure,
• a gable blanket attached to said blanket support and deployed upon movement of the blanket support to the operational lowered position, and
• retention means normally engaged with and confining said blanket support in said stowed elevated position and operable to permit gravitation of the support to said operational position.

Fire protection apparatus for a building structure having contiguous exterior walls and a roof structure, said appratus comprising,

• a blanket housing for installation on the roof structure and including a fire retardant roof blanket stored therein,
• motor powered means for installation on said roof structure and including cables coupled to said roof blanket to deploy the blanket into a location overlying a portion of the roof structure,
• a blanket support for pivotal attachment to the building structure and having a stowed elevated position and an operational lowered position and including a fire retardant blanket for gravity deployment into position adjacent an exterior wall of the building structure,
• a gable blanket for attachment to said roof structure and said blanket support and deployed upon movement of said blanket support to said operational lowered position adjacent said exterior wall of the building structure,
• retention means for installation on said roof structure and normally engaged with and confining said blanket support in said stowed elevated position and operable to permit gravitation of the support to said operational position, and
• a wall blanket housing attachable to said roof structure and defining a gutter, a shaft journaled in said wall blanket housing, a fire retardant wall blanket carried on said shaft for deployment along a wall of the building structure, control means engaged with said shaft and alternatively disengageable therefrom to allow gravitational deployment of said fire retardant wall blanket from said housing, said fire retardant wall blanket including a weighted member facilitating deployment by gravity of the wall blanket.

Fire protection apparatus for a building structure having contiguous exterior walls and a deck supported by one of said walls and a roof structure, said apparatus comprising,

• a blanket housing for installation on said roof structure and including a fire retardant blanket stored therein for deployment both over said roof structure and said deck,
• motor powered means including cables coupled to said fire retardant blanket to draw the blanket from said housing,
• cable retainers for placement on said building structure and including solenoid actuated guides past which said cables are entrained and upon actuation permitting the course of said cables to be altered during blanket deployment,
• combination cable guides and blanket supports for installation on said roof structure and projecting outwardly therefrom for supporting a run of each of said cables,
• said combination cable guides and blanket supports facilitating downward passage of said cables and blanket past said deck during blanket deployment.