GB2375089A - Escape Chute - Google Patents

Abstract

A building escape system includes an inflatable chute 15, a storage box 14 and a smoke detector (10, fig.1). Either the smoke detector or a push button may activate inflation of the chute which extends from the storage box via a blow off panel.

Description

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Mincher Fire and Safety Chute.

DESCRIPTION This invention relates to the device used on aeroplanes which enables passengers to quickly disembark from the plane in the event of an emergency. The significant difference of the Mincher Fire and Safety Chute concept would be that the slide would be positioned beneath an upper floor storey window in a home or other building, and thus would enable anyone trapped in this area to escape in the event that the lower area of the building is engulfed in smoke or flames. A smoke detection system is used to activate the packed away chute, thus causing the panel to blow off and allow air to flow into the chute which is packed away and housed in a compartment under the window ledge. The influx of air would cause the Mincher Fire and Safety Chute to burst forth from its housing and from its inflated shape, creating a sloping surface leading from the window to the ground level below. Anyone trapped in the building would then climb out through the window and slide down the Mincher Fire and Safety Chute. Thus avoiding the advancing flames and smoke fumes. With this configuration the Mincher Fire and Safety Chute would serve as a potentially life saving device in the event of a person or persons being trapped in a burning or smoke filled building enabling an escape route through a window that is to high to simply jump from The panel covering the box in which the Mincher Fire and Safety Chute is housed and packed in could be finished with a decorative pattern so as to blend into the homes existing trim and thus conceal its presence, thereby assuring that the desired safety is provided yet without detracting from the homes exterior appearance Refereeing to the drawings (Fig 1) the Mincher Fire and Safety Chute 15 comprises of a smoke detection system 10 that sends a message 12 to the Mincher Fire and Safety Chute 15 activation unit 12 which engages the inflation process. The chute is housed in a box 14 which is fitted underneath the window ledge The housing box 14 can be finished with a decorative pattern 16 to blend into the homes trims to conceal its presence

Claims (4)

1. CLAIMS 1 An inflatable Fire and Safety Chute comprising of a smoke detection system that activates the packed away inflatable chute.
2. 2 An improved inflatable Fire and Safety Chute where the covering/concealing unit over the box in which the inflatable chute is housed would be activated by the smoke detection system as claimed in claim 1 thus causing the panel to blow off allowing air to flow into the inflatable chute. The influx of air would cause the chute to burst forth from its housing and form its inflated shape creating a sloping surface leading from the window to the ground level.
3. 3 An improved inflatable Fire and Safety Chute were the panel covering the housing box in which the packed away chute is stored as claimed in claim 2 could be finished with a decorative pattern to blend into the homes trim and thus conceal its presence thereby assuring that desired safety is provided without detracting from the homes exterior appearance.
4. 4 An improved Fire and Safety Chute system that activates the packed away chute as claimed in claim I can also be activated manually from a push button as a back up system.

   S An improved inflatable Fire and Safety Chute as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings