DE29906335U1 - Fall rescue module - Google Patents

Description

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» . · · * ♦·..· +49 2241 945221/+49 2241 945222 ··· • * »« · •♦ · · * +49 170 5845373 ·»· ac ·· ·· +1 708 810 6954 Surname: Ralph Klaar re/./Fax # entec_holland@hotmail.com Address: Kleiststr. 7 Mobile phone # D-53844 Troisdorf Mobile fax # Date: 08.04.1999 E-mail Technical name: Fall rescue module

Intended use:
Rescue module

Short name:
FRM

Description Fall rescue module

Fire disasters in the past, such as at Düsseldorf Airport or in the Channel Tunnel, or more recently in the Mont Blanc Tunnel, have shown that dense smoke causes people trapped inside to become completely disorientated. Existing escape rooms and escape doors are generally available in accordance with the state of the art and the requirements of the authorities, but they cannot always be reached by people trying to escape in time due to the disorientation caused by dense smoke. It has also been shown that installed visual directional signs are no longer perceptible at all depending on the density of the smoke.

The invention specified in claim 1 is based on the condition of a building or tunnel area that is filled with smoke and/or has an increased temperature due to fire and is intended to solve the problem of disorientation with claims 1-16.

The invention is intended to ensure that the following functions are triggered simultaneously in and on the case module by sensory detection of increased temperature at a defined alarm temperature and/or the detection of increased smoke density at a defined alarm smoke density via the smoke and temperature sensors integrated in the case module, and/or the combination of both:

1. A sound generator is activated, which then emits an acoustic, constantly repeating double tone of different frequency and constant volume, whereby building-specific properties of the reverberation are given special consideration when determining the sound frequencies by measuring the reverberation time, so that this selection makes directional orientation possible at all.

2. A running light installed on the drop grip module is activated, which flashes in a defined direction.

3. The electromagnetic locks that hold the drop side of the drop module on one side are unlocked, causing the drop side to swing downwards by 90° and release the drop grip module.

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Surname: Ralph KJaar Address: Kleiststr. 7 D-53844 Troisdorf Date: 08.04.1999

Tel/Fax if +49 2241 945221/+49 2241 945222

Mobile phone # +49 170 5845373

Mobile fax # +1 708 810 6954

Email cntccjiolland@hotniiiil.com

4. A gripping contact is activated, which in the form of a contact wire and/or a contact foil, integrated over the entire length of the drop gripping module, triggers an automatic, repeating loudspeaker announcement to indicate the direction.

5. An optical stop signal is activated, which warns against entering or driving on the area and/or prevents it by triggering a mechanical lock.

6. By unlocking the fall side of the channel, the fall grip module rolls off the ball-bearing roll-off rod and remains hanging with the integrated running light, gripping contact, directional grip parts and escape masks at a height to be defined above the ground.

Once the fall arrest module is in its final position with its integrated components and the functions described, triggered and activated, the person fleeing can initially only hear the directional tones for directional orientation, depending on the distance. Following these, when the fall arrest module is approached and grasped, the flashing running light to indicate the direction of escape becomes visible and at the same time the loudspeaker announcement to indicate the direction is triggered by the gripping contact. This double, albeit different, safety function as optical and acoustic directional guidance is supported by another directional guidance integrated into the fall arrest module. The directional grip parts installed on the fall arrest module at defined intervals act as escape direction aids without acoustic support. The directional grip parts consist of a hand-filling spherical body which tapers sharply in one direction on the longitudinal axis of the fall arrest module. The position of the taper should be directional here.

The rescue module can be extended to any desired length by attaching additional modules with the same functions.

The embodiment of a rescue module is explained using Figures 1-19. They show:

Fig. 1 Channel for receiving Fig.2 -15 (in the present 3D representation without channel top and right side part).

Fig. 2 Hinges for one-sided support of the case side.

Fig. 3 Fall side of the channel.

Fig. 4 Ball bearing block for fastening to the inner, upper side of the channel.

Fig. 5 Ball bearing in the ball bearing block.

Fig. 6 Rolling rod in the ball bearings.

Fig. 7 Drop grip module with the integrated components Fig. 9-12.

Fig. 8 Brackets for holding the drop grip module and drop grip module rope suspensions.

Fig. 9 Running light installed on the drop grip module.

Surname: Ralph Klaar

Address: Kleiststr. 7

D-53844 Troisdorf
Date: 08.04.1999

Phone/Fax #

Mobile phone #

Mobile fax #

E-mail

+49 2241 945221/+49 2241 945222 +49 170 5845373 +1 708 810 6954 entec_holland@hotmail.com

Fig. 10 Gripping contact device for triggering a loudspeaker announcement. Fig. 11 Directional gripping parts.

Fig. 12 Escape masks, tear-off and installed on each rope suspension (shown as a rounded body in the 3D representation).

Fig. 13 Electromagnets as fall side retainers

Fig. 14

Fig. 15 Temperature and smoke sensor and/or the combination of both.

Fig. 16 Sounder mounted on the outside of the duct.

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Fig. 19 Opening and falling representation of the drop gripping module with closed, half-open and fully open channel

Fig. 20 Overall representation of the drop module in 3D view (dimensioned as a construction drawing in displayable top view).

Troisdorf, 08.04.1999
Ralph Klaar

Appendix: Sheets 7 - 9, 3-D drawings for claims 1-16 with Fig. No. 1 - 20

Claims (16)

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Ceiling-mounted rescue module for directional orientation in smoke-filled and/or burning buildings and tunnels as a defined elongated channel system in rectangular form, which can be extended to any necessary length using a plug-in contact device, with a floor-side drop opening, and the integrated component(s) - electromagnetic barriers, temperature and smoke sensors and/or the combination of both, sound generator, tubular drop grip module with flame-retardant sheathing, drop grip module rope suspensions, running light, grip contact device for controlling a loudspeaker announcement, stop display trigger, directional handle parts and breathing masks, characterized in that by detecting increased temperature and/or smoke density by the temperature and smoke sensors integrated in the rescue module and/or the combination of both, signals are sent to a switching module within a control cabinet, whereby the following functions integrated in and on the channel are activated or triggered simultaneously: a) the activation of the sound generator, which emits an acoustic, continuously repeating double tone of different frequency and constant volume; b) the activation of a flashing running light installed on the grab module; c) the release of the electromagnetic locks on the channel to open the trap side; d) the activation of a gripping contact, integrated over the entire length of the drop gripping module, to control a repeating loudspeaker announcement for direction guidance; e) the unwinding of the fall arrest module rope suspensions from the unwinding rod installed by installing ball bearing blocks and ball bearings in the inner, upper channel side with the fall arrest module and the running light integrated into it, the integrated directional grip parts, the integrated gripping contact and the integrated escape masks; f) the activation of a stop indicator for entering or driving through the endangered area. 2. Rescue module according to protection claim 1, characterized in that a rectangular channel is provided with an opening surface (fall side) which is pivotably connected on one side via the longitudinal axis of the channel by joints. The material used should preferably be flame-retardant polypropylene (PPs according to DIN 16774). 3. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the fall side fastened on one side by joints is provided with electromagnetic locks installed at defined intervals on the opposite, unfastened fall side. 4. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 3, characterized in that ball bearing blocks for accommodating ball bearings are installed at defined intervals in the inner, upper part of the channel. Stainless steel (V2A according to DIN 1.4305) should preferably be used as the material. 5. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 4, characterized in that ball bearings are installed in the ball bearing blocks installed at defined intervals in the inner, upper part of the channel. Stainless steel (V2A according to DIN 1.4305) should preferably be used as the material. 6. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 5, characterized in that a roll-off rod with a defined cross-section is installed in the ball bearings installed at defined intervals in the inner, upper part of the channel. Stainless steel (V2A according to DIN 1.4305) should preferably be used as the material. 7. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the beginnings of flexible fall arrest module rope suspensions with a defined cross-section are installed at defined intervals on the roll-off rod installed in the ball bearings in the inner, upper part of the channel. 8. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 7, characterized in that brackets for receiving the fall arrest module are installed at defined intervals at the ends of the fall arrest module rope suspensions. 9. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 8, characterized in that a fall grab module in tubular form with flame-retardant sheathing is installed on the holders of the fall grab module rope suspensions. 10. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 9, characterized in that a running light for indicating the direction of escape is installed on the fall arrest module over the length of the fall arrest module. 11. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 10, characterized in that a gripping contact is installed on the fall arrest module over the length of the fall arrest module to trigger a repeating loudspeaker announcement with indication of the direction of escape. 12. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 11, characterized in that directional grip parts are installed on the fall grab module at defined intervals over the length of the fall grab module. The material used should preferably be flame-retardant polypropylene (PPs according to DIN 16774). 13. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 12, characterized in that a tear-off escape mask is attached to the end of each fall arrest module rope suspension. 14. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 13, characterized in that a smoke and a temperature sensor and/or the combination of both is installed on the duct, on the outside of the duct, to detect temperature and smoke density. 15. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 14, characterized in that a sound generator is installed on the outside of the channel, which emits an acoustic, constantly repeating double tone of different frequency and constant volume. 16. Rescue module according to protection claims 1 to 15, characterized in that in the event of increased temperature and/or smoke density, the triggering and activation signal simultaneously warns of an optical stop signal against entering or entering the endangered area and/or prevents it by triggering a mechanical lock.