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c, A Lue 1'nkBiMVKK.— L»r. Looiav« Knock# of this city hat invented An apparatus• r f*»r at ring t h i lives ol persona who in eat* tf0 lire are to situated by reason of having all 11 KiMdi of threat cut off from »tlow. that ihey A cannot ticapt fr -m high windows wi- hout th* greatest ritk. This machine overcomes this^ trouble at oLce and will be the means of sa'-lc i'.g innumerable lives Ila construction la like 11 tbia:—A beifjr platform ia placed on four wheels, on each aide of the platform in iron * staples are inserted two strong moveable **• braces reaching far out from the platform. rlt; from the centre of the platform arise# a tall wooden mast to any deaired height, correr-r. ponding, of cour«e, with the size of thp geuer-r _ al apparatus This mast when out of use is (j lowered by means of ropes and a joint and taken apart, to us to be conven ent to mo.e to and from files The ropes and pulleys are arranged that three men can easily raise a matt *u foo’. long and on# foot in diameter at the base. About the inaa*. ia mide a box of fian.e work capable of h« 1 I..g a g; eater or smaller number ol people—aav from sis to twelve Tliia box is raised by meana of rop»B connected with a ilrum with a crank at each end. Uo men c »n raisi it. On each side of the box or crunk is a contrivance we shall call a drawbridge. When raised it forms a part of the •idea of the basket; when lowered, before the box is raised, it serves as a ladder—having the requisite steps or rounds—upon which to climb into the basket. When the basket ir raised this draw hr dgc la made the means of connection between the basket and the window, where ingress or egress is desired. Whlt; n the end of the draw is lowered upon the win dow idl. two flaps or bannisters, which are connected by binges to the draw, are raise I so as to prevent the occurrence of any accident by falling from the draw-bridg* while parsing or repaying over t. When the sufferers are secured the draw is raided again by m-an* *.f roj.es and pulleys and the basket descends with its freight by the same force which raisedit.The apparatus, besides being made the i.“ means of having life is also adapted tot iking - up hose to otherw.se inaccessible portions of high buildings.II it is a success we think—a decided success.• ' in*. Kni'che lias for war i*d his designs t • lh« y Patent tillice, and will undoubtedly receive a y patent thereon.' . If it it wli i. w- think it is, it will be brought into speedy u«e in evrv city In the I'ninn
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Daily Democrat And News
Davenport, Iowa, US
Mon, Apr 02, 1860
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