| 摘要 |
A fire escape ladder storage and deployment device comprises a series of interfitting cabinet sections adapted to be affixed to an interior surface of an exterior wall adjacent and beneath a window opening through the wall. In its closed position, the device stores a collapsible ladder such as a rope ladder within the compartment, and also provides a table-like working surface. In an emergency, an upper part of the device folds downwardly, away from the wall to reveal the ladder storage compartment and also to form a step above the floor level. An interior member which holds the ladder is then pivoted upwardly and through the window or door opening. The collapsible ladder can be tossed by hand through the open window first, or it can be deployed via the raising and pivoting of the interior member. Raising the interior member exposes a second step, on the wall mounting bracket, and also forms a third step through the window opening. The ladder than hangs to ground level from the interior member. In the alternative, a lowering cable on a reel and a chair or similar escape device may be stored in the compartment for use in place of a ladder as such.
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