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Smoke or fire barrier
The present invention relates to a smoke or fire barrier for closing an opening in a building, the barrier including :- • a curtain for closing the opening; • means arrangeable at a head of the opening for deploying the curtain and for retracting the curtain; • guide means at sides of the opening for retaining edges of the curtain after deployment and for reducing flow of smoke past the edges of the curtain, the guide means including: • a pair of jaws for holding the edges of the deployed curtain, at least one of the jaws being movable towards the other and • means for moving the or each movable jaw after deployment of the curtain.
Smoke or fire barrier
The present invention relates to a smoke or fire barrier for closing an opening in a building, the barrier including :- • a curtain for closing the opening; • means arrangeable at a head of the opening for deploying the curtain and for retracting the curtain; • guide means at sides of the opening for retaining edges of the curtain after deployment and for reducing flow of smoke past the edges of the curtain, the guide means including: • a pair of jaws for holding the edges of the deployed curtain, at least one of the jaws being movable towards the other and • means for moving the or each movable jaw after deployment of the curtain.
Smoke or fire barrier
COOPER ANDREW P (author) / JAMES WILLIAM CHARLES (author)
2017-09-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
A62C
FIRE-FIGHTING
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Feuerbekämpfung
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E06B
Feste oder bewegliche Abschlüsse für Öffnungen in Bauwerken, Fahrzeugen, Zäunen oder ähnlichen Einfriedungen allgemein, z.B. Türen, Fenster, Läden, Tore
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FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES