Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fire and/or smoke barrier
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Application No.: US14773357Application Date: 2014-03-05
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Publication No.: US09956442B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Andrew Paul Cooper , James Martin Reed
- Applicant: COOPERS FIRE LIMITED
- Assignee: Coopers Fire Limited
- Current Assignee: Coopers Fire Limited
- Agency: Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC
- Agent Jennifer Meredith, Esq.
- Priority: GB1304316.1 20130307
- International Application: PCT/GB2014/050639 WO 20140305
- International Announcement: WO2014/135863 WO 20140912
- Main IPC: A62C2/10
- IPC: A62C2/10 ; E06B5/00 ; E06B9/56 ; E06B9/42

Abstract:
A curtain is wound on a roller (2), provided in a head box (4), mounted in a ceiling (6). The curtain is also provided with a bottom bar (10). When the curtain is drawn up onto the roller, the bottom bar (10) can be used to close the head box (4). When deployed the bottom bar provides stability to the descending curtain, and in full deployment rests on the floor. The curtain is provided with additional strips (30) of fabric, to allow ease of roll up onto the roller. The strip(s) arc attached at their top end only, to the curtain. Typically this will be by sewing (32), but also may be rivets or other form of heat resistant connection. The strip(s) are also connected to the bottom bar. A cable (34) is attached to the strip(s), usually through a rivet, but any other form of secure attachment may be used. The cable is then connected to the bottom bar, via a spring (36). This connects to keep the strip(s) in tension, to enable ease of rolling of the curtain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160193488A1 FIRE AND/OR SMOKE BARRIER Public/Granted day:2016-07-07
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