Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

3

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Metal frame & springs/ Canvas platform/ Felt on frame/ Leather straps & washers

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

1,5 m

Largeur

2,85 m

Hauteur

S/O

Épaisseur

11,0 cm

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

2,85 m

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Lutte contre les incendies

Catégorie

Équipement auxiliaire

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Cory

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Ohio

Ville

Greenfield

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

Circa 1929

Canada

One of the most popular brands of life nets used by fire departments. Type of fire equipment available on Canadian fire trucks for rescue operations in the absence of aerials or in case other means of escape could not work. It was used only as the last possibility because they were difficult to hold with the weight of the victim accentuated by gravity.

Fonction

Portable net for attempting to catch victims or firefighters falling or jumping from upper floors of a burning building.

Technique

When pressure is applied onto the automatic lock, the net opens instantly. Rope nets were the first kind manufactured then came this canvas type. Browder type of life net seems to have been the main supply of life nets for the Ottawa Fire Department. They were sold by important fire fighting equipment companies such as LaFrance in Toronto, Bickle-Seagrave in Woodstock. Pierre Thibault was selling the Atlas brand, a life net very similar to the Browder type and even called "The Atlas Life Saving Machine ".

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

Stamped twice 'tete-beche' in black onto canvas reads: "9/ THE BROWDERLIFE SAVING MACHINE/ M F D. BY/ CORY-PATTERSON MFG CO./ GREENFIELD, OHIO, U.S.A./ T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF"/ Stamped in red below: "OTTAWA/ F.D."/ And once again, 'tete-beche': "OTTAWA/ F.D./ 21 T [in black]"/

Manque

Appears complete.

Fini

Canvas is cream colour with black and red print/ Metal frame is a combination of polished metal and dark green/ Reddish felt over frame/ Leather is brownish red

Décoration

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