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(11) EP 0 361 973 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.11.1990 Bulletin 1990/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.04.1990 Bulletin 1990/14

(21) Application number: 89310013.1

(22) Date of filing: 29.09.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A62B 3/00, G08B 5/36
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 29.09.1988 GB 8822858

(71) Applicant: COLT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Havant Hampshire PO9 2LY (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hodge, Gordon Stanley
    Porchester Hampshire PO16 9AS (GB)

(74) Representative: Hughes, Brian Patrick et al
Graham Watt & Co. Riverhead
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2BN
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2BN (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Illumitated fire escape route


    (57) An escape route indication system comprising hazard detectors (D) each located in a respective area of a building having a plurality of exits, direction indicating means (54), and control means (34) connec­ted with the hazard detectors (D) and the direction indica­ting means (54), the control (34) means being responsive to the indication from a detector (D) of the presence and location of a hazard to energise the direction indica­ting means (54) to show at any point the shortest safe route between that point and an exit.







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