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An emergency evacuation system for a high-rise building includes a cable carried on a spool positioned on the top of the building, such cable having at its end remote from the spool a weighted coupler dimensioned to be received by a powered spool carried within an escape cabin, such escape cabin hav

An emergency evacuation system for a high-rise building includes a cable carried on a spool positioned on the top of the building, such cable having at its end remote from the spool a weighted coupler dimensioned to be received by a powered spool carried within an escape cabin, such escape cabin having an entry-exit side and crawler means supported on that entry-exit side for engaging the building to permit smooth raising and lowering of the cabin.

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An emergency evacuation system for a high-rise building including: a support structure secured to the top of said building, said support structure including at least one spool rotatably carried in said support structure; cable means carried by said spool and selectively payable outwardly therefrom a

An emergency evacuation system for a high-rise building including: a support structure secured to the top of said building, said support structure including at least one spool rotatably carried in said support structure; cable means carried by said spool and selectively payable outwardly therefrom and re-windable thereon; a weight-coupler carried by said cable at the end thereof remote from said spool; brake means carried by said support structure in cooperative engagement with said spool for normally preventing rotation of said spool, said brake means being releasable; escape cabin means having a powered spool thereon, said powered spool having a slot therein for receiving, in secure engagement, said weight-coupler; electromechanical means coupled mechanically to said power spool for powering it in a controlled fashion to cause the rotation of said powered spool and the consequent raising and lowering of said escape cabin; said escape cabin having an entry-exit side; and, crawler means supported on said entry-exit side of said escape cabin for engaging said building during the raising and lowering of said escape cabin.