emergency device to enable the transfer of a cultural of people between two remote areas between them

摘要

An emergency device to allow a number of people to be transferred between two areas (2, 3) far apart from each other comprises a flat stiff plate (4) capable of being rolled up upon itself and susceptible of longitudinal and trasverse deformations according to curvilinear profiles, and plate-deforming elements (5 - 33) to change the plate (4) from a flat configuration to an operating one comprised of hollows disposed in succession in a transverse direction. The deformation elements (5- 33) can consist of a waterproof fabric layer (9) joined to the plate sides and provided with tubular ducts (15 - 33) extending over the whole length of the plate (4). Under operating conditions the plate (4) is unrolled and the tubular ducts (15- 33) are inflated with fluids under pressure in order to deform the plate according to hollows in succession. In one embodiment the upper layer of the fabric forms an emergency slipway for a plurality of people and the hollow-shaped plate a slipway for sending stuff and the like.