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Show BOON TO WINDOW WASHERS Can Co About Work Without Fesr of Sudden Death on Pavement Below. Much or the risk In the calling of window cleaning has been eliminated by the Invention or a New York man. This Invention Is a safety appliance w hich enables a window washer to go about bis or her work without fear of meeting a sudden and horrible death on the pavement. 18 or 20 stories below. be-low. First there Is a belt, with rings around It. Then there Is a cable of two strands which Join In a loop to I I I, J I I tea Hook Holds Worker Fast. which a hook Is attached. The cable fastens to the belt by the rings. The washer straps the belt around his waist and taken bis position on the window alll. The cable, as shown In the illustration, hangs Inside and the hook can be anchored to some heavy piece of furniture or to another book In thi! floor or surbase near the window. win-dow. While this device was designed primarily for professional window , cleaners. It will be found useful in private houses, especially where the , servants are timid. |