Travel to the exit discharge is how the building codes define the exit.
Require buffered floor space for passageways exit door.
5 10 1 4 where floor proximity exit signs are specifically required by chapters 8 through 30 exit signs shall be placed near the floor level in addition to those signs required for doors or corridors by 5 10 1 2 and 5 10 1 3.
Examples of exits as defined by the building codes include exterior exit doors separated exit stairs and exit passageways.
Where there is only one exit access leading to an exit or exit discharge the width of the exit and exit discharge must be at least equal to the width of the exit access.
These doors must swing out in the direction of exit travel if the room is.
Other requirements that apply to exit routes include the following.
Exit doors must be unlocked at all times.
This is the part of the definition with which manufacturers and suppliers are the most concerned.
1910 36 g 3 the width of an exit route must be sufficient to accommodate the maximum permitted occupant load of each floor served by the exit route.
Side hinged exit doors must be used to connect rooms to exit routes.
The maximum travel distance starting from the most remote point in any occupied space to the nearest exit shall not exceed the limits specified in table 2 2a.
The travel distance serves to limit the distance a person is required.
Side hinged exit doors must be used to connect rooms to exit routes.
Exit route doors must be unlocked from the inside.
These doors must swing out in the direction of exit travel if the room is to be occupied by more than 50 people or if the room is a high hazard area.
They must be free of devices or alarms that could restrict use of the exit route if the device or alarm fails.
R rationale clause 2 2 6a.
Doors that connect any room to an exit route.
These signs shall be sized and illuminated in accordance with the requirements of 5 10 2 and 5 10 3.
Leading to the exit discharge.
A side hinged exit door must be used.