US3198384A
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Inflating means for life saving devices
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-09-18
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Granted: 1965-08-03
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Expires: 1982-09-18
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Anderson George Willard
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 19:43
CPC Classifications
B; B63; B63C; B63C9/00; B63C9/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
AN INFLATING MECHANISM FOR A LIFE PRESERVER, COMPRISING, A PRESSURE-TIGHT CASING HAVING A PRESSURE-DEFLECTABLE DIAPGRAGM FORMED ONE WALL THEREOF, MEANS IN SAID CASING CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO FIX A PUNCTURABLE, PRESSURIZED GAS CONTAINER THEREIN, A FIRING PIN MOUNTED IN SAID CASING AND MOVABLE FROM A FIRST POSITION FREE OF A CONTAINER FIXED AS AFORESAID, TO A SECOND POSITION PUNCTURING THE SAME, A HAMMER MOVABLE TO STRIKE SAID FIRING PIN AND DRIVE THE SAME TO ITS SAID SECOND POSITION, MEANS URGING SAID HAMMER INTO MOVEMENT STRIKING SAID FIRING PIN, LATCH MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID HAMMER TO RELEASABLY HOLD THE SAME FREE OF SAID FIRING PIN, ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS IN SAID CASING ENERGIZABLE TO MOVE AN ELEMENT OF SAID LATCH MEANS TO RELEASE SAID HAMMER TO MOVEMENT BY SAID URGING MEANS, CONTACT MEANS IN SAID CASING CLOSED BY AND IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE ACTING EXTERNALLY ON SAID DIAPHRAGM, AND A CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID CONTACT MEANS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
AN INFLATING MECHANISM FOR A LIFE PRESERVER, COMPRISING, A PRESSURE-TIGHT CASING HAVING A PRESSURE-DEFLECTABLE DIAPGRAGM FORMED ONE WALL THEREOF, MEANS IN SAID CASING CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO FIX A PUNCTURABLE, PRESSURIZED GAS CONTAINER THEREIN, A FIRING PIN MOUNTED IN SAID CASING AND MOVABLE FROM A FIRST POSITION FREE OF A CONTAINER FIXED AS AFORESAID, TO A SECOND POSITION PUNCTURING THE SAME, A HAMMER MOVABLE TO STRIKE SAID FIRING PIN AND DRIVE THE SAME TO ITS SAID SECOND POSITION, MEANS URGING SAID HAMMER INTO MOVEMENT STRIKING SAID FIRING PIN, LATCH MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID HAMMER TO RELEASABLY HOLD THE SAME FREE OF SAID FIRING PIN, ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS IN SAID CASING ENERGIZABLE TO MOVE AN ELEMENT OF SAID LATCH MEANS TO RELEASE SAID HAMMER TO MOVEMENT BY SAID URGING MEANS, CONTACT MEANS IN SAID CASING CLOSED BY AND IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE ACTING EXTERNALLY ON SAID DIAPHRAGM, AND A CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID CONTACT MEANS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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