Inflating apparatus

Claim 1

INFLATING APPARATUS COMPRISING A CONTAINER FOR A FLUID MEDIUM HAVING AN OUTLET OPENING, A CONTROL HEAD CLOSING SAID OPENING AND HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE ATMOSPHERE AND HAVING AN INNER SURFACE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER, BORE MEANS IN SAID CONTROL HEAD EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM OUTER SURFACE TOWARD SAID INNER SURFACE AND HAVING AN OUTER END IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE ATMOSPHERE AND HAVING AN INNER END, A PYROTECHNIC CHARGE IN FLUID FLOW COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER, AND PERCUSSION ACTUATED IGNITER AT SAID INNER END OF SAID BORE FOR IGNITING SAID CHARGE, AN IMPACTING MEMBER IN SAID BORE FOR ACTUATING SAID IGNITER, SPRING MEANS FOR URGING SAID IMPACTING MEMBER TOWARD SAID IGNITER, LOCKING MEANS FOR NORMALLY HOLDING SAID IMPACTING MEMBER SPACED FROM SAID IGNITER, PULL CABLE OPERATED TRIGGER MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID LOCKING MEANS, A CHARGE OF PRESSURIZED FLUID MEDIUM IN SAID CONTAINER, OUTLET PORT MEANS ON SAID CONTROL HEAD FOR ATTACHING AN INFLATABLE UNIT, A FIRST PASSAGEWAY THROUGH SAID CONTROL HEAD HAVING A FIRST END IN FLUID FLOW COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER AND HAVING A SECOND END IN FLUID FLOW COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OUTLET PORT MEANS, A BURST DISC IN SAID PASSAGEWAY FOR RELEASING THE FLUID MEDIUM WHEN THE PRESSURE WITHIN SAID CONTAINER IS INCREASED BY THE BURNING OF SAID PYROTECHNIC CHARGE, A SECOND PASSAGEWAY THROUGH SAID CONTROL HEAD HAVING A FIRST END IN FLUID FLOW COMMUNICATION WITH SAID BORE AND HAVING A SECOND END IN FLUID FLOW COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FIRST PASSAGEWAY MEANS DOWNSTREAM OF SAID BURST DISC, AND MEANS FOR SEALING SAID FIRST END OF SAID SECOND PASSAGEWAY FROM THE ATMOSPHERE WHEN SAID IMPACTING MEMBER IS RELEASED FROM ITS NORMAL POSITION.