Catalytic action gas generator

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR GENERATING GAS BY CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION OF A LIQUID, COMPRISING: A PRESURE VESSEL WITH A COMPLETELY CLOSED INTERIOR CONTAINING THE LIQUID, THE LIQUID HAVING A PARTICULAR SURFACE LEVEL IN THE VESSEL, A CONTAINER DISPOSED INSIDE OF THE VESSEL AND HAVING AN INLET DISPOSED NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE VESSEL, BELOW SAID LEVEL, THE CONTAINER FURTHER HAVING OUTLET AND CONTAINING A CATALYTIC SUBSTANCE DEFINING A TORTUOUS PATH BETWEEN THE INLET AND THE OUTLET, AND HAVING SUBSTANTIAL RESISTANCE TO FLOW OF GAS THERETHROUGH, WHEREBY SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE IS NEEDED TO DRIVE THE LIQUID INTO AND THROUGH THE CATALYST, THE INLET BEING NORMALLY COVERED BY A BREAKABLE SEPARATING THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER FROM ITS OUTSIDE, WHICH IS THE INTERIOR OF THE VESSEL, THE PARTITION BEING DESTRUCTIBLE, MEANS INCLUDED IN THE PRESSURE VESSEL AND BEING ACCESSIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VESSEL FOR EFFECTING DESTRUCTION OF SAID PARTITION FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VESSEL AND WITHOUT HAVING TO OPEN THE VESSEL SO THAT UPON DESTRUCTION OF THE PARTITION THE CATALYST IS EXPOSED TO THE LIQUID AS ENTERING THE CONTAINER THROUGH THE INLET AND CONTACTING THE CATALYST SO THAT GAS DEF DEVELOPS ADJACENT THE INLET, AND ACCUMULATES ABOVE SAID SURFACE LEVEL IN THE VESSEL, AND PRESSURIZES THE INTERIOR OF THE VESSEL, AND AN OUTLET DUCT FOR THE CONTAINER CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET THEREOF AND LEADING ALSO OUT OF THE VESSEL, SO THAT GAS DEVELOPED O CONTACT OF THE LIQUID WITH THE CATALYST AND HAVING PASSED THROUGH SAID TORTUOUS PATH MAY DISCHARGE, THE ACCUMULATED GAS INSIDE OF THE VESSEL ACTING AS PROPELLANT FOR DRIVING LIQUID INTO THE CATALYST TO SUSTAIN DEVELOPMENT OF GAS AND DISCHARGE OF SUCH GAS THROUGH THE OUTLET DUCT.