摘要 |
A gas generator 10 comprises a watertight and airtight unit 12. The unit 12 comprises a gas collector 14 with a gas outlet 24 on a top surface thereof and comprising an internal profile of a funnel shape, with sloping sides 34 sloping upwards to the gas outlet 24, at least one metal plate 16 located on each side of the gas collector 14, and each provided with at least one hole 26 in an upper region of the plate 16 and at least one hole 28 in a lower region of the plate 16, two end plates 18, located at opposite ends of the unit 12 and a plurality of non-conductive spacers 20, located so that each metal plate 16 has a spacer 20 on each side. A power supply 22 can be connected to two different metal plates 16. In the preferred arrangement, the gas generator 14, the metal plates 16 and the end plates 18 are all substantially rectangular and are all arranged in substantially parallel vertical planes. |