摘要 |
An apparatus for use in a safety system utilizing an inflatable confinement means, stored fluid under pressure, and a propellant charge for the generation of a hot gas. Means are provided for storing fluid under pressure which has a fluid outlet. A propellant chamber is provided for receiving an ignitable hot-gas generating charge of propellant. Means are provided to seal said chamber from said stored fluid. The arrangement is such that upon development of a predetermined chamber pressure after ignition of propellant, the chamber is unsealed and the fluid outlet is opened to permit the stored fluid and hot gas from the burning of the propellant to exit through the outlet. Means are provided between the chamber and the fluid outlet to deflect the hot gas upon exit from the chamber in a direction away from the fluid outlet to mix with the fluid prior to exit.
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