Disposable inflator
AssigneeHalkey-Roberts Corporation
InventorLyman Fawcett
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Abstract
An inflator including in combination, an inflator body having at one end an input for receiving the neck of a gas cartridge, a manifold assembly intended to be fluidly connected to an inflatable, a combination automatic and manual actuator assembly including a spring-loaded actuator including a pierce pin for fracturing a frangible seal of the gas cartridge, a bobbin with a dissolvable pill that retains the spring-loaded actuator in a cocked position by an annular ring seat that engages the bobbin and a hood connected onto the end of the inflator body, the hood including an inwardly-extending tab that engages the actuator to securely retain the hood onto the end of the inflator body by means of the inwardly-extending tab being grasped by the forked end of the actuator.
Claims29
An inflator comprising in combination:
- an inflator body having at one end an input for receiving the neck of a gas cartridge;
- a manifold assembly intended to be fluidly connected to an inflatable;
- a combination automatic and manual actuator assembly including:
- a spring-loaded actuator including a pierce pin for fracturing a frangible seal of the gas cartridge;
- a bobbin with a dissolvable pill that retains the spring-loaded actuator in a cocked position by an annular ring seat that engages the bobbin;
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- a hood connected onto the end of the inflator body, said hood including an inwardly-extending tab that engages the actuator to securely retain the hood onto the end of the inflator body by means of the inwardly-extending tab being grasped by the forked end of the actuator.
A manifold assembly for an inflator, comprising in combination:
- a manifold including a flange and a first boss, the flange to be connected to an article to be inflated;
- a second boss formed on the inflator in fluid communication with an exhaust port of the body, the second boss being engagable with the first boss;
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- a removal key for disengaging the bosses.
A tether assembly for an inflator, comprising a molded jerk handle and an elongated rod-shaped flexible member for connection to the inflator, the elongated member having a plurality of barbed protrusions extending along at least a portion of its length between the jerk handle and its trailing end, the barbed protrusions having an angle portion being angled toward its trailing end and a flat portion facing the jerk handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.