Pyrotechnic composition and method of inflating an inflatable automobile safety restraint
AssigneeAllied Chemical Corporation
InventorEugene F. Garner
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Abstract
A pyrotechnic composition comprising: About 15 to 30% by weight of tartaric acid; About 40 to 75% by weight of sodium chlorate; and About 10 to 30% by weight of calcium hydroxide. The invention also relates to a method of inflating an inflatable automobile safety restraint comprising the step of substantially completely inflating the restraint with the gaseous composition products of combustion of a composition comprising: About 15 to 30% by weight of tartaric acid; About 40 to 75% by weight of sodium chlorate; and About 10 to 30% by weight of calcium hydroxide.
Claims10
A pyrotechnic composition comprising:
- from about 15 to 30% by weight of tartaric acid;
- from about 40 to 75% by weight of sodium chlorate;
- and
- from about 10 to 30% by weight of calcium hydroxide.
A method of inflating an inflatable automobile safety restraint comprising the step of substantially completely inflating the restraint with the gaseous composition products of combustion of a composition comprising:
- about 15 to 30% by weight of tartaric acid;
- about 40 to 75% by weight of sodium chlorate;
- and
- about 10 to 30% by weight of calcium hydroxide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.