Fluid dispensing anti-burglar device

A fluid dispensing anti-burglar device for use with a pressurized container, the device comprising:

• (a) a body member;
• (b) means for supporting said pressurized container in said body member, wherein said pressurized container has a fluid-dispensing element adapted to release fluid under pressure from said pressurized container when actuated;
• (c) a passageway in said body member having an entry section at one end thereof;
• (d) dispensing element-actuating means mounted in said body member and adapted to engage and actuate said fluid-dispensing element;
• (e) spring means biased to force said fluid-dispensing element and said dispensing element-actuating means into engagement with each other, thereby causing said fluid-dispensing element to be actuated;
• (f) trigger means adapted to releasably retain said spring means in a cocked position in which said fluid-dispensing element and said dispensing element-actuating means are separated from each other;
• (g) trigger retaining means associated with said trigger wherein said trigger retaining means comprises a thermoplastic cord having at least one protrusion formed on it for securing said thermoplastic cord to a structure having a slot formed in it which is narrower than the protrusion, the cord being insertable into the slot and held in position by the protrusion whereby said thermoplastic cord is arranged to releasably retain said trigger.
• (h) and trigger-actuating means that separates or deforms said cord by heat associated with said trigger to actuate said trigger upon the application of an electric current to said trigger-actuating means, whereby said spring is released from its cocked position causing said fluid-dispensing element to be actuated, and fluid under pressure is released from said container to pass through said passageway.