Pressurized gas bottle discharge device

Apparatus for discharging a gas bottle, comprising:

• (a) a tubular body having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end wall and provided with a transversely facing orifice for receiving the neck of a gas bottle and for disposing the end of the neck within the confines of said tubular body;
• (b) a ram slidably disposed inside said tubular body and having a cutting end facing the distal end wall of said tubular body and a pusher end facing the proximal end of said tubular body and an intermediate portion forming a circumferential groove between said ram ends, said ram pusher and cutter being slidable from a first position with said cutting end on the proximal side of said transversely facing orifice to a second position with said circumferential groove overlying said transversely facing orifice;
• (c) a pyrotechnic device secured within said proximal end of said tubular body and for driving when fired said ram from said first to said second position;
• (d) means for stopping the movement of said ram disposed radially of the longitudinal axis of said tubular body and on the distal side of the orifice and extending inwardly from the distal end wall of said tubular body;
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• (e) means for receiving the end of the neck of the gas bottle cut from the bottle as said ram is driven from said first to said second position, said receiving means being disposed radially of the longitudinal axis of said tubular body and on the distal side of the orifice and extending inwardly from the distal end of said tubular body 180 degrees opposite to the position of said ram stopping means.