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US 6,386,137 B1Granted
Rescue signal device
OwnerRaphael Serge Richeinventor
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Abstract
A rescue signal device for indicating the location of a person requiring rescue attention. The rescue signal device includes a canister. The canister has a lumen therein adapted for holding helium under relatively high pressure. The canister has an aperture therein for access into the lumen. A valve means releases the helium from the canister. The valve means is fluidly mounted to the aperture in the canister. A balloon has an opening therein. An elongate tube has a first end and a second end. The first end of the tube is fluidly coupled to the valve means. The second end of the tube is fluidly coupled to the opening in the balloon, such that the helium may enter the balloon via the tube.
Claims8
A rescue marking device for deploying a signal balloon, said device comprising:
- a canister having a lumen therein adapted for holding helium under relatively high pressure, said canister having an aperture therein for access into said lumen;
- a valve means for releasing said helium from said canister, said valve means being fluidly mounted to said aperture in said canister;
- a balloon;
- a tube being elongate and having a first end and a second end, said first end of said tube being fluidly coupled to said valve means, said second end of said tube being fluidly coupled to an opening in said balloon, such that said helium may enter said balloon via said tube;
- said valve means comprising:
- a first tubular member being integrally mounted to an edge of said aperture and extending into said lumen, said first tubular member being hollow and having an open top and bottom edge;
- a second tubular member being slidably mounted in said first tubular member, said second tubular member being generally hollow and having an open top side, said second tubular member having a peripheral wall having a bore therein, said bore being generally nearer a bottom side of said second tubular member, an air seal being positioned between said first and second tubular members;
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- wherein said tube is fluidly coupled to said opening in said top side of said second tubular member such that when said second tubular member is slidably moved into said lumen said bore is exposed to said lumen such that said helium leaves said lumen via said bore.
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A rescue marking device for deploying a signal balloon, said device comprising:
- a canister having a lumen therein adapted for holding helium under relatively high pressure, said canister having an aperture therein for access into said lumen;
- a valve means for releasing said helium from said canister, said valve means comprising;
- a first tubular member having a top edge, a bottom edge and a peripheral wall therebetween, said tubular member being generally hollow and having openings in said top and bottom edges, said first tubular member being integrally coupled to an edge of said aperture such that said bottom edge of said first tubular member is within said lumen, said top edge of said first tubular member being substantially adjacent to said aperture;
- a second tubular member having a top side, a bottom side and peripheral wall extending therebetween, said second tubular member being generally hollow, said top side having a hole therein extending into an interior of said second tubular member, said peripheral wall of said second tubular member having a bore therein, said bore extending into an interior of said second tubular member and being generally positioned adjacent to said bottom side of said second tubular member;
- said second tubular member being slidably mounted in said first tubular member such that said top side of said second tubular member is extended above said top edge of said first tubular member and said bottom side of said second tubular member is extended below said bottom edge of said first tubular member, a plurality of seals being positioned between said first and second tubular members, said seals being adapted to prevent helium from escaping said canister between said first and second tubular members, said seals comprising O-rings;
- an actuating means for slidably moving said second tubular member with respect to said first tubular member such that said bore may be positioned within said lumen, said actuating means being a plate mounted to an outside surface of said peripheral wall of said second tubular member, said plate being orientated generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said second tubular member;
- a balloon having an opening therein, said balloon comprising an elastomeric material, said balloon being colored a fluorescent color;
- a tube being elongate and having a first end and a second end, said first end of said tube being fluidly coupled to said opening in said top side of said second tubular member, said second end of said tube being fluidly coupled to said opening in said balloon, said tube comprising an elastomeric material;
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- a carrying case for carrying said canister, said tube and said balloon.
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A rescue marking device for deploying a signal balloon, said device comprising:
- a canister having a lumen therein adapted for holding helium under relatively high pressure, said canister having an aperture therein for access into said lumen;
- a valve means for releasing said helium from said canister, said valve means being fluidly mounted to said aperture in said canister, said valve means comprising;
- a first tubular member being integrally mounted to an edge of said aperture and extending into said lumen, said first tubular member being hollow and having an open top and bottom edge;
- a second tubular member, said second tubular member being slidably mounted in said first tubular member, said second tubular member being generally hollow and having an open top side, said second tubular member having a peripheral wall having a bore therein, said bore being generally nearer a bottom side of said second tubular member, an air seal being positioned between said first and second tubular members;
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- wherein said tube is fluidly coupled to said opening in said top side of said second tubular member such that when said second tubular member is slidably moved into said lumen said bore is exposed to said lumen such that said helium leaves said lumen via said bore;
- a balloon;
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- a tube being elongate and having a first end and a second end, said first end of said tube being fluidly coupled to said valve means, said second end of said tube being fluidly coupled to an opening in said balloon, such that said helium may enter said balloon via said tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.