Inflatable life buoy launcher gun
US6379207B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63C9/26
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention concerns an inflatable life buoy launcher gun for throwing, towards a shipwrecked person, a life buoy or life jacket folded in a sheathing body around a pyrotechnic gas generator. When the life buoy or life jacket reaches near the person, the life buoy or life jacket is inflated by means of gas generator gases. The folded life buoy or life jacket is launched from a launching tube provided with a firing handle and a launching gas generator.
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