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Self-priming portable device

US7814871B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 2002
Grant dateOct 19, 2010
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2205/13
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A portable powered device such as a tool, comprising a housing within which is defined a combustion chamber (8) for combustion of a mixture of fuel and a combustion-supporting gas, which mixture is compressed so as to be subjected to a pressure in excess of the ambient atmospheric pressure prior to combustion, combustion of the fuel/combination-supporting gas mixture providing the power by which the device performs its intended task, and wherein the combustion and/or a further combustive event provides the power to compress a successive fuel/combination-supporting gas mixture, such that a successive cycle of operation of the device may be performed without requiring manual compression of a fuel-combustion-supporting gas mixture by the user.

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