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Apparatus for rapid inflation of inflatable object and related method

  • US 5,988,438 A
  • Filed: 03/16/1998
  • Issued: 11/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An inflator device adapted for producing a sufficient quantity of a gaseous product to substantially inflate an inflatable member operatively associated therewith, comprising:

  • a first stage gas source;

    a second stage gas source in fluid communication at a first location with said first stage gas source and, at a second location, with an inflatable member, wherein said second stage gas source contains liquified gas in an amount sufficient to, when vaporized, inflate the inflatable member; and

    wherein the first stage gas source is capable of providing a sufficient quantity of gas at a sufficiently high temperature to vaporize substantially all of the liquified gas in the second stage gas source.

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