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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1992
Hans-Christoph Bechthold, Hamburg, DE;
Udo Burchardt, Gross Gronau, DE;
Rainer Ernst, Curau, DE;
Karsten Vogeler, Brunsbek, DE;
Dragerwerk Aktiengesellschaft, Lubeck, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a chemical oxygen generator having a chemical charge arranged within a housing. This chemical charge is brought to an exothermal oxygen-releasing reaction by an ignition device with the reaction running through the chemical charge in the form of a reaction front defining a surface and starting from the ignition-end wall of the housing. The oxygen generator has at least one reaction-control member arranged within the chemical charge. In one embodiment, the reaction-control member is disposed transversely to the direction of movement of the reaction front and overlaps a part of the surface of the reaction front. In another embodiment, the reaction-control member extends parallelly to the direction of movement of the reaction front. The oxygen generator of the invention is improved in that the oxygen flow and the duration of supply can be influenced beyond that obtained with a purely geometric extension of the reaction path. The improvement is obtained in that the reaction-control members are configured to have a thermally-insulating layer and at least one good thermally-conducting layer.