| abstract |
A CHEMICAL OXYGEN GENERATOR FORMED OF AN ALKALI METAL CHLORATE AND ONE OR MORE SODIUM OR POTASSIUM OXIDES. THE GENERATOR CAN BE STARTED BY IGNITING AN IGNITION CONE OR BY THE ADDITION OF WATER TO A WATER INITATABLE CONE ASSOCIATED THEREWITH. THEREAFTER, CATALYSTIC DECOMPOSITION BY THE SODIUM OR POTASSIUM PEROXIDE CONTAINED THEREIN, OR FORMED DURING REACTION, CAUSES GENERATION OF SUBSTANTIALLY PURE OXYGEN WITH LESSER HEAT EVOLUTION THAN THE PREVIOUS THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TYPE GENERATORS OF THE PRIOR ART. |