Global Patent Index - EP 0988223 A1

EP 0988223 A1 20000329 - INFLATABLE LIFE BUOY LAUNCHER GUN

Title (en)

INFLATABLE LIFE BUOY LAUNCHER GUN

Title (de)

PISTOLE ZUM WERFEN EINER AUFBLASBAREN BOJE

Title (fr)

PISTOLET LANCE BOUEE GONFLABLE

Publication

EP 0988223 A1 20000329 (FR)

Application

EP 98930849 A 19980612

Priority

  • FR 9801234 W 19980612
  • FR 9707456 A 19970613

Abstract (en)

[origin: FR2764686A1] The invention concerns an inflatable life buoy launcher gun for throwing, towards a shipwrecked person, a life buoy or life jacket (10) folded in a sheathing body (9) around a pyrotechnic gas generator (15). When the life buoy or life jacket (10) reaches near the person, the life buoy or life jacket (10) is inflated by means of the gas generator (15) gases. The folded or life jacket (10) is launched from a launching tube (1) provided with a firing handle (2) and a launching gas generator (13).

IPC 1-7

B63C 9/26; F42B 12/68

IPC 8 full level

B63C 9/01 (2006.01); B63C 9/22 (2006.01); B63C 9/26 (2006.01); F42B 12/68 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B63C 9/26 (2013.01 - EP US); F42B 12/68 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9856653A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU MC NL PT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2764686 A1 19981218; AU 736458 B2 20010726; AU 8114198 A 19981230; BR 9809546 A 20000620; EP 0988223 A1 20000329; JP 2002504042 A 20020205; US 6379207 B1 20020430; WO 9856653 A1 19981217

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 9707456 A 19970613; AU 8114198 A 19980612; BR 9809546 A 19980612; EP 98930849 A 19980612; FR 9801234 W 19980612; JP 50179999 A 19980612; US 44590100 A 20000308