Patent ID: 8973233
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: E05D,E05Y,F41H,F42B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device that rapidly separates a hinge of a door from a frame, the hinge pivoting upon a pin, said device comprising: a yoke adapted to connect to the door; a base adapted to connect to the frame, said base receiving said yoke; a propellant placed within said base inwardly of said yoke; and, an igniter in contact with said propellant; wherein said igniter causes combustion of said propellant producing expansive forces upon said yoke rapidly ejecting said yoke from said base thus separating the hinge; said yoke having an elongated shape, a thickness, a length, and two spaced apart shoulders, and a cylindrical wall opposite said shoulders; said shoulders having a greater thickness than said yoke and collinear holes there through adapted to admit the pin of a door, said holes being generally parallel to the length of said yoke; and, said cylindrical wall being hollow, round with a diameter, having a length generally perpendicular to said yoke, and receiving means to connect said yoke to said base.