The present invention provides a gas generator, including: a cylindrical housing attached with an ignition device at one end and a diffuser portion, which has a gas discharge port, at the other end; anda combustion chamber charged with a molded article of a gas generating agent in the remaining spac
The present invention provides a gas generator, including: a cylindrical housing attached with an ignition device at one end and a diffuser portion, which has a gas discharge port, at the other end; anda combustion chamber charged with a molded article of a gas generating agent in the remaining space inside the cylindrical housing,the combustion chamber provided with a plurality of grooves serving as a gas discharge path,the plurality of the grooves serving as a gas discharge path being formed plurally and continuously in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical housing and arranged in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical housing,a size of the grooves in the lateral direction being adjusted to be less than a minimum length of the molded article of the gas generating agent, andcombustion gas, which is generated by combustion of the molded article of the gas generating agent at a time of actuation, flowing along the grooves serving as a gas discharge path and being discharged from the gas discharge port of the diffuser portion.
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1. A gas generator, comprising: a cylindrical housing, an ignition device attached at one end of the housing and a diffuser portion comprising a gas discharge port attached at the other end; anda combustion chamber charged with a gas generating agent in the remaining space inside the cylindrical hou
1. A gas generator, comprising: a cylindrical housing, an ignition device attached at one end of the housing and a diffuser portion comprising a gas discharge port attached at the other end; anda combustion chamber charged with a gas generating agent in the remaining space inside the cylindrical housing, said gas generating agent being in the form of molded articles,the combustion chamber provided with a plurality of grooves serving as a gas discharge path,the plurality of the grooves serving as a gas discharge path being formed continuously in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical housing and arranged in a range of one-fourth to three-fourths of the circumference of the cylindrical housing in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical housing,a size of each groove in the lateral direction being less than the smallest dimension of the molded articles of the gas generating agent, andcombustion gas, which is generated by combustion of the molded article of the gas generating agent at a time of actuation, flowing along the grooves serving as a gas discharge path and being discharged from the gas discharge port of the diffuser portion. 2. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of the grooves serving as a gas discharge path are formed in inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical housing. 3. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of the grooves serving as a gas discharge path are formed by a gas flow channel forming member, the gas flow channel forming member has a rectangular planar shape and a cross-sectional shape thereof in a width direction is an arc-like or cylindrical shape including a concave-convex portion only on one surface,a distance between adjacent convex portions in the concave-convex portion is adjusted to be less than the minimum length of the molded article of the gas generating agent, andthe gas flow channel forming member is disposed along an inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical housing. 4. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of the grooves serving as a gas discharge path are formed by a gas flow channel forming member, the gas flow channel forming member has a rectangular planar shape, and a cross-sectional shape thereof in a width direction is an arc-like or cylindrical shape including a wavy portion, and the wavy portion has a plurality of through holes passing therethrough in a thickness direction,a distance between adjacent apexes of the wary portion is adjusted to be less than the minimum length of the molded article of the gas generating agent, andthe gas flow channel forming member is disposed along an inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical housing. 5. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of the grooves serving as a gas discharge path are formed by a gas flow channel forming member, the gas flow channel forming member has:a rectangular planar shape; a side surface shape including a flat plate portion and an inclined plate portion that is formed on a side of the diffuser portion; an arc-like cross-sectional shape in a width direction including a wavy portion, and a plurality of communication holes passing through the wavy portion in the thickness direction thereof; anda distance between adjacent apexes of the wavy portion, which is adjusted to be less than the minimum length of the molded article of the gas generating agent,in the gas flow channel forming member, the inclined plate portion is positioned on the side of the diffuser portion, and the flat plate portion is disposed along an inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical housing, anda space having an axially triangular cross sectional shape and charged with no molded article of the gas generating agent is present between the inclined plate portion and the inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical housing. 6. The gas generator according to claim 1, in which a filter is disposed between the diffuser portion and the combustion chamber charged with the molded article of the gas generating agent inside the cylindrical housing. 7. The gas generator according to claim 1, in which a filter is disposed between the diffuser portion and the combustion chamber charged with the molded article of the gas generating agent inside the cylindrical housing, anda partition wall having a through hole is disposed between the filter and the combustion chamber, spaced in an axial distance from the filter. 8. The gas generator according to claim 5, in which a filter is disposed between the diffuser portion and the combustion chamber charged with the molded article of the gas generating agent inside the cylindrical housing. 9. The gas generator according to claim 7, wherein the partition wall has a cup shape including a bottom surface and a circumferential surface that has a plurality of through holes, respectively, and an interior of the cup-shaped partition wall is not charged with the molded article of the gas generating agent and a disk-shaped space is presented therein. 10. The gas generator according to claim 4, further comprising a curved surface portion provided at each end of the wavy portion and abutting against an inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical housing.
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