GAS GENERATOR

A gas generator including, a housing provided with a gas discharge port, an ignition chamber provided on a side of a first end portion of the cylindrical housing and including an igniter, a combustion chamber disposed within the housing and containing therein a molded article of a gas generating agent, a rupturable closing member partitioning the combustion chamber from the ignition chamber and including therein a rupturable portion partially ruptured upon an actuation of the gas generator, a molded article of a transfer charge contained in the ignition chamber, an inner tube disposed in the combustion chamber and extending from the closing member toward the gas discharge port and defining, in an outside thereof, a space that contains the molded article of the gas generating agent, the inner tube including therein a hollow space and having a peripheral wall provided with a plurality of through holes, the inner tube including a first open end and communicating the hollow space with the ignition chamber so as to transfer the molded articles of the transfer charge in a burning state toward the second end portion in the inner tube when the rupturable portion is ruptured.