Vaporising means for liquid fuel combustion chambers

Claim 1

A LIQUID FUEL COMBUSTION CHAMBER COMPRISING A WALL DEFINING A DUCT FOR A FAST-MOVING BODY OF AIR, A FLAME CHAMBER WITHIN SAID DUCT AND SPACED FROM SAID WALL, A DISC-LIKE MEMBER AT THE UPSTREAM END OF SAID FLAME CHAMBER, SAID DISC-LIKE MEMBER BEING SUPPORTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS WHICH IS NORMAL THERETO AND PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE DUCT, AND SAID DISC-LIKE MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH ONE GENERLLY FRUSTO-CONICAL CONCAVE FACE, SAID FACE FORMED WITH A CONCENTRIC SERIES OF ANNULAR FRUSTO-CONICAL VAPORISING SURFACES WHICH ARE ARRANGED IN ECHELON AND UNITED BY RADIALLY-INWARD PRESENTED IMPERFORATE STEPS, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID FUEL ON TO THE STEPPED FACE OF SAID MEMBER IN A POSITION BETWEEN ITS SAID AXIS AND THE RADIALLY INNERMOST STEP, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID MEMBER ABOUT ITS SAID AXIS TO CAUSE THE FUEL TO FLOW OUTWARDLY AS A FILM ON THE VAPORISING SURFACES, EACH OF SAID STEPS ACTING AS A DAM WHICH COLLECTS THE FUEL NOT VAPORISED ON THE PRECEDING RADIALLY-INNER VAPORISING SURFACE AND OVER WHICH THE COLLECTED UNVAPORISED FUEL FLOWS ONTO THE SUCCEEDING RADIALLY-OUTER VAPORISING SURFACE, AND MEANS FOR DIVERTING A PROPORTION OF THE AIR PASSING ALONG SAID DUCT INTO SAID FLAME CHAMBER FOR COMBUSTION WITH SAID FUEL.