Apparatus and method for jet propulsion through water by use of water reactive propellant

Claim 1

A JET PROPULSION UNIT COMPRISING AN INTERNALLY STREAMLINED ELONGATED CHANNEL HAVING AN ENTRY OPENING AND A JET EXHAUST, PROPELLANT INJECTOR HOUSING LOCATED WITHIN THE CHANNEL, A BLADE VALVE ASSEMBLY POSITIONED ON THE HOUSING, A REACTION CHAMBER LOCATED IN THE CHANNEL BEHIND AND ADJOINING SAID VALVE ASSEMBLY, SAID HOUSING HAVING A PROPELLANT CONDUIT AND A PLURALITY OF INJECTORS COMMUNICATING WITH THE CONDUIT AND DISCHARGING INTO SAID REACTION CHAMBER, A PROPELLANT SOURCE, MEANS FOR APPLYING PRESSURE ON THE PROPELLANT FROM THE SOURCE, AND MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY RELEASING THE PRESSURIZED PROPELLANT TO SAID INJECTORS.