Propulsion engine with electromagnetic means to produce propellant acceleration

Claim 1

AN ENGINE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED, ARCUATE ELECTRODES CONCENTRICALLY DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE TRANSVERSE CENTER OF THE ENGINE, THE ADJACENT SURFACES OF SAID ELECTRODES BEING DISPOSED AT AN ACUTE ANGLE RELATIVE TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE OF THE ENGINE, AN ANNULAR CHAMBER FOR A PROPELLANT UNDER PRESSURE SURROUNDING SAID ELECTRODES, CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING THE INTERIOR OF THE CHAMBER TO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES, AN EXHAUST EXIT FROM THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES CONCENTRIC TO THE TRANSVERSE CENTER AFORESAID, A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS, ONE INCLUDING A GENERATOR CONNECTED TO ONE TERMINAL OF A CAPACITOR AND TO ONE OF THE ELECTRODES AND THE OTHER INCLUDING A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OTHER TERMINAL OF THE CAPACITOR AND THE OTHER ELECTRODE, SWITCHING MEANS IN EACH OF SAID CIRCUITS TO MAKE AND BREAK IT, AND A CONTROL INTERCONNECTING SAID SWITCHING MEANS FOR SEQUENTIAL OPERATION THEREOF IN UNISON AND OPPOSITION WHEREBY THE CAPACITOR IS CHARGED BY THE GENERATOR AND DISCHARGES ACROSS THE ELECTRODES TO IONIZE THE PROPELLANT IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES AND ACCELERATE IT ALONG SAID ADJACENT SURFACE AND OUT THE EXHAUST EXIT TO PRODUCE THRUST ON THE ENGINE.