Engine exhaust system

Claim 1

A GAS TURBINE ENGINE EXHAUST SYSTEM SYMMETRICAL ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE COMPRISING A FRAME HAVING AN ANNULUS ABOUT ITS PERIPHERY FOR DISCHARGING AIR AXIALLY, TUBES SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID FRAME TO RECEIVE THE AIR FROM SAID ANNULUS, SAID TUBES BEING ANGLED IN A CONE PATTERN TOWARD SAID CENTERLINE, A CONE MEMBER SECURED TO THE TUBES AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, A REVERSE FLOW COMBUSTION SYSTEM CARRIED BY SAID CONE, A MEMBER AND SUPPORTED THEREFROM TO RECEIVE THE AIR FROM THE TUBES, A TURBINE SHROUD AND NOZZLE SUPPORTED FROM SAID CONE MEMBER, AN OUTER EXHAUST DUCT DIFFUSER WALL CARRIED BY SAID CONE MEMBER IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SHROUD, AN INNER EXHAUST DUCT DIFFUSER WALL CARRIED BY SAID CONE MEMBER IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SHROUD, AN INNER EXHAUST DUCT DIFFUSER WALL CARRIED BY SAID FRAME TO DEFINE A CURVED PASSAGE WITH SAID OUTER WALL AND DIRECT AND EXHAUST GASES ACROSS SAID TUBES, A SHELL SURROUNDING SAID TUBES AND SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME AND CONE MEMBER AND HAVING AN EXHAUST PORT THEREIN, WHEREBY SAID TUBES FORM THE MAIN STRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR THE COMBUSTION SYSTEM, OUTER EXHAUST DIFFUSER WALL, AND STATIONARY TURBINE PARTS.