Means for removing boundary layer air from aircraft

Claim 1

IN AN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING MEANS FOR REMOVING BOUNDARY LAYER AIR THEREFROM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A FIRST SHEET MEMBER CONSITITUTING THE OUTERMOST MEMBER OF SAID ASSEMBLY AND OVER WHICH AIR FLOWS AT SUCH TIMES AS SAID ASSEMBLY IS IN MOTION; A SECOND SHEET MEMBER; MEANS SECURING SAID SHEET MEMBERS TOGETHER IN SAID ASSEMBLY IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION SO THAT SAID SECOND SHEET MEMBER IS POSITIONED INWARDLY OF SAID FIRST SHEET MEMBER; PASSAGE MEANS HAVING INNER AND OUTER ENDS OPENING ON SAID SECOND AND FIRST SHEET MEMBERS, RESPECTIVELY; THE INNER ENDS OF SAID PASSAGE MEANS CONSTITUTING ROWS OF BORES HAVING A PARALLEL RELATION AND EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE EXTENT OF SAID SECOND SHEET MEMBER; A THIRD SHEET MEMBER; MEMBERS NON-PERVIOUS TO AIR SECURING SAID THIRD SHEET MEMBER IN SAID ASSEMBLY INBOARD OF AND IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID SECOND SHEET MEMBER; SAID NON-PERVIOUS MEMBERS AND SECOND AND THIRD SHEET MEMBERS COOPERATING TO DEFINE A MAIN SUCTION DUCT EXTENDING PARALLEL TO AND SPANNING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ROWS OF BORES; SHAPED SHEET MEMBERS SECURED IN FLUID TIGHT RELATION TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID SECOND SHEET MEMBER PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL TRIBUTARY DUCTS; SAID SHAPED SHEET MEMBERS SPANNING EACH OF SAID ROWS OF BORES; AND EACH OF SAID SHAPED SHEET MEMBERS DEFINING A NOZZLE ADAPTED TO METER AND DIRECT THE FLOW OF AIR THROUGH SAID PASSAGE MEANS AND FROM SAID TRIBUTARY DUCTS.