Injector for bipropellant rocket engines

Claim 1

A WAFER-LIKE CHECKERBOARD, FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A BIPROPELLANT ROCKET MOTOR IN WHICH SAID INJECTOR ASSEMBLY HAS AN INJECTOR FACE PLATE, SEPARATE MANIFOLDS FOR THE FUEL AND FOR THE OXIDANT, OXIDANT INJECTOR TUBES, SAID OXIDANT INJECTOR TUBES ENDING IN INJECTION TUBES, SAID OXIDANT INJECTOR TUBES ENDING IN INJECTION ORIFICES AT THE FACE OF SAID INJECTOR FACE PLATE, SAID TUBES BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OXIDANT MANIFOLD, A DISTRIBUTION PLATE HAVING DISTRIBUTION ORIFICES THEREIN AND SPACED FROM SAID OXIDANT MANIFOLD BY SAID OXIDANT INJECTOR TUBES, SAID DISTRIBUTION ORIFICES AFFORDING PASSAGE OF THE FUEL TO INJECTOR ORIFICES IN THE FACE PLATE, EACH SAID DISTRIBUTION ORIFICE BEING LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF A SQUARE FORMED BY SAID OXIDANT INJECTOR ORIFICES, SAID FUEL INJECTOR ORIFICES BEING LOCATED BETWEEN ADJACENT OXIDANT INJECTOR ORIFICES, SO THAT EACH DISTRIBUTION ORIFICE PARTIALLY SUPPLIED FOUR INJECTOR ORIFICES AND EACH FUEL INJECTOR ORIFICE IS SYMMETRICALLY SUPPLIED FROM DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED DIRECTIONS.