Gas turbine cycle improvement

Claim 1

A GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPRISING AN AIR COMPRESSOR, A FIRST TURBINE LOCATED REARWARDLY OF SAID AIR COMPRESSOR AND INCLUDING HOLLOW STATIONARY BLADES AND A ROTOR CONNECTED TO DRIVE SAID COMPRESSOR AND HAVING ROTATING BLADES DOWNSTREAM FROM SAID STATIONARY BLADES, A POWER TURBINE REARWARDLY OF SAID FIRST TURBINE, A CASING ENCLOSING SAID TURBINES, A FLAME TUBE ALONGSIDE SAID CASING AND HAVING AN AIR INLET LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID POWER TURBINE AND ITS DISCHARGE LOCATED FORWARDLY OF SAID AIR INLET AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FIRST TURBINE FOR FLOW OF COMBUSTION GAS THEREFROM TO SAID FIRST TURBINE AND THEN TO SAID POWER TURBINE TO DRIVE SAID TURBINES, CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTING THE DISCHARGE OF SAID AIR COMPRESSOR AND SAID FLAME TUBE AIR INLET, SAID CONDUIT MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID HOLLOW STATIONARY BLADES AND INCLUDING A PORTION BETWEEN SAID FLAME TUBE AND SAID CASING, SAID CASING HAVING FINS PROJECTING THEREFROM TO FACILITATE HEAT TRANSFER FROM COMBUSTION GAS FLOWING THROUGH SAID TURBINES TO AIR FLOWING THROUGH SAID CONDUIT MEANS, AND A CONTAINER OF LIQUID COOLANT FUEL FOR THE GAS TURBINE ENGINE DISPOSED NEXT TO SAID CONDUIT MEANS BETWEEN SAID COMPRESSOR AND SAID FLAME TUBE, FOR FLOW OF COMPRESSED AIR FROM SAID COMPRESSOR OVER SAID COOLANT CONTAINER TO COOL SUCH COMPRESSED AIR, THROUGH SAID HOLLOW STATIONARY BLADES AND PAST SAID CASING TO COOL SAID TURBINES AND REHEAT SUCH COMPRESSED AIR AND INTO SAID FLAME TUBE AIR INLET.