Process for generating gases

Claim 1

THE PROCESS FOR GENERATING ASES WHICH COMPRISES FEEDING A CONTINUOUS MASS OF PLASTIC MONOPROPELLANT COMPOSITION WHICH BURNS TO PRODUCE GASEOUS COMBUSTION PRODUCTS THROUGH A SHAPING ORIFICE INTO A COMBUSTION CHAMBER AT A RATE AT LEAST A SHIGH AS THE LINEAR BURNING RATE OF THE PROPELLANT MATERIAL, SAID COMPOSITION HAVING SUFFICIENT COHESIVE STRENGTH TO RETAIN A FORMED SHAPE, REQUIRING A FINITE STRESS TO PRODUCE FLOW, BEING CAPABLE OF CONTINUOUS FLOW AT AMBIENT TREMPERAURE UNDER A MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS AT A WALL OF ABOUT 10 P.S.I., AND HAVING A MINIMUM TENSILE STRENGTH OF ABOUT .01 P.S.I., SAID ORIFICE BEING BOUNDED BY A SOLID MATERIAL HAVING A LOW MAXIMUM THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF ABOUT 3 B.T.U./HR./SQ./FT./*F./FT. AND BURNING THE LEADING FACE OF THE ADVANCING, CONTINUOUS, SHAPED MASS WITHIN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SAID LEADING FACE FORMING THE BURNING SURFACE OF THE EXTRUDING PROPELLANT, THE LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF THE SOLID MATERIAL BOUNDING THE ORIFICE SERVING TO INHIBIT BURN-BACK OF THE EXTRUDING PROPELLANT BURNING INTHE COMBUSTION CHAMBER.