Tracer material for missiles

Claim 1

A LUMINOUS TRACER FOR USE WITH A MISSILE, COMPRISING A CONTAINER, TRACER MATERIAL OF A PLURALITY OF COMBUSTIBLE, LIGHT-GENERATING COMPOSITIONS IN SAID CONTAINER, SAID COMPOSITIONS HAVING DIFFERENT BURNING TIMES FOR A GIVEN MASS AND GENERATING LIGHT OF DIFFERENT INTENSITIES WHEN IGNITED, THE BURNING TIME AND THE LIGHT INTENSITIES OF THE COMPOSITION BEING INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL, SAID COMPOSITIONS BEING STACKED IN SAID CONTAINER TO FORM A COLUMN IN WHICH THE COMPOSTION ARE SUPERIMPOSED IN AN ORDER SUCH THAT THE COMPOSITION HAVING THE LONGEST BURNING TIME AND GENERATING THE LOWEST LIGHT INTENSITY IS LOCATED AT ONE END OF THE COLUMN AND THE COMPOSITION HAVING THE SHORTEST BURNING TIME AND GENERATING THE HIGHEST LIGHT INTENSITY IS LOCATED AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, AND A PRIMING CHARGE DISPOSED IN SAID CONTAINER ADJACENT THE COMPOSITION HAVING THE LONGEST BURNING TIME AND GENERATING THE LOWEST LIGHT INTENSITY, WHEREBY UPON IGNITION OF THE COLUMN AT THE END THEREOF INCLUDING THE COMPOSITION HAVING THE LONGEST BURNING TIME AND GENERATING THE LOWEST LIGHT INTENSITY, THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT EMITTED BY THE TRACER MATERIAL INCREASES AS THE CONSUMPTION THEREOF PROGRESSES TOWARD THE OTHER END OF THE COLUMN SO THAT THE LIGHT INTENSITY OF THE TRACER AS THE TIME AND DISTANCE OF FLIGHT OF THE MISSILE INCREASES PROVIDES A LIGHT INTENSITY WHICH, AS SEEN BY A STATIONARY OBSERVER, REMAINS APPROXIMATELY CONSTANT.