Simplified primary fuel system

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A JET ENGINE HAVING A COMPRESSOR, A COMBUSTION APPARATUS, A TURBINE DOWNSTREAM OF SAID COMBUSTION APPARATUS, AN AFTERBURNER ASSEMBLY DOWNSTREAM OF SAID TURBINE, EACH OF SAID COMPONENTS OPERABLY MOUNTED WITHIN A SHELL HAVING AN INLET OPENING AND AN EXHAUST NOZZLE AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, SAID IMPROVED AFTERBURNER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: FUEL SUPPLY MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE SKIN OF SAID ENGINE; FUEL MANIFOLD MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FUEL SUPPLY MEANS; FLAMEHOLDER MEANS HAVING A RECESSED PORTION FACING IN AN UPSTREAM DIRECTION AND MOUNTED DOWNSTREAN OF SAID MANIFOLD MEANS; SAID FLAMEHOLDER MEANS CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF CONCENTRIC FLAME RINGS INTERCONNECTED BY A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING GUTTERS; SAID FUEL MANIFOLD MEANS POSITIONED IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM OF SAID FLAMEHOLDER MEANS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING SPRAYBARS; EACH OF SAID SPRAYBARS BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OF SAID RADIAL GUTTERS AND HAVING AN ORIFICE AT EACH SIDE THEREOF, SAID SIDE ORIFICES BEING LOCATED AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF SAID GUTTERS WITH EACH OF SAID FLAME RINGS; SAID SPRAYBARS ALSO HAVING AN ORIFICE DIRECTED AT SAID RADIAL GUTTERS; SAID RECESSED SECTION OF SAID FLAME RINGS AND GUTTERS BEING OF VARYING CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; ABUTMENT MEANS LOCATED AT THE OUTERMOST END OF SAID GUTTERS TO TERMINATE THE FLOW OF FUEL; WHEREBY FUEL EMITTED FROM SAID ORIFICES TRAVEL CIRCUMFERENTIALLY VIA SAID FLAME RINGS AND RADIALLY VIA SAID GUTTERS THUS PROVIDING A UNIFORM COMBUSTIBLE FUEL-AIR MIXTURE AT THE LIP OF THE FLAMEHOLDERS OVER A WIDE RANGE OF TOTAL FUEL FLOW AND TOTAL AIR FLOW LIMITS.