Turbo-ramjet configuration

Claim 1

A TURBO-RAMJET ENGINE INCLUDING A TURBOJET HOUSING ENCLOSING A TURBOJET, AN ANNULAR CASING SPACED FROM AND ENCLOSING SAID HOUSING, SAID HOUSING AND SAID CASING FORMING A BYPASS DUCT, A SLIDING FAN-TYPE VALVE MEANS AT THE INTAKE END OF THE ENGINE, SAID VALVE MEANS BEING ARRANGED TO SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTROL THE AIR INTAKE TO THE RAMJET AND THE TURBOJET, A COMBUSTION CHAMBER AT THE EXHAUST END OF THE ENGINE, SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER BEING ARRANGED SO AS TO ACCEPT THE EXHAUST GASES FROM THE TURBOJET WHEN OPERATING OR AIR FROM THE BYPASS DUCT WHEN OPEN, A CONICAL REARWARDLY EXTENDING WALL POSITIONED IN THE DOWNSTREAM END OF SAID BYPASS DUCT AND RESTRICTING THE FLOW OF GASES THERETHROUGH, A SECONDARY FUEL INJECTOR AND AN ASSOCIATED FLAME HOLDER BEING POSTIONED IN THE EXHAUST CHAMBER, A SPIDER HOUSING ATTACHED TO THE END OF SAID TURBOJET ENGINE, SAID SPIDER HOUSING TAPERING REARWARDLY AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED OPENINGS IN ITS CONICAL SURFACE, A SERIES OF HINGED ARCUATE SHAPED DOORS HAVING ONE END CONNECTED TO SAID SPIDER HOUSING TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF GASES PASSING THROUGH SAID OPENINGS, EACH OF SAID DOORS BEING ARRANGED TO PIVOT FREELY ABOUT ITS CONNECTED END AND CONTACT ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A VARIABLE SIZED TRUNCATED CONE, SAID TRUNCATED CONE SIZE BEING VARIED BY THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE BETWEEN THE RAMJET INTAKE AND THE TURBOJET EXHAUST, SAID HINGED DOORS BEING ARRANGED SO THAT THE TOP OF THE TRUNCATED CONE IS ENLARGED TO SEAL THE TURBOJET EXHAUST FROM THE RAMJET AIR INTAKE WHEN THE TURBOJET IS OPERATING AND TO CLOSE AND FORM A STREAMLINED CONE FOR THE RAMJET AIR INTAKE WHEN THE RAMJET IS OPERATING, A SECOND COMBUSTION CHAMBER AT THE EXHAUST END OF THE ENGINE, SAID SECOND COMBUSTION CHAMBER ACTING ALTERNATELY AS AN AFTERBURNER FOR TURBOJET OPERATION AND AS A COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR RAMJET OPERATION.