Combined thrust reversal and sound reduction nozzle

Claim 1

A COMBINED THRUST REVERSAL AND SOUND REDUCTION NOZZLE FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE TAIL PIPE OF A JET ENGINE WHICH NOZZLE IS POSITIONED TO THE REAR OF SAID TAIL PIPE SO AS TO PASS THROUGH SAID NOZZLE, EXHAUST GASES FLOWING REARWARD OF SAID JET ENGINE, SAID NOZZLE HAVING A LONGITUDINAL CENTRAL AXIS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER OF SAID TAIL PIPE, SAID TAIL PIPE HAIVNG A CENTRAL PLUG COVERING THE CENTRAL AREA OF SAID TAIL PIPE, SAID CENTRAL PLUG BEING SO DISPOSED AND ARRANGED SO AS TO BECOME SUCCESSIVELY SMALLER AND TERMINATE IN A POINT REARWARD OF THE EXHAUST POSITION OF SAID TAIL PIPE, SAID NOZZLE COMPRISING: RADIAL WALL STRUCTURE UNIFORMLY DISPOSED AND ARRANGED ABOUT SAID CENTRAL PLUG SO AS TO FORM A CIRCUMFERENTIAL ARRAY OF A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL INTERIOR RADIAL EXHAUST CHANNELS ARRANGED ABOUT SAID PLUG AND EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION REARWARD FROM THE EXHAUST POSITION OF SAID TAIL PIPE TOWARD THE POINT OF SAID PLUG, SAID WALL STRUCTURE WHICH FORMS SAID INTERIOR EXHAUST CHANNELS ALSO FORMING EXTERIOR RADIAL INTERVENING VALLEYS ON SAID NOZZLE, INDIVIDUAL INTERVENING VALLEYS BEING FORMED IN SAID NOZZLE EXTERIOR BETWEEN EACH TWO NEAREST ADJACENT INTERIOR CHANNELS; A PLURALITY OF HINGED PAIRS OF GATES, THERE BEING A PAIR OF GATES PROVIDED FOR EACH OF SAID INTERIOR EXHAUST CHANNELS, SAID GATES BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY AND FORMING A PORTION OF THE REARWARD END OF SAID EXHAUST CHANNELS; AND CONTROL MEANS FOR MOVING SAID HINGED GATES ABOUT THEIR RESPECTIVE HINGES SO AS TO SUBSTANTIALLY BLOCK BY MEANS OF SAID GATES, SAID INTERIOR EXHAUST CHANNELS AND SAID EXTERIOR INTERVENING VALLEYS IN SUCH A MANNER SO AS TO DIVERT EXHAUST GASES NORMALLY FLOWING IN A DIRECTION REARWARD FROM THE EXHAUST EXIT OF SAID INTERIOR EXHAUST CHANNELS INTO DIRECTIONS TOWARD AND AROUND THE ENGINE AND TAIL PIPE THROUGH SAID INTERVENING EXTERIOR VALLEYS ON SAID NOZZLE, THEREBY PROVIDING REVERSE THRUST OPERATION OF SAID JET ENGINE NOZZLE DUE TO THE CHANGED DIRECTION OF SAID EXHAUST GASES.