Development and augmentation of intermittent thrust producing fluid flows

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION WITH A GAS GENERATOR OPERATIVE TO PRODUCE A STEADY-FLOW GASEOUS DISCHARGE: OF A CONVERTER FOR CHANGING A STEADY FLUID FLOW INTO AN INTERMITTEN FLOW WITHOUT PROPAGATION OF SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE WAVE DISTURBANCES UPSTREAM TOWARD SAID GAS GENERATOR, COMPRISING A FLOW DISTRIBUTOR HAVING AN INLET COMMUNICATING WITH SAID GAS GENERATOR FOR RECEIVING SUCH STEADY-FLOW GASEOUS DISCHARGE THEREFROM AND HAVING ALSO AT LEAST ONE OUTLET IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID INLET AND BEING MOVABLE ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, A PLURALITY OF ROTATIONALLY FIXED OUTLET NOZZLES EACH TERMINATING IN A FLUID DISCHARGE THRUST OPENING AND EACH HAVING AN INLET DISPOSED ALONG SUCH PREDETERMINED PATH FOR COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FLOW DISTRIBUTOR FOR MOVING SAID OUTLET THEREOF ALONG SAID FLOW DISTRIBUTOR FOR MOVING SAID OUTLET THEREOF ALONG SUCH PREDETERMINED PATH AND INTO SUCCESSIVE AND REPETITIVE COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OF SAID NOZZLE INLETS TO EFFECT A CYCLIC INTERMITTENT FLOW OF GASEOUS FLUID THERETHROUGH, SAID FLOW DISTRIBUTOR OUTLET AND ALL OF SAID NOZZLE INLETS BEING DIMENSIONED AND ORIENTED SO THAT THE EFFECTIVE NOZZLE INLET AREA IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID DISTRIBUTOR OUTLET IS AT ALL TIMES OF SUBSTANTIALLY NO INTERRUPTION WITH THE RESULT THAT THERE IS SUBSTANTIALLY NO INTERRUPTION IN THE FLOW OF GASEOUS FLUID THROUGH SAID FLOW DISTRIBUTOR AND THEREFORE SUBSTANTIALLY NO VARYING PRESSURE CHANGES THEREACROSS, WHEREBY UPSTREAM PROPAGATING OF SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE WAVE DISTURBANCES IS OBVIATED EVEN THROUGH THE GASEOUS FLUID FLOW THROUGH EACH OF SAID NOZZLES IS STRONGLY INTERMITTENT.