Fuel cooled combustor assembly

Claim 1

A COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A RAMJET ENGINE COMPRISING FUEL SUPPLY MEANS, VALVE MEANS CONNECTED TO AND SUPPORTED BY SAID FUEL SUPPLY MEANS, SAID VALVE MEANS COMPRISING INNER AND OUTER SLEEVE MEANS HAVING APERTURES THEREIN, SAID APERTURES BEING IN MISALIGNMENT UNDER STATIC NON-FLOW CONDITIONS, AND COMPRESSIBLE SPRING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INNER SLEEVE IN A MANNER WHEREBY SAID APERTURES ARE ALIGNED IN RESPONSE TO FUEL PRESSURE ALLOWING FUEL FLOW THROUGH SAID INNER AND OUTER SLEEVE APERTURES, AIR FLOW STRAIGHTENING MEANS CONNECTED TO AND SUPPORTING SAID VALVE MEANS, NOZZLE MEANS CONNECTED TO AND SUPPORTED BY SAID VALVE MEANS, FRAMEHOLDER MEANS ALSO CONNECTED TO AND SUPPORTED BY SAID VALVE MEANS THROUGH FUEL CONDUIT MEANS FOR SUPPLYING FUEL TO SAID NOZZLE MEANS THEREBY DISSIPATAING HEAT FROM SAID FLAMEHOLDER MEANS AND HEATING SAID FUEL, SAID FLAMEHOLDER MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ANNULAR BAFFLES OF PROGRESSIVELY VARYING DIAMETERS SPACED AXIALLY ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID ENGINE AND HAVING AN ANGULAR CROSS SECTION WITH THE VERTEX THEREOF PROJECTING IN AN UPSTREAM DIRECTION OF SAID ENGINE.