Rotary detonation power plant

Claim 1

IN A DETONATIVE COMBUSTION POWER PLANT THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A CHAMBER-FORMING HOUSING INCLUDING A CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL SIDE WALL, OPPOSED ANNULAR END WALLS EXTENDING INWARDLY THEREFROM, AND AN AXIALLY MOVABLE PLUG EXTENDING THROUGH ONE OF SAID END WALLS INTO THE SPACE CIRCUMSCRIBED BY THE OTHER END WALL; THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO END WALLS CONSTITUTING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER, AND SAID OTHER END WALL EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERAL WALL A LESSER DISTANCE THAN SAID ONE END WALL SO AS TO COOPERATE WITH THE PLUG IN FORMING AN ANNULAR DISCHARGE NOZZLE FOR THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER; MEANS FORMING A SERIES OF PROPELLANT PASSAGES DISCHARGING AT CLOSELY SPACED POINTS IN EACH OF SAID PERIPHERAL SIDE WALL AND ANNULAR END WALLS FOR FEEDING THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH SUFFICIENT PROPELLANT TO SUSTAIN AT