Lightweight power plant

Claim 1

IN A POWER PLANT HAVING AN AIR INLET, AN AXIAL FLOW COMPRESSOR RECEIVING AIR FROM SAID INLET, A COMBUSTION CHAMBER, AND AN EXHAUST NOZZLE TERMINATING IN AN EXHAUST OPENING, A STREAMLINED INNER BODY LOCATED IN SAID POWER PLANT, SAID COMPRESSOR COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW BLADES, A SOURCE OF FUEL UNDER PRESSURE, MEANS FOR CONDUCTING FUEL FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID INNER BODY, MEANS FOR CONDUCTING FUEL FROM SAID INNER BODY RADIALLY THROUGH SAID HOLLOW BLADES, TURNING VANES IN SAID BLADES AND SPACED ALONG THE SPAN THEREOF FOR TURNING THE RADIAL FLOW OF FUEL FROM SAID RADIAL DIRECTION IN A DIRECTION AXIALLY OF SAID POWER PLANT, MEANS FOR DISCHARGING SAID FUEL AT HIGH VELOCITY FROM THE TRAILING EDGE OF SAID BLADES AND SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE SPAN THEREOF TO DRIVE SAID BLADES FOR ROTATION ABOUT THE POWER PLANT AXIS THEREBY PROVIDING A REACTION TURBINE, SAID DISCHARGING MEANS COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY WIDE SLOT FORMING THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE BLADES, HOLLOW FLAMEHOLDER MEANS DOWNSTREAM OF SAID COMPRESSOR AND EXTENDING RADIALLY ACROSS SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER TO SAID CENTER BODY, AND MEANS FOR FURTHER DISCHARGING FUEL FROM THE UPSTREAM SURFACE OF SAID FLAMEHOLDER MEANS DIRECTLY INTO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SAID UPSTREAM SURFACE DIVERGING REARWARDLY AND BEING A MAJOR PORTION OF THE SURFACE OF SAID FLAMEHOLDER MEANS.