Thrust reversers for jet propulsion engines

Claim 1

IN A JET PROPULSION ENGINE WHICH INCLUDES AN APERTURED JET PIPE AND AN APERTURED ENGINE POD SURROUNDING THE JET PIPE, A THRUST REVERSER ASSEMBLY ACCOMMODATED WITHIN SAID JET PIPE AND POD AND COMPRISING TWO FIRST AND TWO SECOND GAS DEFLECTOR MEMBERS DISPOSED IN PAIRS AT THE UPPERMOST AND LOWERMOST PORTIONS OF THE JET PIPE AND POD AND MOVABLE BETWEEN FIRST POSITIONS, IN WHICH THEY MERGE WITH AND FORM APART OF SAID JET PIPE AND POD RESPECTIVELY, BLOCKING SAID APERTURES, AND SECOND POSITIONS IN WHICH THEY PREVENT PASSAGE OF GASES THROUGH SAID JET PIPE AND DIRECT THE GASES THROUGH SAID APERTURES TO ATMOSPHERE, THE SECOND GAS DEFLECTOR MEMBER DISPOSED AT THE LOWERMOST PORTION OF SAID POD BEING A SUBSTANTIALLY SEMI-CYLINDRICAL CHUTE HAVING ONE SIDE OF ITS SEMI-CYLINDRICAL WALL REMOVED, AND HAVING ITS END AT LEAST PARTIALLY BLOCKED, WHEREBY EXHAUST GASES PASSING THERETHROUGH ARE DIRECTED THROUGH SAID ONE SIDE TO ATMOSPHERE.