Dual thrust catapult ejector

Claim 1

IN A DUAL THRUST CATAPULT EJECTOR FOR USE IN AN AIRCRAFT FOR EJECTING A MASS THEREFROM THE COMBINATION OF AN ELONGATE BODY COMPRISING A NOZLE HOUSING AT THE LOWER END THEREOF; MEANS ON THE UPPER END OF SAID BODY FOR ATTACHING SAME TO A MASS TO BE EJECTED; A PAIR OF INNER AND OUTER TELESCOPING TUBES WITHIN SAID BODY, SAID INNER TUBE FIXED TO SAID BODY AND SAID OUTER TUBE REMOVABLE FROM SAID BODY; MEANS ON SAID OUTER TUBE FOR ATTACHMENT TO AN AIRCRAFT; MEANS SEPARABLY LOCKING SAID OUTER TUBE AND SAID BODY TOGETHER; MEANS INCLUDING A CARTRIDGE FOR RELEASING SAID LOCKING MEANS AND FOR INITIALLY PROPELLING SAID BODY; A PROPELLANT WITHIN SAID BODY IGNITED BY THE GASES OF SAID CARTRIDGE FOR PROPELLING SAID BODY AFTER SAID BODY HAS SEPARATED FROM SAID OUTER TUBE; A NOZZLE ELEMENT ROTATABLY RECEIVED IN SAID NOZZLE HOUSING, IN SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BODY DURING INITIAL PROPELLING OF SAID BODY, SAID NOZZLE ELEMENT BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO ROTATE TO A FIXED POSITION WHEN SAID BODY SEPARATES FROM SAID OUTER TUBE TO EXHAUST PROPELLANT GASES ANGULARLY TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BODY TO PRODUCE A COMPONENT OF THRUST THROUGH THE MASS TO BE EJECTED.