Plural needle electrode electrostatic thrust device

Claim 1

AN ELECTROSTATIC THRUST DEVICE, COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF UNIFORMLY SPACED CAPILLARY APERTURE ELECTRODES; MEANS FOR PROVIDING A FLOW OF PROPELLENT FLUID MATERIAL THROUGH SAID ELECTRODES; MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID ELECTRODES FOR DIRECTING STREAMS OF PROPELLANT INTO THE AMBIENT; MEANS FOR CONNECTING CERTAIN OF SAID ELECTRODES AT A HIGH POSITIVE POTENTIAL; MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE REMAINDER OF SAID ELECTRODES AT A HIGH NEGATIVE POTENTIAL; SAID ELECTRODES AT A HIGH POSITIVE POTENTIAL BEING INTERSPERSED BETWEEN AND ADJACENT SAID ELECTRODES AT A HIGH NEGATIVE POTENTIAL WITH EACH ELECTRODE BEING AT AN OPPOSITE ELECTRICAL POLARITY WITH EACH ELECTRODE BEING AT AN OPPOSITE ELECTRODES, SAID ELECTRODES BEING LOCATED IN PREDETERMINED POSITIONS FOR ELECTRICALLY ACCELERATING SAID STREAMS OF PROPELLANT SOLELY THROUGH THE INTERACTION OF THE ELECTRIC FIELDS BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODES FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRICALLY NEUTRALIZED FLOW OF HIGH VELOCITY PARTICLES INTO THE AMBIENT.