Method and structure for supplying and confining fluid in a reaction chamber

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF THE TYPE HAVING MEANS TO COMPRESS AIR, MEANS TO MIX FUEL WITH SAID COMPRESSED AIR, MEANS TO IGNITE SAID AIR-FUEL MIXTURE, AND MEANS TO TRANSFORM THE KINETIC ENERGY OF THE RESULTANT COMBUSTION PRODUCTS INTO USEFUL WORK, A COMBUSTION CHAMBER COMPRISING: A RIGID ENCLOSURE HAVING AN INLET PORT CONNECTED TO RECEIVE INDUCTION AIR FROM SAID COMPRESSION MEANS AND AN OUTLET PORT TO DISCHARGE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS FROM SAID ENCLOSURE, SAID INLET PORT BEING A JET PRODUCING NOZZLE POSITIONED AND ADAPTED TO INTRODUCE SAID INDUCTION AIR SUBSTANTIALLY IN A JET SHEET ACROSS SAID OUTLET PORT WHEREBY TO RESIST DISCHARGE OF GAS THROUGH SAID OUTLET PORT AND CAUSE COMPRESSION OF AIR IN SAID ENCLOSURE, AND A DEFLECTING SURFACE POSITIONED IN THE PATH OF SAID JET SHEET TO DEFLECT AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID JET SHEET THROUGH SAID OUTLET PORT INTO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER DURING A FIRST CONDITION WHEN THE PRESSURE IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER IS LESS THAN THE TOTAL PRESSURE OF SAID JET SHEET AND FOR DEFLECTING SAID JET SHEET AWAY FROM SAID OUTLET PORT DURING A SECOND CONDITION WHEN THE PRESSURE IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER IS AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE TOTAL PRESSURE OF SAID JET SHEET.

Claim 3

A METHOD OF SUPPLYING AND CONTROLLING THE VOLUME OF FLUID IN A REACTION CHAMBER OF AN INTERNAL REACTION ENGINE OR THE LIKE; COMPRISING THE STEPS OF DIRECTING A JETSHEET OF FLUID ACROSS A PORT IN THE CHAMBER TO IMPINGE ON A DEFLECTING SURFACE AND CAUSE AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID JET-SHEET OF FLUID TO ENTER INTO SAID CHAMBER THROUGH SAID PORT, AND CONTINUING THE FLOW OF SAID JET-SHEET OF FLUID ACROSS SAID PORT TO PREVENT DISCHARGE OF FLUID OUT OF SAID CHAMBER THROUGH SAID PORT UNTIL THE PRESSURE IN SAID CHAMBER BECOMES GREATER THAN THE TOTAL PRESSURE OF SAID JETSHEET OF FLUID AS CAUSED BY A RELEASE OF ENERGY FROM A REACTION IN SAID CHAMBER.

Claim 4

A METHOD OF SUPPLYING AND CONTROLLING THE VOLUME OF FLUID IN A REACTION CHAMBER OF AN INTERNAL REACTION ENGINE OR THE LIKE; COMPRISING THE STEPS OF DIRECTING A JETSHEET OF FLUID ACROSS A PORT IN THE CHAMBER TO IMPINGE ON A DEFLECTING SURFACE AND CAUSE AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID JET-SHEET OF FLUID TO ENTER INTO SAID CHAMBER THROUGH SAID PORT, AND CONTINUING THE FLOW OF SAID JET-SHEET OF FLUID ACROSS SAID PORT TO PREVENT DISCHARGE OF FLUID OUT OF SAID CHAMBER THROUGH SAID PORT UNTIL THE PRESSURE IN SAID CHAMBER BECOMES GREATER THAN THE TOTAL PRESSURE OF SAID JETSHEET OF FLUID AS CAUSED BY A RELEASE OF ENERGY FROM A REACTION IN SAID CHAMBER.