Hypergolic gas generator

Claim 1

A HIGH VELOCITY GAS STREAM GENERATOR WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, A REACTION CHAMBER HAVING A NOZZLE AT THE REAR END THEREOF, AT LEAST TWO SOLID COMPONENTS HOUSED IN SAID CHAMBER IN RESPECTIVE PORTIONS THEREOF AND ONE OF WHICH, CALLED DOWNSTREAM PORTION, IS NEARER TO SAID NOZZLE THAN THE OTHER, CALLED UPSTREAM PORTION, SAID SOLID COMPONENTS FORMING AT LEAST ONE LONGITUDINAL PASSAGE IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID NOZZLE, THE END OF SAID PASSAGE ADJOINING SAID NOZZLE BEING CALLED THE PASSAGE DOWNSTREAM END AND THE OTHER END OF SAID PASSAGE BEING CALLED THE PASSAGE UPSTREAM END, MEANS FOR INJECTING INTO SAID PASSAGE A FLUID COMPONENT HYPERGOLIC WITH SAID SOLID COMPONENTS TO PRODUCE A GAS STREAM FLOWING TOWARD SAID NOZZLE, SAID FLUID COMPONENT INJECTING MEANS BEING LOCATED NEAR THE UPSTREAM END OF SAID PASSAGE, THE UPSTREAM SOLID COMPONENT PORTION HAVING WITH RESPECT TO THE FLUID COMPONENT INJECTED THEREON A DELAY OF IGNITION SHORTER THAN THE DOWNSTREAM SOLID COMPONENT PORTION WITH RESPECT TO SAID FLUID COMPONENT.