Self-repeating plasma generator having communicating annular and linear arc discharge passages

Claim 1

A SELF-REPEATING PLASMA ACCELERATOR COMPRISING: AN ANNULAR FIRST CHANNEL; A SECOND CHANNEL THAT IS STRAIGHT WITH ONE OF ITS ENDS OPEN AND WITH ITS OTHER END CONNECTED IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FIRST CHANNEL SUCH THAT A SHARP EDGE IS FORMED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHANNELS WHERE THEY MEET; MEANS FOR CREATING AN ELECTRIC FIELD IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHANNELS CAPABLE OF SUSTAINING ARCS IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHANNELS; MEANS FOR CREATING A MAGNETIC FIELD IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHANNELS PERPENDICULAR TO SAID ELECTRIC FIELD AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION OF SAID SECOND CHANNEL FOR MOVING ARCS IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHANNELS ALONG THEIR RESPECTIVE CHANNELS; AND MEANS FOR INJECTING A GAS INTO SAID FIRST CHANNEL WHEREBY WHEN AN ARC IS INITIATED IN SAID FIRST CHANNEL IT MOVES ALONG SAID FIRST CHANNEL UNTIL IT REACHES SAID SHARP EDGE WHICH DIVIDES IT INTO TWO ARCS ONE OF WHICH MOVES ALONG THE SECOND CHANNEL AND THE OTHER OF WHICH MOVES ALONG THE FIRST CHANNEL THEREBY CREATING REPEATING ARCS IN THE SECOND CHANNEL WHICH ACCELERATE SAID GAS OUT THE OPEN END OF SAID SECOND CHANNEL.