Continuous detonation reaction engine

Claim 1

A DETONATION REACTION ENGINE COMPRISING: (A) AN OUTER CYLINDRICAL HOUSING HAVING ONE END THEREOF CLOSED BY A FIRST WALL MEMBER AND THE OTHER END OPEN, (B) INNER AND OUTER CYLINDRICAL WALL MEMBERS ATTACHED AT ONE OF THEIR ENDS TO SAID FIRST WALL MEMBER AND DISPOSED IN A SPACED CONCENTRIC RELATION WITHIN SAID HOUSING SO AS TO FORM A CONTINUOUS CIRCUILAR CHANNEL HAVING ONE OPEN SIDE, (C) A DISC-SHAPED PLATE ATTACHED TO SAID INNER CYLINDRICAL WALL MEMBER SO AS TO FORM A FIRST CHAMBER WITHIN SAID HOUSING, (D) AN ANNULAR PLATE ATTACHED TO SAID OUTER CYLINDRICAL WALL MEMBER AND TO SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING TO FORM A SECOND CHAMBER WITHIN SAID HOUSING, (E) MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST CHAMBER FOR SUPPLYING A PROPELLANT FUEL THERETO, (F) MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND CHAMBER FOR SUPPLYING AN OXIDIZER THERETO, (G) A PLURALITY OF CANTED INJECTOR ORIFICES FORMED IN SAID INNER AND OUTER CYLINDRICAL WALLS TO PERMIT THE FLOW OF OXIDIZER AND FUEL FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHAMBERS TO SAID CONTINOUS CHANNEL, AND (H) MEANS MOUNTED TO SAID ENGINE FOR INITIATING A DETONATION REACTION WITHIN SAID CONTINUOUS CHANNEL WHICH GENERATES REACTION PRODUCTS WHICH ARE EXPELLED FROM THE OPEN END OF SAID CONTINOUS CHANNEL TO PRODUCE THRUST.