High energy additive addition means for a rocket motor

Claim 1

A HIGH PERFORMANCE ROCKET MOTOR HAVING AFT AND HEAD ENDS AND A MAIN CASING CONTAINING A MAIN SOLID PROPELLANT CHARGE AND A COMBUSTION CHAMBER, AN EXIT NOZZLE ATTACHED TO THE AFT END OF SAID MOTOR ON SAID CASING, AND IGNITION DEVICE MOUNTED ON SAID MOTOR FOR IGNITING SAID CHARGE, AND A SEPARABLE, HIGH ENERGY PARTICULATED MATERIAL CONTAINING ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON THE HEAD END OF SAID MOTOR ON SAID CASING SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL, FLUID PRESSURIZABLE, AUXILIARY CASING DEFINING AN AUXILIARY CHAMBER, SAID AUXILIARY CHAMBER CONTAINING SAID PARTICULATED MATERIAL IN A FLUIDIZABLE STATE; AN END CAP SEALINGLY ATTACHED TO SAID AUXILIARY CASING FORMING THE HEAD END OF SAID MOTOR AND A CLOSURE FOR SAID AUXILIARY CHAMBER; MEANS FOR FLUID PRESSURIZING SAID AUXILIARY CASING CHAMBER; MEANS IN SAID AUXILIARY CASING INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE FLUID PASSAGEWAY TERMINATING IN SAID MOTOR COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR CONVEYING SAID FLUIDIZED PARTICULATED MATERIAL FROM SAID AUXILIARY CASING INTERIOR TO SAID MOTOR COMBUSTION CHAMBER; AND DESTRUCTABLE HERMETIC SEAL MEANS IN SAID CONVEYING MEANS WHEREBY SAID FLUIDIZED MATERIAL IS PREVENTED FROM ENTRY INTO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER UNTIL A PREDETERMINED FLUID PRESSURE IS REACHED IN SAID AUXILIARY CASING CHAMBER.