Jet engine with vaporized liquid feedback

Claim 1

IN A JET ENGINE FOR A VEHICLE DESIGNED FOR FLIGHT ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, SAID ENGINE HAVING DISPOSED IN SEQUENCE ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF AN AIR INLET NOZZLE, A DIFFUSER SECTION, A COMBUSTION CHAMBER, AND AN EXHAUST NOZZLE THROUGH WHICH PASS THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: A VAPOR GENERATOR ASSOCIATED WITH SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND ENERGIZED BY THE RECEPTION OF HEAT THEREFROM; A SOURCE OF PRESSURIZED LIQUID TO BE VAPORIZED; MEANS FOR CONDUCTING LIQUID FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID GENERATED TO VAPORIZE SUCH LIQUID; A CONDUIT FOR CONDUCTING VAPOR FROM SAID GENERATOR TO A POINT LYING ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID ENGINE AND BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OUTSIDE THE SAID INLET NOZZLE THEREOF; MEANS FOR FORMING THE VAPOR EMERGING FROM SAID CONDUIT INTO A JET AND FOR DIRECTING THE JET SO FORMED ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID ENGINE AND INTO THE SAID INLET NOZZLE; A SOURCE OF FUEL IN LIQUID FORM; MEANS FOR CONDUCTING LIQUID FUEL FROM SAID SOURCE TO A POINT INTERMEDIATE SAID VAPOR FORMING MEANS AND SAID ENGINE INLET NOZZLE AND FOR EMITTING SUCH LIQUID FUEL INTO THE VAPOR JET PRESENT IN SUCH REGION; SUCH EMITTED LIQUID FUEL BEING INTRODUCED INTO SAID VAPOR JET PRIOR TO THE ENTRY OF SUCH VAPOR INTO THE INLET NOZZLE OF SAID ENGINE TO RAISE THE PRESSURE IN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND THEREBY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY MADE AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE FLIGHT OF SAID VEHICLE; A SOURCE OF AIR UNDER PRESSURE; AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLABLY ADMITTING AIR FROM SAID SOURCE INTO THE CONDUIT THROUGH WHICH VAPOR IS CONDUCTED FROM SAID GENERATOR TO A POINT OUTSIDE THE SAID ENGINE INLET NOZZLE IN ORDER TO INITIATE OPERATION OF SAID JET ENGINE.