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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2009
Thomas A. Olden, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert J. Cavalleri, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Thomas A. Olden, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert J. Cavalleri, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed an apparatus which may include a common nozzle and a plurality of combustion chambers coupled to the nozzle. Each of the plurality of combustion chambers may include a case, a solid fuel propellant charge in the form of a plurality of fuel pellets, and an igniter disposed to ignite the propellant charge. Each of the plurality of combustion chambers may also include a pellet retainer disposed to retain unignited fuel pellets within the case and a burst disk disposed between the propellant charge and the nozzle. Each burst disk may adapted to rupture when the associated propellant charge is ignited and to not rupture when a propellant charge of any of the other combustion chambers is ignited.