Flame-out eliminator

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A JET TYPE AIRCRAFT HAVING AN ENGINE AIR INLET AND A GUN MOUNTED IN A POSITION ADJACENT THE AIR INLET THEREOF, A GUN BARREL BLAST DEFLECTING DEVICE SECURED TO THE MUZZLE END OF THE GUN AND HAVING A CENTRAL BORE COAXIAL WITH THE GUN BORE, SAID BLAST DEFLECTING DEVICE HAVING CYLINDRICAL WALLS AND CIRCUMFERENTIAL, LONGITUDINALLY SPACED INWARDLY AND REARWARDLY EXTENDING LANDS, SAID WALLS BEING SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER BY SAID LANDS TO DEFINE A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENT, UNIFORM SIZE, ANNULAR GAS COLLECTING CHAMBERS LONGITUDINALLY SPACED ALONG THE CENTRAL BORE, PORTIONS OF EACH OF SAID WALLS DEFINING A GROUP OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ARRANGED REARWARDLY DIRECTED PORTS PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE GAS COLLECTING CHAMBER INDIVIDUAL TO SUCH GROUP, THE LANDS OF EACH OF SAID COLLECTING CHAMBERS FORMING AT THE FORWARD END OF SAID CHAMBER A REARWARDLY INCLINED GAS DEFLECTING FACE AND AT THE REARWARD END OF SUCH CHAMBER A CONVEX INWARDLY ROUNDED FACE, THE REARWARDLY INCLINED FACE OF EACH OF SAID LANDS BEING COTERMINOUS WITH THE FORWARD EDGE OF EACH OF SAID PORTS OF THE RESPECTIVE GROUP OF PORTS NEXT ADJACENT THERETO.