Patent ID: 6352031
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: F41H,H01Q

Abstract:
The method for creating discrete coherent clouds of burning matter which can be utilized for military countermeasures purposes to protect aircraft and other vehicles against infrared heat-seeking hostile missiles and light-radiation devices such as high power Laser weapons, Laser radars, and the like, comprising the steps of:withdrawing from the fuel tank of the vehicle a quantity of the fuel used in the propulsion means thereof; passing said quantity of fuel to a dispenser associated with said vehicle; gelling said quantity of fuel by the addition of a gelling agent; passing said gelled fuel through a plurality of openings in an apertured plate to change said gelled fuel into a particulate form, said gelled fuel being passed through said apertures at a rate and pressure that will impart momentum sufficient to project the particles away from said dispenser such that said quantity of particulate gelled fuel is expelled from the vehicle in the form of a discrete cloud of particles; and igniting said cloud of particles in the dispenser prior to its expulsion from the vehicle to thereby produce a fireball comprising a source of radiation having wavelengths comparable to the radiation emitted by the vehicle propulsion means.