Patent ID: 6986497

Claim:
A thruster gas control mechanism, comprising: (a) a shell, the shell having opposing walls, the opposing walls being parallel to each other to form two parallel walls, the shell having a gas entrance, a gas exit, a parallel wall of the shell having a plunger opening, the shell having a hollow interior; (b) first and second supports within the hollow interior; (c) two parallel baffles, the two baffles being able to slide between the first and second supports; a first channel being formed between an interior side of a first parallel wall and the first baffle and between a first side of each of the first and second supports, the first channel having an upstream end and a down stream end, a second channel being formed between an interior side of a second parallel wall and the second baffle, and between a second side of each of the first and second supports, the second channel having an upstream end and a down stream end, the first baffle being able to be positioned to close the downstream end of the first channel and the second baffle being able to be positioned to close the downstream end of the second channel; (d) a plunger passing through the two baffles and connected to the two baffles, the plunger also passing through the plunger opening of the shell; and (e) an armature, the armature being able to be positioned to close the upstream end of the first channel and alternately being able to be positioned to close the upstream end of the second channel.