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A magnetically focused liquid drop radiator for application in rejecting energy from a spacecraft, characterized by a magnetizable liquid or slurry disposed in operative relationship within the liquid droplet generator and its fluid delivery system, in combination with magnetic means disposed in ope

A magnetically focused liquid drop radiator for application in rejecting energy from a spacecraft, characterized by a magnetizable liquid or slurry disposed in operative relationship within the liquid droplet generator and its fluid delivery system, in combination with magnetic means disposed in operative relationship around a liquid droplet collector of the LDR. The magnetic means are effective to focus streams of droplets directed from the generator toward the collector, thereby to assure that essentially all of the droplets are directed into the collector, even though some of the streams may be misdirected as they leave the generator. The magnetic focusing means is also effective to suppress splashing of liquid when the droplets impinge on the collector.

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A liquid droplet radiator having a droplet generator for producing directed streams of droplets, a collector spaced from the generator to collect the streams of droplets directed toward it from the generator, and fluid handling means for withdrawing fluid from the collector and delivering it to the

A liquid droplet radiator having a droplet generator for producing directed streams of droplets, a collector spaced from the generator to collect the streams of droplets directed toward it from the generator, and fluid handling means for withdrawing fluid from the collector and delivering it to the generator under pressure, in combination with the improvement comprising a magnetizable liquid or slurry in said generator and in said means for withdrawing and delivering liquid, and magnetic means disposed in operative relationship to said collector for producing a magnetic flux field that extends into areas located transversely outward from the straight-line droplet stream “miss”path beyond the collector and is effective to focus and accelerate said streams of droplets, thereby to direct them from said areas into said collector.