Abstract: An ejector comprises a nozzle for a motive fluid opening into a mixing zone, and a diffusor downstream of the mixing zone for the motive and entrained fluids. The motive jet nozzle is annular and has its mouth substantially radially outwardly directed. The diffusor consists of two spaced plates, discs or the like, and the nozzle is directed between the plates which are so arranged relative to one another that the cross sectional area between them increases in a radial sense, as viewed from the nozzle.