General Electric Company

Michael A Lybarger

Wayne Edward Lawson

Stephen D Beck

An assembly to mount an appliance on a floor includes a pair of openings in the appliance base, each surrounded by a helical thread. The thread includes a pair of downwardly projecting detents. A mount for each opening includes a head with a shaft extending from the top thereof and received in the opening. The shaft includes an external helical thread mating with the appliance base thread. The mount is made of plastic which cold flows sufficiently for the shaft thread to conform to the detents. An unbalance responsive mechanism includes a strap extending across the housing with a transverse pin adjacent each end. A mount for each end of the strap includes a head with a shaft extending from the top thereof. The distal end of the shaft includes transverse openings to receive an end portion of the strap and the corresponding transverse pin. Non-skid, insulating pads are bonded to the bottom of the heads.

Appliance mounting assembly

The cabinet for a front serviceable appliance includes a pair of side panels with a lower and an upper support extending between their lower and upper front corners respectively. Tab and slot arrangements mount a front panel on the lower support for pivotal movement between a first position, juxtaposed to the side panels, and a second position, angled away from the side panels. A plurality of locking clips secure a top flange of the front panel to the upper support. A top panel is spaced above the top of the front panel sufficiently for access by a tool to release the front panel from the upper support. Pin and slot arrangements align the front panel with the side panels.

Front serviceable appliance cabinet

A thermal shield and support structure assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed wherein the thermal shield can be removed while the support structure is still mounted in the engine. The thermal shield in the form of a divergent seal baseplate and the support structure is particularly useful for divergent seals and provides a removable baseplate having at least two hooks disposed on the back side of the baseplate. The hooks have axially facing openings, preferably open in the forward facing direction and are operable to engage transversely extending pins on the frame of the support structure. An axial retaining means to prevent the hooks from disengaging from the pins may also be used which, in one embodiment, provides a lug having a first aperture and extending away from the back side of the baseplate to engage a clevis having two arms having second apertures alignable with the lug's aperture and a bolt or other fastening means disposed through the apertures.

Nozzle seal assembly with removable baseplate

An appliance shipping restraint assembly includes a housing with a base and vertical lateral walls. An operational assembly is mounted in the housing and is normally moveable relative to the housing. The operational assembly includes a platform spaced above the base with a pair of spaced apart, aligned openings. The base includes a pair of spaced apart openings aligned with the openings in the platform. An elongated rod extends through the openings in the platform and the base to restrain the operational assembly against excessive movement during shipment of the appliance. The rod is removable to release the operational assembly for normal movement relative to the housing.

Appliance shipping restraint assembly

An exhaust flap for use in the exhaust section of an aircraft gas turbine engine is built with increased service life and ease of replacement. The exhaust flap includes convergent nozzle flaps, divergent nozzle flaps, convergent seal flaps and divergent seal flaps. The exhaust flap comprises a frame assembly with means for mounting in the engine and effecting its movement. The frame assembly is particularly characterized in having an open frame with at least one rail having a receiving channel. A removable baseplate dimensioned to slide into the receiving channels and a retainer means for attachment to the frame assembly to securely hold the baseplate in the frame assembly are also provided. The retainer means is readily removed to permit replacement of the baseplate while the exhaust flap is still mounted in the engine. The removable baseplate prolongs the service life of the exhaust flap due to a decrease in temperature induced stresses. Additionally, maintenance costs are substantially reduced by the ability to readily remove and replace a damaged baseplate.

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Michael A Lybarger