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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jesse Ellis Barton, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Richard Martin DiCintio, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Elizabeth Angelyn Monaghan, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine includes a plurality of combustors and a turbine with a sealing arrangement between aft frames of the combustors and a first stage nozzle of the turbine. The sealing arrangement includes first and second circumferential outer seals with a radial side seal therebetween, the outer seals include circumferential extensions with an installation clearance, and the side seal includes a leaf that obstructs the installation clearance. The sealing arrangement also includes a notch on the side seal that forms a sliding joint with extensions of the first and second outer seals.