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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Stanley Kevin Widener, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/26 (2006.01); F23R 3/28 (2006.01); F02C 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/26 (2013.01); F02C 3/04 (2013.01); F23R 3/283 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01); F05D 2270/08 (2013.01); F23R 2900/00001 (2013.01); Y02E 20/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flow modulator for a fuel nozzle, including: a fixed outer tube, the fixed outer tube including a set of apertures; a movable inner tube concentrically positioned within the fixed outer tube, the movable inner tube including a set of apertures; and a pneumatically actuated component for displacing the movable inner tube within the fixed outer tube to selectively align the set of apertures of the fixed outer tube with the set of apertures of the movable inner tube.