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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Eric Lynn Strunk, Rockford, OH (US);
William Thomas Ordean, Sidney, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus configured to support a diffuser segment during removal from and installation into an assembly. The apparatus includes a body having two or more supports and at least two clamp rods. The clamp rods each extend from a first end to a second end. The body defines a pocket extending between the supports on a first side of the clamp rods. An end clamp releasably mates with the second end of each clamp rod. The end clamp has a foot extending into the first side of the clamp rod. A wheel is received within each support. The pocket and the foot of each end clamp releasably retain a diffuser segment and the wheels rotate to allow the diffuser segment to be removed without damaging a surface coating of the diffuser segment.