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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2023
Applicant:

Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

Paul M Lutjen, Kennebunkport, ME (US);

Jose R Paulino, Jupiter, FL (US);

Tracy A Propheter-Hinckley, Rocky Hill, CT (US);

Assignee:

RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/052 (2006.01); F01D 11/10 (2006.01); F02C 7/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/05 (2013.01); F01D 11/10 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2240/55 (2013.01); F05D 2260/607 (2013.01);
Abstract

An accessible debris separator for a gas turbine engine is provided. The accessible debris separator including a chamber formed by a entrance wall, an exit wall, an inner wall, and an outer wall; a plurality of inlet openings in the entrance wall; a plurality of outlet openings in the exit wall; and a component within the chamber, the component forcing cooling air with debris particulates entering the chamber via an inlet opening of the plurality of inlet openings to take a circuitous path thereby separating the debris particulates from the cooling air prior to the cooling air exiting the chamber via an outlet opening of the plurality of outlet openings.


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