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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1979
David L Brown, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Victor D Miller, Jr, Parkside, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A combustion turbine vane assembly is shown having a retainer block mounting each individual cooled turbine vane. The retainer block has a pair of axially extending opposed rails for sliding receipt of complementary engaging opposed rails on the outer surface of the vane shroud. The block defines a cooling air aperture therethrough. The inner surface of the block is supported a predetermined distance from the opposed surface of the vane shroud defining a cooling fluid receiving chamber therein. The separated distance permits controlled cooling air leakage into a space between the block and the outer shroud. The radial walls of adjacent outer shrouds have complementary axial grooves machined therein and a seal member is disposed therein to bridge the gap and minimize loss of the cooling air.