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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jason S Pettengill, Glastonbury, CT (US);
John S Thackrah, Coventry, CT (US);
Dennis J Sullivan, Vernon, CT (US);
Theodore G Fox, Newington, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60757 ; 60 3983 ; 415175 ;
Abstract
The turbine vanes of a gas turbine engine immediately downstream of the combustor are maintained at a cool temperature by judiciously directing cooling air at the stagnation point ahead of the vane's leading edge at the juncture of the vane's airfoil section and platform.