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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wallace M Schulze, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 39093 ; 2441 / ;
Abstract
A system is provided for preventing and removing ice accumulation from the leading edges of an inlet cowl of an aircraft gas turbine engine. High pressure, high temperature air, preferrably from a port on the engine compressor, is provided to an annular duct located within an annular chamber formed at the leading edge of the inlet cowl. A plurality of air ejector nozzles are spaced about the air duct and function to direct anti-icing air at a supersonic velocity toward the forward inboard surface of the inlet cowl and create a swirling air mass within the annular chamber.