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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clifford S Creevy, Maineville, OH (US);
Terry T Eckert, Fairfield, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415115 ; 4151731 ; 277169 ; 277177 ; 2772 / ; 298883 ; 2988922 ;
Abstract
An assembly for preventing cooling air from leaking from a plenum region formed by a shroud support and a shroud. The shroud support and shroud being so connected as to form a gap which leads from the plenum region to a cavity. The cavity being located in the forward hook region of the shroud support. A rope seal fills the cavity and prevents cooling air from leaking into the cavity causing the cooling air to remain in the plenum region.