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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:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas E Holladay, Lake Park, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R / ; F23R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3936 ; 60746 ; 60756 ;
Abstract
An annular combustion chamber for a gas turbine engine establishes two toroidal primary combustion zones. This provides high combustion capacity in a short combustor. Airflow is introduced in a manner to establish the flow pattern of the vortices, and the fuel is introduced in a manner avoiding destruction of the vortices.