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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francisco Jose Cunha, Schenectady, NY (US);
David Anthony DeAngelis, Voorheesville, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415115 ; 416 / ;
Abstract
An airfoil having a trailing edge cavity formed by a leading wall and a trailing edge connected by a pair of side walls which converge at the trailing edge to define a cooling passage of substantially triangular cross section; a plurality of guide vanes arranged within the passage, spaced from the leading wall and trailing edge, and configured so that cooling gas flow introduced a generally radial direction is forced to flow in a direction toward the trailing edge.