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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
May. 09, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bharat S Bagepalli, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert H Cromer, Gloversville, NY (US);
Osman S Dinc, Troy, NY (US);
James Maynard, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 53 ; 277 56 ; 4151742 ; 4151735 ; 4151745 ;
Abstract
A hybrid labyrinth-brush seal is provided in a flow path between relatively moving parts such as a shaft and a fixed housing. The labyrinth seal includes a plurality of teeth extending radially from one part toward the other providing a labyrinth seal. The brush seal includes generally radially extending bristles in the form of a bristle pack extending generally radially between the teeth of the labyrinth seal toward the rotating part such that the distal ends thereof engage the rotating part.