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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:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Giles Eignor, Scotia, NY (US);
Nicholas Philip Poccia, Gansevoort, NY (US);
Leroy Omar Tomlinson, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277545 ; 277555 ; 277576 ; 277903 ; 285 13 ; 285223 ; 285187 ; 285917 ;
Abstract
An expansion joint seal between a gas turbine exhaust duct and an axially adjacent exhaust ductwork comprising plural layers of axially adjacent layers of flexible seal plates, each layer comprising a plurality of arcuate segments which together form a 360.degree. annulus; and further wherein the plural layers of flexible seal plates are secured at one end to the gas turbine exhaust duct, with opposite ends of the seal plates slidably engaged with at least one surface of the exhaust ductwork.