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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rick Neil Hutchinson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert David Wittenbach, Lebanon, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/02 ;
Abstract
Drainage is enhanced in an orifice formed inside the internal passage of a pneumatic line by providing the orifice with first and second portions. The first portion defines a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the internal passage, and the second portion defines a progressively increasing diameter. Generally, a first end of the second portion has a diameter that is equal to the first portion diameter, and a second end of the second portion has a diameter that is equal to the internal passage diameter.