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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Combination transition piece floating cloth seal and stage 1 turbine nozzle flexible sealing element
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Harold Cromer, Johnstown, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 1/502 ; F16J 1/544 ; F04D 2/908 ; F04D 2/910 ; F01D 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 1/502 ; F16J 1/544 ; F04D 2/908 ; F04D 2/910 ; F01D 2/500 ;
Abstract
A transition piece seal assembly includes a transition piece seal support having a first flange for supporting a transition piece seal, and a second flange adapted for mounting in an adjacent nozzle; and at least one spring seal element having a mounting flange adapted to engage the second flange of the transition piece seal support, and a flex portion having a free edge adapted to engage a forward face of the nozzle.