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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith Tilson, Nottingham, GB;
Harmon Lindsay Morton, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Richard Anthony Elliott, Acworth, GA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/26 ; F23R 3/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/26 ; F23R 3/48 ;
Abstract
An outer crossfire tube for attachment between adjacent combustors in a land-based gas turbine includes a substantially cylindrical bellows portion and a pair of uniform diameter free ends on opposite sides of the bellows portion, the uniform diameter free ends adapted to seat within apertures provided in the adjacent combustors. The outer crossfire tube is surrounded by a telescoping sleeve assembly, with remote ends of a pair of telescoping sleeve members fixed to respective combustor flanges.