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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Thomas J. Farineau, Schenectady, NY (US);
Michael T. Hamlin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert W. Hausler, Schenectady, NY (US);
Charles T. O'Clair, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mark E. Braaten, Schenectady, NY (US);
Dennis R. Ahl, Schenectady, NY (US);
James Maughan, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A nozzle box includes first and second nozzle box halves which are bolted together. Each nozzle box half includes a nozzle ring segment that carries nozzles along its entire 180° arc, so that when the nozzle box halves are joined together a nozzle box is formed with no discontinuities of nozzles around its 360° circumference. The nozzles carried on each nozzle ring segment communicate with inlet ports, and associated passages which are perpendicular to the nozzle box exit plane.