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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marwan Al-Roub, Dayton, OH (US);
Stanford P. Seto, Loveland, OH (US);
John Robert Staker, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ting-Yu Tu, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/04 ;
Abstract
A swirler includes a tubular body having a row of secondary radial swirl vanes. A tubular ferrule adjoins the body at the secondary vanes, and includes a row of primary swirl vanes. The primary vanes are disposed axially obliquely to the secondary vanes, with a common annular inlet facing radially outwardly for swirling air radially inwardly therefrom with axial momentum into the tubular body.