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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Jason Fish, Brampton, CA;
Kian Mccaldon, Orangeville, CA;
Jason Fish, Brampton, CA;
Kian McCaldon, Orangeville, CA;
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
An access conduit for access to the interior of a combustor for the washing of the turbine components of a gas turbine engine. The access conduit is secured between a gas generator case and a combustion chamber liner of the combustor. The access conduit has an open outer end accessible from an outer face of the gas generator case and an open inner end exiting in a combustion chamber through the liner. The access conduit has one or more openings disposed in a combustor gap between the gas generator case and the liner of the combustor. A plug is removably secured in the open outer end and extends into the access conduit to obstruct the one or more openings.