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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Xiaoqing Zheng, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bernard Arthur Couture, Jr., Guilderland, NY (US);
Mehmet Demiroglu, Troy, NY (US);
Gregory Leonard Diantonio, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Daniel Edward Jordy, Glenville, NY (US);
Xiaoqing Zheng, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bernard Arthur Couture, Jr., Guilderland, NY (US);
Mehmet Demiroglu, Troy, NY (US);
Gregory Leonard Diantonio, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Daniel Edward Jordy, Glenville, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and devices for substantially fluidly isolating portions of a rotary machine are disclosed. In one embodiment, a seal assembly for a rotary machine includes: a complementary set of seal segments configured relative one another so as to form a substantially continuous body with butt gaps between the seal segments, the segments including: a head flange; and an axial neck connected to the head flange, wherein the axial neck extends radially inboard and includes an axial slot formed substantially there through; and at least one butt gap seal element, wherein the at least one butt gap seal element includes an axial flange and a radial flange, the axial flange disposed within the axial slots of adjacent seal segments; and the radial flange extending radially inboard from the axial slots to a proximity of the rotary machine substantially forming a barrier to axial flow through the butt gap.