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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
James Bradford Holmes, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
James Robert Hollis, Greenville, SC (US);
David Randolph Spracher, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Wayne David Sullivan, Wilmington, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments include apparatuses adapted to displace components from a location within a turbomachine. In some embodiments an apparatus for displacing a component of a gas turbine from a first slot in a spacer disk includes a body including a mounting member configured to affixedly attach to a second slot of the spacer disk, a linear actuator coupled to the body and a displacement arm coupled to the linear actuator, the displacement arm actuatable in a first axial direction by the linear actuator to contact the component and displace the component relative to the first slot.