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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Karnataka, IN;
Xiaoqing Zheng, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A seal arrangement between radially-opposed rotating and stationary components in a turbomachine includes a first rotating component, a second stationary component, and a brush seal located radially therebetween. The brush seal has an axially-extending portion secured to the second stationary component, and an inwardly-extending portion extending across a gap between the first and second components. An inner ring portion of the second stationary component is located radially inward of, and in engagement with the axially-extending portion and at least part of the inwardly-extending portion of the brush seal, wherein an end of the axially-extending portion of the brush seal remote from the inwardly-extending portion is sandwiched between a pair of side rails fixed between the inner ring portion and an outer ring portion of the second stationary component.