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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Jonathan M. Jause, Manchester, CT (US);
Kevin Joseph Low, Portland, CT (US);
David Kwoka, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A cooled combustor seal having a plurality of channels enabling cooling air to pass from outside of a combustion chamber to cool an area inside the combustion chamber around the seal is disclosed. The channels may be provided through a slider, a housing, and/or a washer of the combustor seal. One set of channels or multiple of sets of channels may be provided in the combustor seal. Each of these sets of channels may be in the slider, housing, or washer. The cooled combustor seal may be used in conjunction with an igniter to purge a cavity between the seal and the igniter.