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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2011
Frank Moehrle, Palm City, FL (US);
Andrew R. Narcus, Loxahatchee, FL (US);
John Carella, Jupiter, FL (US);
Jean-max Millon Sainte-claire, Jupiter, FL (US);
Frank Moehrle, Palm City, FL (US);
Andrew R. Narcus, Loxahatchee, FL (US);
John Carella, Jupiter, FL (US);
Jean-Max Millon Sainte-Claire, Jupiter, FL (US);
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
Respective seals () for the upper and lower spans (A,B) of an exit frame () of a turbine combustion system transition piece (). Each seal has a first strip () and a second strip () of a sealing material. The two strips of each seal are attached together along a common edge. The second strip is flexible, generally parallel to the first strip, and has a bead () along its free edge. This forms a spring clamp that clamps a rail () of the exit frame between the bead and the first strip of each seal. A tab extends axially aft from the first strip of each seal for insertion into a circumferential slot () in a turbine inlet support structure (), thus sealing the transition piece () to the turbine inlet for efficient turbine operation.