Structure for supporting nozzle guide of gas turbine engine

A structure comprising:

• a nozzle guide of a fuel nozzle of a gas turbine engine,
• a combustor of the gas turbine engine;
• and
• a nozzle guide support supporting the nozzle guide on the combustor,
• wherein the combustor includes an open flange part encircling a fuel supply hole formed in the combustor, the open flange part includes a projecting portion that projects radially outward, and a rivet hole is defined through the projecting portion, the nozzle guide support comprising:
• a cap formed by bending a plate material, wherein a cap rivet hole is defined through the cap;
• a rivet;
• and
• a spacer,
• wherein the cap and the spacer are superimposed on the projecting portion with both the cap rivet hole and a hole defined through the spacer being aligned with the rivet hole of the projecting portion, and the cap and the spacer are fixed to the open flange part by the rivet, the rivet extending through each of the cap rivet hole, the hole defined through the spacer, and the rivet hole of the projecting portion, the rivet being swaged to swage-join the cap and the spacer to the open flange part,
• wherein the nozzle guide includes a recess portion that is fitted onto an outer periphery of the spacer so that the nozzle guide support supports the nozzle guide in a radially- and axially-floating state on the open flange part, with rotation of the nozzle guide relative to the open flange part being restricted by engagement between the recess portion of the nozzle guide and a projecting part formed by the spacer, the spacer being fitted around an outer periphery of the rivet.