Device and assembly for cleaning the core engine of a jet engine
AssigneeLufthansa Technik AG
InventorsDirk Deja, Christian Lutz, Marc Hacker
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Abstract
A device cleans a core engine of a jet engine. The device has: a nozzle installation configured to introduce a cleaning medium into the core engine; a connector configured to connect the device in a rotationally fixed manner to a shaft of a fan of the jet engine; and a line connection configured to supply the cleaning medium, the line connection being connected to the nozzle installation by a rotary coupling. The nozzle installation has first contact faces configured to bear axially on fan blades of the fan, the first contact faces being configured for defined positioning of the nozzle installation relative to the jet engine.
Claims14
A device for cleaning a core engine of a jet engine, the device comprising:
- a nozzle installation configured to introduce a cleaning medium into the core engine;
- a connector configured to connect the device in a rotationally fixed manner to a shaft of a fan of the jet engine;
- and
- a line connection configured to supply the cleaning medium, the line connection being connected to the nozzle installation by a rotary coupling,
- wherein the nozzle installation has first contact faces configured to bear axially on fan blades of the fan, the first contact faces being configured for defined positioning of the nozzle installation relative to the jet engine,
- wherein the connector comprises at least two tensioning ropes and fasteners configured to fasten the tensioning ropes to the fan blades, and
- wherein the fasteners are configured as individual fasteners that are separately lockable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.