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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorMichael Allen Shanahan
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An apparatus for repairing a liquid cooled compressor stator bar bottle clip having a groove extending around an outer surface of the bottle clip is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the repair apparatus includes a first body portion that includes a plurality of threaded fastener openings in a first end section and a second end section of the first body portion, a second body portion that includes a plurality of threaded fastener openings in a first end section and a second end section of the second body portion, and a plurality of threaded fasteners extending through corresponding fastener openings in the first and second body portions. The fasteners connect the first and second body portions such that an elliptical opening is defined between the first and second body portions. The elliptical opening extends through the repair apparatus.
1] an apparatus for repairing a liquid cooled compressor stator bar bottle clip, the stator bar bottle clip comprising a groove extending around an outer surface of the bottle clip, said repair apparatus comprising:
2] A repair apparatus in accordance with claim 1 further comprising at least one guide pin extending from an inner surface of said elliptical opening, said at least one guide pin sized and positioned to be received in the groove in the stator bar bottle clip.
3] A repair apparatus in accordance with claim 2 further comprising a first guide pin located in said first body portion and a second guide pin located in said second body portion.
4] A repair apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein each said threaded fastener opening of said first body portion is aligned with a corresponding threaded fastener opening of said second body portion.
5] A repair apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said elliptical opening comprises a major axis and a minor axis, said major axis extending between said first and second end section of said first and second body portions when said first end section of said first body portion is adjacent said first end section of said second body portion and said second end section of said first body portion is adjacent said second end section of said second body portion.
6] A repair apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first body portion comprises a middle section having an arcuate inner surface and said second body portion comprises a middle section having an arcuate inner surface, said arcuate inner surfaces of said middle sections of said first and second body portions defining said elliptical opening.
7] A repair apparatus in accordance with claim 1 fabricated from a material that is harder than the stator bar bottle clip.
8] A method of repairing a liquid cooled compressor stator bar bottle clip, the stator bar bottle clip comprising a groove extending around an outer surface of the stator bar bottle clip, said method comprising:
9] A method in accordance with claim 8 further comprising:
10] A method in accordance with claim 9 further comprising:
11] A method in accordance with claim 8 wherein the repair apparatus further comprises at least one guide pin extending from an inner surface of the center opening, the at least one guide pin sized and positioned to be received in the groove in the stator bar bottle clip, and positioning a repair apparatus around a stator bar bottle clip further comprises positioning the repair apparatus around a stator bar bottle clip so that the at least one guide pin is positioned in the groove in the outer surface of the stator bar bottle clip.
12] A method in accordance with claim 11 wherein the repair apparatus further comprises a first guide pin located in said first body portion and a second guide pin located in said second body portion, and positioning a repair apparatus around a stator bar bottle clip further comprises positioning the repair apparatus around a stator bar bottle clip so that the first and second guide pins are positioned in the groove in the outer surface of the stator bar bottle clip.
13] A method in accordance with claim 8 wherein tightening the repair apparatus comprises tightening the plurality of threaded fasteners in the plurality of threaded fastener openings to move first body portion and second body portion closer together so as to exert a force on the outer surface of the bottle clip.
14] A method in accordance with claim 13 wherein each said threaded fastener opening of said first body portion is aligned with a corresponding threaded fastener opening of said second body portion.
15] A method in accordance with claim 8 wherein the elliptical opening comprises a major axis and a minor axis, the major axis extending between the first and second end section of the first and second body portions when the first end section of the first body portion is adjacent the first end section of the second body portion and the second end section of the first body portion is adjacent the second end section of the second body portion.
16] An apparatus for repairing a liquid cooled compressor stator bar bottle clip, the stator bar bottle clip comprising a groove extending around an outer surface of the bottle clip, said repair apparatus comprising:
17] A repair apparatus in accordance with claim 16 further comprising a first guide pin located in said first body portion and a second guide pin located in said second body portion.
18] A repair apparatus in accordance with claim 16 wherein each said threaded fastener opening of said first body portion is aligned with a corresponding threaded fastener opening of said second body portion.
19] A repair apparatus in accordance with claim 16 wherein said elliptical opening comprises a major axis and a minor axis, said major axis extending between said first and second end section of said first and second body portions when said first end section of said first body portion is adjacent said first end section of said second body portion and said second end section of said first body portion is adjacent said second end section of said second body portion.
20] A repair apparatus in accordance with claim 16 wherein said first body portion comprises a middle section having an arcuate inner surface and said second body portion comprises a middle section having an arcuate inner surface, said arcuate inner surfaces of said middle sections of said first and second body portions defining said elliptical opening.
21] A repair apparatus in accordance with claim 16 fabricated from a material that is harder than the stator bar bottle clip.