Device for defining a designated flow path through a dovetail slot in a gas turbine engine disk
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsPaul Yin-Pu Pan, Gerald Roger Geverdt, Michael Jay Brunck
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Abstract
A device for defining a designated flow path through a dovetail slot in a gas turbine engine disk, wherein a longitudinal axis extends through the dovetail slot. The device includes a first portion having a bottom section contoured to form the flow path in conjunction with a surface of a bottom portion of the dovetail slot and a second portion shaped to be removably retained in a pressure surface portion of the dovetail slot.
Claims25
A device for defining a designated flow path through a dovetail slot in a gas turbine engine disk, wherein a longitudinal axis extends through said dovetail slot, comprising:
- (a) a first portion having a bottom section contoured to form said flow path in conjunction with a surface of a bottom portion of said dovetail slot;
- and,
- (b) a second portion shaped to be removably retained in a pressure face of said dovetail slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.