Method of making bristle arrangement for brush seal
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsJohn Szymbor, Mark Addis
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Abstract
A method of making a bristle arrangement for a brush seal, which includes providing a bristle arrangement with the first size but net the second size ; severing the bristle arrangement, the bristle arrangement now having free ends; and joining the free ends. A method of reworking a bristle arrangement for a brush seal, which includes the steps of: providing a bristle arrangement; removing a section from the bristle arrangement; and adding a replacement section to the bristle arrangement.
Claims7
1-8. (canceled)
A method of making a bristle arrangement for a brush seal, comprising the steps of:
- providing an annular bristle arrangement;
- severing said bristle arrangement, said bristle arrangement now having free ends;
- and
- joining said free ends together so that said free ends are in contact with each other to produce a continuous bristle arrangement.
10-13. (canceled)
A method of reworking a bristle arrangement, comprising the steps of:
- providing an annular bristle arrangement having an arcuate unsuitable section;
- removing said unsuitable section from said bristle arrangement;
- and
- adding a replacement section to said bristle arrangement to produce a continuous bristle arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.