Probe Cleaning Method and Apparatus
AssigneePratt & Whitney Line Maintenance Services, Inc.
InventorsPeter Asplund, Carl-Johan Hjerpe
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Abstract
A cleaning apparatus for cleaning measuring probes (18) of a gas turbine engine (1). The invention further relates to a method for cleaning measuring probes (18) of an gas turbine engine (1). The apparatus comprises distribution means (30) comprising a plurality of supply means (31, 32, 33), each comprising connection means (33) arranged for connection to a probe (18), and each supply means (31, 32, 33) being arranged to, when connected to a probe (18), distribute pressurized cleaning liquid to said measuring probe (18), wherein a substantially simultaneous cleaning of probes connected to said distribution means (30) via said supply means (31, 32, 33) can be obtained.
Claims23
1-22. (canceled)
Cleaning apparatus for cleaning measuring probes of an gas turbine engine by distribution means comprising a plurality of supply means, each comprising connection means arranged for connection to a probe, and each supply means being arranged to, when connected to a probe, distribute pressurized cleaning liquid to said measuring probe, wherein a substantially simultaneous cleaning of probes connected to said distribution means via said supply means can be obtained.
Method for cleaning measuring probes of an gas turbine engine comprising distributing pressurized cleaning liquid to said probes by means of a plurality of supply means each comprising connection means arranged for connection to a probe, and each being arranged to, when connected to a probe, distribute pressurized cleaning liquid to said measuring probe, wherein a substantially simultaneous cleaning of probes connected to said distribution means can be obtained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.