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US 2012/0233845 A1Published application
Combustor Liner and Flow Sleeve Tool
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorMustafa Gerengi
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Abstract
A tool includes an annular frame portion including a mount portion extending radially from the frame portion, a hook portion arranged on the mount portion, the hook portion sized and shaped to engage a member of a tubular component of a turbine combustor, and a force exertion portion arranged on the mount portion, the force exertion portion operative to engage a portion of the turbine combustor.
Claims20
A tool comprising:
- an annular frame portion including a mount portion extending radially from the frame portion;
- a hook portion arranged on the mount portion, the hook portion sized and shaped to engage a member of a tubular component of a turbine combustor;
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- a force exertion portion arranged on the mount portion, the force exertion portion operative to engage a portion of the turbine combustor.
1 more element
A method for positioning a tubular component of a turbine combustor, the method including:
- aligning a tool coaxially with the tubular component;
- rotating the tool such that an aperture of a hook portion of the tool engages a member of the tubular component;
- operating a force exertion portion of the tool to slidably change the position of the tubular component along a linear axis of the turbine combustor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.