Quick engagement method for gas turbine inlet filter installation and replacement
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJianmin Zhang, Bradly Aaron Kippel
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Abstract
A filter installation arrangement and an associated method of installing a filter assembly to a partition. A filter assembly includes a filter element that extends along a longitudinal axis. The filter element includes an end cap disposed at an end of the filter element. An adjustment device of the installation arrangement axially displaces the end cap of the filter element in a first direction. An insert portion is inserted adjacent the end cap subsequent to the axial displacement of the end cap. The insert portion is configured to limit axial displacement of the end cap in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.
Claims20
A filter installation arrangement for a filter element extending along a longitudinal axis, the filter element including an end cap disposed at an end of the filter element, the arrangement including:
- a stop device extending through the end cap such that the end cap is axially movable with respect to the stop device;
- an adjustment device for axially displacing the end cap of the filter element in a first direction relative to the stop device;
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- an insert portion inserted to engage the stop device and located adjacent the end cap subsequent to the axial displacement of the end cap, wherein the insert portion is configured to limit axial displacement of the end cap in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.
A filter assembly including:
- a filter element extending along a longitudinal axis, the filter element including an end cap disposed at an end of the filter element;
- a stop device extending through the end cap such that the end cap is axially movable with respect to the stop device;
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- an insert portion inserted to engage the stop device and located adjacent the end cap subsequent to axial displacement of the end cap, wherein the insert portion is configured to be supported by the stop device and limit axial movement of the end cap of the filter element.
A method of installing a filter assembly to a partition, including:
- mounting a filter element on the partition, the filter element including an end cap disposed at an end of the filter element;
- displacing the end cap axially in a first direction towards the partition;
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- positioning an insert portion adjacent the end cap subsequent to axial displacement such that the insert portion prevents the end cap and filter element from moving axially in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.