Unitary plug mixer and support therefor
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorLeonard A. Johnson
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Abstract
A single point attachment for a unitary tail pipe plug and convoluted lobe mixer supports the assembly in the tail pipe of a turbofan engine.
Claims4
A combined convoluted lobe mixer and plug for a fan jet engine having a turbine exhaust case and a generally cylindrical tail pipe spaced from and concentric to said turbine exhaust case, said turbine exhaust case having an exit exhausting the gas turbine working medium, said space between said exhaust case and tail pipe defining a passage for the fan exhaust air, said lobed mixer having a plurality of alternately circumferentially spaced crown portions and valley portions, a first plurality of radially extending struts carried by at least some of said crown portions and a second plurality of radially extending struts extending between at least some of said valley portions and said plug, and means carried by said first struts for attaching and providing the primary support for said combined convoluted lobe mixer and plug adjacent said turbine exhaust case for mixing the flow streams from said turbine exhaust case and said passage.
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