Sensor guide tube assembly for turbine with clearance restoration adjustment
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorRichard B. Hook, Jr.
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Abstract
A sensor guide tube for bridging a plenum between a turbine housing and a nozzle assembly includes an offset portion whose offset is substantially equal to half the distance which the nozzle assembly is displaced upstream for clearance restoration. After clearance restoration, the guide tube is rotated 180 degrees to align its lower end with an opening in the nozzle assembly without requiring a sharp bend in the axis of the sensor guide tube.
Claims3
A guide tube assembly for a turbine, said turbine including a housing and an inner member, said inner member being displaceable in a predetermined direction a predetermined distance D with respect to said housing, comprising:
- a guide tube extending between said housing and said inner member;
- a guide tube access hole through said housing;
- a sealable fitting in said guide tube access hole;
- an upper portion of said guide tube passing sealably through said sealable fitting;
- a lower portion of said guide tube;
- an end of said lower portion fitting into an opening in said inner member;
- first and second bends in said guide tube effective to displace said lower portion from said upper portion by a distance substantially equal to half of said distance D while maintaining said upper and lower portions substantially parallel to each other;
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- said sealable fitting being of a type permitting said guide tube to be rotated at least 180 degrees therein, whereby said lower portion is moveable said distance D in said predetermined direction.
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