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US 7,093,440 B2Granted
Floating liner combustor
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsStephen John Howell, Barry Francis Barnes, Timothy Patrick McCaffrey, John Carl Jacobson
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Abstract
An outer combustor wall (36) includes an outer support shell (40) surrounding an outer combustion liner (42). The shell (40) includes a first radial aft flange (46), and the liner (42) includes a second radial aft flange (48) axially adjoining the first flange. An annular retainer (50) and seal (62) are joined to the first flange for slidingly trapping the second flange therebetween for thermally floating the liner on the shell.
Claims20
A combustor comprising:
- an annular inner wall joined to an annular dome;
- an annular outer wall joined to said dome, and spaced radially outwardly from said inner wall to define an annular combustion chamber therebetween;
- said outer wall including an outer shell and an outer liner spaced radially apart to define an annular outer plenum extending aft from said dome;
- said outer shell including a first radial aft flange, and said outer liner includes a second radial aft flange axially adjoining said first flange;
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- an annular retainer joined to said first flange to slidingly trap said second flange therebetween for thermally floating said liner on said shell.
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A combustor wall comprising:
- an outer support shell having a first radial aft flange;
- an annular outer liner spaced radially inwardly from said outer shell to define an outer plenum therebetween, and including a second radial aft flange axially adjoining said first flange;
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- an annular retainer joined to said first flange to slidingly trap said second flange therebetween for thermally floating said liner on said shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.