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US 8,128,057 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for regulating gas turbine engine fluid flow
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorMark Douglas Swinford
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Abstract
A valve assembly may include a body having an axis and a flow tube attached to the body for flowing a fluid therethrough, the flow tube having a first bend and a second bend. The valve assembly may further include a valve attached to the flow tube having an axle that is perpendicular to the axis, and a piston attached to the body and the axle and parallel to the axis.
Claims7
A valve assembly, comprising:
- a body having an axis passing through a center of the body;
- a flow tube supported within and extending through said body, the flow tube being supported by a formed piece of sheet metal disposed between said body and said flow tube;
- a valve disposed within said flow tube and having an axle that is substantially perpendicular to said axis, said axle extending through and mounted for rotation relative to the flow tube;
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- a piston disposed in said body which is mechanically coupled to distal ends of said axle by two spaced-apart piston rods, said piston and said piston rods being mounted for rectilinear motion parallel to said axis;
- wherein said axle is offset from a plane which lies parallel to the axis and the axle, and which passes through the axis and both piston rods.
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