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US 8,336,313 B2Granted
Fuel distributor
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMarie Ann McMasters, Michael A. Benjamin, Alfred Mancini
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Abstract
A unitary distributor is disclosed, comprising at least one main flow passage located within a distributor ring body, the main flow passage having an arcuate portion oriented in a circumferential direction around a distributor axis. Exemplary embodiments of a unitary distributor having an annular ring located at the axially forward end of the distributor ring body are disclosed. A fuel distributor is disclosed, comprising a fuel conduit and a distributor wherein the fuel distributor has a unitary construction.
Claims9
A distributor comprising:
- a main flow passage located within a distributor consisting of a single element, the single element comprising a distributor ring body and a conduit body, wherein the distributor has a unitary construction, said main flow passage having an arcuate portion oriented in a circumferential direction around a distributor axis;
- a primary pilot flow passage having an arcuate portion located axially fwd from the arcuate portion of a main flow passage and oriented in a circumferential direction around the distributor axis;
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- further comprising a secondary pilot flow passage having an arcuate portion located axially aft from the arcuate portion of a main flow passage oriented in a circumferential direction around the distributor axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.