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Title: Flexible cloth seal assembly

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6419306

A seal assembly is described having a flexible cloth seal which includes a shim assemblage surrounded by a cloth assemblage. A first tubular end portion, such as a gas turbine combustor, includes a longitudinal axis and has smooth and spaced-apart first and second surface portions defining a notch there between which is wider at its top than at its bottom and which extends outward from the axis. The second surface portion is outside curved, and a first edge of the cloth seal is positioned in the bottom of the notch. A second tubular end portion, such as a first stage nozzle, is located near, spaced apart from, and coaxially aligned with, the first tubular end portion. The second tubular end portion has a smooth third surface portion which surrounds at least a portion of the first tubular end portion and which is contacted by the cloth seal. 7 figs.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FC21-95MC31176
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5915697; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 8-934549
OSTI ID:
6419306
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 22 Sep 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English