Patent ID: 9689318
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: F02C,F16K,F23K,F23R,G05D,Y10T

Claim:
1. An equilibrating flow distributor for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a balancing valve including a valve member movable along a stroke axis, the balancing valve having an inlet receiving media at a first pressure area and an outlet defining a plurality of first metering orifices, the valve member defining at least one second metering orifice receiving the media at a second pressure area; and a plurality of flow dividers, each flow divider including a divider member movable along a stroke axis, the flow divider having an inlet receiving the media through an associated one of the first metering orifices at a third pressure area and an outlet defining one of a plurality of third metering orifices receiving the media at a fourth pressure area, each of the flow dividers having a second pressure in communication with the second pressure area of the balancing valve; wherein flow through the fourth pressure area of each flow divider is substantially the same.