Patent ID: 9689572
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: F23R

Claim:
1. A variable volume combustor for use with a gas turbine engine, comprising: a liner; a plurality of micro-mixer fuel nozzles positioned within the liner; and a conical liner support supporting the liner, wherein the conical liner support comprises a conically shaped body extending from an end cover to the liner, wherein the conically shaped body comprises a first end adjacent to the end cover and a second end adjacent to the liner, wherein the first end comprises a first radius that is greater than a second radius at the second end such that the conically shaped body converges inward from the end cover to the liner, wherein the conical liner support comprises a radially extending liner flange at the first end of the conically shaped body, wherein the radially extending liner flange is positioned between the end cover and a circumferential groove in a flow sleeve flange of a flow sleeve, wherein the conical liner support comprises a radial lip at the second end of the conically shaped body in abutment with the liner, wherein the conical liner support comprises a plurality of radial retainer pin apertures and a plurality of radial retainer pins at the second end of the conically shape body positioned within a plurality of radial bores in the liner.