Patent ID: 6415610
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: F01D,F05B,F23R

Abstract:
A support assembly for mounting a swirler to a combustor basket frame within a gas turbine engine, the support assembly comprising:an elongated first member being of a first length and being structured to be removably mounted on the basket frame, said first member including a first set of threads; an elongated second member being of a second length and being structured to be fixedly mounted on an outer surface of the swirler, said second member including a second set of threads; and wherein said second set of threads is adapted to threadably engage said first set of threads to form a mechanical lock extending between the first and second members and detachably connecting the first and second members with one another, the first and second members together being of a third length when the mechanical lock connects the first and second members, the third length being greater than the second length.