Patent ID: 7832734
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: F01D,F05D,F16J

Abstract:
1. A seal system for a turbo-engine, for sealing a circumferential gap between a rotor and a stator, the stator comprising a seal holder having at least one circumferential groove for receiving a segmented dynamic seal, the segmented dynamic seal including a plurality of segments; each of the segments being brush seal segments having bristles, the bristles having free ends, the free ends of the bristles extending in a radial direction projecting from the at least one groove and resting on the rotor, the at least one groove being a groove without undercut, the brush seal segments being positively secured in the groove; wherein the at least one groove includes a plurality of axially spaced circumferential grooves, each receiving a respective one of a plurality of brush seal segments, two adjacent grooves of the plurality of grooves being connected by at least one bore hole extending in an axial direction, the brush seal segments being positively secured in the grooves by clamping elements passing through the bore holes.