Patent ID: 6752592
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: F01D,F02C,F16J

Abstract:
A gas turbine comprising:a turbine nozzle support ring having a generally axially facing first surface; a turbine nozzle segment having at least one stator vane and including an inner band having a second surface in axial opposition to said first surface; one of said first and second surfaces defining a cavity opening generally axially toward another of said first and second surfaces; and a flexible seal in said cavity including a seal body having a first, generally U-shaped portion in cross-section and a pair of reversely extending, generally U-shaped marginal portions in cross-section along opposite sides of said U-shaped portion, said marginal portions in sealing engagement with an interior surface of the cavity of said one surface and said another of said first and second surfaces, respectively; said cavity and said seal body being arcuate in a circumferential direction about an axis of the turbine, one of said support ring and said segment including an axially extending projection along an axial facing surface thereof for engagement with an axially facing surface of another of said support ring and said segment to form a seal therebetween.