Patent ID: 8448449

Claim:
A system for mounting fuel injectors to a gas turbine engine, the system comprising an engine casing having a plurality of apertures formed therein, and a plurality of first and second fuel injectors, each fuel injector having a respective flange for mounting the fuel injector to the engine casing at a respective aperture so that the fuel injector extends into the gas turbine engine, the first fuel injectors having flanges which are dismountably sealed to an inner side of the engine casing, and the second fuel injectors having flanges which are dismountably sealed to an outer side of the engine casing wherein the flanges of the first fuel injectors are configured to allow the first fuel injectors to pass through the apertures of the second fuel injectors, so that a first fuel injector can be dismounted from the engine casing and withdrawn therefrom through the aperture of a dismounted second fuel injector.