Patent ID: 7396206

Claim:
In a gas turbine having a turbine housing, and guide vane rings and moving blade rows arranged axially side by side, an arrangement for axially and radially fixing guide vanes of the guide vane ring wherein stop surfaces of the guide vanes that serve for fixation are held in place by locking elements, which are structurally separate from the turbine housing; wherein: the locking elements are assigned to radially outer ends of the guide vanes farthest from a hub of the turbine; said locking elements engage in a form-fitting manner with each other; and said locking elements comprise shell rings having respectively two axial stop surfaces, holding pieces that engage into respective corresponding recesses of the shell rings, and spring clips that engage with inner surfaces of said shell rings and with support surfaces of said holding pieces, and retain said holding pieces in said recesses of said shell rings.