Patent ID: 8690160

Claim:
A brush seal assembly comprising: a first annular plate including a recess, said recess including at least three faces, and further including a projection extending in an axial direction; a second annular plate including a substantially flat face region located on a radially outer portion of the second plate, the first plate further including at least one retaining element for engaging the second plate to hold the plates together such that the recess of the first plate faces the flat face region of the second plate and forms a radially outer chamber opening into a radially inner annular slot defined by and between the plates; and an annular brush seal having bristles and a root portion, said root portion positioned in the recess at one side and engaged by the flat face region on an opposing side; wherein the projection directly contacts the bristles, locally squeezing the bristles against the flat face region on the second plate to hold the bristles.