Patent ID: 7591647

Claim:
A support structure, comprising: a combustor including: a mixing chamber which mixes fuel and air; and a combustion chamber which combusts the fuel and the air mixed in the mixing chamber; a supported object supported by the combustor; a sliding member provided around at least a part of an outer periphery of the combustion chamber of the combustor, the sliding member being slidable in a longitudinal direction of the combustor; and a heat insulating material provided on an inner periphery of the sliding member, the heat insulating material being slidable with the sliding member in the longitudinal direction of the combustor, wherein a first fixation part of the supported object is fixed to the combustor and a second fixation part of the supported object is fixed to the sliding member, and the first fixation part of the supported object supported by the combustor is provided adjacent to the mixing chamber of the combustor.