Patent ID: 8734088

Claim:
A variable stator vane forming part of a circumferential array of vanes, the variable stator vane comprising: an aerofoil portion having a span, and, at one end thereof, a journal configured to support the variable stator vane in a support structure located at a radially outer end of the aerofoil portion, the journal having a circumferential recess configured to admit heated air, a face, and an aperture extending from the circumferential recess to the face in a direction towards the aerofoil portion, the aperture being separate from the aerofoil portion wherein the heated air is discharged into a main flowpath from the aperture in a spanwise direction radially inwardly over, and substantially parallel to, an external surface of the aerofoil portion wherein the journal includes a first cylindrical portion and a second cylindrical portion, and the circumferential recess is disposed between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion.