Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – Combustion products generator
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-20
2010-11-23
Cuff, Michael (Department: 3741)
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
Combustion products generator
C060S737000, C060S740000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07836699
ABSTRACT:
A gas turbine engine swirler
ozzle apparatus has a swirler having a central axis and a nozzle. The nozzle has an outlet end with a plurality of outlets about the central axis and having an asymmetry about the central axis. The apparatus may be formed as a reengineering of a baseline apparatus having a symmetric nozzle.
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Bachman & LaPointe P.C.
Cuff Michael
United Technologies Corporation
Wongwian Phutthiwat
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