Fuel line fitting
US5279112A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23R3/283
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
To connect an external fuel line to an internal fuel line feeding an internal fuel manifold in a combustor of a gas turbine engine, a fitting includes a first joint half terminating the internal fuel line and a second joint half terminating the external fuel line; the joint halves being united to provide a threaded fluid joint. The first joint half is integrally formed with a cup-shaped reservoir containing the fluid joint and having an outwardly turned brim which is affixed to a combustor casing in surrounding relation to a casing hole. The reservoir thus serves to shunt mechanical loadings from the fluid joint and to collect any fuel leakage therefrom.
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