Link device between an enclosure for passing cooling air and a stator nozzle in a turbomachine
View Patent ↗A link device between an enclosure for passing cooling air and a stator nozzle in a turbomachine, the device comprising metal tubes having their ends mounted in leaktight manner in orifices in a casing and in orifices in the stator nozzle, one end of each tube being engaged in a ring having an outer collar movable in sliding between two surfaces carried by the nozzle, the guide surface situated beside the casing being held stationary relative to the nozzle, while the other guide surface is movable axially relative to the nozzle and is associated with return means urging it towards the casing.
1. A link device between an enclosure configured to pass cooling air and a stator nozzle in a turbomachine such as an airplane turbojet, the device comprising:
metal tubes with ends mounted to slide in a leaktight manner in orifices in a casing of the enclosure and in orifices in the stator nozzle, a first end of each tube being engaged in a ring having a radially outer collar that is slidable between first and second guide surfaces that extend perpendicularly to an axis of the orifices and that are carried by said nozzle,
wherein the first guide surface is situated beside the casing and is held stationary relative to the nozzle, and the second guide surface is movable axially relative to the nozzle and is disposed on a member abutting return means configured to urge said second guide surface towards the casing.
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the return means is a coil spring or a Belleville spring washer.
3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the tube mounted in the ring includes a surface, including a shape of a segment of a sphere, that is mounted to pivot and slide in the ring.
4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a second end of the tube includes a surface, including a shape of a segment of a sphere, that is mounted to slide and pivot in an orifice in the casing of the enclosure.
5. A turbomachine such as an airplane turbojet or turboprop, the turbomachine including at least one device according to claim 1 .
6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the second guide surface is formed by an annular washer coaxial about the orifice of the nozzle, the return means being mounted between an annular surface of the washer and a wall of the nozzle.
7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the annular washer has a radially inner cylindrical rim that centers and guides the return means while said return means is compressed.
8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the casing of the enclosure is located radially outside a radially outer wall of the stator nozzle.
9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the casing of the enclosure is located radially inside a radially inner wall of the stator nozzle.
10. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the return means is directly abutted against the annular washer and directly abutted against a wall of the nozzle.
11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the second guide surface remains in contact with the radial collar during any state in which the radial collar is not in contact with the first guide surface.