IP Library Granted Patent US 7,823,392
Granted Patent B2
US 7,823,392 · App. 11/769,464 · Granted Nov 2, 2010

Turbomachine combustion chamber arrangement having a collar deflector

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Patent No.
US 7,823,392
App. No.
11/769,464
Granted
Nov 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arrangement for a turbomachine combustion chamber is disclosed. The arrangement includes a chamber end wall pierced by at least one substantially circular opening, a deflector mounted from the downstream side of the chamber end wall in the opening by an annulus, an injector system associated with the opening and including an annular bowl that is flared downstream, passing through the opening, and a pinch ring that cooperates with the annulus to allow the injector system to shift off-center relative to the chamber end wall. The deflector includes an annular collar extending radially inwards. The bowl of the injector system includes at its downstream end an outwardly-open annular groove radially in alignment with the collar of the deflector in such a manner as to enable it to retract into said groove when the injector system shifts off-center relative to the chamber end wall.

Claims (19)

1. An arrangement for a turbomachine combustion chamber, comprising:

a chamber end wall pierced by at least one substantially circular opening;

a deflector mounted from a downstream side of the chamber end wall in the opening;

an annulus which mounts the deflector in the opening in the chamber end wall;

an injector system associated with the opening and including an annular bowl that is flared downstream which passes through said opening; and

a pinch ring mounted on an upstream side of the chamber end wall which is fastened to the annulus,

wherein the pinch ring cooperates with the annulus to define an inwardly-open annular groove which allows the injector system to shift off-center relative to the chamber end wall,

wherein the deflector includes an annular collar extending radially inwards, and

wherein the bowl of the injector system includes at its downstream end an outwardly-open annular groove which is radially aligned with the collar of the deflector such that the collar of the deflector retracts into said outwardly-open annular groove of the bowl when the injector system shifts off-center relative to the chamber end wall.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the outwardly-open annular groove of the bowl is formed by two side walls that are axially spaced apart and interconnected by an annular bottom wall, the distance between said side walls of the groove being greater than a thickness of the collar of the deflector so as to allow ventilation air to flow regardless of the off-centering of the injector system relative to the chamber end wall.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the bowl of the injector system further includes an annular end plate which slides radially in the inwardly-open annular groove formed by the pinch ring and the annulus.

4. The arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the end plate of the bowl is extended downstream by a substantially cylindrical portion that is connected to the outwardly-open annular groove by an annular shoulder.

5. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the shoulder of the bowl is pierced by a plurality of ventilation holes open to the upstream side of the chamber end wall and leading to the downstream side thereof in register with the collar of the deflector.

6. The arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein a radial height of the collar of the deflector is not less than a radial height of the end plate of the bowl so as to protect the injector system regardless of the extent to which the injector system is off-center relative to the chamber end wall.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the injector system further includes at least one air swirler fastened to the upstream end of the bowl, and a centering ring fastened to the upstream end of the air swirler and surrounding a fuel injector.

8. A turbomachine combustion chamber including an arrangement according to claim 1 .

9. A turbomachine including an arrangement according to claim 1 .

10. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the inwardly-open annular groove is defined by a side wall of the pinch ring and a shoulder and a side wall of the annulus.

11. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the pinch ring is fastened to the annulus by brazing or welding.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET TO REMOVE APPLICATION NOS. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046479 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046939/0336 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046479/0807 →