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- Patent Title: Combustor assembly lift systems and methods for using the same to install and remove combustor assemblies
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Application No.: US15779317Application Date: 2015-12-31
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Publication No.: US10934893B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Sandra Beverly Kolvick , Jeffrey Scott LeBegue , Ansley Michelle Heard , Jesse Ellis Barton , Paul Robert Fernandez , Adrian Adam Klejc
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- International Application: PCT/PL2015/000222 WO 20151231
- International Announcement: WO2017/116244 WO 20170706
- Main IPC: F01D25/28
- IPC: F01D25/28 ; B66C1/62 ; B66C13/08 ; F23R3/00 ; F23R3/46

Abstract:
A combustor assembly lift system (200) comprises an exterior lift frame (220) comprising a base portion (222) and an arm portion (224), wherein the arm portion extends away from a base portion to form an interior, and, an interior combustor assembly engagement frame (240) at least partially disposed in the interior of the exterior lift frame and configured to temporarily secure to at least a portion of a combustor assembly. The interior combustor assembly engagement frame is connected to the base portion of the exterior lift frame.
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