Quick change brush seal retaining arrangement

摘要

A quick change brush holder of a brush seal having a plurality of spaced apart deflectable brush retaining arrangements that include a tab that is bent into a brush receiving channel toward a brush engaging or retaining position to releasably retain a brush in the channel and that is bent away from the brush engaging or retaining position when it is desired to remove the brush or install a brush in the holder. Each tab has a brush abutment edge that abuts or stops a shoulder of a tape or spine of a brush in the channel preventing removal from the holder when disposed in a brush engaging or retaining position. The brush abutting edge extends generally parallel to the channel enabling a brush to be inserted transversely relative to a lengthwise extent of the holder tape or spine first into the holder.

主权项

1. A brush holder for a brush seal comprising a brush receiving channel defined by a pair of channel sidewalls with at least one of the channel sidewalls comprising a retainer that releasably retains a brush received in the brush receiving channel when disposed in engagement with the brush and that allows removal of the brush from the brush receiving channel when disengaged from the brush, wherein the retainer is deflected between a brush engaging position that engages the brush releasably retaining the brush in the channel and a brush removal position clearing the channel releasing the brush enabling the brush to be removed from the channel, and wherein the deflectable retainer is deflected into the brush engaging position by being bent into the channel with at least part of the deflectable retainer remaining in the channel engaging a brush received in the channel releasably retaining the brush in the channel and wherein the deflectable retainer is deflected from the brush engaging position by being bent toward a brush removal position until the deflectable retainer clears the channel remaining clear of the channel disengaging from the brush enabling removal of the brush from the channel.