摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize a gas flow in a supporting device for a brush seal 50 arranged between a fixed component 40 and a rotating component 46 of a tubo machine 10. <P>SOLUTION: The brush seal 50 has a downstream cover plate 54 with a lip 70 extending in the axial direction. The lip 70 is arranged adjacent to the radially outermost end of the seal 50 for minimizing the axial deflection of the seal 50 due to a difference between gas pressure on one side of the seal 50 and gas pressure on the other side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |