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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To constitute a collar seal (34) for a turbine nozzle vane (32). SOLUTION: The seal (34) includes a retainer (36) having a circumstantial airfoil contour conforming with the airfoil contour of the vane (32). A flexible leaf (48) is surrounded by the retainer (36) and fixedly joined thereto. A woven sheath (50) encases the leaf (48) and is fixedly jointed to the retainer (36). In an exemplar embodiment, the collar seal (34) surrounds one end of a ceramic turbine vane (32) mounted in metal supporting bands (26), (28). COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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