US 12,320,267 B2
Fabric foreign material exclusion system
Magdalena Angelika Lula, Warsaw (PL); Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Greenville, SC (US); Christopher David Runkel, Greenville, SC (US); Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Greenville, SC (US); Nicholas Desmond Dupre, Greenville, SC (US); and Kelly Anne McManus, Greenville, SC (US)
Assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US)
Filed by GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/643,156.
Claims priority of application No. 444688 (PL), filed on Apr. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0360773 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. F01D 25/24 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 25/24 (2013.01) [F05D 2230/60 (2013.01); F05D 2300/601 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foreign material exclusion system for positioning within a casing of a turbine to catch any foreign material during maintenance of the turbine, the turbine comprising a plurality of turbine blades, the system comprising:
a flexible sleeve with a semicircular shape fitted on the casing circumferentially between the casing and the plurality of turbine blades;
the flexible sleeve comprising a fabric; and
a plurality of poles attached to the flexible sleeve under tension to maintain the flexible sleeve fitted in place on the casing.