Blade for a gas turbine engine
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1. A stator blade for a gas turbine engine, comprising laminar sections arranged in abutting relationship and defining a stack having opposite ends, fixed structure confronting one end of the stack, and a piston and cylinder device connected between the fixed structure and the other end of the stack for compression thereof under air pressure supplied to said piston and cylinder device.
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A stator blade for a gas turbine engine comprises a stack of laminar sections and means adapted to resiliently hold the sections together in compression to allow for differential expansion between the stack and supporting structure.
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- 1. A stator blade for a gas turbine engine, comprising laminar sections arranged in abutting relationship and defining a stack having opposite ends, fixed structure confronting one end of the stack, and a piston and cylinder device connected between the fixed structure and the other end of the stack for compression thereof under air pressure supplied to said piston and cylinder device.
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