250PFNT series portable fuel nozzle tester

• US 5,571,959 A
• Filed: 06/24/1994
• Issued: 11/05/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kevin P. Griggs
• Original Assignee: Kevin P. Griggs
• Inventors: Griggs, Kevin P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Hezron E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US08/188,753
• Time in Patent Office: 865 Days
• Field of Search: 73/118.1, 73/117.1, 73/119 A, 73/49.7, 73/47
• US Class Current: 73/112.01
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 65/00 Testing fuel-injection apparatus, e.g. testing injection timing testing of ignition F02P17/00; measuring fuel consumption G01F9/00; Cleaning of fuel-injection apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 65/006 Measuring or detecting fuel leakage of fuel injection apparatus

Abstract

The 250PFNT is a self contained Portable Fuel Nozzle Tester incorporating a cabinet and frame assembly which houses all utility needs required to operate. It is a compact unit enabling safe and environmentally friendly testing of Allison Model 250 turbine engine fuel nozzles through-out the full operating pressure range. Industrial dry nitrogen is used to deliver regulated pressurized fluid to the fuel nozzle being tested. The fuel nozzle is mounted in a swivel adapter at the top of a viewing cabinet fitted with fixed protractors for patternization angle measurement. The cabinet is illuminated for better viewing by a battery operated lamp.

Claims

1. A portable, self-contained fuel nozzle tester capable of testing gas turbine engine fuel nozzles through-out a full operating range comprising:

a cabinet and frame assembly having a viewing window and fixed protractors for nozzle flow angle measurement;

a fluid cylinder having a cap and feed tube assembly, and fitted to the cabinet and frame assembly behind the cabinet;

a nitrogen cylinder having a regulator with a pressure relief valve, and fitted to the cabinet and frame assembly behind the cabinet;

a delivery pressure gauge, fluid filter, and ball valve assembly fitted to a top of the cabinet on a bracket means;

a battery pack for a lamp assembly mounted to the bracket means on an inside of the cabinet;

hoses connected between the nitrogen cylinder regulator and the fluid cylinder, the fluid cylinder and the delivery pressure gauge, fluid filter, and ball valve assembly, and the delivery pressure gauge, fluid filter, and ball valve assembly and the fuel nozzle being tested; and

a fuel nozzle adaptor which mounts on top of the cabinet to accommodate a type of fuel nozzle being tested.

2. The fuel nozzle tester as set forth in claim 1, wherein the fuel nozzle adaptor includes a test fixture to which the fuel nozzle is mounted, a leakage test adaptor with a plug screw to check for leaks after fitting a new nozzle, a hose coupling, and a blanking plug.