Patents by Inventor Scott Mitchell Reback

Scott Mitchell Reback has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for injecting cleaning fluids into combustors
    Patent number: 7373781
    Abstract: A method details injecting water into a gas turbine engine to facilitate cleaning an inner surface of a combustor. The method comprises removing an axial fuel injector from the combustor, wherein the fuel injector includes a nozzle stem, and inserting a spray nozzle assembly into a fuel injector opening created within the combustor when the fuel injector was removed, wherein the spray nozzle assembly includes a popet nozzle that is coupled to a nozzle stem that is shaped substantially identically to the fuel injector nozzle stem removed from the combustor. The method also comprises coupling the spray nozzle assembly to the combustor such that the popet nozzle is inserted substantially concentrically into the combustor, and injecting water into the combustor through the spray nozzle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott Mitchell Reback, Stephen Thomas Sebeika
  • Methods and apparatus for injecting cleaning fluids into combustors
    Patent number: 7065955
    Abstract: A method details injecting water into a gas turbine engine to facilitate cleaning an inner surface of a combustor. The method comprises removing an axial fuel injector from the combustor, wherein the fuel injector includes a nozzle stem, and inserting a spray nozzle assembly into a fuel injector opening created within the combustor when the fuel injector was removed, wherein the spray nozzle assembly includes a popet nozzle that is coupled to a nozzle stem that is shaped substantially identically to the fuel injector nozzle stem removed from the combustor. The method also comprises coupling the spray nozzle assembly to the combustor such that the popet nozzle is inserted substantially concentrically into the combustor, and injecting water into the combustor through the spray nozzle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott Mitchell Reback, Stephen Thomas Sebeika
  • Methods and apparatus for injecting cleaning fluids into combustors
    Publication number: 20040255422
    Abstract: A method details injecting water into a gas turbine engine to facilitate cleaning an inner surface of a combustor. The method comprises removing an axial fuel injector from the combustor, wherein the fuel injector includes a nozzle stem, and inserting a spray nozzle assembly into a fuel injector opening created within the combustor when the fuel injector was removed, wherein the spray nozzle assembly includes a popet nozzle that is coupled to a nozzle stem that is shaped substantially identically to the fuel injector nozzle stem removed from the combustor. The method also comprises coupling the spray nozzle assembly to the combustor such that the popet nozzle is inserted substantially concentrically into the combustor, and injecting water into the combustor through the spray nozzle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Scott Mitchell Reback, Stephen Thomas Sebeika