Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft engine cleaning system
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Application No.: US15482211Application Date: 2017-04-07
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Publication No.: US10364048B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: George F. Griffiths , Prahlad R. D. Heggere , Jeffrey A. Green
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: B64F5/30
- IPC: B64F5/30 ; F01D25/00 ; B64D27/10 ; B64D13/02 ; B64D27/20 ; B64F1/36

Abstract:
A cleaning system for performing a cleaning cycle on a turbine engine mounted to an airframe includes a mobile supply unit. The mobile supply unit includes a cleaning agent supply that introduces cleaning agent into the turbine engine. The aircraft includes at least one valve configured to block cleaning agent from moving from the turbine engine into a passenger cabin of the aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170210491A1 AIRCRAFT ENGINE CLEANING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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