Gas turbine nozzle suspension and adjustment

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A GAS DRIVEN ROTOR FOR A TURBINE ENGINE, A CONDUIT FOR CONVEYING MOTIVE GASES TO SAID ROTOR, A PLURALITY OF ADJUSTABLE MEANS SPACED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND THE AXIS OF SAID ROTOR, EACH ADJUSTABLE MEANS INCLUDING A NOZZLE ELEMENT WITHIN SAID CONDUIT ADJACENT SAID ROTOR AND PIVOTAL TO VARY THE ANGLE OF ATTACK OF SAID GASES AGAINST SAID ROTOR, A ROTATABLE SHAFT SECURED TO SAID NOZZLE ELEMENT TO PIVOT THE LATTER AND EXTENDING THEREFROM RADIALLY OUTWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXIS, AN ANNULAR SEAT OF LARGER DIAMETER THAN SAID SHAFT AND CARRIED COAXIALLY THEREBY IN FLUID SEALING RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH, AN ANNULAR BUSHING CARRIED BY THE WALL OF SAID HOUSING AND HAVING SAID SHAFT JOURNALLED THEREIN, THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID BUSHING BEING IN FLUID SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WALL, SAID WALL HAVING AN ANNULAR PORTION AROUND SAID SEAT IN ENDWISE ABUTMENT WITH AN ANNULAR PORTION OF THE INNER END OF SAID BUSHING AROUND SAID SEAT TO LOCATE SAID BUSHING WITH RESPECT TO SAID WALL, ANOTHER ANNULAR PORTION OF THE INNER END OF SAID BUSHING ABUTTING SAID SEAT IN FLUID SEALING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH AROUND THE AXIS OF SAID SHAFT, AND RESILIENT MEANS YIELDINGLY URGING SAID SHAFT OUTWARDLY AND SAID BUSHING INWARDLY WITH EQUAL AND OPPOSITE FORCES TO MAINTAIN SAID FLUID SEALING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID BUSHING AND SEAT.