Foreign particle separator system

Claim 1

In a gas turbine engine having an inlet, a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine operatively connected to form a primary flow path means in which a gaseous flowing stream of fluid is compressed, combusted, and expanded, an inlet particle separator system comprising: particle separating means disposed proximate said inlet for removing foreign particles from the primary flow path; conduit means connected to said particle separating means for receiving (said) particles removed from the primary flow path by said particle separating means; ejector means operatively connected to said conduit means to effect a flow of a second gaseous stream of fluid in said conduit for drawing said particles through said conduit means away from said particle separating means; and mixing means disposed proximate said ejector means (and) downstream of said turbine and (in fluid communication with said conduit means for receiving said second stream of fluid and for mixing said second stream of fluid with said stream of fluid flowing in said primary flow path) comprising means for axially directing said stream of fluid flowing in said primary flow path means aft of said turbine, and a plurality of axially and radially extending chutes disposed circumferentially about said primary flow path means and in fluid communication with said conduit means for receiving said second gaseous stream of fluid including contained particles therefrom and discharging said second stream of fluid into said stream of fluid flowing in the primary flow path in a plurality of discrete rivulets.