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A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine includes a bulkhead having adjacent angled wall segments, each of which includes an injector opening. Fuel injectors are supported by the bulkhead on adjacent wall segments. Each fuel injector includes an inlet fitting including ports for receiving fuel, a fe

A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine includes a bulkhead having adjacent angled wall segments, each of which includes an injector opening. Fuel injectors are supported by the bulkhead on adjacent wall segments. Each fuel injector includes an inlet fitting including ports for receiving fuel, a feed stem extending through the opening, and a manifold supported at the downstream end of the feed stem and including a plurality of manifold segments. Each manifold segment includes a plurality of nozzles arranged in a linear, planar array; with each nozzle including a fuel distribution assembly and an air swirler assembly. The manifold segments are supported at angles to one another, such that that the sprays from one array of nozzles in one segment are provided in a different direction than the sprays from another array of nozzles in an adjacent manifold segment.

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What is claimed is: 1. An injector for distributing liquid sprays, comprising: an inlet fitting including a port to receive liquid, a stem assembly supported by the fitting, the stem assembly including an internal circuit fluidly connected to the port, and a manifold supported by the stem assembly

What is claimed is: 1. An injector for distributing liquid sprays, comprising: an inlet fitting including a port to receive liquid, a stem assembly supported by the fitting, the stem assembly including an internal circuit fluidly connected to the port, and a manifold supported by the stem assembly and including an internal passage connected to the internal circuit in the stem assembly, the manifold including an elongated manifold segment formed of multiple plates and having a plurality of nozzles spaced along the manifold segment, wherein each of the nozzles is fluidly connected to the internal passage for delivering sprays of liquid, wherein each nozzle includes a swirl chamber formed in at least one of the plates having a shape such that liquid to be sprayed can move therein in a vortex motion toward the center of the swirl chamber, at least one non-radial feed slot intersecting the swirl chamber for directing liquid to the swirl chamber, a spray orifice at the center of the swirl chamber such that liquid to be sprayed can move from the swirl chamber to the spray orifice and then exit the spray orifice in a thin film which soon atomizes into a fine droplet mist. 2. The injector as in claim 1, wherein the nozzles are spaced apart in a linear array along the length of the manifold segment. 3. The injector as in claim 2, wherein the nozzles are spaced apart evenly. 4. The injector as in claim 3, wherein the nozzles are located along a median line of the manifold segment. 5. The injector as in claim 1, wherein the manifold segment has a planar surface and the nozzles are spaced along the surface for spraying liquid outwardly from the surface. 6. The injector as in claim 1, wherein each nozzle further includes an air swirler assembly having a cylindrical air swirler passage located in co-axial relation to the spray orifice of the nozzle such that liquid directed through each spray orifice passes through an air swirler passage and swirling air can be imparted to the liquid to cause the liquid to have a swirling component of motion; at least one air feed slot in fluid communication with each air swirler passage and extending in non-radial relation thereto for supplying air to be swirled in the air swirler passage; and an air supply passage which feeds the at least one air feed slot. 7. The injector as in claim 6, wherein a pair of air supply passages are provided along each manifold segment, on either side of the linear array of nozzles, each of which feeds the air feed slots for the air swirler passage. 8. The injector as in claim 1, wherein an extension interconnects the manifold and the stem assembly, the extension including an internal passage fluidly connecting the internal circuit in the stem assembly with the internal passage in the manifold. 9. An injector for distributing liquid sprays, comprising: an inlet fitting including a port to receive liquid, a stem assembly supported by the fitting, the stem assembly including an internal circuit fluidly connected to the port, and a manifold supported by the stem assembly and including an internal passage connected to the internal circuit in the stem assembly, the manifold including an elongated manifold segment formed of multiple plates and having a plurality of nozzles spaced along the manifold segment, wherein each of the nozzles is fluidly connected to the internal passage for delivering sprays of liquid, wherein the manifold segment includes i) a fuel distribution assembly formed of multiple plates and including a swirl chamber with a spray orifice in the center of the swirl chamber for directing a spray of liquid from the swirl chamber, the fuel distribution assembly supported by a distribution plate connected to the extension, wherein the internal passage in the manifold is located in the distribution plate, and ii) an air swirler assembly formed of multiple plates stacked in surface-to-surface relation with one another, and providing an air swirler passage to introduce swirling air to the liquid such that the liquid spray has a swirling component of motion. 10. A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine, comprising: an inlet fitting including a port to receive fuel, a stem supported by the inlet fitting, the stem including an internal fuel circuit fluidly connected to the fuel port, and a manifold supported by the stem, said manifold including an internal fuel passage fluidly connected to the internal fuel circuit in the stem, the manifold including an elongated manifold segment having a plurality of nozzles spaced along the manifold segment, wherein each of the nozzles includes i) a spray orifice fluidly connected to the internal fuel passage for delivering a spray of fuel; and ii) an air swirler assembly having a cylindrical air swirler passage located in co-axial relation to the spray orifice such that fuel directed through the spray orifice passes through the air swirler passage and swirling air can be imparted to the fuel to cause the fuel to have a swirling component of motion, at least one air feed slot in fluid communication with the air swirler passage and extending in non-radial relation thereto for supplying air to be swirled in the air swirler passage, and an air supply passage which feeds the at least one air feed slot in the air swirler passage. 11. The fuel injector as in claim 10, wherein the manifold segments are each formed of multiple plates. 12. The fuel injector as in claim 10, wherein the nozzles are spaced apart in a linear array along the length of the manifold segment. 13. The fuel injector as in claim 12, wherein wherein the nozzles are spaced apart evenly. 14. The injector as in claim 12, wherein the nozzles are located along a median line of the manifold segment. 15. The fuel injector as in claim 14, wherein a pair of air supply passages are provided along each manifold segment, on either side of the linear array of nozzles, and each of which feeds the air feed slots for the air swirler passage. 16. The fuel injector as in claim 10, wherein the manifold segment has a planar surface and the nozzles are spaced along the planar surface for spraying fuel outwardly from the surface. 17. The fuel injector as in claim 10, wherein each nozzle includes a bowl-shaped swirl chamber, and the spray nozzle is located at the center of the swirl chamber, such that fuel to be sprayed can move therein in a vortex motion toward the center of the swirl chamber and exit the spray orifice in a thin film which soon atomizes into a fine droplet mist, said at least one non-radial feed slot intersecting the swirl chamber for directing fuel to the swirl chamber. 18. A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine, comprising: an inlet fitting including first and second ports, each of which receive fuel, a stem supported by the fitting, the stem including first and second internal fuel circuits fluidly connected to a respective port, and a manifold supported by the stem, said manifold including a plurality of elongated, planar manifold segments, each of which includes an internal fuel passage fluidly connected to a respective internal fuel circuit in the feed stem, and each of which includes a plurality of nozzles spaced along the manifold segment, wherein each of the nozzles is fluidly connected to the internal passage in the respective manifold segment for delivering sprays of fuel, wherein each nozzle includes i) a spray orifice fluidly connected to the internal fuel passage for delivering a spray of fuel; and ii) an air swirler assembly having a cylindrical air swirler passage located in co-axial relation to the spray orifice such that fuel directed through the spray orifice passes through the air swirler passage and swirling air can be imparted to the fuel to cause the fuel to have a swirling component of motion, at least one air feed slot in fluid communication with the air swirler passage and extending in non-radial relation thereto for supplying air to be swirled in the air swirler passage, and an air supply passage which feeds the at least one air feed slot in the air swirler passage. 19. The fuel injector as in claim 18, wherein the nozzles are evenly spaced apart in a linear array along the length of each manifold segment. 20. The fuel injector as in claim 18, further including a plurality of extensions interposed between the stem and respective manifold segments, and fluidly interconnecting a respective internal fuel circuit in the stem and an internal passage in the manifold segment. 21. The fuel injector as in claim 20, wherein the extensions are located at distinct axial locations along the stem. 22. The fuel injector as in claim 18, wherein the manifold segments are each formed of multiple plates. 23. A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine, comprising: an inlet fitting including first and second ports, each of which receive fuel, a stem supported by the fitting, the stem including first and second internal fuel circuits fluidly connected to a respective port, and a manifold supported by the stem, said manifold including a plurality of elongated, planar manifold segments, each of which includes an internal fuel passage fluidly connected to a respective internal fuel circuit in the feed stem, and each of which includes a plurality of nozzles spaced along the manifold segment, wherein each of the nozzles is fluidly connected to the internal passage in the respective manifold segment for dispensing fuel, wherein a pair of manifold segments are located in adjacent relation to one another, and are supported at an angle to one another, such that that the fuel dispensed from a linear array of nozzles in one manifold segment is provided in a first direction, and the fuel dispensed from a linear array of nozzles in the other manifold segment is provided in another direction, at an angle to the first direction. 24. The fuel injector as in claim 23, wherein the pair of manifold segments are supported at a forty five degree angle with respect to each other. 25. The fuel injector as in claim 23, wherein the nozzles each include a spray assembly for delivering a spray of fuel. 26. A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine, comprising: an inlet fitting including port means for receiving fuel, a stem assembly supported by the fitting, the stem assembly including internal fuel circuit means fluidly connected to the port means, and a manifold supported by the stem assembly, the manifold including a plurality of manifold segments, each of which includes an internal passage fluidly connected to the internal fuel circuit means in the stem assembly, each manifold segment including at least one nozzle, wherein a nozzle is fluidly connected to the respective internal passage for dispensing fuel, and wherein each of the manifold segments is supported at an angle to an adjacent manifold segment, such that that the fuel dispensed from one manifold segment is provided in one direction, and the fuel dispensed from an adjacent manifold segment is provided in another direction, at an angle to the one direction. 27. The fuel injector as in claim 26, wherein the nozzle further includes an air swirler assembly including a cylindrical air swirler passage located in surrounding relation to the fuel spray such that the spray of fuel passes through the air swirler passage and swirling air can be imparted to the fuel to cause the fuel to have a swirling component of motion; at least one air feed slot in fluid communication with each air swirler passage and extending in non-radial relation thereto for supplying air to be swirled in the air swirler passage; and an air supply passage which feeds the at least one air feed slot. 28. The fuel injector as in claim 26, wherein the manifold segments are planar. 29. The fuel injector as in claim 26, wherein each manifold segment is elongated, and a plurality of nozzles are located in an array along each manifold segment. 30. The fuel injector as in claim 29, wherein each manifold segment is formed of multiple plates. 31. The fuel injector as in claim 26, wherein the at least one nozzle includes a spray assembly for delivering a spray of fuel. 32. A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine, the engine including a bulkhead having adjacent wall segments located at angles to one another, with each wall segment including an injector opening, the fuel injector comprising: an injector mount adapted to be fixed to the bulkhead; an inlet fitting including an outer stem extending outwardly from said injector mount and port means for receiving fuel; an inner stem extending inwardly from the injector mount and dimensioned to be received through the injector opening, the inner and outer stem including internal fuel circuit means fluidly connected to the port means; and a manifold supported by the inner stem, the manifold including a plurality of planar manifold segments, each of which includes an internal passage fluidly connected the internal fuel circuit means in the inner and outer stems, each manifold segment including a plurality of nozzles, wherein the nozzles are fluidly connected to a respective internal passage for dispensing fuel, and wherein each of the manifold segments is supported at an angle to an adjacent manifold segment, such that that the fuel dispensed from one manifold segment is provided in one direction, and the fuel dispensed from another manifold segment is provided in another direction, at an angle to the one direction. 33. The fuel injector as in claim 32, wherein each nozzle includes an air swirler assembly including a cylindrical air swirler passage located in co-axial relation to each fuel spray from the nozzle such that the fuel spray from each nozzle passes through an air swirler passage and swirling air can be imparted to the fuel to cause the fuel to have a swirling component of motion; at least one air feed slot in fluid communication with each air swirler passage and extending in non-radial relation thereto for supplying air to be swirled in the air swirler passage; and an air supply passage which feeds the at least one air feed slot. 34. The fuel injector as in claim 32, wherein the nozzles are arranged in a linear array along each manifold segment. 35. The fuel injector as in claim 32, wherein each manifold segment is formed of multiple plates. 36. The fuel injector as in claim 32, wherein the manifold segments are elongated. 37. The fuel injector as in claim 32, wherein the nozzles each include a spray assembly for delivering a spray of fuel. 38. A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine, comprising: an inlet fitting including first and second ports, each of which receives fuel, a stem supported by the fitting, the stem including first and second internal fuel conduits fluidly connected to a respective port, and a manifold supported by the stem, the manifold including a set of three elongated, planar, adjacent manifold segments, each of which includes an internal passage fluidly connected to a respective internal fuel circuit in the stem, with a first of the manifold segments fluidly connected to one of the internal fuel circuits, and the other two of the manifold segments fluidly connected to the other of the internal fuel circuits, each of the manifold segments supporting a plurality of nozzles in a linear array along the manifold segment, wherein each of the manifold segments includes multiple layers, and each nozzle is comprised of at least one of the layers and is fluidly connected to a respective internal passage for delivering a spray of fuel, and wherein the first of the manifold segments is located intermediate the other two of the manifold segments, with the other two of the manifold segments supported at angles to the first manifold segment, such that the sprays of fuel from the nozzles of the first manifold segment are provided in one direction, and the sprays of fuel from the nozzles in the other manifold segments are provided in other directions, away from the first sprays, and wherein each nozzle further includes a multilayered air swirler assembly including a cylindrical air swirler passage located in co-axial relation to the sprays of fuel and at least one air feed slot in fluid communication with the air swirler passage and extending in non-radial relation thereto for supplying air to be swirled in the air swirler passage, such that fuel sprays each pass through an air swirler passage and swirling air can be imparted to the fuel to cause the fuel to have a swirling component of motion. 39. A liquid injector, comprising: an inlet fitting including port means for receiving liquid, a stem assembly supported by the fitting, the stem assembly including internal liquid circuit means fluidly connected to the port means, and a manifold supported by the stem assembly, the manifold including a plurality of manifold segments, each of which includes an internal passage fluidly connected to the internal liquid circuit means in the stem assembly, each manifold segment including at least one nozzle, wherein a nozzle is fluidly connected to the respective internal passage for dispensing liquid, and wherein each of the manifold segments is supported at an angle to an adjacent manifold segment, such that that the liquid dispensed from one manifold segment is provided in one direction, and the liquid dispensed from an adjacent manifold segment is provided in another direction, at an angle to the one direction. 40. The liquid injector as in claim 39, wherein the at least one nozzle includes a spray assembly for delivering a spray of liquid.