10 steam flows through the bucket 14 and nozzle partition 20 the turbine depicted in fig1 is equipped with labyrinth packings 22 24 and 26 labyrinth packings 22 and 24 are mounted to a packing ring segment or a hard tooth carrier 28 and labyrinth packing 26 is mounted to a packing ring segment 30 as is conventional each packing ring segment 28 30 is one of multiple arcuate segments that are assembled circumferentially to the nozzle inner ring 16 or casing 18 respectively the labyrinth packings 22 24 and 26 reduce secondary flow losses between the rotary and stationary components more particularly between the rotor 10 and nozzle inner ring 16 and between the buckets 14 and casing 18 while effective it is understood that the labyrinth packings 22 24 and 26 cannot reduce secondary flow losses to the extent possible with brush seals because of the gap between the hard teeth 32 33 of the respective labyrinth packings and the opposing surfaces with which they seal thus in accordance with the 39 086 patent the packing ring segment or hard tooth carrier 28 mounted to the nozzle inner ring 16 further includes a brush seal 34 situated axially between the sets of labyrinth packings 22 and 24 the labyrinth.