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Turbomachine rotor assembly

US4025232A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 20, 1975
Grant dateMay 24, 1977
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Expiry dateNov 20, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01D5/225
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A turbo machine rotor assembly which includes a turbine wheel having moving blade covers or connecting pieces connected to adjacent moving turbine blades. Each of the moving turbine blades includes a first ledge and second ledge at a leading edge and trailing edge side portions, respectively, of the tip of the blade with the first and second ledge portions extending substantially in tangential directions of the turbine wheel but in opposite directions to each other. One of the first and second ledges is provided with a through hole or aperture extending radially of the turbine wheel. The moving blade cover or connecting piece is provided with a pair of spaced pins receivable in the apertures of the first and second ledges for connecting the first ledge of one moving turbine blade and the second ledge of an adjacent moving turbine blade in such a manner that the upper surface of the cover contacts with the lower surfaces of the first and second ledges. One of the pins is loosely fitted in one aperture and the other pin is provided with a flared head portion for rotatably fixing the connecting piece between adjacent turbine blades. The moving blade cover can bear a large centrifuged …

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