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Francis-type hydraulic machine

US4126360A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 23, 1976
Grant dateNov 21, 1978
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Expiry dateNov 23, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S415/91
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure concerns a Francis-type hydraulic machine, i.e., a turbine, pump-turbine or pump, having a bladed wheel of large diameter, and in which bearing apparatus for supporting the rotor is arranged in a peripheral region of the bladed wheel spaced radially from the axis.

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