Patent · US Expired

Connected turbine shrouding

US4710102A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 5, 1984
Grant dateDec 1, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 5, 2004

Classification

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

Abstract

Turbine blades are held in long arc groups by a shroud structure, with gaps between segments of the shroud structure. These gaps are Z-shaped, the gaps tending to close due to untwisting of the blades when the blades are subjected to high centrifugal forces.

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