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Cover plate for gas turbine rotor

US5993160A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 1997
Grant dateNov 30, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01D11/006
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cover plate for a bladed rotor in a turbine section of a gas turbine engine which comprises an annular plate segment comprising a plurality of spaced-apart seats with each seat coincident with a rivet. The rivets are the rivets used for anchoring the root of the blade in the disc, and the seats and the covers have frusto-conical surfaces having an axis which is the axis of the rivet.

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