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Cooling medium path in gas turbine moving blade

US6000909A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 1998
Grant dateDec 14, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2260/205
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas turbine moving blade having a cooling medium flow path constructed so that a concave spherical surface (C) is formed on a inside surface of an end portion of the cooling medium path (B) formed in a blade root portion. A hollow pipe (6) is provided in the cooling medium flow path between the blade root portion and a disc. The hollow pipe has a convex spherical surface (D) at one end thereof which engages the concave spherical surface (C) and the other end of the pipe has a convex spherical surface (F) which engages an inside surface of a cooling medium path (E) formed in the disc. The hollow pipe (6) provides communication between the cooling medium path (B) on the blade side and the cooling medium path (E) on the disc side. A supporting structure (7, 8, 9) is provided for holding the hollow pipe in the communicating position.

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