Patent · US Expired

Leaktight seal of a circular vane stage

US6332617A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 1999
Grant dateDec 25, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2250/141
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A leaktight seal includes plaquettes that are housed between platforms of "hammer legged" vanes and a periphery of a rotor disc. The plaquettes lie above a throat that receives legs between a collar. The plaquettes are completed with heels that also lie between the legs. Centrifugal forces distort the seal and produce excellent leaktightness between the disc and the platforms.

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