Patent · US Expired

Fluid-flow machine component

US6343914B1 · kind B1 · utility

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12References

9Claims

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Assignee

ALSTOM (Switzerland) Ltd · CH

Inventors

Jorgen Ferber · Waldshut-Tiengen, DE
Rudolf Kellerer · Waldshut-Tiengen, DE
Mark McCarthy · Baden, CH
Beat Von Arx · Trimbach, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2000
Grant date	Feb 5, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 7, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF05D2240/80
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A component of a fluid-flow machine including a flow-deflecting device which is connected in a root region to a platform, the penetration of the flow-deflecting device with the platform being provided by a pressure-side profile line, a suction-side profile line, and a leading edge base point and a trailing edge base point, and the top view of the platform essentially exhibiting the shape of a parallelogram on which there is arranged a nose running in the circumferential direction, wherein a long side of the parallelogram is arranged as a tangent to the suction-side profile line.

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