Patent · US Expired

Turbo machine with an inner housing and an outer housing

US6607352B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Laurence Crane · Dublin, IE
Edwin Gobrecht · Ratingen, DE
Joe Hannon · Dublin, IE
Volker Simon · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 6, 2000
Grant date	Aug 19, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 13, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF01D25/26
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A turbo machine, especially a steam turbine, has a main axis, an inner housing, an outer housing, a top region, and a bottom region. Between the outer housing and the inner housing a radial gap is formed, which has a narrow part in the bottom region.

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