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Tip sealing for a turbine rotor blade

US7118329B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 2004
Grant dateOct 10, 2006
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF05D2240/55
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An unshrouded rotor blade 24 comprising an aerofoil 28, said aerofoil 28 having a leading edge 34, a trailing edge 36, a pressure surface 30 and a suction surface 32, there being provided at a radially outer extremity of the aerofoil 28 a gutter 40 which is wider than the aerofoil 28 adjacent the trailing edge 36 thereof, wherein at least a part of the gutter 40 is offset towards the aerofoil pressure surface 30.

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