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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1974
Robert H Aspinwall, Zionsville, IN (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A fluid dynamic machine has a single rotor providing the rotor portion of a centrifugal compressor and also the rotor portion of an axial-to-radial flow fan. The portion of the rotor blades adjacent the hub define a compressor blading and the axially forward part of each blade is extended outwardly to provide a fan blade. These are supplied from a common inlet eye, and the flow is split at the downstream side of the fan between the fan and compressor passages by a generally radial plate curving forwardly at its inner margin and providing the forward fixed shroud for the compressor blades. The fan diffuser is split in a generally diametrical direction.