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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1976
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard H Andersen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Carl R Dins, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick C Herzner, Fairfield, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416 95 ; 4162 / ; 4162 / ;
Abstract
A bore vane assembly is adapted to be received within the annular passage formed between two axially displaced turbine disc halves so as to provide axial columnar support therebetween during high centrifugal loading. The bore vane assembly includes a plurality of axially extending vanes which provide the required support and which also serve to pump cooling fluid from a plenum into the turbine disc.