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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1976
Richard Ravenhall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A rotor apparatus comprising a blade having a root adapted to swing laterally within a supporting spindle under impact loading is provided with a flow path defining platform. The platform comprises an inner shroud extending generally laterally of the blade airfoil portion and adapted to swing laterally therewith. In one embodiment wherein the blade primarily comprises a laminate of composite filament plies, the inner shroud is bonded to the laminate. An outer shroud, fixed with respect to the supporting spindle, forms a lateral extension of the inner shroud with the blade in its normal operating position. The inner and outer shrouds are provided with a pair of complementary adjacent surfaces contoured to pass in relatively close-fitting relationship to each other when the blade swings under impact loadings.