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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1980
Robert L Rowley, Glastonbury, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A rotor stage assembly 20 of the type adapted for use in an axial flow gas turbine engine is disclosed. The assembly includes a rotor disk 36 having blade attachment slots 42 configured to receive a plurality of rotor blades 40. Each rotor blade is insertable into the disk in a generally axial direction. Each rotor blade is retained against fore and aft movement by a lock pin 52. The disk is adapted by a groove 44 and the blade is adapted by a groove 48 to receive the lock pin. During assembly the lock pin is slidable in the grooves 44,48 to bring the lock pin into engagement with the corresponding groove in a rotor blade in a corresponding groove in the disk.