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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald L Palmer, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The Garrett Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ; F04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415-1 ; 415157 ;
Abstract
A fluid compressor control and operation method wherein a tangential velocity is imparted to all or only a selected part of fluid flowing to a rotating impeller of the compressor. In a preferred embodiment, the impeller is of centrifugal radial flow configuration with an inlet duct effecting inlet flow radially inwardly, and then axially to the impeller. The compressor includes a plurality of axially elongate guide vanes disposed annularly of the inlet and axially moveable relatively thereof into and out of the inlet fluid flow.