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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:
Jul. 28, 1987
Filed:
May. 14, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
William R Wagner, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4151 / ; 416228 ;
Abstract
Means for sealing the tip 18 of a rotor turbine blade 10 against tip leakage flow comprising a multiplicity of recesses 30 formed in the surface of the tip 18. The recesses 30 are preferably formed in a labyrinthine or slaggered pattern which interposes at least one recess 30 in every leakage flow path across the tip 18 from the pressure side 26 to the suction side 28 of the blade 10.