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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:
Aug. 30, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert J Partington, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416191 ; 416190 ; 4161 / ;
Abstract
A steam turbine of the type employing axial entry, integral shroud blades has a pin disposed between adjacent shrouds that extends into tangentially oriented holes in the opposing faces of adjacent shrouds. The pins reduce blade flop during turning gear operation and reduce blade vibration during operation under load.