The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1988
Kenneth B Hall, Jupiter, FL (US);
Thomas A Auxier, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Wesley D Brown, Jupiter, FL (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
Dirt removal means for an internally air cooled blade for a gas turbine engine of the type that includes multi passes some of which are serpentine as made in situ by casting the ribs so as to be angularly disposed at the root of the blade and a straight through passageway with an opening at the tip. The velocity of the airstream in the straight through passageway being sufficiently high to carry the dirt through the opening and the angularly disposed ribs overlying the entrance to the other passageway so as to divert the dirt entrained airstream into the straight through passageway while allowing relatively dirt-free air to turn the angle of the rib to enter the serpentine passes.