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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:
Dec. 12, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillip R Ratliff, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
George A Bises, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ; G01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364564 ; 364567 ; 73149 ; 738658 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for determining a profile of cross-sectional areas of a turbine blade. The cross-sectional area between two selected points along the length of the blade is determined by calculating the changes in the buoyant force exerted upon the blade as the blade is immersed into a volume of water contained in a tank.