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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:
Oct. 06, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger W Heinig, Cocoa Beach, FL (US);
Donald W Barnes, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4162 / ; 416248 ; 2988921 ;
Abstract
Larger cutting tools which have inherently greater strength can be used to form mounting grooves for side-entry rotor blades when the bottom-most neck of the groove is increased in width in the machining process. The larger width leaves a gap on both sides of the bottom-most neck of the root at a location away from load bearing surfaces.