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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt J Bonner, Maineville, OH (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415136 ; 415134 ; 4151736 ; 4151737 ;
Abstract
An axial-flow compressor in which rotor blade clearance, in an area where the stator case surrounding a rotor blade stage is unsupported, is controlled by the cross-sectional area of a ring surrounding the stator case and by a gap between the inner surface of the ring and the outer surface of the stator case established at the time of compressor build.