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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:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ariel C Jacala, Scotia, NY (US);
R Paul Chiu, Scotia, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416 / ; 416 95 ; 416 / ;
Abstract
The bucket 10 of a gas turbine includes first and second steam supply passageways 32 and 34 for directing cooling steam radially outwardly along the bucket. Steam return passageways 40, 42 and 44 lie adjacent the trailing edge for returning cooling steam to its source. A shroud is disposed at the bucket tip and has cross-over passages communicating the supply steam from the first and second passageways to the fifth, third and fourth passageways, respectively.