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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:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
David B Berrong, Oviedo, FL (US);
Walter R Laster, Oviedo, FL (US);
George W Sanford, Charlotte, NC (US);
R Michael Roidt, North Versailes, PA (US);
Richard A Evans, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Roy E Wootton, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386185 ; 7386187 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for measuring discrete velocities of exhaust flows coming out of individual circumferential rotor body vent holes while a rotor is running at operating speed. The apparatus and method employs a hot film anemometer to measure flow distributions around the rotor shaft, i.e., circumferential flow distributions.