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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Robert Skinner, Pattersonville, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ; F01D / ; F03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415106 ; 415104 ; 415107 ; 415115 ; 415116 ; 415117 ;
Abstract
In a turbine construction which includes a rotor having at least one radial step formed therein, and at least one packing ring assembly mounted in a stationary turbine component and axially spanning the radial step, a thrust balancing arrangement for the rotor which includes an axial passage in the stationary component extending from a high pressure side of the stationary component and in fluid communication with an area adjacent the radial step on the rotor. A removable restrictor in the passage permits adjustment of the step thrust.