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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Jan P. Smed, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Inventor:
Jan P. Smed, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
Seimens Westinghouse Power Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J015/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine seal closure mechanism for sealing an opening in a turbine component or between one or more turbine components. The turbine seal may include a main body having a longitudinal axis positioned transverse to the axial direction of the turbine and having at least one arm for sealing the main body to a surface of a turbine component and configured to fit within a recess in a turbine component. The turbine seal may also have one or more arms coupled to a side of the main body opposite to the first side having arms attached thereto for sealing the turbine seal to another turbine surface.