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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2008
Brian P. Arness, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Louis Veltre, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ariel Kelsey Coleman Harter, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John D. Wardell, Woodruff, SC (US);
Brian P. Arness, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Louis Veltre, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ariel Kelsey Coleman Harter, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John D. Wardell, Woodruff, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A sealing system for sealing a gap between a dovetail tab of a bucket and a rotor. The sealing system may include a sealing slot positioned about the dovetail tab and a pivot plate positioned within the sealing slot. The sealing slot may include a pivot point and a rest ledge such that the pivot plate pivots about the pivot point and into the gap when the bucket rotates.