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Patent No.:

US 8137067 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2008
Applicants:

Andrew Ray Kneeland, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Kahwai Gachago Muriithi, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Ray Kneeland, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Kahwai Gachago Muriithi, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B63H 7/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/08 (2006.01); F03B 11/00 (2006.01); B21K 3/04 (2006.01); B23P 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A blade attachment apparatus for a turbine is provided and includes a member, which rotates about an axis of the turbine, including fore and aft disk posts that retain corresponding fore and aft turbine blades, respectively, fore and aft of a turbine nozzle and a central portion proximate the turbine nozzle and an attachment retained between the fore and aft disk posts and the fore and aft turbine blades and coupled to the central portion, such that a portion of the attachment interrupts a purge flow through the turbine.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kneeland, Andrew. (2012). Turbine with interrupted purge flow (U.S. Patent No. 8137067). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8137067

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