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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2005
Applicants:
John Pickens, Middletown, CT (US);
Phillip Alexander, Colchester, CT (US);
Roland Barnes, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Inventors:
John Pickens, Middletown, CT (US);
Phillip Alexander, Colchester, CT (US);
Roland Barnes, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An array of blades for use in an engine includes a disk having a slot, a pair of rails adjacent the slot and extending above an upper surface of the slot, and a pair of shoulders located outside the rails. A plurality of radially loaded blades are inserted into the slot. A plurality of snaps overhang the rails and rest on the shoulders. Each of the blades is positioned between a pair of snap seals and overlaps a side edge of each one of the pair of snap seals.