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Title: Sealing device

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1109481

A sealing device for sealing a gap between a dovetail of a bucket assembly and a rotor wheel is disclosed. The sealing device includes a cover plate configured to cover the gap and a retention member protruding from the cover plate and configured to engage the dovetail. The sealing device provides a seal against the gap when the bucket assemply is subjected to a centrifugal force.

Research Organization:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY, USA
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-05NT42643
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,602,737
Application Number:
12/823,483
OSTI ID:
1109481
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (14)

Remotely accessible locking system for turbine blades patent September 2007
Turbine interstage sealing arrangement patent April 2001
Gas turbine rotor with an internally cooled gas turbine blade and connecting configuration including an insert strip bridging adjacent blade platforms patent May 2003
Side Plates for Turbine Blades patent March 1970
Gas turbine moving blade patent November 2002
Gas turbine shroud and platform seal system patent October 1999
Seal apparatus for rotary machines patent November 2001
Gas turbine seal apparatus patent February 2001
Rotor for a gas turbine patent July 2002
Turbine blade platform seal patent August 2001
Sealing mechanism with pivot plate and rope seal patent September 2011
Gas turbine blade platform cooling concept patent September 2000
Turbine blade platform cooling system patent September 2005
Seal plate for a gas turbine moving blade patent July 2000

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