Compressor blade locking mechanism in disk with tangential groove
AssigneeDoosan Heavy Industries Construction Co., Ltd
InventorsMatthew Montgomery, Iurii Goroshchak, Joohwan Kwak
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Abstract
A compressor blade locking device can include: a first support including a first locking groove; a second support including a left groove and a first protrusion corresponding to the first locking groove; a third support including a second locking groove; a fourth support including a right groove and a second protrusion corresponding to the second locking groove; a center support disposed between the second support and the fourth support; and a tab disposed in the center support, wherein the tab is configured to be turned such that the tab is disposed in the left groove and the right groove.
Claims20
A compressor blade locking device, comprising:
- a left support including a left groove;
- a right support including a right groove;
- a center support that includes a radial axis and is disposed between the left support and the right support;
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- a tab that includes opposite distal ends and is rotatably disposed in the center support on the radial axis,
- wherein the tab is configured to be turned in the center support about the radial axis such that the opposite distal ends of the tab are respectively disposed in the left groove and the right groove.
A compressor bladed disk, comprising:
- a disk including a tangential groove;
- a plurality of compressor blades engaged in the tangential groove of the disk;
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- a first locking device engaged in the tangential groove of the disk,
- wherein the first locking device comprises:
- a left support including a left groove and a first tangential groove corresponding to the tangential groove of the disk;
- a right support including a right groove and a second tangential groove corresponding to the tangential groove of the disk;
- a center support that includes a radial axis and is disposed between the left support and the right support;
- and
- a tab that includes opposite distal ends and is rotatably disposed in the center support on the radial axis,
- wherein the tab is configured to be turned in the center support about the radial axis such that the opposite distal ends of the tab are respectively disposed in the left groove and the right groove.
A compressor blade locking device, comprising:
- a first support including a first locking groove;
- a second support including a left groove and a first protrusion corresponding to the first locking groove;
- a third support including a second locking groove;
- a fourth support including a right groove and a second protrusion corresponding to the second locking groove;
- a center support that includes a radial axis and is disposed between the second support and the fourth support;
- and
- a tab disposed in the center support,
- wherein the tab is configured to be turned in the center support about the radial axis such that opposite distal ends of the tab are respectively disposed in the left groove and the right groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.