# US 11,306,606 B2 · Rotary machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,306,606 B2 - Document ID: US11306606B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/489,114 - Filed: 2018-03-29 - Published: 2020-02-27 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-30 - Assignees: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd. - Applicants: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroyuki Sakamoto; Makoto Kondo; Katsuhisa Hamada - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11306606B2 ## CPC - F01D 11/22: by mechanically actuating the stator or rotor components, e.g. moving shroud sections relative to the rotor - F01D 17/10: Final actuators (valves in general F16K {; blades with variable camber F01D5/148}) - F01D 25/00: Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups - F01D 25/24: Casings (modified for heating or cooling F01D25/14); Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings (casings for rotary machines or engines in general F16M {; special arrangements in stators dealing with breaking-off of part of rotor F01D21/045}) - F01D 25/26: Double casings; Measures against temperature strain in casings - F16M 1/04: for rotary engines or similar machines - F01D 25/162: {Bearing supports} - F01D 25/28: Supporting or mounting arrangements, e.g. for turbine casing - F05D 2220/31: in steam turbines - F05D 2240/91: on a stationary structure - F05D 2260/30: Retaining components in desired mutual position - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## Abstract A rotary machine includes: a rotary shaft supported by a bearing provided on a bearing base; and a casing housing the rotary shaft at least in part. The casing includes at least one support leg configured to support the casing on a base plate of a support structure member, and a support leg of the at least one support leg is supported on a support leg base provided on the base plate. The rotary machine further includes a height adjustment mechanism configured to adjust height of the casing, and the height adjustment mechanism includes an inclined surface of a support leg formed on the support leg, an inclined surface of a support leg base formed on the support leg base while facing the inclined surface of the support leg, and an actuator configured to move the support leg and the support leg base relative to each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A rotary machine comprising: a rotary shaft supported by a bearing provided on a bearing base; and a casing housing the rotary shaft at least in part, wherein, the casing includes at least one support leg configured to support the casing, and a support leg of the at least one support leg is supported by a support leg base, the rotary machine further includes a height adjustment mechanism configured to adjust height of the casing, and the height adjustment mechanism includes an inclined surface of the support leg formed on the support leg; an inclined surface of the support leg base formed on the support leg base while facing the inclined surface of a support leg; and an actuator configured to move the support leg and the support leg base relative to each other, wherein the inclined surface of the support leg and the inclined surface of the support leg base each include a first inclined surface having a first inclination angle and a second inclined surface having a second inclination angle, wherein the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of one of the support leg and the support leg base are disposed while forming a V-shaped groove in combination, the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the other of the support leg and the support leg base are disposed while forming a wedge shape complementary to the V-shaped groove, wherein the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the support leg are continuously provided on the same inclined surface of the support leg, and wherein the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the support leg base are continuously provided on the same inclined surface of the support leg base. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The rotary machine according to claim 1, wherein a rail configured to define a direction of movement of the support leg base is provided. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2) The rotary machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least two of the support leg are provided in the casing, and the at least two of the support legs are disposed with inclination directions of the inclined surfaces of the at least two of support legs being in line symmetry with respect to a symmetry axis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1, 2) The rotary machine as in any of claims 1-2, wherein the inclined surface of the support leg and the inclined surface of a support leg base are provided to each of the at least one support leg, and wherein the height adjustment mechanism is provided on each of the at least one support leg each of which provided with the inclined surface of the support leg and the inclined surface of a support leg base. ### Claim 5 A rotary machine comprising: a base plate; a bearing base provided on the base plate; a rotary shaft supported by a bearing provided on the bearing base; a casing housing the rotary shaft at least in part; at least one support leg supporting the casing and including an inclined surface; a support leg base provided on the base plate, supporting a support leg of the at least one support leg, and including an inclined surface formed while facing the inclined surface of the support leg; and a height adjustment mechanism provided on the base plate and configured to adjust height of the casing, wherein the height adjustment mechanism includes a drive mechanism configured to move the support leg and the support leg base relative to each other along a contact surface between the inclined surface of a support leg and the inclined surface of a support leg base, wherein an inclined surface of the support leg and an inclined surface of the support leg base each include a first inclined surface having a first inclination angle and a second inclined surface having a second inclination angle, wherein the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of one of the support leg and the support leg base are disposed while forming a V-shaped groove in combination, the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the other of the support leg and the support leg base are disposed while forming a wedge shape complementary to the V-shaped groove, wherein the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the support leg are continuously provided on the same inclined surface of the support leg, and wherein the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the support leg base are continuously provided on the same inclined surface of the support leg base. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The rotary machine according to claim 3, wherein the inclined surface of the support leg and the inclined surface of a support leg base are provided to each of the at least one support leg, and wherein the height adjustment mechanism is provided on each of the at least one support leg each of which provided with the inclined surface of the support leg and the inclined surface of a support leg base.