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US 2006/0051201 A1Published application
Undercut flange turbine nozzle
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorVictor Correia
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Abstract
A turbine nozzle includes a vane joined to opposite inner and outer bands. The inner band includes a pocket adjoining a flange which recesses in part the inner surface of the band. The pocket undercuts the flange to form a notch at the base thereof.
Claims20
A turbine nozzle comprising:
- a row of vanes integrally joined at opposite ends to inner and outer bands;
- said inner band including an inner flange extending from an inner surface thereof, and a pocket adjoining said flange for recessing in part said inner surface;
- and
- said pocket undercutting said flange at said inner surface to form a converging notch at the base thereof.
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A turbine nozzle 12 comprising:
- a vane integrally joined at opposite ends to inner and outer bands;
- said inner band including an inner flange extending from an inner surface thereof, and a pocket adjoining said flange for recessing in part said inner surface;
- and
- said pocket undercutting said flange at said inner surface to form a notch at the base thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.