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US 2011/0033304 A1Published application
Device for a Runner
AssigneeDynavec AS
InventorsReza Hezari, Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug
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Abstract
A device for a runner (1) for a fluid machine comprising a runner hub (2) and a number of blades (4) distributed around the centre axis (8) of the runner (1), each blade (4) being detachably connected to the runner (1).
Claims6
A runner for a liquid machine that is designed to work in sand-containing water, comprising:
- a runner hub that has a curvature on a blade side thereof, and
- a plurality of curved blades distributed around a centre axis of the runner, wherein each blade is detachably connected to the runner hub,
- wherein each blade fits complementarily into a groove in the runner hub, the groove following the curvature of the blade as well as the curvature of the runner hub surface.
The runner in accordance with claim 2, wherein the groove is divided.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.