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US 2022/0178302 A1Published application
Gas turbine apparatus with counter-rotating blades
OwnerJay HASKINinventor
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Abstract
A gas turbine apparatus has a main shaft, a first plurality of blades mounted to the main shaft, a second plurality of blades each interposed between blades of the first plurality of blades, a barrel affixed to the second set of blades, a fuel line opening to an interior of the barrel, and an igniter cooperative with the interior of the barrel and adapted to selectively ignite fuel in the barrel. The first plurality of blades rotate in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the second plurality of blades. The fuel line passes a fuel into the interior of the barrel.
Claims20
A gas turbine apparatus comprising:
- a main shaft;
- a first plurality of blades mounted to said main shaft, said first plurality of blades being in spaced relation to each other along said main shaft;
- a second plurality of blades each be interposed between adjacent blades of said first plurality of blades;
- a barrel affixed to said second plurality of blades, said barrel rotatable in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of said main shaft;
- a fuel line opening to an interior of said barrel, said fuel line adapted to pass a fuel into the interior of said barrel;
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- an igniter cooperative with the interior of said barrel and adapted to selectively ignite the fuel in said barrel.
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A gas turbine apparatus comprising:
- a main shaft;
- a first plurality of blades mounted to said main shaft, said first plurality blades being in spaced relation to each other along said main shaft;
- a second plurality of blades each interposed between adjacent blades of said first plurality of blades;
- a barrel affixed to said second plurality of blades, said second plurality of blades being rotatable in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of said first plurality of blades;
- a fuel line opening to an interior of said barrel, said fuel line adapted to pass a fuel into the interior of said barrel;
- and
- an igniter cooperative with the interior of said barrel and adapted to selectively ignite the fuel in said barrel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.