Bearing support of the heat-exchanger disk of regenerative heat-exchanger
AssigneeDaimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
InventorKlaus Wiegard
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Abstract
A heat-exchanger disk for a regenerative heat-exchanger of a gas turbine which is secured on a rotatable support by the interposition of spring elements, the spring elements are thereby in the form of leaf spring elements series-connected with one another in the shape of a ring and interconnected at their overlapping ends; the leaf spring elements are supported under prestress with outwardly curved arcuate portions at counter surfaces provided in the central aperture of the heat-exchanger disk and with inwardly curved arcuate portions at counter surfaces of the support. This is a division of application Ser. No. 531,795 filed Dec. 11, 1974.
Claims17
A heat-exchanger disk of a regenerative heat-exchanger, which is secured under interposition of spring means on a rotatable support means, characterized in that the spring means are formed by leaf spring elements arranged one adjacent the other in the shape of a ring which are connected with each other at their overlapping ends, the leaf spring elements being provided with outwardly curved arcuate portions and with inwardly curved arcuate portions and being supported under prestress with the outwardly curved arcuate portions thereof at counter surfaces provided in a central aperture of the heat-exchanger disk and with the inwardly curved arcuate portions at counter surfaces of the support means.
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