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US 8,251,646 B2Granted
Rotating unit for an axial-flow compressor
AssigneeRolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
InventorIngo Jahns
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Abstract
An axial-flow compressor has at least one stator vane row. At least one blade of the stator vane row is provided as a rotating unit (6), with the rotating unit being completely rotatable about a drive axis to act as a rotary compressor and with the drive axis being essentially vertical to a rotary axis of the axial-flow compressor.
Claims12
An axial flow compressor, comprising:
- at least one stator vane row having at least one blade, the at least one blade being configured as a rotating unit being completely rotatable about a drive axis of the blade, and with the drive axis of the blade being essentially perpendicular to a rotary axis of the axial-flow compressor;
- wherein the at least one blade is connected to a tilting rotor on at least one blade end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.