Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sealing mechanism with pivot plate and rope seal
- Patent Title (中): 带枢轴板和绳密封的密封机构
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Application No.: US12168929Application Date: 2008-07-08
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Publication No.: US08011894B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Brian P. Arness , Louis Veltre , Ariel Kelsey Coleman Harter , John D. Wardell
- Applicant: Brian P. Arness , Louis Veltre , Ariel Kelsey Coleman Harter , John D. Wardell
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
- Main IPC: F01D5/30
- IPC: F01D5/30

Abstract:
A sealing system for sealing a gap between a dovetail tab of a bucket and a rotor. The sealing system may include a sealing slot positioned about the dovetail tab and a pivot plate positioned within the sealing slot. The sealing slot may include a pivot point and a rest ledge such that the pivot plate pivots about the pivot point and into the gap when the bucket rotates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100008769A1 Sealing Mechanism with Pivot Plate and Rope Seal Public/Granted day:2010-01-14
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