Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps – Selectively adjustable vane or working fluid control means – Upstream of runner
Patent
1980-11-24
1981-11-10
Casaregola, Louis J.
Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps
Selectively adjustable vane or working fluid control means
Upstream of runner
F04D 2946
Patent
active
042995353
ABSTRACT:
An inlet guide vane assembly for controlling air flow through a fan. A plurality of shafts are mounted extending radially inward of an inlet cone, and are affixed to a hub positioned at the center of the cone and concentric thereto. Rotatably mounted on each shaft is an adjustable inlet vane, having a crank arm extending from its root end. Cam follower bearings are used to rotatably mount a ring on the hub. The ring is connected to each of the crank arms by a link having a ball and socket joint at each end. Rotation of the ring thereby causes the inlet vanes to rotate about their supporting shafts without binding.
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Trane Company Drawing, dated 2-2-61, No. 3103.
Brockman George T.
Garavalia Thomas A.
Kabat Richard W.
Anderson Ronald M.
Casaregola Louis J.
Ferguson Peter D.
Lewis Carl M.
The Trane Company
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