Seal for a joint or juncture – Seal between relatively movable parts – Close proximity seal
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-30
2006-05-30
Pickard, Alison K. (Department: 3673)
Seal for a joint or juncture
Seal between relatively movable parts
Close proximity seal
C277S413000, C415S174500
Reexamination Certificate
active
07052017
ABSTRACT:
The so-called comb-type labyrinth sealing device (S1) is disposed in a gap between a rotor blade (2), i.e. a rotating member, and a labyrinth packing (9), i.e. a stationary member. The sealing device (S1) has a plurality of sealing fins (F1, F2) arranged on the opposite sides of the gap opposite to each other. The sealing fins are axially spaced apart at unequal pitches, and hence a possibility that some of the clearances between the opposite sealing fins (F1, F2) decrease when a casing holding the labyrinth packing (9) and a rotor (1) are axially displaced relative to each other due to the difference in thermal expansion between the rotator and the casing increases.
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Kikuchi Masataka
Uchida Tatsuro
Foley & Lardner LLP
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Pickard Alison K.
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