Patent ID: 9506360
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: F01D,F04D,F05D

Claim Text:
1. A continuous-flow machine comprising: at least one guide vane ring, the guide vane ring defining radial, circumferential and axial directions, the guide vane ring including at least one row of a plurality of guide vanes spaced in the circumferential direction, each guide vane of the plurality of guide vanes having a vane body with a longitudinal axis in the radial direction between a base and a tip, the plurality of guide vanes including first guide vanes and second guide vanes, each first guide vane being tapered along the longitudinal axis so that the vane body becomes narrower at the tip than the base and each second guide vane being tapered in an opposite direction along the longitudinal axis so that the vane body becomes wider at the tip than the base.