Patent ID: 9347326
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: F01D,F05D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of assembling a bucket assembly, the method comprising: inserting a dovetail of each of a first bucket, a first transition bucket, a second transition bucket, and a second bucket into a dovetail groove defined circumferentially within a rotor disk, the first and second buckets each including a bucket cover that includes a pair of lateral edges that are each formed in a first configuration; coupling the first transition bucket against the first bucket by sliding the first transition bucket in a first circumferential direction along the dovetail groove, the first transition bucket including a first transition cover that includes a first lateral edge that is formed in the first configuration and a second lateral edge that is formed in a second configuration; and coupling the second transition bucket against the second bucket by sliding the second transition bucket in a second circumferential direction along the dovetail groove opposite the first circumferential direction, the second transition bucket including a second transition cover that includes a first lateral edge that is formed in the first configuration and a second lateral edge that is formed in the second configuration.