Patent ID: 9605547
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: F01D,F05D

Claim:
1. A turbine engine wheel comprising: blades, each comprising an airfoil connected by a platform to a middle wall or tang extending radially and the tang extended radially inwards by a root mounted in a slot of a disk, the platform and the tang defining two side cavities arranged on either side of the tang, wherein said cavities are circumferentially open and are situated facing corresponding cavities in directly adjacent blades; a sealing member being housed in one of the side cavities adjacent to the blades; and an annular sealing end plate mounted on an upstream or downstream end of the disk, said sealing end plate extending radially between the platforms and the disk, so as to face the slots and the roots of the blades, said sealing end plate including rotary coupling means for coupling with the sealing member, wherein one of the sealing end plate and the sealing member includes a projecting portion and the other of the sealing end plate and the sealing member includes a housing of complementary shape to the projecting portion, the projecting portion being engaged in the housing.