Patent ID: 9644483
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: F01D

Claim:
1. A turbomachine bucket comprising: a base section sized to couple with a turbomachine rotor, the base section having a leading edge and a trailing edge opposing the leading edge, wherein the leading edge of the base section includes a planar surface; a blade section coupled to the base section and aligned to extend radially from the base section; a shroud coupled to the blade section and aligned to extend radially from the blade section; and a single flow interrupter coupled to the leading edge of the base section, wherein the single flow interrupter includes a planar face extending from the planar surface of the leading edge of the base section such that the entire planar face of the flow interrupter is coplanar to the planar surface of the leading edge of the base section, and wherein the single flow interrupter has a substantially equal width as the blade section proximate a joint between the flow interrupter and the blade section, the width of the blade section and the width of the flow interrupter being measured along the leading edge of the base section.