Patent ID: 8176598
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: F01D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking spacer assembly for insertion in a circumferential dovetail slot between platforms of adjacent rotor blades, comprising: a stationary member having a platform configured to fit into a space between the adjacent rotor blade platforms, said stationary member further comprising a first leg extending transversely from an underside of said platform and having a configuration so as to extend into the dovetail slot; a longitudinally extending groove defined in said platform; a slide member movably engaged with said stationary member along said groove, said slide member comprising an upper plate and a second leg connected to said upper plate, said second leg having a configuration so as to extend into said dovetail slot opposite from said first leg; said slide member movable along said groove between a first unlocked position wherein said first and second legs are spaced apart a first distance so as to be insertable into the dovetail slot, and a second locked position wherein said first and second legs are spaced apart an extended second distance such that said first and second legs engage against opposite walls of the dovetail slot and said stationary member is locked in said dovetail slot.