Patent ID: 8105041

Claim:
An arrangement for axially securing rotating blades in a rotor, comprising: a shaft collar arranged along a rotational axis of the rotor; a plurality of rotating-blade retaining slots arranged at an outer circumference of the shaft collar and along an axial direction of the rotor wherein the retaining slots retain rotating blades arranged in the retaining slots; a projection arranged on a front-end side face of the shaft collar in a region of the rotating-blade retaining slots and having an encircling slot that opens radially outward; a plurality of sheet-metal-like sealing elements that each engage the encircling slot to axially secure the rotating blades and form a front-end sealing ring in the circumferential direction; a sheet metal strip secured to at least one of the sealing elements arranged and constructed to secure the sealing elements against a displacement in the circumferential direction, wherein the sheet-metal strip: is of essentially L-shaped design in its extent, and a first leg extending in the circumferential direction is fastened to the sealing element and a second leg extending inward in the radial direction engages in a securing pocket provided in the region of the shaft collar.