Patent ID: 8251647

Claim:
A turbomachine, comprising: a housing; and an annular guide device including: a support ring having a first through hole and a second through hole, the first through hole arranged radially outside the second through hole rotatable guide blades arranged along a circumference of the guide device, each rotatable guide blade including a radially running shank for mounting in the support ring, wherein the support ring comprises bearing points for holding the guide blade shanks; fasteners for fastening the support ring to the housing through the first through hole, wherein free ends of the guide blade shanks are arranged radially within a first radius (r 1 ) and the fasteners are arranged radially outside a second radius (r 2 ), and wherein the radius (r 1 ) is smaller than the second radius (r 2 ), such that the fasteners for fastening the support ring to the housing are arranged radially outside the free ends of the guide blade shanks and, the circumferential position of the guide blades may be freely selected within predefined angles without collisions occurring between the guide blade shanks and the fasteners; and an adjusting ring including an adjusting lever, the adjusting lever arranged through the second through hole of the support ring.