Patent ID: 7775862

Claim:
A horn rotor assembly, comprising: an elongate casing horn having opposing first and second end portions, an outer surface and an internal flow channel, the first end portion configured to reside upstream of the second end portion; and a pivot head having a flow passage extending therethrough, the first end portion of the elongate casing horn attached to the pivot head, wherein the casing horn and pivot head are configured to allow the casing horn to pivot side to side about a pivot axis, from a substantially horizontal axially aligned configuration to a generally horizontal laterally offset configuration, with the casing horn flow channel and pivot head flow passage in fluid communication, wherein, in a casing load configuration, the pivot head is configured to allow the casing horn to angle laterally outwardly and, in operative position, the pivot head is configured to allow the casing horn to extend in a substantially horizontal axially aligned position.