Patent ID: 6926495

Claim:
A turbine engine having a sealing system for reducing a gap between a tip of a shrouded turbine blade and a stationary shroud of the turbine engine, comprising: at least one shrouded turbine blade; at least one seal land coupled to at least one shrouded turbine blade, the at least one seal land extending from a tip of the at least one shrouded turbine blade toward the stationary shroud of the turbine engine and having a curved configuration; wherein the at least one seal land is adapted to straighten from a curved resting position to an operating position where a tip of the at least one seal land is closer to the stationary shroud of the turbine engine than when the turbine engine is in a resting position; and wherein the at least one seal land is attached to the at least one shrouded turbine blade by sliding the at least one seal land into a slot in the tip of the at least one shrouded turbine blade.