IP Library Granted Patent US 8,087,879
Granted Patent B2
US 8,087,879 · App. 12/143,284 · Granted Jan 3, 2012

Device for cooling the slots of a rotor disk in a turbomachine having two air feeds

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Patent No.
US 8,087,879
App. No.
12/143,284
Granted
Jan 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a device for cooling slots in a turbomachine rotor disk, comprising a rotor disk having a plurality of slots and a flange. The device also comprises blades, each having its root mounted in a respective slot, a retaining annulus having one end mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk, and a flange disposed around the flange of the disk and co-operating therewith to define a space forming a cooling air diffusion cavity that opens out into the bottom of each of the slots, together with air admission orifices opening out into the diffusion cavity at the upstream end thereof, the end of the retaining annulus that is mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk including a plurality of openings that open out radially into the bottom of each of the slots in the disk, at the upstream ends thereof.

Claims (10)

1. A device for cooling the slots in a turbomachine rotor disk, the device comprising:

a rotor disk comprising:

at its periphery, a plurality of substantially axial slots that are regularly distributed around the axis of rotation of the disk; and

an annular flange extending upstream from an upstream radial face of the disk;

a plurality of blades each having a root mounted in a corresponding slot in the rotor disk;

a retaining annulus having an end that is mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk and an annular flange that extends upstream from said upstream radial face of the disk and that is placed around the flange of the disk, while co-operating therewith to leave an annular space forming a cooling air diffusion cavity, this diffusion cavity opening out at its downstream end into the bottom of each of the disk slots, at the upstream ends thereof; and

a plurality of air admission orifices regularly distributed around the axis of rotation of the disk and opening out into the diffusion cavity at the upstream end thereof;

wherein the end of the retaining annulus that is mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk includes a plurality of openings distributed around the axis of rotation of the disk and opening out axially into the bottom of each of the slots in the disk, at the upstream ends thereof.

2. A device according to claim 1 , in which the end of the retaining annulus that is mounted against the upstream radial face of the disk further includes a plurality of teeth extending radially outwards, each of which is designed to co-operate axially with a corresponding tooth of a blade root in order to retain said blades axially.

3. A turbomachine, including at least one device for cooling slots in a rotor disk, and in accordance with claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET TO REMOVE APPLICATION NOS. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046479 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046939/0336 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046479/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2008
From: DEJAUNE, CLAUDE GERARD RENE; GROS, VALERIE ANNIE; LORO, GAEL; SOUPIZON, JEAN-LUC
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 021142/0371 →