IP Library Granted Patent US 9,377,109
Granted Patent B2
US 9,377,109 · App. 13/601,517 · Granted Jun 28, 2016

Seal structure of rotary machine and gas turbine equipped with same

Inventors: Eiichi Tsutsumi (Tokyo, JP); Kenichi Arase (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F16J15/3452F01D11/003F01D11/005F01D25/246F05D2260/38
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Patent No.
US 9,377,109
App. No.
13/601,517
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seal structure of a rotary machine is such that: an outer circumference side member has a ring-shaped flange which projects radially inward and extends about the axis; an inner circumference side member has a flange which is of a ring shape projecting radially outward and extending about the axis, and which is opposite to the flange of the outer circumference side member from the axial direction; in either flange, there is formed a ring-shaped groove part which is recessed from the end surface facing the other flange; in the groove part, a ring-shaped seal body advances and retracts to come in contact with the other flange; and there is a first biasing device biasing body toward the other flange side, and a second biasing device biasing it toward the wall surface of the groove part.

Claims (21)

1. A seal structure of a rotary machine, comprising:

a casing; and

a rotating body which is rotated about an axis in an interior of said casing, wherein said casing comprises:

an outer circumference side member; and

an inner circumference side member which is arranged on an inner side of said outer circumference side member in a radial direction that is orthogonal to said axis,

wherein said outer circumference side member has a ring-shaped flange which projects inward in said radial direction and which extends about the axis,

wherein said inner circumference side member is formed in a ring shape which projects outward in said radial direction and which extends about the axis, and it has a flange which is opposite to the flange of said outer circumference side member in the axial direction,

wherein on either one of the flange of said outer circumference side member or the flange of said inner circumference side member, there is formed a ring-shaped groove part which is recessed from an end surface facing the other of the flanges which does not have the groove part and which extends about the axis,

wherein said groove part accommodates a ring-shaped seal body which advances and retracts so as to be able to come in contact with said other of the flanges which does not have the groove part,

wherein there are provided a plurality of first biasing devices which bias said seal body toward said other of the flanges which does not have the groove part, and a plurality of second biasing devices which bias said seal body toward a wall surface of said groove part facing in said radial direction,

wherein said plurality of first biasing devices are arranged only at respective first positions in a circumferential direction of the seal body,

wherein said plurality of second biasing devices are arranged only at respective second positions which are different positions in the circumferential direction of the seal body from the first positions and adjacent to the respective first positions in the circumferential direction of the seal body, and

wherein at least one of said second biasing devices is arranged between adjacent first biasing devices in the circumferential direction of the seal body.

2. A seal structure of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

said seal body comprises a plurality of segments arranged about the axis; and

said first biasing devices and said second biasing devices are respectively provided in these segments.

3. A seal structure of a rotary machine according to claim 1 , wherein:

said second biasing devices bias said seal body outward in said radial direction.

4. A seal structure of a rotary machine according to claim 2 , wherein:

said second biasing devices bias said seal body outward in said radial direction.

5. A gas turbine that uses the seal structure of a rotary machine according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 5, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056750/0088 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jul 5, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056760/0660 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2012
From: TSUTSUMI, EIICHI; ARASE, KENICHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029334/0925 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-004079 · Jan 12, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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