ROTOR ASSEMBLY AND REVERSIBLE TURBINE BLADE RETAINER THEREFOR

摘要

A blade retainer for a gas turbine engine includes a plate-like member (82) with an arcuate outer face (90), an opposed inner face (92), and two spaced-apart end faces (94). The member (82) has an outer portion (96) disposed adjacent the outer face (90), and an inner portion (98) disposed adjacent the inner face (92), and a wedge-shaped recess (100) with a concave radiused valley (102) is formed in the inner portion (98) adjacent each end face. The retainer is left-right symmetrical.