Pivoted blade between rotor and stator having arcuate sections

摘要

An improved rotor blade arrangement pivotally mounted in a cylindrical recess in the rotor. The blade arrangement is pivotally mounted on a blade support and has a center of gravity offset from the pivot mounting. The arrangement includes a pair of arcuate sections joined at a blade tip, which tip seals against the stator. Each arcuate section has a free end opposite the blade tip including a linear seal contacting the recess surface. The resulting arrangement minimizes the friction loses of the blade arrangement and forms a sealed space between the recess surface and the blade profile to enhance the compression ratio for compressible fluids.