Patents Assigned to Colgate Research & Development Co.
  • Gas turbine
    Patent number: 4451201
    Abstract: A gas turbine comprises a specially fluted rotor that induces a set of co-rotating axial vortices within the average circumferential flow. In an expansion turbine these vortices transfer angular momentum and torque to the fluted rotor. One advantage is a rotational tip speed of the rotor slower than conventional turbines and hence reduced tip stress. In a compressor the rotor imparts kinetic energy to the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: Colgate Research & Development Co.
    Inventor: Stirling A. Colgate