Patents Examined by Nathaniel Wiehle
  • Patent number: 9004857
    Abstract: In a centrifugal compressor, for the purpose of preventing the positions of a diaphragm and a head flange in a radial direction from moving with respect to a casing, preventing the unstable vibration of the rotor and enabling an efficient and stable operation even on high-pressure conditions, there is provided a barrel-shaped centrifugal compressor including a casing, a diaphragm located in the casing to define a flow channel, and a head flange attached to the end of the casing by a shear key, wherein in the inner peripheral surface of the casing and the outer peripheral surface of abutment portions of the diaphragm and the head flange in which they are abutted on the inner peripheral surface of the casing, sliding key grooves which are vertical to the surfaces are provided at least two portions in a peripheral direction, and sliding keys are provided in the key grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Magara, Kazuyuki Yamaguchi, Mitsuhiro Narita, Haruo Miura, Naohiko Takahashi, Akira Endo