Patents by Inventor Delbert Eugene Conklin

Delbert Eugene Conklin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of removing blades from a turbo machine
    Patent number: 5803978
    Abstract: A method of removing blades from the rotor of a turbo machine, such as a steam or gas turbine, in which material deposits formed between the surfaces of the blade root and its retaining groove have effectively bonded the blade root to the rotor groove. The blade root and groove are submersed in a liquid medium enclosed in a tank. Transducers installed on the tank radiate ultrasonic pressure waves into the liquid medium that breakup the material deposits through cavitation, thereby loosing the bond between the blade root and the groove. The blade is then removed from the tank and the blade slid out of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Dennis Ray Amos, Kent Wixon Beedon, Timothy Lee Driver, David Joseph Knapp, Delbert Eugene Conklin