Turbines, blowers and the like

Claim 1

A ROTARY TURBO-MACHINE COMPRISING A ROTOR SHAFT; A BLADED ROTOR ON SAID SHAFT; A TUBULAR CASING SURROUNDING SAID ROTOR AND ARRANGED COAXIALLY WITH SHAFT; SAID CASING HAVING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OPENING FLUID INLET PASSAGE AXIALLY COMMUNICATING WITH ONE SIDE OF SAID ROTOR; SAID CASING BEING OPEN-ENDED AND RADIALLY IMPERFORATE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID ROTOR, THE OPEN END OF SAID CASSING FORMING A FLUID OUTLET; A SUBSTANTIALLY SPHERICAL PRESSURE-RETAINING OUTER CASING SURROUNDING SAID TUBULAR CASING IN SUCH RELATIONSHIP TO SAID TUBULAR CASING THAT THE CENTER OF SAID SPHERICAL CASING LIES GENERALLY ON THE AXIS OF SAID ROTOR SHAFT; SAID SPHERICAL CASING HAVING A CIRCULAR FLUID INLET APERTURE THE AXIS OF WHICH IS DISPOSED 90* FROM THE ROTOR SHAFT AXIS; SAID SPHERICAL CASING HAVING A CIRCULAR FLUID OUTLET APERTURE; SAID SPHERICAL CASING HAVING A FURTHER CIRCULAR APERTURE ALIGNED WITH SAID CIRCULAR OUTLET APERTURE AND CLOSED BY AND SUPPORTING ONE END OF SAID TUBULAR CASING IN SEALED RELATION THEREWITH; SAID FLUID OUTLET APERTURE IN SAID SPHERICAL CASING COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FLUID OUTLET IN SAID TUBULAR CASING AND LYING COAXIALLY THEREWITH; AND THE OTHER END OF SAID TUBULAR CASING BEING SECURED IN SEALED RELATION TO THE SPHERICAL CASING AT SAID SPHERICAL CASING OUTLET APERTURE.