Apparatus for absorbing and measuring power

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR ABSORBING AND ACCURATELY MEASURING POWER FROM A POWER GENERATING DEVICE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A ROTATABLY MOUNTED SHAFT OPERABLY CONNECTED TO SAID POWER GENERATING DEVICE, A ROTOR MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, A PLURALITY OF VANES MOUNTED ON SAID ROTOR, A MANIFOLD RIGIDLY MOUNTED ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID SHAFT, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A BRAKING FLUID TO SAID MANIFOLD, A PLURALITY OF STATOR BLADES MOUNTED BETWSEEN SAID MANIFOLD AND SAID ROTOR VANES, MEANS FOR CONVEYING SAID BRAKING FLUID FROM SAID MANIFOLD TO SAID STATOR BLADES ALONG A PATH SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT, SAID STATOR BLADES BEING ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO SAID PATH TO DIRECT SAID BRAKING FLUID FROM SAID PATH TOWARD SAID ROTOR VANES IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF ROTATIONAL OF SAID ROTOR, A HOUSING FOR MOUNTING SAID STATOR BLADES ADJACENT SAID ROTOR VANES, SAID HOUSING BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF SAID ROTOR VANES FOR PREVENTING RADIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID BRAKING FLUID DURING AXIAL MOVEMENT ACROSS SAID ROTOR VANES, A PLURALITY OF STRAIGHENTING VANES SECURED TO SAID HOUSING AND POSITIONED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID ROTOR FROM SAID STATOR BLADES FOR DIRECTING SAID BRAKING FLUID AWAY FROM SAID VANES ALONG A PATH SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT, A CASING SURROUNDING SAID HOUSING AND SECURED THERETO, SAID CASING HAVING A FIRST AXIALLY EXTENDING PORTION AND A FIRST RADIALLY EXTENDING PORTION, A SUPPORT HOUSING SURROUNDING SAID CASING, SAID SUPPORT HOUSING HAVING A SECOND EXTENDING PORTION ON SAID ADJACENT SAID FIRST AXIALLY EXTENDING PORTION ON SAID CASING AND A SECOND RADIALLY EXTENDING PORTION ADJACENT SAID FIRST RADIALLY EXTENDING PORTION OF SAID CASING, FIRST AIR BEARINGS BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND AXIALLY EXTENDING PORTIONS FOR ACCOMMODATING RADIAL THRUST, SECOND AIR BEARINGS BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND RADIALLY EXTENDING PORTIONS FOR ACCOMMODATING AXIAL THRUST, AND TORQUE MEASURING MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTED TO SAID CASING.