Turbomachine rotor assembly

Claim 1

A ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINE, COMPRISING A ROTOR WHEEL, A PLURALITY OF BLADES HAVING SHANK AND VANE PORTIONS WITH A PLATFORM THEREBETWEEN, SAID BLADES POSITIONED TO EXTEND RADIALLY FROM SAID ROTOR WHEEL WITH THE SHANK PORTIONS ATTACHED TO SAID WHEEL AND ADJACENT PLATFORMS, ABUTTING, FIRST AND SECOND BAFFLE PLATES POSITIONED ON THE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM SIDES OF SAID BLADE SHANKS RESPECTIVELY TO PREVENT THE AXIAL FLOW OF GAS BETWEEN SAID SHANKS, SAID BAFFLE PLATES INCLUDING RADIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS ADJACENT WHERE SAID PLATFORMS ABUT, DAMPER PINS SUPPORTED FROM SAID SLOTS AND CONNECTING SAID PLATES IN A MANNER TO ALLOW LIMITED RADIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID PINS AND HOLD SAID PLATES IN POSITION, SAID DAMPER PINS POSITIONED TO RUB AGAINST THE JOINT FORMED BY ADJACENT BLADE PLATFORMS TO SEAL SAID JOINT SAID BLADES HAVING INTERNAL COOLING FLUID PASSAGES OPENING INTO CHAMBERS FORMED BY THE BLADES SHANKS AND BAFFLE PLATES, AND MEANS TO INTRODUCE COOLING FLUID INTO THESE CHAMBERS FOR CIRCULATION THROUGH SAID BLADES.