Exhaust gas turbine supercharger

Claim 1

An axial flow gas turbine supercharger comprising: a rotor shaft mounted for rotation and having first and second opposite ends; a blower impeller fixed to said first end of said rotor shaft; turbine blades fixed to said second end of said rotor shaft; at least one turbine nozzle positioned axially adjacent said turbine blades on the side thereof facing away from said impeller; exhaust gas inlet casing means positioned for directing inlet exhaust gas from an engine exhaust axially through said at least one nozzle and then axially between said turbine blades, thereby rotating said turbine blades, said rotor shaft and said impeller; exhaust gas outlet casing means positioned axially between said turbine blades and said impeller for receiving said inlet exhaust gas after passage thereof between said turbine blades and for discharging said inlet exhaust gas; and said exhaust gas inlet casing means comprising a fixedly positioned cylindrical outer inlet casing and a cylindrical inner inlet casing dimensioned to be axially slidably inserted into and removed from the interior of said outer inlet casing, said outer inlet casing enclosing said inner inlet casing throughout substantially the entire axial length thereof, said outer inlet casing including means for connection to an engine exhaust pipe, said inner inlet casing being free of direct connection to the engine exhaust pipe, means for attaching said at least one turbine nozzle to the axially inner end of said inner inlet casing, and means for connecting said inner and outer inlet casings when said inner inlet casing is axially inserted into said outer inlet casing, whereby said at least one turbine nozzle may be disassembled from said supercharger by removing said connecting means and then axially removing as a unit said inner inlet casing and said at least one turbine nozzle from the interior of said outer inlet casing, without disconnecting said outer inlet casing from the engine exhaust pipe.