Turbine diaphragm structure
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1. TURBINE DIAPHRAGM STRUCTURE HAVING SPACED NOZZLE VANES, EACH VANE COMPRISING, A HOLLOW BLADE MEANS WITH A LEADING AND TRAILING EDGE, A THIN WALLED INSERT DISPOSED IN SAID BLADE AND SPACED THEREFROM TO DEFINE PASSAGES, SAID INSERT HAVING APERTURES ORIENTED TO DISCHARGE FLUID ON THE LEADING EDGE INNER SURFACE TO SPREAD AND FLOW THROUGH SAID PASSAGES TOWARD SAID TRAILING EDGE, SAID INSERT BEING FORMED TO PROVIDE A DIFFUSION SECTION AT THE TRAILING EDGE TO PREDETERMINE THE FLOW THROUGH SAID PASSAGES, AND MEANS TO DISCHARGE SAID FLUID ADJACENT THE TRAILING EDGE.
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1. TURBINE DIAPHRAGM STRUCTURE HAVING SPACED NOZZLE VANES, EACH VANE COMPRISING, A HOLLOW BLADE MEANS WITH A LEADING AND TRAILING EDGE, A THIN WALLED INSERT DISPOSED IN SAID BLADE AND SPACED THEREFROM TO DEFINE PASSAGES, SAID INSERT HAVING APERTURES ORIENTED TO DISCHARGE FLUID ON THE LEADING EDGE INNER SURFACE TO SPREAD AND FLOW THROUGH SAID PASSAGES TOWARD SAID TRAILING EDGE, SAID INSERT BEING FORMED TO PROVIDE A DIFFUSION SECTION AT THE TRAILING EDGE TO PREDETERMINE THE FLOW THROUGH SAID PASSAGES, AND MEANS TO DISCHARGE SAID FLUID ADJACENT THE TRAILING EDGE.
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