Raymond R Robb

US Patent:

39415066, Mar 2, 1976

Filed:

Sep 5, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/503401

Inventors:

Raymond R. Robb - Latrobe PA
Vijay K. Sood - Murrysville PA

Assignee:

Carrier Corporation - Syracuse NY

International Classification:

F01D 506

US Classification:

416244A

Abstract:

An impeller and shaft assembly suitable for use in an overhung compressor for facilitating mounting and rearranging impellers upon a shaft. A stud is threaded into the end of the shaft and the impeller slidably mounted thereon. An elongated key is inserted between the stud, the shaft, and the impeller to cojoin the three elements. In another embodiment, a second impeller is mounted upon the stud adjacent the first impeller with the two impellers being locked to the stud by a common key.