US 11,852,029 B2
Scoop assembly for rotational equipment
Sin Chien Siw, Simsbury, CT (US); Charles J. Banas, Norwich, CT (US); and Timothy Castaldo, West Hartford, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/993,758.
Prior Publication US 2022/0049625 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. F01D 25/18 (2006.01); F16N 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 25/186 (2013.01) [F16N 7/00 (2013.01); F05D 2260/98 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for rotational equipment, comprising:
a first rotatable body extending axially along and circumferentially about a rotational axis, the first rotatable body comprising a first scoop with a first scoop aperture that extends obliquely through the first rotatable body;
an injector including a first nozzle orifice and a second nozzle orifice, the injector configured to direct a first fluid jet from the first nozzle orifice into an inlet of the first scoop aperture, and the injector further configured to direct a second fluid jet from the second nozzle orifice into the inlet of the first scoop aperture; and
a second rotatable body extending axially along and circumferentially about the rotational axis, a base of the second rotatable body abutted axially against the first rotatable body;
the second rotatable body comprising a second scoop with a scoop arm projecting axially out from the base of the second rotatable body.