.~ With runner having conical hub including small diameter facing upstream
DEFINITION
Classification: 415/218.1
With runner having conical hub including small diameter facing upstream:
(under subclass 182.1) Device wherein the runner* comprises a rotating base member which support a blade*. The rotating
base member has sides which increase evenly in diameter with the lesser diameter portion facing against the direction of working fluid* flow so as to act somewhat as a guide to direct the flow toward the blade.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers),
245+, for a runner comprising a coaxially mounted spinner or fairwater cap, subclass 188 for a rotor comprising a flow confining or deflecting web or end plate which is circumferentially and radially continuous and which is conical.