Seal arrangement for sealing a gap

US10865880B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wilfried Mackel · Oelde, DE
• Thomas Kleimann · Oelde, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 15, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 21, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16J15/106
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A seal arrangement for a process device or installation. A component arrangement has two components adjoining one another in sections in the area of a gap. A groove toward the gap is formed on one of the two components, which groove is L-shaped and is open toward an edge of the gap. A seal is inserted into the groove, which seal also has an L shape that corresponds to the L shape of the groove, for which purpose the seal has a first sealing limb and a second sealing limb at right angle thereto. The first sealing limb is designed so that the first sealing limb is inserted into the first limb of the groove, and the second sealing limb is designed in such a way that the second sealing limb can be inserted into the second limb of the groove and is firmly clamped there, and the first sealing limb is firmly clamped into the first limb of the groove in the manner of a sealing foot with oversize.