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Unitized, grease-purgeable seal

US4106781A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 28, 1977
Grant dateAug 15, 1978
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Expiry dateApr 28, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16J15/3232
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A unitized, grease-purgeable shaft seal including a wear sleeve and an elastomeric member having an inner sealing element extending toward the wear sleeve on one side of a wear sleeve flange and having an outer sealing element extending toward the wear sleeve on the other side of the flange whereby the seal is unitized. Each of the sealing elements includes an outwardly facing sealing lip, whereby the seal is grease purgeable.

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