Patent · US Expired

Sealing ring

US4223896A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
4References
15Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 13, 1979
Grant dateSep 23, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 13, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L47/08
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sealing ring to be received by an annular groove in one of two pipe elements which can be inserted one into the other, to seal between the pipe elements. The sealing ring comprises two integrated portions of different hardnesses, forming two surfaces enclosing an obtuse angle one of said surfaces being formed by the harder portion and the other one by the softer portion.

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