Apparatus for removing leakage flow of a pressurized medium from gap type seals

US4245844A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Firma Carl Schenck AG

Inventors

• Andreas Pohl · Groß-Umstadt, DE
• Gerhard Hintz · Ober-Ramstadt, DE
• Guenter Keller · Bensberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 1980
• Grant date: Jan 20, 1981
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16J15/406
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The leakage flow of a pressurized medium in gap type seals is controlled by a suction device at the sealing location of the gap seal. The suction device comprises a jet pump. The jet pump is driven by the pressurized medium in the gap seal or by an externally supplied fluid medium.