Patent · US Expired

Seal for a cylinder-piston arrangement

US4327629A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 9, 1980
Grant dateMay 4, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 9, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16J3/06
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a cylinder, a piston located in part in the cylinder and movable relative thereto, an elastic tube member sealingly engaging the piston and the cylinder at spaced locations and at least partially defining a working chamber, the tube member stretching and contracting and the working chamber varying in volume upon relative movement of the piston and the cylinder, the tube member having a portion sliding against the inner wall of the cylinder as the volume of the working chamber varies and a ring member encircling the tube member and located between the tube member and the cylinder inner wall in the connection region of the tube member and the piston.

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