Patent · US Expired

Packing

US4327923A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 1979
Grant dateMay 4, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 27, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16J15/20
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A packing assembly comprises a plurality of adjacent solid, compressible, non-resilient, low friction packing rings having cylindrical sealing surfaces forming a continuous sealing surface along the shaft and each solid ring having a pair of converging generally radially extending walls thereby defining a space between the adjacent walls of each pair of adjacent rings and resilient rings in the space between adjacent solid rings.

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