Patent · US Expired

Rotary fluid seals

US4462600A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 12, 1984
Grant dateJul 31, 1984
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16J15/34
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary fluid seal having a flexible sealing ring which floats between relatively rotatable counterface members and has contact faces which bear on the counterfaces under the influence of centrifugal force, such as forms the subject of U.S. Pat. No. 4,348,031, is provided with a rigid spring-retaining ring which permits but limits centrifugal expansion of a spring loading the contact faces against the counterfaces.

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