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Sealing device providing the upstream/downstream sealing of a valve

US4593916A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 1985
Grant dateJun 10, 1986
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S277/938
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sealing device for providing the upstream/downstream sealing of a valve comprising a valving member movable inside the bore of a tubular body and comprising at its periphery a sealing surface coming to bear on a sealing packing mounted in the body at the end of the valving stroke. This sealing packing comprises a dynamic annular sealing element and a coronal metal membrane, whose outer edge portion has flat radial part applied axially against a steep side of a shoulder in the bore of the body, for providing static sealing therewith.

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