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Rotating union with carbon graphite labyrinthine seal

US4928997A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 13, 1989
Grant dateMay 29, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23B31/302
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A multiple passage rotating union includes a housing assembly having a housing with an elongated cylindrical sleeve bearing of carbon graphite located in the axial bore of the housing and heat shrunk to the inner surface of the housing bore, the sleeve bearing defining the bearing surface for the rotor assembly of the rotating union and providing sealing between the fluid passageways through the rotating union.

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