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Shaft sealing ring

US4964647A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 16, 1988
Grant dateOct 23, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16J15/3204
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An article for use as a shaft sealing ring for sealing a fluid medium includes an elastomeric body, a housing member, and a sealing lip having a sealing edge; the sealing edge, when installed about a shaft, being radially deformed and contacting a surface of the shaft along a running zone having a first end adjoining the fluid medium and a second end adjoining the environment to be sealed from the fluid medium; the sealing edge, when in a non-installed condition, having an annular surface of varying inner diameter along the running zone; the smallest of the varying inner diameter lying closer to the first end than to the second end.

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