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Radial lip oil seal

US4969653A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 1989
Grant dateNov 13, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16J15/3252
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A shaft seal includes a rigid case and an elastomeric seal body affixed thereto. The seal body member includes a primary sealing lip and a secondary sealing lip axially spaced from one another by an intermediate flex section. The sealing surfaces of both sealing lips are lined with a singular piece of low friction material in the form of a single annular wafer having radially inner and outer liner portions covering the primary and secondary sealing lips. The wafer is formed with a weakened material section intermediate the inner and outer annular liner portions for increasing the flexibility and independent operation of each sealing lip.

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