Patent · US Expired

Shaft seal

US5018752A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 19, 1990
Grant dateMay 28, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C33/74
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A shaft seal consisting of a generally tubular hollow body formed of plastic and having lip seal portions at each end. Flexure grooves in the body enable lip seals on the inner surface of the body to be biased into sealing engagement with a shaft extending through the seal body.

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