Patent · US Expired

Brush seal

US5335920A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateAug 20, 1992
Grant dateAug 9, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16J15/3288
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A brush seal is provided having a plurality of bristle layers sandwiched between a pair of circumferential plates with the upstream layers of bristles having a higher first fundamental vibration frequency than downstream seal layers. Such a seal has bristles in the upstream layer or layers that have a greater cross sectional area, a lesser lay angle, are shorter, or some combination of the foregoing.

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