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Packing rings, method for production of the packing rings, and seal device using the packing rings

US5573253A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 12, 1995
Grant dateNov 12, 1996
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S277/924
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A packing ring of a composite structure including a packing of expanded graphite and an annular mass of superposed sheets of expanded graphite is produced by a method including the steps of spirally winding a ribbon of expanded graphite into a roll, compression molding the roll into the packing, and incorporating the annular mass into the packing by compression molding within a molding die so that at least one packed part has a higher density than the packing in at least one of the inner and outer peripheral parts of the packing. A seal device has an empty space through which passes a shaft and containing at least one such packing in the empty space to seal between the inner wall of the empty space and the outer peripheral surface of the shaft.

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