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Device for making a sealed connection between channels

US5944360A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 1998
Grant dateAug 31, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S285/906
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for making a sealed connection between channels which are made respectively in two components which bear on each other via at least one spacer. This device is in the form of a tubular insert 8 comprising a rigid tubular armature 9 having a length slightly less than the thickness of the spacer in the region of the channels; and at least one tube 10, made of rubber or elastic synthetic material, lining at least the ends of the armature 9 and having at both its ends a rim 11, 12 covering the corresponding end of the armature, this rim being able to be compressed, upon fitting the insert, in a sealed manner between each end of the tubular armature 9 and the corresponding component.

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