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Sealing device

US5975534A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 17, 1997
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16J15/3264
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sealing device designed to minimize accumulation of a fluid medium trapped therein to thereby increase a sealing performance and adapted to seal a space between inner and outer peripheral members rotatable relative to each other. The sealing device includes a generally L-sectioned annular sealing plate fitted to one of the inner and outer peripheral members and a generally L-sectioned annular sealing element fitted to the other of the inner and outer peripheral members so as to confront the sealing plate. The sealing plate has a radial wall and a tilted wall extending from the radial wall so as to incline inwardly thereof, and the sealing element includes a generally L-sectioned base plate provided with an elastic member. The elastic member has a side lip slidably engageable with the radial wall of the sealing plate and a radial lip slidingly engageable with a cylindrical sleeve of the sealing plate.

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