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Split sealing element

US6045136A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 15, 1998
Grant dateApr 4, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 15, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16J15/22
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A split sealing member for a rotary shaft comprising a coiled body, with non-adjoined ends, having a plurality of turns about a central axis, bent along the course of the body such that the body is divided into a radially-inner portion and a radially-outer portion wherein the radially-inner portion defines a first plane and the radially-outer portion defines a second plane which is substantially transverse to the central axis.

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