Patent · US Expired

Sealing device

US6880830B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24References
21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 6, 2002
Grant dateApr 19, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16J15/3272
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sealing device for sealing off an opening between a shaft and a grease-lubricated split bearing housing comprises two halves divided by a diametrical cut and each having a main body arranged in a circumferential groove in the bearing housing opening. The sealing device is provided with sealing lips spaced apart from each other and forming an intermediate grease reservoir, and reinforcing portions arranged between the main seal body and the sealing lips to facilitate sealing engagement between the sealing lips and a shaft when an upper bearing housing half arranged with the upper seal half is mounted onto the shaft while the shaft is resting in a lower bearing housing half arranged with the lower seal half.

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