Patents Assigned to Furon Seals N.V.
  • Patent number: 6443459
    Abstract: Sealing arrangement between relatively rotatable components that includes a first component having a cylindrical circumferential surface on one of an interior and exterior circumference, and a second component having a ring groove open toward the circumferential surface. A ring-shaped carrier is arranged to be displaceable in the ring groove, a centering rod is arranged to guide the ring-shaped carrier on the circumferential surface, and a radial lip seal is arranged to rest against the circumferential surface in an elastic manner. An axial seal is arranged to rest against a side wall of the ring groove, and an anti-twisting device is coupled to the ring-shaped carrier and arranged to enable a limited range of motion in all directions of a radial plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignees: Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH, Furon Seals N.V.
    Inventors: Francis Lebeau, Reinhard Wenzel