Abstract: A gasket has a plurality of gasket members including annular reinforcing rings formed around respective axes and annular elastic body parts that are formed around the respective axes and that are formed from elastic bodies attached to the respective reinforcing rings. Outer peripheral surfaces of the plurality of the reinforcing rings are close to each other, and the plurality of the elastic body parts are joined together.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprising 0.1 to 2.5 parts by weight of a lubricant having a flow temperature of 50 to 100° C. based on 100 parts by weight of an ethylene/butene/5-ethylidene-2-norbornene terpolymer. This rubber composition is compounded with a specific lubricant, has the following effects. That is, the rubber composition prevents difficulties caused by sticking between unvulcanized rubber compound, improves productivity in the rubber compound preparation process and the vulcanization molding process of crosslinked molded products, such as seal members, and does not impair the low temperature properties of the crosslinked molded products. This rubber composition is effectively used as a crosslinking molding material for seal parts, for which a high pressure gas sealing function is particularly required in a low temperature environment, e.g., ?39° C. or lower.

Abstract: Provided are a fluororubber composition maintaining rubber properties and excellent in flowability and mold releasability as well as capable of reducing a cross-linking time when molded, and a fluororubber sealing material formed of the fluororubber composition. The fluororubber composition contains a polyol cross-linkable based fluororubber; an aliphatic acid amide based compound; at least one member selected from a phosphoric acid ester based compound, an aliphatic acid ester based compound and a fluorine-containing based compound; and a polyol based cross-linking agent. The fluororubber sealing material is formed of the fluororubber composition.

Abstract: A sealing device includes a first sealing member and a second sealing member that are mounted on a housing, the outer peripheral surface of the rotational shaft being in slidable contact with the first sealing member and the second sealing member. Distal portions of multiple first hooks formed on the first sealing member are hooked on the distal portions of multiple second hooks formed on the second sealing member for restricting movement of the second sealing member away from the first sealing member in the axial direction of the sealing device. Distal portions of multiple first stoppers formed on the first sealing member are in contact with the distal portions of multiple second stoppers formed on the second sealing member for restricting movement of the second sealing member toward the first sealing member in the axial direction.

Abstract: A sealing device seals a rod having a cylindrical part and a cylindrical guide that guides reciprocation of the rod in an axial direction of the rod. The sealing device includes an elastic ring formed of an elastic material, and a rigid ring formed of a rigid material fixed to the elastic ring for reinforcing the elastic ring. The elastic ring includes a lip with which an outer peripheral surface of the rod is in slidable contact. The rigid ring includes a rigid-ring cylindrical part located radially outside an end portion of the guide. The rigid-ring cylindrical part includes multiple hook hasps engaged into at least one recess formed on an outer peripheral surface of the guide. Each of the multiple hook hasps includes a root portion and a distal end portion located radially inward of the root portion and fitted into the recess. A thin portion is formed at the root portion of the hook hasp, the thin portion being thinner than other parts of the hook hasp.

Abstract: A gasket with a carrier film containing a combination of a rubber-only gasket body and a carrier film holding the gasket body. The carrier film can be easily detached from the gasket body even when the gasket body adheres to the carrier film. In embodiments, the gasket contains a combination of a rubber-only gasket body and a carrier film holding the gasket body. A tab enlarging the plane area of the gasket body is integrally provided in the gasket body. As a method for handling the gasket, when the carrier film is detached from the gasket body, the carrier film is detached from the gasket body in a state where the gasket body is fixed to a base with the tab or the carrier film is detached from the gasket body with the tab in a state where the carrier film is fixed to the base.

Abstract: A valve stem seal with significantly improved sealing performance while improving workability when fitting the valve stem seal to a valve stem guide. An inner peripheral surface of a fitting section 20B is provided with a plurality of annular seal protrusions which respectively include first inclined surfaces 25a and 26a each having a diameter that increases from a radially inward tip toward a seal section 20A side, and second inclined surfaces 25b and 26b each having a diameter that increases from a radially inward tip toward a side opposite to the seal section 20A. The first seal protrusion 25 which is closest to the seal section 20A is configured so that an inclination of the second inclined surface 25b is smaller than that of the first inclined surface 25a, and the second seal protrusion 26 which is farthest from the seal section 20A is configured so that an inclination of the first inclined surface 26a is smaller than that of the second inclined surface 26b.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement includes a housing including a bore and a shaft extending through the bore in the housing. An inner annular sealing member includes an inner surface press fit on the shaft and having a plurality of radially outwardly projecting fins on an outer surface. An outer annular sealing member is press fit in the bore and includes a first end supporting a seal lip that sealingly engages an outer surface of the inner annular sealing member. The outer annular sealing member includes a second end that is disposed directly radially outward of and spaced from the radially outwardly projecting fins of the inner annular sealing member. When the shaft rotates, the radially outwardly projecting fins pro-actively/dynamically move air, contamination, particles, fluids etc. axially away from the sealing area.

Abstract: A sealing device includes a reinforcing ring and an elastic body part. The elastic body part includes an annular seal lip, an annular dust lip, and an annular side lip that extends toward an outer side on an outer periphery side of the dust lip. The side lip includes an annular middle portion that increases in diameter as progress toward the outer side and an annular distal end portion that is a portion connected to and on the outer side of the middle portion and that increases in diameter as progress toward the outer side. In the side lip, the distal end portion is bent to an inner periphery side from the middle portion. In the middle portion, at least one groove is formed annularly around an axis x.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an electrocast belt which method ensures long-term use of an electrocasting bath and which method enables provision of an electrocast belt having a required product quality even when an electrocasting bath that has been used in electrolysis with a large cumulative amount of electricity. The method includes a first step of producing an electrocast belt having a required product quality in an electrocasting bath of a specific composition until a predetermined period of time has elapsed; a second step of subsequently producing an electrocast belt in the same electrocasting bath; and a third step of polishing a surface of the electrocast belt produced from the second step so that the electrocast belt produced from the third step has a product quality equivalent to that of the electrocast belt produced from the first step.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a sealing device that has a high function of stopping the entry of foreign matter. [Solution] Provided is a sealing device disposed between a rotating inner member and a fixed outer member of a rolling bearing, said sealing device comprising: an annular rotating seal member fixed to the inner member; and an annular seal cover fixed to an end portion of the outer member. The seal cover comprises: a fixed portion that is disposed in an interval between the outer member and the inner member and fixed to the end portion of the outer member; and a protective portion that is disposed radially outward of the rotating seal member and stops foreign matter from advancing to the rotating seal member from the outside. The rotating seal member comprises: an attachment portion fixed to the inner member; and a seal lip and a dust lip that extend from the attachment portion toward the seal cover. The dust lip extends obliquely radially outward from the attachment portion toward the seal cover.

Abstract: A damper system includes a cylinder wall defining a cylindrical chamber and having an open end having an annular recess. A piston is reciprocatingly disposed in the cylinder and is connected to a piston rod that extends out of the open end of the cylinder. An annular wiper seal is mounted in the annular recess of the cylinder and engages the piston rod. The annular wiper seal is made from a thermoplastic material. The annular wiper seal has an S-shaped cross section with a wiper lip having a lip edge that engages the piston rod, wherein the wiper lip has a substantially constant thickness along a majority of its length from the lip edge to the second radially inwardly extending portion.

Abstract: A sealing apparatus is provided that is capable of inhibiting a degradation in electrical conductivity performance. The sealing apparatus includes an outer seal part and an inner seal part, and conductive grease housed in a space. An outer elastic body part of the outer seal part is formed from an elastic body having electrical conductivity and includes a dust lip, a conduction lip, and a gasket part. At an annular fitting surface, the inner seal part is attached to the outer seal part. An inner elastic body part of the inner seal part is formed from an elastic body having electrical conductivity and includes a grease lip. The outer seal part has a spring that is put on an outer periphery side of the conduction lip to press the conduction lip against an inner peripheral member.

Abstract: A method for producing a silver-silver chloride electrode includes: producing a paste by mixing silver powder, silver chloride powder, a dispersant, and fumed silica powder with a liquid silicone rubber binder; coating the paste on a substrate made of silicone rubber; curing the paste on the substrate to form an electrode containing silver and silver chloride; and immersing the electrode in a sodium chloride aqueous solution.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement includes a stationary spindle and a wheel hub rotatably mounted to the spindle. A seal assembly is disposed between the spindle and the wheel hub and includes an outer carrier case having a first cylindrical portion disposed in the inner bore of the wheel hub and a first radial portion extending radially inward from an end of the first cylindrical portion. An inner seal element has an inner metal case having cylindrical portion received on an outer surface of the stationary spindle and includes an annular portion extending radially outwardly from an end of the cylindrical portion and axially spaced from the first radial portion of the outer carrier case. An oil seal lip extends radially outwardly and axially from the annular portion of the inner metal case and engages the first radial portion of the outer carrier case.

Abstract: A lubricating grease composition includes a base oil, a thickener, and a solid lubricant, wherein the base oil is a synthetic hydrocarbon oil with a kinematic viscosity of 600 to 2000 mm2/s at 40° C., the thickener is a barium complex soap, and the solid lubricant is an inorganic fine particle with Mohs hardness of 3 to 6 and an average particle size of 10 to 40 ?m.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprising 2.5 to 7.5 parts by weight of an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer having a melting point of 100° C. or higher and a glass transition temperature Tg of ?55° C. or lower, based on 100 parts by weight of ethylene/butene/diene copolymer rubber. The rubber composition can improve processability, such as roll processability and bite of the compound into the screw and maintain excellent compression set characteristics under the operating environment of fuel cells, while maintaining the characteristics of ethylene/butene/diene copolymer rubber, such as compression set characteristics (95° C., 500 hours) and low temperature elastic recovery test (evaluated by the TR10 value and TR70 value).

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to provide a lubricating grease composition having a high static friction coefficient while maintaining excellent low-temperature torque characteristics, high-temperature shear stability, and high-temperature oil separation characteristics. A lubricating grease composition of the present disclosure contains a base oil, a thickener, and a solid lubricant, wherein the solid lubricant is calcium carbonate, the amount of the calcium carbonate blended is 1 to 60% by weight based on the total weight of the lubricating grease composition, the calcium carbonate has an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 30 ?m, the base oil has a kinematic viscosity of 18 to 300 mm2/s at 40° C., and the lubricating grease composition has a worked penetration of 240 to 320.

Abstract: Provided is a sealing apparatus that provides improved sealing performance for a shaft rotating at low speed. A seal lip of a sealing apparatus has a sealing side surface that is a surface facing a target to be sealed side and being formed annularly around an axis x and an external side surface that is a surface facing an external side and being formed annularly around the axis x. An edge of the external side surface on an inner periphery side is joined to the sealing side surface. The sealing side surface is formed such that the seal lip is in contact with a shaft and the sealing side surface extends slantingly to the external side relative to a surface orthogonal to the axis x in a state in which the sealing apparatus is attached to an object to which the sealing apparatus is designed to be attached.