Abstract: A seal member and tolerance compensator which includes a body portion, an integral leg portion, and several deformable locator and sealing extensions. The leg portion is received in a compressed manner between two adjacent components of a pivotally connected assembly which have axial tolerances. At least one of the surfaces of the leg portion is provided with grooves and projections such that when the projections are compressed between adjacent components by relative motion within the assembly or tolerances within the assembly, the elastic material of the protrusions will flex into the surrounding grooves.

Abstract: A piston sealing arrangement particularly for pistons used in railway brake cylinders, comprising a flexible piston seal and a multi-function ring in the form of a separate wear band. The wear band is allocated on the pressure side of the piston seal to minimize radial motion of the sealing ring if the piston rocks.In FIG. 1 is shown a pneumatic brake cylinder 10 in which is located a piston 11. Piston 11 has an external flange 14 which backs a piston seal 15. Located on the pressure side of the piston seal 15 is a wear band 16 which is located very close to the piston seal 15 on the pressure side. The rubber piston seal 15, has a sealing lip 18 in contact with the inner wall of the cylinder 10.The wear band is chamfered at 19 so that the portion 20 of the wear band closest to the sealing ring 15 is the part of the wear band that actually contacts the inner wall of the cylinder.

Abstract: This invention discloses an emergency shaft seal device wherein a packing ring of elastic material the inside diameter of which is larger than the outside diameter of a rotatable shaft is received in an annular groove along the periphery of the rotatable shaft to be free and not in contact with the rotatable shaft, and in the event of abnormal condition of a main shaft seal device used under the normal conditions, the packing ring is deformed by the pressure of a pressurized fluid applied to the outer periphery of the packing ring to be equally pressed to the periphery of the rotatable shaft so that the sealing is performed by the packing ring in place of main shaft seal.

Abstract: A turbine compressor clearance indicator device is used to measure the clearance between a rotor blade and a case and/or between a stator vane and a rotor shaft. The device has a dial indicator mounted in a "U" shaped holder having two feet. Each foot has two surfaces, one concave and one convex, for use on two different curved surfaces. The thicknesses of wax strips are measured once they are cut away by the tips of the blades and vanes.

Abstract: A seal gasket specifically configured to seal the joint between adjacent oval concrete pipes, each oval concrete pipe having a male and female joint member formed on opposite ends thereof to operatively engage the corresponding joint member formed on the next adjacent oval concrete pipe, the seal gasket comprising an annular substantially resilient member including a base member disposed to engage the male joint member having a retainer element extending inwardly from the inner surface thereof to engage the inner end of the male joint member and a plurality of sealing elements extending outwardly from the outer surface of the base member to engage the female joint member such that as adjacent oval concrete pipes are placed in operative relation relative to each other the retainer element retains the seal gasket therebetween as the plurality of sealing elements are compressed therebetween to seal the joint between the adjacent oval concrete pipes.

Abstract: A mechanical seal for a shaft (1) existing a housing (12) has an end plate (22) secured to the housing and a sleeve (26) secured to the shaft. The sleeve (26) carries a rotary seal element (40) and the end plate a stationary seal element (52) which form a running seal at faces (48,50). A multipurpose bush (60) is a close fit on the sleeve (26), it positions a spring (64) pressing the seal elements (40,52) together, it caries a lipseal (78) and it prevents collar (30) securing the sleeve (26) to the shaft (10) from contacting the end plate (22) in the event that the sleeve becomes unsecured from the shaft (110). The bush (60) is constructed from spark resistant material. A removable key (88) positions the sleeve (26), and hence the seal elements (40,52) and bush (60) with respect to the end plate (22) prior to tightening sleeve-security screws (32).

Abstract: An improved gasket sealing motor leads which extend from the interior of an electric motor enclosure. The gasket is provided with one or more resilient, conical bushings whose diameters extend through a wide range of lead diameters. By severing the bushings at an appropriate point, round apertures are formed through which the leads can be pulled and sealed. The flat portion of the gasket which surrounds the bushings is secured to the motor enclosure in a conventional manner.

Abstract: A rotundity gage for measuring the roundness of a wheel tread of a railway wheel. The gage includes a measuring device and is adjustable so as to be capable of measuring different size wheels.

Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing between a rotating shaft and a housing member is provided. The seal assembly includes a first annular seal member seated in the closed end of an annular axially opening recess rotatable with the rotating shaft and centered radially within the recess by resilient O-ring structure. A second stationary annular seal member is provided and is supported in a floating manner from the housing member or portion and axially shiftable relative to the housing member toward and away from the first annular seal member. The first and second annular seal members include opposing axial faces slidably and frictionally engaged with each other and spring structure is operatively connected between the housing member and the second annular seal member yieldingly biasing the second seal member toward the first seal member.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement around an end of a pipe received in a testhead of a hydraulic pipe testing apparatus, which sealing arrangement consists of an elastic sealing ring and an adjacent, rigid support ring of varying diameters. Both rings are mounted in radial recesses in the testhead and encircle the pipe upon its entry into the testhead. The recess for the elastic sealing ring consists of a flat ring located between the sealing ring and the rigid support ring. For a sealing condition, the support ring is contracted to abut the pipe and the sealing ring is caused to be deformed whereby it flows radially outwardly from its recess against the pipe and axially along the pipe towards and away from the pipe's end. In the axial direction away from the end of the pipe, the sealing ring flows around the flat ring to abut the rigid support ring.

Abstract: In a device for applying surface pressure to advancing workpieces like sheets of wood-based material and similar products with at least one revolving compression belt that a pressure plate acts on the inside of, several pressure chambers are distributed along the belt. Each chamber is constituted out of a holder that has a sealing strip. The holder and sealing strip are secured in such a way that they can be adjusted in a groove in the pressure plate by means of lateral guides constituted out of screws, adapters, or similar structures that are secured in such a way that they can be adjusted to the holder in the plane of the belt in such a way that deleterious horizontal displacement forces exerted by the belt on the sealing strip can be diverted into the pressure plate.

Abstract: A tubular joint sealing system for use in high pressure and high temperature conditions is provided. The sealing system consists of a shape memory material backup member combined with a compliant seal. The shape memory member is deformed into an intermediate shape that is sufficiently reduced in size so as to avoid abrasive contact with the sealing surfaces of the tubular members during the mechanical makeup of the joint. Thereafter, the shape memory member may be activated to assume its memory shape configuration, which is selected to be sufficient size to form a pressure and fluid-tight seal.

Abstract: A filter apparatus including a plurality of demountable filter cartridges which each include a replacement filter element. The cartridges are mounted in the upper portion of a bi-level partition that extends across a tank having an inlet below the partition and an outlet above the lower portion of the partition at a height to be bisected by the upper surface of the upper portion of the partition. A plurality of filter apertures through the partition each receive a cartridge and each cartridge is held in place via studs that screw into the partition and received in channels formed in a header portion of the cartridge so that the cartridge can be inserted into an aperture and turned to engage the shanks of the studs with the channels in the cartridge header.

Abstract: Locksmith tool apparatus determines the length of a locking element in a lock by engaging a locking element inside a lock and by moving the element to compress a compression spring to a known minimum length and by measuring the distance moved. By subtracting the distance the element is moved from known dimensions, the length of the locking element is determined.

Abstract: Sealing device for an hydraulic energy dissipator of the telescopic type, formed by a seal comprising a cylindrical ring which grips the rod of the piston and which is extended by a fluid-tight bellows so as to permit axial movement of the seal in its housing following small amplitude movements of the rod. The device is useful for railway suspension shock absorbers.

Abstract: A port baffle provides a simple system for the closure and sealing of a manifold gasket aperture. In a preferred form, the port baffle is made of a resilient plastic material, preferably a glass-filled nylon. A baffle is comprised of a pair of plate-like members joined together by mating post and socket connector elements integrally affixed to adjoining faces of the members. The mating post and socket connector elements provide a press-fit retention system, and in the preferred embodiment, each plate contains only one mating post and one mating socket connector element.

Abstract: A circumferential sealing assembly for use with a generally cylindrical, rotatable liquid metal reaction vessel and a hood which is provided to collect hot gases from the reaction vessel. The sealing assembly comprises a cable and a cable housing. The cable housing is connected to and extends along a circumferential edge or area of the hood. The cable itself extends along, at least partly outside, the cable housing. With one embodiment, the cable is in a tight pressure fit with the reaction vessel. With another embodiment, a sheath encloses an under portion of the cable and the cable pulls the sheath into a tight pressure fit with the reaction vessel.

Abstract: A sealing ring (5) which is intended to seal between two relative to each other axially movable parts (2, 7) of the rotor of a centrifugal separator, and which has edges bevelled such that it can be impressed in its sealing surface only when the recesses formed by the bevelling have been filled up by material from the sealing ring as a result of plastic deformation of the latter by compression between the rotor parts (2, 7).

Abstract: A sealing ring assembly for use in a pulp refiner unit which includes a housing having a pair of counter-rotating discs and a stock feed inlet mounted to the housing adjacent an opening provided therein for directing raw material toward the discs includes a seal ring defined by a circular flange section detachably mounted on the stock feed inlet within the housing opening and a projecting ring section extending from the flange section toward the discs. The sealing ring assembly also includes an inlet ring defined by a flange section detachably mounted on the disc most adjacent the housing opening and a projecting ring section extending from the flange section toward the housing opening for concentrically receiving the seal ring's projecting ring section thereby defining an annular clearance region between the projecting ring sections.

Abstract: A seal ring for controlling fluid flow is provided with an interlocking cut allowing the seal ring to be latched into a continuous ring after being opened to allow positioning in an accompanying annular groove.