Abstract: A circular seal configuration is shown for sealing the annular clearance between an inner cylindrical member and an outer cylindrical member. A center portion of the seal is made of a compliant elastomer material and is adapted to seal both against the internal diameter of the outer cylindrical member and against the external diameter of the inner cylindrical member. A pair of external backup rings circumscribe the exterior surface of the elastomeric center portion and a pair of internal backup rings circumscribe the interior surface of the elastomeric center portion. The backup rings are of a relatively stiff material but expand independently upon the application of pressure of the elastomeric portion of the seal to provide a zero clearance fit with respect to the surrounding sealing surfaces and prevent extrusion of the elastomer which would cause a seal failure.

Abstract: A sealing cap for mating to cylindrical parts such as the bolt guide of a spot-type disk brake. The cap includes a resilient boot one end portion of which is adapted to be secured circumferentially to a first cylindrical part and the other end portion of which is adapted to be secured circumferentially to a second cylindrical part. At least one of said end portion comprises a rigid insert member. In order that the sealing cap may be easily mounted and secured with no adverse effects, the other end portion may comprise a rigid insert member. Both insert memebers have at least a part of the radial extension thereof are disposed the same radial distance from the axis of the cylindrical parts.

Abstract: A gasket or seal fitting is made up of a generally flat sheet member or base with at least one pair of sealing spigots. The spigots of the or each pair are molded with the sheet member so as to be sticking out in line with each other from the sheet member on its two sides. There is a hole running through two such paired spigots from the outer end of one spigot to the outer end of the other spigot of the pair. The spigots have sealing beads running round them for making sealing contact with the bores of ports that are to be joined up with the fitting. The beads have a half circular cross section. The fitting may be made of an elastomer and more specially a urethane elastomer. The preferred field of use of the fitting is in fluid control systems and fluid circuits for producing connections between an adapter block and a component run on fluid power. The fitting may furthermore be used as a connection between female connectors.

Abstract: An improved boot structure for protecting the extensible member and the adjacent end of a telescopically reciprocal mechanism from contamination. The boot structure includes an elongated convoluted body formed of elastomeric material with an integral band on one end thereof in which a special split-ring device is contained. The split-ring device is provided with air passages which allow the boot to breathe as it expands and contracts in response to similar movements of the telescopically reciprocal mechanism, and is configured to demountably attach the one end of the boot structure to the housing of the telescopically reciprocal mechanism.

Abstract: A seal is disclosed having a member of castable material. The member has a first surface and a second surface, and at least one aperture formed in the member during the casting of the member. A seal is positioned in the aperture in the member. The seal is positioned in the aperture during the casting of the member whereby the seal is secured to the member of castable material and forms a fluid tight joint with the first surface of the member.

Abstract: Flexible seals for joints in pipes for example spigots, flange and sleeve joints are disclosed. A ring seal for seating in the seal groove as a pipe joint between a first pipe and a second pipe consists of a ring body, an annular cavity defined by the ring body, a pair of annular sealing lips axially spaced on the ring body and joined by a midportion of the body and a passage through the ring body defines a fluid path from the zone between the sealing lips to a test-orifice in one of the pipes, flanges or sleeve. Various configurations of seals are disclosed.A method of pressure testing the joint is disclosed. A method of charging the joint with root growth inhibiting chemical is disclosed.

Abstract: Improvements in the operation of a rotating blowout preventor. The rotating head assembly of a rotating blowout preventor includes a stripper rubber which has an upper annular member attached to the lower annular end of a metal support member. The support member extends upwardly into fixed relationship respective to part of the rotating head. The stripper rubber is in the form of an annular body which has an axial passageway formed therethrough for telescopingly receiving a rotating member in sealed relationship therewith. The outer circumferentially extending lower wall surface of the rubber rotatably engages the lower marginal inside wall surface of a fixed washpipe. The present invention provides a positive pressure of drilling media, or drilling media admixed with lubricant, at the interface formed between the outer rubber surface and the inner surface of the washpipe.

Abstract: The measuring system of a gear measuring feeler in a gear measuring or testing machine comprises two oppositely arranged permanent magnets mounted at an end of a feeler rod located opposite to its end provided with a feeler probe. The measuring system further comprises a Hall-effect generator or sensor fixedly connected to a housing and arranged between the two permanent magnets and spaced therefrom. The Hall-effect generator or sensor is connected to a stationary electronic circuit containing a null point or zero compensation circuit and operational amplifiers. The measuring system supplies an output signal free of any residual or remaining carrier signal and having an extended frequency response range of up to 100 kHz. The output impedance of the measuring system is low and amounts to approximately 1 ohm. The zero point and the amplification or gain can be electrically adjusted without a change in the output impedance.

Abstract: A valve stem packing assembly in the form of a stacked array of seal ring elements of generally V-shaped cross-sectional configuration, a plurality of backup-energizing rings of generally Y-shaped cross-sectional configuration interspersed between the seal ring elements, a spring-energized U-shaped lip seal ring adjacent one end of the array, and a T-shaped adapter ring adjacent the other end of the array.

Abstract: A high-pressure rotary seal apparatus with a radially-polarized permanent magnet, which seal apparatus comprises: a housing; a magnetically-permeable shaft to be sealed extending through the housing, the shaft characterized by a plurality of separate grooves or stages on the shaft; a radially-polarized permanent magnet extending about the shaft, at least one pole piece adjacent to and in a magnetic flux relationship with the radially-polarized permanent magnet and extending about the shaft, one polarized end of the polarized magnet and one end of the pole piece extending into a close, noncontacting relationship with the grooves on the surface of the shaft to form a plurality of separate radial gaps; ferrofluid disposed in the radial gaps to define a plurality of separate, spaced-apart ferrofluid O-ring seals about the surface of the shaft; and a generally cylindrical, magnetically-permeable keeper element extending about the other polarized end of the magnet and the other end of the pole piece in order to pro

Abstract: A panel edge gasket including a rigid elongated member defining a panel edge receiving channel and having flexible fingers attached along opposing inner faces of the panel legs which flex downwardly into the channel and outwardly into relief recesses in the channel legs as a panel edge is moved into the channel.

Abstract: A magnetic/centrifugal-fluid seal is characterized by a common region serving as both the magnetic gap for the magnetic seal and a fluid-receiving pool for the centrifugal seal. A magnetically permeable annular rotating member extends radially into an annular space defined by a magnetically permeable stationary member to form an annular space of U-shaped cross-section between the members. A closed magnetic circuit is established through the members and the space, which space thereby acts as a magnetic gap to retain the fluid therein when the rotating member is at rest or rotated at low speeds. The common region also retains the fluid when it is centrifugally pressurized during high speed rotation of the rotating member. The fluid remains substantially in the same location during speed-up and slow-down, thereby avoiding compromise of the seal during speed transitions.

Abstract: A single pole piece multiple-stage ferrofluid seal apparatus which comprises a non-permeable housing, an annular, axially polarized permanent magnet and a single pole piece on one side of the axially polarized permanent magnet and a magnetically permeable bearing assembly, such as a ball bearing assembly on the opposite side of the permanent magnet and a shaft extending through the housing with one end of the pole piece extending into a close, non-contacting relationship with the surface of the shaft, so as to form at the one end of the pole piece or on the surface of the shaft a plurality of separately spaced apart knife edges to define a plurality of spaced apart radial gaps and ferrofluid disposed in the radial gaps to define a plurality of spaced apart ferrofluid O-ring seals about the shaft surface, with the magnetic flux circuit passing between the permanent magnet, the pole piece, the radial gaps, the shaft, and the bearing assembly.

Abstract: A stabilized ferrofluid-ferrofluid interface seal apparatus and method, which method comprises forming a ferrofluid-ferrofluid seal interface between a magnetized ferrofluid O-ring seal and unmagnetized ferrofluid from a ferrofluid reservoir, and maintaining a pressure difference across the ferrofluid-ferrofluid seal interface to stabilize the interface.

Abstract: A one-piece, self-lubricating thermoplastic sealing ring is disclosed. The sealing ring provides two separate wiping actions on a reciprocating and/or rotating shaft when mounted thereon and can be easily placed on or removed from the shaft without disassembling the entire machine in which the shaft is located. Two radial cuts in oppositely facing radial walls of the ring intersect opposite ends, respectively, of a transverse cut along a circumferential wall of the ring. The three cuts enable the ring to be twisted open and placed around the shaft while both ends of the shaft are fixed in position, then closed about the shaft, before being inserted into a seal housing. A seal ring retainer may be used to control the pressure the seal exerts on the shaft.

Abstract: A seal assembly for a rotatable shaft extending through a bore in a housing, particularly for high-speed applications such as turbo-charger rotors. An annular groove is provided around the shaft, and a first resilient split-ring sealing member is located in the groove. At least one second resilient split-ring sealing member is fitted over said first member, so as resiliently to bear on the wall of the housing defining the bore. Said first member is an axial close running fit within the groove, but of a lesser radial dimension than the depth of groove, whereas the axial width of said second member is smaller than that of said first member.

Abstract: A compact, low cost, radially polarized multiple-stage ferrofluid seal apparatus which comprises a magnetically permeable housing, a magnetically permeable shaft to be sealed extending through the housing, one or more radially polarized permanent magnets to define a plurality of separate, spaced apart radial gaps between one polarized end of the permanent magnet and the surface of the shaft, ferrofluid in the radial gaps to define one or more separate, spaced apart ferrofluid O-ring seals about the surface of the shaft and a magnetically permeable bearing assembly adjacent to and in a magnetic flux relationship with at least one of the radial polarized magnets wherein the magnetic flux circuit extends between the radial polarized magnet, the housing, the bearing assembly, the shaft, and the ferrofluid in the radial gaps.

Abstract: A pair of disc permanent magnets axially magnetized are fastened together in backing magnetic relationship with adjacent end faces of the same magnetic polarity and fastened to a housing. A ring of magnetic fluid around the inside edges of the permanent magnet discs engage a rotatable shaft and coact with the disc to seal the region between the shaft and housing. A bearing comprises a number of cascaded thin discs surrounding a nonmagnetic shaft. Nonmagnetic discs of thickness less than that of each magnetic disc may separate adjacent magnetic discs. Pole pieces of thickness less than that of each magnetic disc may separate adjacent magnetic discs and terminate in opposed pole faces adjacent the shaft defining a gap therebetween of gap width less than the thickness of each permanent magnet disc.

Abstract: Folding sight for firearms which may be positively positioned in either an upright operating position or a substantially longitudinal rest position by means of a floating block member in conjunction with a stem support member pivotally connected to said base member.

Abstract: A ring seal for protecting a designated area from ambient contamination is alternately placeable into its sealing and non-sealing positions. The ring seal permits a limited travel between the sealable surfaces without compromising the seal integrity. The ring seal facilitates an interference-free installation and selective maintenance of the sealable parts.