Abstract: A mechanical seal assembly provided with an annular seal cavity which encircles the seal parts. A coolant circulation tube (i.e., an exit tube) projects through the housing into the seal cavity and is provided with a window-shaped opening in the sidewall thereof opposing the direction of coolant circulation. The lower end of the tube is preferably closed off by a bottom wall which is inclined outwardly away from the rotating seal parts in the direction of fluid circulation. This bottom wall has a lower edge defining the lower edge of the window and disposed closely adjacent the periphery of the rotating seal parts. The substantial quantity of circulating coolant, and the substantial velocity head thereof, passes through the window into the inner end of the tube so that the velocity head is converted into a significant static pressure head, whereupon the liquid is pumped radially outwardly of the tube through a closed circuit having a heat exchanger associated therewith.

Abstract: A metallic gasket including: an elastic metal base plate having a circular bead surrounding a combustion chamber hole, and a compensating portion provided on the inner edge part of the base plate so as to directly surround this hole. The spring constant of the bead increases as the distance from the fastening bolts increases to allow uniform sealing pressure. The thickness of the compensating portion gradually increases as the distance from the fastening bolt increases.

Abstract: A lip seal device for a rotary shaft in which an annular metal casing has a cross section almost in a box shape except for a radially and axially inward gap. A seal member fills most of the box. A spacer and a radially outer portion of a lip seal, contacting the rotary shaft at its inner portion, are sandwiched in the gap between a radial wall of the casing on one side and the seal member and an end of the inner axial wall of the casing.

Abstract: An erosion resistant labyrinth seal for use in a rotating machine, such as a turbine or a compressor, that has bleed holes formed in the labyrinth cavities for carrying away erosion producing contaminants entrained in a controlled flow of fluid passing through the seal. Material removed from the flow is vented away from the seal.

Abstract: An annular multilayer seal including a series of more than two successive layers of elastomeric material. The layers vary in hardness in the axial direction of the seal, the outermost layers being the hardest and the innermost layer being the softest. Where the seal has at least five layers, the hardness of each layer between the innermost layer and each outermost layer is about the average of the hardnesses of the innermost and outermost layers. The innermost layer may have a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape, the major base of the trapezoid being at the inside surface of the seal. The thickness of the other layers may vary nonlinearly from the inside surface to the outside surface of the seal.

Abstract: A bellows sealing sheath for an articulated joint including a bellows which connects together two sleeves intended to be mounted respectively on the driving element and on the driven element and which includes an inner ring in the extension of the first fold on the same side as one of the elements, wherein a deflector is mounted on the other element, on the same side as the first element with respect to the inner ring, while being firmly secured to this other element and having no contact with the ring.

Abstract: A lockdown loading ring mechanism for a dual crossover seal in a pressurized wellhead which comprises a segmented loading ring assembly 60 of a plurality of arcuate segments 60a arranged in circular fashion within the wellhead annulus between the dual sealing devices of a dual crossover seal assembly 40. The ends of adjacent segments are spaced to allow for contraction and expansion of the assembly. Each segment is actuated by at least one holddown screw 66 of a plurality of holddown screws disposed in radial array about the wellhead axis in equiangular spacing and an equal number of holddown screws are employed to actuate each segment.

Abstract: A method of environmentally sealing an indented surface comprises applying a sealing material, e.g. a gel to the surface, together with an elastically deformable means, e.g. a foam. The elastically deformable means is capable of maintaining the sealing material under compression, even after further displacement of the sealing material into the indentations.

Abstract: An elastomeric seal having substantially hollow body having a polygonal cross section formed by a bottom wall, a pair of opposed spaced side walls, a top wall and a plurality of internal supporting struts symmetrically arranged about the center of the polygonal cross section. The top wall is formed of a pair of arms extending in a V to each other, the apex of which lies along the center line between the side walls. The side walls are themselves bent inwardly intermediate their ends to extend perpendicular to the respective arms of the top walls. Compression of the parallel side walls, toward each other, causes the inwardly bent portions of the side walls to rotate outwardly resulting in a raising of the apex of the top wall so that the top wall assumes a flat configuration.

Abstract: An integral sealing system for a cylinder or piston rod and the like, for bearing, sealing and wiping a piston rod during reciprocating motion, is a molded polymeric unit. The integral system includes a body terminating at one end in a divergent pair of generally axially-extending annular tapered lips, the outer surfaces of the pair of lips defining sealing surfaces. The body of the integral system terminates at the other end in an inwardly tapering surface and protruding lip for wiping of the rod surface to exclude contaminants.

Abstract: A seal element includes an elastic body of substantially D-shaped cross section and a sealing fin projecting integrally from an arcuate surface of the D-shaped body. The fin is compact and has an elasticity less than the elasticity of the body. The seal element thus constructed is elastically deformable on installation to such an extent that the arcuate surface is urged by the fin to flex inwardly toward an opposite flat surface of the D-shaped body and is held into sealing engagement with the surface of mating joint surfaces along its two longitudinal portions disposed an opposite sides of the fin.

Abstract: In a sealing ring structure comprising a sealing ring (1) made of a tough-elastic plastic material and a stressing ring (11) made of a rubber-elastic material, the sealing ring (1) is provided with an annular recess (2) on its sealing surface which rests against the other machine component (14). The stressing ring (11) is arranged in the sealing ring (1) approximately centrically relative to the said recess so that the force of the stressing ring (11) is distributed over the two end portions of the sealing ring (1) defining the recess (2). Any dimensional deviations resulting from tolerances or temperature changes are compensated by smaller or greater deflection of the central portion of the sealing ring (1), without notable changes to the surface pressures encountered between the sealing ring (1) and the sealing surface (15) which are essential for the proper operation.

Abstract: A steel laminate gasket for an internal combustion engine having at least one hole therein comprises a first plate having at least one first hole, a second plate having at least one second hole, and at least one middle plate situated between the first and second plates. The second plate includes at least one second inner portion situated around the second hole, at least one curved portion extending radially outwardly from the second inner portion relative to the second hole and extending diagonally relative to the second inner portion, and an outer portion extending outwardly from the curved portion parallel to the second inner portion. The second inner portion abuts against the first plate. The middle plate includes at least one third hole slightly larger than the first and second holes, at least one inner edge around the third hole, at least one bead formed around the third hole adjacent to the inner edge, and an outside portion extending outwardly from the bead.

Abstract: A sealing washer comprising an apertured metal backing member, a sealing member of resilient material abutting one face of the backing member forming a laminate therewith, and a shoulder of resilient material abutting the opposite face of the backing member and integral with the sealing member by a connecting portion extending axially through the aperture whereby, in use, a headed fastener may be assembled to the sealing washer with a shank of the fastener extending through the aperture, characterized in that, when considered in any plane including the axis of the aperture, the backing member includes an outer rimmed portion, an intermediate domed portion whose concave surface contacts the sealing member, and an inner depressed portion having first and second parts, the first part of the depressed portion extending more perpendicularly than the second part to the axis of the aperture for assisting in resisting axial spread of the shoulder during use of the sealing washer, and the second part of the depressed

Abstract: A gasket for an internal combustion engine comprises a main seal member having a plurality of openings corresponding to through holes of the engine and at least one communicating portion situated between the adjacent two openings for providing communication between the two openings, a sealing device having a plurality of cylindrical portions to be situated in the openings of the main seal member and at least one intermediate portion to be situated in the communicating portion of the main seal member, and a covering device for substantially covering the sealing device and securely connecting the same to the main seal member. The openings of the main seal member are slightly larger than the through holes of the engine. The cylindrical portions and intermediate portion are integrally formed together.

Abstract: A damper for use on a motor vehicle has a fluid cylinder, a piston axially slidable in the cylinder, and a piston rod secured to the piston. A seal incorporated in the damper includes an annular contacting portion held in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the piston rod and a resilient connecting portion having one end joined to the contacting portion and the other end secured to the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder. Due to the resiliency of the resilient connecting portion, the contacting portion is movable with the piston rod to a certain extent when the piston rod is moved with respect to the cylinder in a higher-frequency, smaller-amplitude range.

Abstract: A cylindrical seal ring 20 has an inwardly extending rib 60, and upwardly 66 and downwardly 82 extending cantilever arms, each carrying outwardly facing seal surfaces 68, 84. The cantilever arms preload the seals and support the seals while providing flexibility between the seal areas and the rib 60. Temperature transients are readily accommodated.

Abstract: In a double wiper arrangement, a wiper ring (5) and a stressing ring (6) are arranged in a groove (4) of a width which is only little larger than the width of the wiper ring (5). The stressing ring (6) loads the wiper ring (5) through a shoulder and an inclined circumferential surface (14) in such a manner that the wiper ring (5) is retained in contact with the flank (17) of the groove (4) on the high-pressure end and that a contact pressure is produced along a flat surface portion (7) which pressure diminishes at least nearly linearly along the said flat surface portion, starting from its inner end, but which is still defined at the outer end thereof.

Abstract: A sealing layer that seals the gap between the body or window glass and the weatherstrip attached to the door, window, trunk, roof side, etc. of an automobile, and also to a weatherstrip, automotive body, and glass plate provided with said sealing layer. The water-absorbing material swells upon absorption of water, sealing the fitting part of the weatherstrip. The water-absorbing material is made of a mixture of a water-absorbing polymer and rubber or synthetic resin. The sealing layer is formed on the fitting part of the weatherstrip, body, or window glass at which the weatherstrip is fitted to the automotive body or the window glass is fitted to the weatherstrip.

Abstract: A magnetic liquid seal retains a magnetic liquid by means of the magnetic force applied thereto from a magnet. The magnet is constituted by a magnetized deformable member.