Patents by Inventor Gerhard H. W. Walter

Gerhard H. W. Walter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for use in uniting the adjacent ends of radially split sealing rings
    Patent number: 3976534
    Abstract: An apparatus for homogeneously joining together the cut surfaces of a seag ring of elastic material, which has been cut open radially on one side, particularly for stern tube seals in ships, utilizing a body member and segment provided with apertures corresponding to the contours of the sealing ring and utilizing clamping means for fastening the ends of the sealing ring, the cut surfaces of which have been provided with an adhesive, the body member receiving the ends of the divided sealing ring being made in the form of a shaped body divided in the radial direction of the sealing ring, with its parts being relatively movable towards and away from one another in a substantially tangential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Assignee: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Aktiengesellschaft Hamburg und Kiel
    Inventors: Gerhard H. W. Walter, Gunter E. W. Pietsch