Abstract: A coating composition for screen printing containing a fluorine rubber in a dissolved state is disclosed, wherein the solvent for the fluorine rubber comprises 60 to 100% by weight, based on the total solvent, of an ester ranging in boiling point from isoamyl acetate to isobornyl acetate. The coating composition which, even when formulated as a thick solution for providing a thick coat as used in the production of a metal gasket, hardly clogs the screen thereby making continuous coating possible.

Abstract: A metal gasket has an opening for allowing fluid to pass through the gasket, relatively small through-holes for receiving bolts, and a raised portion surrounding the entire circumference of the opening. The raised portion has a double-bead structure including an inner peripheral bead portion formed by an intermediate flat portion and a first frusto-conical portion which connects the intermediate flat portion with an inner peripheral flat portion, and an outer peripheral bead portion formed by the intermediate flat portion and a second frusto-conical portion which connects the intermediate flat portion with an outer peripheral flat portion. The second frusto-conical portion is inclined at an angle which is smaller than that at which the first frusto-conical portion is inclined.

Abstract: A joint has a first flange rigidly secured to the outer peripheral surface of an end portion of a first pipe and a second flange rigidly secured to the outer peripheral surface of an end portion of a second pipe. The first and second flanges are aligned with each other and joined together by nuts and bolts so that the first and second pipes are connected together and maintained in a hermetically sealed state by a closed loop-shaped sealing member clamped between the first and second flanges. The sealing member is fitted on the end portion of the second pipe which slightly projects from the second flange. The sealing member is formed by wrapping a thin metal sheet around heat resistant material and has an inner diameter which is equal to or slightly larger than the outer diameter of the second pipe. A frusto-conical surface aligned with the sealing member defines a portion of the inner peripheral surface of the first flange.