Abstract: The invention concerns a joint comprising a flat metal core made of soft steel, coated on each of its surfaces with a layer of elastomer bound by constituents ensuring its adherence on the metal, the thickness of the elastomer varying on the joint surface, depending on the shape of the parts between which the joint is designed to be mounted and the sealing requirements at each point on the joint surface, the elastomer being cold deposited on each joint surface, then the whole assembly being placed in a heated mould, for forming the elastomer before vulcanisation.

Abstract: The invention concerns a joint comprising a flat metal core made of soft steel, coated on each of its surfaces with a layer of elastomer bound by constituents ensuring its adherence on the metal, the thickness of the elastomer varying on the joint surface, depending on the shape of the parts between which the joint is designed to be mounted and the sealing requirements at each point on the joint surface, the elastomer being cold deposited on each joint surface, then the whole assembly being placed in a heated mould, for forming the elastomer before vulcanisation.

Abstract: A cylinder-head gasket has an elongated compressible heat-resistant sheet having a longitudinally extending succession of circular cylinder holes. Respective U-section sheet-metal rings are gripped over the edges of these holes on the sheet. Respective sections of reinforcement material are engaged between these rings and the sheet in a longitudinally extending central region of the sheet that has a width smaller than the diameter of the cylinder holes. The reinforcement material is different from the sheet metal of the rings and is heat resistant.