Abstract: A seal balancing arrangement for a rotating or reciprocating shaft used in a high pressure and/or high velocity environment includes a plurality of grease balancing chambers each bordered by a pair of seals and filled with extreme pressure grease. The grease is compressed between the additional grease chambers by the movement of the first seal due to pressure acting on this seal by system internal pressures, thereby reducing pressure on the first seal while distributing the pressure between the remaining seals. The balancing chambers are arranged such that the grease in between the seals can be replenished through ports provided in a supporting housing, thereby extending the life of the seal assembly by allowing grease to lubricate the seal faces by extruding grease from each grease chamber.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce the workload at the installation site even when the sealing material is in the form of a band. The sealing material that achieves the aforementioned object is a closed annular sealing material, wherein the ends in the peripheral direction of one or a plurality of expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene bands are joined to each other. The width (W) of the sealing material from the inner periphery to the outer periphery is greater than the thickness (t) of the outer peripheral surface thereof; and the angle of elevation of the annular portion of the sealing material in relation to the horizontal plane formed by the edge of the inner peripheral surface thereof is 0 to 45° or 0°.

Abstract: A slip joint includes first and second shafts that are connected for concurrent rotational movement and for relative axial movement, such as by respective pluralities of axially extending splines. A seal can is secured to the first shaft and extends about a portion of the second shaft. A seal assembly is secured to the second shaft and engages a portion of the seal can. The seal assembly includes first and second seals that are each generally concave in shape. Each of the first and second seals is generally V-shaped in cross section, having a radially innermost end, an intermediate portion, and a radially outermost end, wherein the radially innermost and outermost ends are located closer to one another than the radially intermediate portions. the first and second seals are axially spaced apart from one another so as to define an annular space therebetween that can be filled with a sealing material, such as a waterproof grease.

Abstract: An air cylinder has a piston, an inner tube, an outer tube, a cylinder tank, a control valve, an O-ring, a bearing, and an oil seal. The inner tube is inserted in the outer tube. The outer tube is inserted through the cylinder tank. The control valve is disposed on a top end of the inner tube. The bearing is disposed on a bottom of the inner tube. The O-ring encloses the control valve. The oil seal encloses the bearing. A first sealing device is disposed between the outer tube and the control valve to separate the O-ring and the outer tube, and a second sealing device is disposed between the outer tube and the oil seal.

Abstract: A ferrofluid seal apparatus incorporating a multi-stage ferrofluid rotary seal adapted to provide a ferrofluid pressure-type seal about a shaft element extending between a first environment and a second environment, a first magnetic fluid disposed at one stage of the multi-stage rotary seal that faces the first environment, and a second magnetic fluid disposed at another stage of the multi-stage rotary seal that faces the second environment.

Abstract: A seal device (31) for a bearing system (21) is constituted by first and second seal rings (32) and (35). The first seal ring (32) is constituted by a lip seal (33) having a lip portion (33B) in sliding contact with an end face (23B) of a bush (23) which is fitted on a joint shaft (26), and a slide tube (34) having a seal surface (34C) on an end face at an axial end away from the lip portion (33B) which is formed integrally with a tubular body portion (33A) of the lip seal (33). The second seal ring (35) is fixedly fitted in a boss (22) radially on the outer side of the first seal ring (32), and provided with a seal surface (35D) on the inner side of an annular inward collar portion (35C) for sliding contact with the seal surface (34C) of the slide tube (34).

Abstract: A seal for a reciprocating plunger is formed of a hard polyimide plastic, rather than the relatively soft elastomers of earlier seals. The present seal has a conical section, with the tapered face fitting closely within the mating conical face of a hard metal retainer. An O-ring resides in a groove within the seal to provide low pressure sealing between the plastic seal and the metal retainer. The tapers of the seal and retainer urge the seal inwardly toward the plunger by operational pressures, thereby providing a better seal. The present seal provides greatly extended life over softer prior art seals, and will generally last for the life of the pump or other mechanism in which it is installed. Yet, the plastic material allows some flow under high pressures, allowing the seal to conform closely to the plunger surface during operation and throughout the life of the seal.

Abstract: A one-piece, circular, power end seal for use in sealing gear boxes of heavy-duty reciprocating pumps. The power end seal generally includes a u-shaped, circular seal body having an open channel, a plurality of ribs tangentially mounted within the channel and a ring-shaped, fiber-filled dynamic seal being formed within an inner diameter wear surface of the seal body. The ribs generally provide the seal body with improved flexibility to maintain a constant and effective seal around connecting rods within the gear box, while at the same time retaining sufficient resilience to maintain static interference in a packing gland within the gear box. The inner diameter dynamic seal can be filled with PTFE, bronze filled PTFE, carbon filled PTFE or aramid fiber filled HNBR, which reduces heat build up and seal wear, while minimizing the radial squeeze of the seal in contact with the circumference of the connecting rod.

Abstract: A neck seal is disclosed for use in an oil film bearing assembly for a roll in a rolling mill, the roll having a neck with an intermediate tapered section leading to a reduced diameter end section contained within a sleeve, with the sleeve being fixed in relation to the roll neck and being journalled for rotation in a bushing fixed within a chock. The neck seal is adapted to be mounted on the tapered section of the roll neck for rotation therewith at a location surrounded by a seal end plate fixed to the chock. The neck seal comprises a flexible circular body having axially spaced radially outwardly projecting first and second flanges configured and dimensioned to sealingly contact the seal end plate. First and second axially spaced ridges projecting radially inwardly from the circular body for contact with the tapered section of the roll neck.

Abstract: A sliding plug for working on and testing pipes is presented. The sliding plug includes a center portion and a gasket disposed about the central portion. When towed through the pipe, the sliding plug maintains a substantial seal against water flowing through the pipe. In some embodiments, a flexible gasket can be utilized to allow for substantial sealing while the sliding plug is traversing obstacles in the pipe. The sliding plug according to the present invention can be utilized in pipes where conventional plugs are inconvenient. For example, in FELL testing a sewage line, a sliding plug can be attached to a sonde cable and the testing can proceed without plugging and surcharging the section of pipe to be tested. In some embodiments, the sonde can include a pressure transducer which may be monitored to indicate that there is a sufficient water level at the sonde and, in some embodiments, to indicate a leak in the pipe by a drop in the water pressure.

Abstract: A shaft sealing apparatus is provided which can easily be assembled and arranged to prevent leakage of a dope from an acetylator or the like system.

Abstract: A seal of non-hermetic design for installation between two components which can move relative to one another, includes a multiplicity of flexurally elastic sealing elements which each have an end connected fixedly to a seal-bearing device and a free, angled end with the point directed toward the surface of the one component, the seal-bearing device being connected fixedly to the other component and supporting the angled ends of the sealing elements at least on one side. The sealing elements are designed as thin-walled, angled spring leaves and are arranged parallel next to one another and in at least two layers one above the other with alternate overlapping.

Abstract: A high-pressure pumping system including an energizing seal component having an aperture extending therethrough and a seal jacket component having a base and a toroidally-shaped flared membrane extending from the base. The body and the flared membrane are monolithically formed of an inert polymeric seal material. The flared membrane extends through the aperture and encircles the energizing seal component to isolate the energizing seal component from fluid of the pumping system. The flared membrane may extend axially from the body and encircle the energizing seal component. The flared membrane may encircle the energizing seal component and overlaps a portion of the base. The seal jacket component may be formed around the energizing seal component. The seal jacket component may include a flange extending radially outwardly from the base.

Abstract: A hermetic seal (10) for a limited rotation device (12) includes a plurality of vertical convolutes (18) bonded to a device housing (16) at their respective first ends (19). At their respective second ends (21), plurality of the vertical convolutes (18) are bonded to a plurality of horizontal convolutes (20). The plurality of horizontal convolutes (20) are bonded to a device shaft (14) at an end opposite of the plurality of vertical convolutes (18). The plurality of vertical convolutes (18) stretch in order to provide limited rotation and the horizontal convolutes (20) expand or contract to accommodate length changes of the plurality of vertical convolutes (18). The hermetic seal (10) permits limited rotation while defining a barrier (26) and preventing viscous fluid leakage to an external environment.

Abstract: In a high-pressure cylinder with an axial plunger, a seal assembly for scaling the gap between the cylinder wall and the plunger. The assembly is disposed in an annual recess in the wall having an open end and a bottom opposite thereto, and comprises a plunger-sealing ring, a cylinder-sealing ring, a resilient low-pressure ring, and an annual seal holder. The seal holder urges the plunger-sealing ring against the cylinder-sealing ring and the low-pressure ring, and urges the latter two rings against the recess bottom and against each other. The plunger-sealing ring and the cylinder-sealing ring are metallic, their mutual contact surfaces are fitted to each other, and the plunger-sealing ring has sufficient section modulus to ensure that under high pressure the contact and bending deformations at the mutual contact surfaces will be sufficiently small as to keep a tight fit therebetween.

Abstract: According to the invention a seal—arranged between a radially inwardly facing outer boundary surface of an annular sealing gap and a radially outwardly facing inner boundary surface of the sealing gap—is characterized by a sealing ring having a sealing surface which bears sealingly against one of the boundary surfaces of the sealing gap and having a pressure surface which on the side of the sealing ring in radially opposite relationship to the sealing surface forms with the other of the boundary surfaces of the sealing gap an intermediate space which is wedge-shaped in cross-section, and a pressure ring which is biased by a biasing means at least at times into the intermediate space against the other of the boundary surfaces of the sealing gap and the pressure surface for pressing the sealing surface against the one boundary surface of the sealing gap.

Abstract: A seal member adapted to be mounted between a cylinder head cover and an ignition plug tube comprises a mount portion interposed radially movably between an upper surface of an annular stepped portion formed around an opening of the cylinder head cover for insertion of the ignition plug tube and a baffle plate. A first seal portion and a second seal portion project radially outward and inward, respectively, from the mount portion to be brought into contact with a peripheral surface of the annular stepped portion and the ignition plug tube, respectively. The second seal portion can be elastically deformed following relative radial movements between the mount portion and the ignition plug tube.

Abstract: A seal includes a first seal retainer, a seal holder and a second seal retainer. A somewhat cup-shaped recess of the first seal retainer opens in a first direction of motion of a movable member against which the seal is to seal. The seal holder includes a first somewhat cuplike portion adjacent to the first seal retainer and a second somewhat cuplike portion more remote from the first seal retainer. The first somewhat cuplike portion opens in a second direction of motion opposite the first. The second somewhat cuplike portion opens in the first direction. The second seal retainer includes a first portion closer to the seal holder and a second portion more remote from the seal holder. The second somewhat cuplike portion of the seal holder receives the first portion of the second seal retainer.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement for closing off an end of a chamber formed between a plurality of rollers of a pressing apparatus, comprises a seal member made of a hard seal material such as carbon fiber material. The sealing arrangement is preferably a self-loaded sealing arrangement.

Abstract: A lubricant leakage stop is provided on the shaft of a rotary device in the form of an annular groove in the shaft. In one embodiment the annular groove is formed with an annular inner surface at the bottom of the groove and with an annular intermediate surface positioned between two portions of the annular inner surface. The intermediate surface has a larger diameter dimension than the two inner surface portions on the axially opposite sides of the intermediate surface. The intermediate surface also has a smaller diameter dimension than that of the two portions of the shaft outer surface on axially opposite sides of the groove. In a second embodiment, the annular groove is formed with an annular inner surface that tapers from the bottom of the groove outwardly to the outer surface of the shaft on one side of the groove.

Abstract: A coating used to seal together surfaces of components is disclosed. The coating reduces costs associated with using gaskets and fine machining of metal components, and has slip characteristics that allow sealed components to move without eroding the coating. The coating is particularly useful in high temperature environments such as the exhaust systems of motor vehicles. Methods of using coatings to seal components are also disclosed.

Abstract: A ceramic composite valve seal for a rotary valve assembly for use in internal combustion engines having rotary intake valves and rotary exhaust valves which have a spherical peripheral surface, the valve seal being of two-piece construction surrounding the intake or exhaust port and having an upper surface designed to contact the peripheral surface of the rotary valve, the two-piece construction defining a channel whereby compressed gases exert additional pressure on the seal enhancing the sealing contact between the seal and the valve.

Abstract: A seal includes an annular seal body and an annular lip attached to the seal body and extending radially outwards from the seal body. The annular lip has a stem and a tip and is attached to the seal body in a manner allowing deflection of the lip relative to the seal body.

Abstract: A sealing device for a movable shaft arranged between a high-pressure space and a low-pressure area of a pressure-resistant housing bounding the high pressure space. The sealing device includes a deformable pressure ring and a sealing ring that surrounds the shaft and is partially deformed by the deformable pressure ring. The pressure ring is supported under pressure at an outer circumference of the sealing ring, with the sealing ring resting either against or almost against the shaft.

Abstract: A seal ring seals operating oil hermetically and is attached to an annular seal ring groove provided on an outer circumference of a shaft member. The seal ring comprises fluororesin, metal powder having a hardness equal to or more than that of any of a side surface of the seal ring groove serving as a sliding partner and an inner circumferential surface of a housing engaged relatively rotatable with the outer circumference of the shaft member, and modified fluororesin formed by irradiating an ionizing radiation in a range from 1 kGy to 10 MGy inclusive in a state of being heated up to a melting point thereof or higher under an inert gas atmosphere with an oxygen partial pressure of 1.33 kPa or less.

Abstract: A wiper seal for a hydraulic component is provided. The wiper seal includes a support member and a body portion. The support member includes a first leg having an inner surface, a first end, and a second end. The first leg extends substantially parallel to a reference axis. A second leg having an outer surface extends substantially perpendicular to the reference axis from the first end of the first leg. The body portion defines an opening therethrough and includes an outer peripheral surface configured to receive the inner surface of the first leg of the support member, a first radial face extending substantially coplanar to the outer surface of the second leg, an inner surface disposed at an angle relative to the reference axis and extending to a lip adjacent the first radial face, and a second radial face extending generally perpendicular to the reference axis from the second end of the first leg of the support member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rotary shaft sealing mechanism having the seal between the rotary shaft and the seal ring improved, and a liquid processing apparatus including the rotary shaft sealing mechanism.

Abstract: A rod guide is press-filted to an inner periphery of an outer cylinder and to an inner periphery of an inner cylinder. A rod seal is provided at an inner periphery of a cover member for covering the outer cylinder to seal between a piston rod and the cover member. Space between the rod seal and the rod guide is formed as a hydraulic fluid reservoir chamber. Further, a lip seal is integrally formed on an outer periphery of the rod seal. The lip seal is set so as to separably abut a valve seat surface of the rod guide. One side surface of the lip seal is provided with a plurality of radially extending hydraulic fluid grooves spaced from each other in a circumferential direction. With this arrangement, a valve opening pressure of the lip seal can be kept small regardless of size of interference of the lip seal. Thus, air removability is improved.

Abstract: A wiper seal for a hydraulic component is provided. The wiper seal includes a support member and a body portion. The support member includes a first leg having an inner surface, a first end, and a second end. The first leg extends substantially parallel to a reference axis. A second leg having an outer surface extends substantially perpendicular to the reference axis from the first end of the first leg. The body portion defines an opening therethrough and includes an outer peripheral surface configured to receive the inner surface of the first leg of the support member, a first radial face extending substantially coplanar to the outer surface of the second leg, an inner surface disposed at an angle relative to the reference axis and extending to a lip adjacent the first radial face, and a second radial face extending generally perpendicular to the reference axis from the second end of the first leg of the support member.

Abstract: A valve stem seal on combustion engines, including a sealing element which is made of a polymeric material and contacts the valve stem radially and the valve stem guide axially, and further including a sleeve-shaped retaining member which holds the sealing element. The retaining member (2) has a polyhedron-like shape in cross-section featuring wall sections (4) contacting the outer wall (5) of the valve stem guide (6).

Abstract: A seal for sealing between a first component and a second component includes a first metallic element comprising a plurality of sealing profiles and defining a groove therein and a second metallic element comprising a plurality of sealing profiles and a protrusion mated with the groove of the first metallic element. The seal further includes a retaining member engaged with the second metallic element and capable of being engaged with one of the first component and the second component for retaining the first and second metallic elements in a position, wherein some of the plurality of sealing profiles are capable of sealing against the first component and some of the plurality of sealing profiles are capable of sealing against the second component.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for sealing off a ring-formed opening between the rings in a ball bearing. According to the invention the device is designed like a washer (9) comprising an outer flange (10) and an inwardly protruding waist (11), which ends with a contact surface (12) arranged to bear against the inner ring (5) of the ball bearing. The waist (11) will then cover the distance between the inner and outer rings of the ball bearing. The washer (9) is attached to and sealed against a surrounding bearing housing (7).

Abstract: Preferred rod/piston assemblies (50, 50′, 150) comprise unitary rod members (52, 52′, 152) and compression rings (54, 54′, 154). In accordance with one preferred embodiment (50), the unitary rod member (52) comprises a connecting rod portion (60), a lower bezel portion (62) and a knob portion (66). The lower bezel portion (62) and the compression ring (54) define facing surfaces (82, 106) along which the compression ring (54) is secured to the unitary rod member (52). In accordance with a preferred method of manufacture, one or both of the facing surfaces (82, 106) are chemically treated to promote coupling of the compression (54) ring to the lower bezel portion (62). The unitary rod member (52) and the compression ring (54) are positioned in the mold or press with the compression ring (54) fitted over the knob portion (66) of the unitary rod member. Elevated temperature and pressure are applied to secure the compression ring (54) to the lower bezel portion (62).

Abstract: A seal is provided at the intersegments of hydrogen seal rings for preventing oil leakage through this potential gap between the seal ring segments. By minimizing leakage through the gaps between the open rings, hydrogen consumption in hydrogen-cooled generators due to leakage oil is reduced. In a preferred embodiment, the seal is provided by a brush seal secured to one of the seal ring segments and received in a slot defined in the other of the seal ring segments.

Abstract: There is provided a seal ring which is excellent since the seal ring has a high durability under sliding at high pressure during a long-term use, and a necessary suitability for fitting. The seal ring can provide an effect of sealing oil stably for a long period of time, and possesses properties suitable particularly for a seal ring of endless type.

Abstract: A dynamic seal for a drive shaft including a seal housing with at least one inlet for injecting a fluid, (i.e., a liquid or gas) into the seal. The seal also has an expeller device, such as an expeller ring mounted on the drive shaft, for expelling the injected fluid along the drive shaft in the direction of the casing. In addition, the seal may employ sealing rings positioned to prevent the injected fluid from escaping the seal in a direction other than along the shaft toward the casing, such as a glass-filled PTFE ring positioned proximal to the expeller device and a seal adjuster for compressing a graphite-yarn packing ring against the glass-filled PTFE seal ring. Further, the seal may additionally or alternately include a fitted sleeve covering the drive shaft to protect the shaft from wear and corrosion.

Abstract: A shaft has a seal journal with a plurality of raised spherical bumps. These microscopic spherical bumps provide a smooth, edge-free contact surface for the seal which is positioned around the seal journal of the shaft. The valleys or spaces between these bumps serve to retain lubricant, thereby promoting hydrodynamic lubrication between the seal and seal journal, reducing friction and reducing or eliminating wear on the seal.

Abstract: A lathe cut sealing ring includes a substantially cylindrical ring of elastomeric material formed about a central axis. The ring includes a rectangular cross-section and has an inner diameter, an outer diameter, opposite planar upper and lower surfaces, and a plurality of angularly spaced positioning ribs protruding inwardly from the inner diameter. This sealing ring and the groove in which it is located can advantageously be formed with simple and cost-effective lathe cutting operations.

Abstract: A rotary seal is provided that operates hydrodynamically in response to relative rotation even when subjected to exposure to a high fluid pressure from either side, and provides low breakout and running torque. A dynamic sealing lip having a wavy geometry provides hydrodynamic lubrication in response to relative rotation when little or no differential pressure is acting across the seal. When differential pressure exists, controlled fluid pressure-induced distortion results in a distorted dynamic sealing lip configuration that is suitable for hydrodynamic lubrication, regardless of which direction the differential pressure acts from.

Abstract: A seal assembly including a low flow cloth ring seal having a cloth assemblage is provided for sealing a tubular cavity disposed between a tubular member and a mating body. The density of the cloth assemblage may be set according to a desired flow rate of gas through the cloth ring seal. In applications where more stiffness and strength is desired, the cloth ring seal may include a shim assemblage surrounded by the cloth assemblage.

Abstract: An environmentally-reactive seal for reducing fluid flow within a region to be sealed which moves from an installation orientation to a blocking orientation in response to predetermined environmental conditions. The seal includes a deformable first portion that is sensitive to environmental conditions and a cooperative second portion. The first portion moves from a first orientation to a second orientation when certain predetermined environmental conditions are exhibited, thereby urging the second portion into a sealing arrangement with seating points in the region to be sealed. A method for sealing a region using an environmentally-reactive seal is also disclosed.

Abstract: A unitized seal for use in a gas spring seal assembly. The unitized seal includes a rigid thermoplastic insert having an elastomeric sealing layer surrounding the insert and bonded to the insert. The insert provides rigidity to the seal and includes a central, axial opening that receives and guides a rod slidably engaged with the insert. The sealing layer engages the interior surface of the gas spring cylinder to prevent the pressurized gas contained within the gas spring from escaping around the seal. The sealing layer also includes a central, axial opening aligned with the passage in the insert that slidably engages the rod and further prevent gas from escaping the gas spring cylinder. The unitized seal may be formed in a single or two-step process. In the single step process, the insert and sealing layer are formed by injection molding processes in a single mold and are bonded to one another by a subsequent covulcanization process.

Abstract: The present invention, in one embodiment, provides a low leakage sealing system comprising a pipe for directing the flow of a fluid medium and a housing surrounding the pipe. The housing is spaced radially outward of the pipe defining an annular space. A sealing assembly, comprising an inner seal, outer seal and a final seal are disposed in a spaced relationship in an axial direction in the annular space so as to reduce leakage flow therethrough that is created by the flowing fluid medium pressure. In addition, a ledge is disposed downstream from the sealing assembly and the final seal.

Abstract: A rotary sealing device to prevent the intrusion of coolant, grit and other unwanted material into operational bearings. Said device consists of a annular rigid body made of composite, plastic or metal material that is sealed to the rotating shaft with rubber-like o-rings. One or more flexible rings (similar to piston rings) are fitted into grooves on the outer periphery of the annular rigid body. The flexible rings compress to fit tightly in the housing or end cap of the unit containing the bearing to be sealed. Grease or similar liquid material in the grooves of the circular rigid body seal to the flexible rings, yet allow free rotation between the rings and the rigid body. Low friction allows high rotational speeds with little heat generation by the seal itself.

Abstract: A sealing system for a gear reducer includes a compound sealing arrangement disposed in a bore of the reducer housing through which a rotating member extends. The sealing arrangement includes an outboard shielding seal and a inboard lip seal disposed adjacent to one another. The shielding seal includes an annular metallic shield and forms a labyrinth with the rotating member. An elastomeric sealing member is bonded to the shield. The inboard seal provides at least two additional points of contact for sealing the rotating member. The arrangement defined multiple barriers to liquid and solid contaminants and seals lubricant within the reducer housing. Similar arrangements may be provided about several rotating members, and about ends of members extending through the reducer housing, such as an output hub.

Abstract: A sealing sleeve made of a polymer material especially for small-dimension installation spaces, the sealing sleeve having a retaining segment and a sealing segment, the retaining segment being connected to a supporting body and the sealing segment on the peripheral side encircling a shaft to be sealed or a barrel ring in a sealing manner under radial biasing and having on the side facing the shaft a surface profiling for recirculating the lubricant, wherein the connecting diameter (interior diameter (D) of the enclosing part (31)) is 1.0 to 1.05 times the shaft diameter (W) plus four times the sleeve thickness (d).

Abstract: This invention relates to the use of elastomers with the sealing element of reciprocating gas compressor valves to increase the reliability of the gas tight seal within the reciprocating gas compressor valve and to increase the useful life of reciprocating gas compressor valve. The elastomeric material is either used as a coating layer on the sealing element of the reciprocating gas compressor valve, or as the entire sealing element. The elastomeric material acts as a cushion to reduce the wear on the sealing element, provides a superior gas tight seal, and is more tolerant of entrained dirt or liquids in the gas stream thereby increasing the operable life of the reciprocating gas compressor valve. Reducing the mean time between reciprocating gas compressor valve failures results in longer reciprocating gas compressor run times for the user, increased revenue generation for the user and safer operation of said equipment.

Abstract: A double block valve and a valve proving system are disclosed. The double block valve is actuated by a single actuator and includes a valve body housing a cavity. The cavity defines an upstream portion with a fluid inlet and a downstream portion with a fluid outlet. A seating assembly is interposed between the upstream and the downstream portions. A first and a second blocking element are disposed in the valve body and are both movable within the cavity between opened and closed positions. With the first and second blocking elements both contacting the seating assembly, the space therebetween defines an enclosed space with a finite volume. The proving system is used for two safety shut-off valves on a valve train, such as a double block valve. The proving system connects to an enclosed space established between the two safety shut-off valves and includes a pair of three-way valves, oppositely biased pressure switches, and a pump, all of which are interconnected through pneumatic conduits.

Abstract: A seal configuration for both reciprocating pistons and for rotating valves of internal combustion engines. A first embodiment, applicable to reciprocating pistons, provides minimum crevice volume (MCV). The MCV seal assembly according to the present invention, which replaces, at least, a conventional top piston ring and its annular groove, includes an annular groove in the piston, a wavy spring at the bottom of the annular groove and an MCV seal received in the annular groove and biased outwardly by the wavy spring, wherein the MCV seal assembly is configured and oriented so as to minimize the crevice volume above the MCV seal, wherein the spring biasing ensures an excellent sealing of the MCV seal to the cylinder wall.

Abstract: The present seal system is in two parts. First is that of an elastomer energizer, which may be in the shape of a square ring, o-ring, or an other custom design for energizing the seal system. Second is that of a seal element having a particular geometry and composition. The geometric layout of the seal element ensures firm contact between the seal and groove bottom, independently of the seal pressure and radial position of the moving part, and concentrates contact forces against the moving part by means of a seal apex. In the installed state, the seal is forced into contact with the groove bottom by having an outer diameter matching or exceeding that of the groove bottom, and a radial height exceeding that of the housing groove. Further, the influence of the compression ring or energizer is balanced out by positioning the seal apex near the axial position of the center of the energizer.