Abstract: A dynamic seal provides for the return of captured lubricant to the lubricant side regardless of the direction of rotation between the seal and the shaft. The seal uses bi-directional pumping elements to facilitate the hydrodynamic pumping of the captured lubricant in response to relative rotation. The seal includes a valve portion that can change a pumping rate of particular pumping elements such that more lubricant is pumped toward the lubricant side than the non-lubricant side.

Abstract: A dynamic shaft seal assembly is provided including a dynamic seal for engaging a rotary shaft. The dynamic seal includes a base portion that is mounted within a casing and has an axially extending barrel portion extending from a radially inner end of the base portion. The axially extending barrel portion terminates in a radially extending leg portion which extends inwardly from an end of the axially extending portion. A generally conically shaped seal portion extends from an end of the radially extending portion and the seal portion includes a radially inner face engaging the shaft and a radially outer face having a stiffening bead integrally formed thereon. The stiffening bead reduces the seal's propensity for “bell mouthing” while the axially extending barrel portion provides improved shaft followability for the dynamic seal.

Abstract: A dynamic shaft seal assembly is provided including a dynamic seal for engaging a rotary shaft. The dynamic seal includes a base portion that is mounted within a casing and has an axially extending barrel portion extending from a radially inner end of the base portion. The axially extending barrel portion terminates in a radially extending leg portion which extends inwardly from an end of the axially extending portion. A generally conically shaped seal portion extends from an end of the radially extending portion and the seal portion includes a radially inner face engaging the shaft and a radially outer face having a stiffening bead integrally formed thereon. The stiffening bead reduces the seal's propensity for “bell mouthing” while the axially extending barrel portion provides improved shaft followability for the dynamic seal.

Abstract: A dynamic shaft seal assembly is provided including a dynamic seal for engaging a rotary shaft. The dynamic seal includes a base portion that is mounted within a casing and has an axially extending barrel portion extending from a radially inner end of the base portion. The axially extending barrel portion terminates in a radially extending leg portion which extends inwardly from an end of the axially extending portion. A generally conically shaped seal portion extends from an end of the radially extending portion and the seal portion includes a radially inner face engaging the shaft and a radially outer face having a stiffening bead integrally formed thereon. The stiffening bead reduces the seal's propensity for “bell mouthing” while the axially extending barrel portion provides improved shaft followability for the dynamic seal.

Abstract: A seal assembly and method for the manufacture thereof is provided. The seal assembly provides a dynamic fluid seal between a housing having a bore and a shaft having an outer running surface rotating within the bore. The seal assembly comprises a rigid carrier for supporting the seal assembly within the bore of the housing. A flexible member is mounted to the rigid carrier. The flexible member is formed from an elastomeric material that allows the flexible member to flex during use. A sealing element is retained by the flexible member about the outer running surface. The sealing element is formed from a non-polytetrafluoroethylene bearing grade plastic material having a hardness relatively greater than a hardness of the elastomeric material of the flexible member. The sealing element moves with the flexible member as the flexible member flexes. The sealing element extends along the outer running surface in a plurality of helically wound convolutions.

Abstract: To stabilize frictional force to the reciprocating shaft without affecting sealing ability, a sealing device for a reciprocating shaft comprises a main lip 11, a whole periphery of which slidably and tightly contacts with an outer peripheral surface of a shaft 2 reciprocating in the axial direction; and a frictional lip 13, which extends to the sealed space A side from the main lip 11 and slidably and tightly contacts with the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 2 in the state of permitting circulation of sealed fluid, whereby the frictional force of the frictional lip 13 is not varied by pressure of the sealed fluid, while frictional force of the main lip 11 to the shaft 2 is varied by the pressure, the sliding surface is lubricated with the sealed fluid, and reduction of the frictional force by abrasion can be controlled.

Abstract: The invention provides a sealing device, a rolling bearing and a rolling bearing for a wheel, in which a torque can be reduced, and also the air and lubricant are less liable to escape from the interior of the bearing to the exterior of the bearing, and the air and foreign matters are less liable to intrude into the bearing from the exterior of the bearing.

Abstract: A dynamic shaft seal assembly is provided including a dynamic seal for engaging a rotary shaft. The dynamic seal includes a base portion that is mounted within a casing and has an axially extending barrel portion extending from a radially inner end of the base portion. The axially extending barrel portion terminates in a radially extending leg portion which extends inwardly from an end of the axially extending portion. A generally conically shaped seal portion extends from an end of the radially extending portion and the seal portion includes a radially inner face engaging the shaft and a radially outer face having a stiffening bead integrally formed thereon. The stiffening bead reduces the seal's propensity for “bell mouthing” while the axially extending barrel portion provides improved shaft followability for the dynamic seal.

Abstract: The present invention is a generally circular rotary seal that establishes sealing between relatively rotatable machine components for lubricant retention and environmental exclusion, and incorporates seal geometry that interacts with the lubricant during relative rotation to distribute a lubricant film within the dynamic sealing interface. A preferably curved elevated contact pressure zone serves to maximize interfacial lubrication in critical areas during severe operating conditions by utilizing lubricant that would otherwise escape at the trailing edge of the hydrodynamic waves. The zones are produced by geometry that serves to minimize lubricant shear area, seal torque, seal volume, and wear, while ensuring retrofitability into the seal grooves of existing equipment.

Abstract: To prevent muddy water intrusion into a sliding section (S1) of an oil seal lip (13), a sealing device (1) has an oil seal (10) mounted at an opening end (2a) of a housing (2) and a slinger (20) mounted axially outside the oil seal (10) on a rotating body (5), the oil seal (10) is formed from a rubber-like elastic material integrally with a metal reinforcement ring (11) and has the oil seal lip (13) slidably contacting with the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body (5) and a side lip (15) slidably contacting with the slinger (20), the reinforcement ring (11) has a sliding tube section (11b) radially outside a sliding section (S2) of the side lip (15), and a external seal lip (23) provided on a radially outer section (22a) of the slinger (20) slidably contacts with the outer peripheral surface of the sliding tube section (11b).

Abstract: A hydrodynamic sealing assembly including a first machine component defining a seal groove and a second machine component having a rotatable surface that is rotatable relative to the first machine component. A hydrodynamic seal including a seal body of generally ring-shaped configuration having a circumference and the seal body includes a sealing lip having a sealing surface contacting the relatively rotatable surface to establish a sealing interface between the sealing lip and the relatively rotatable surface. The sealing lip includes an exclusion edge of abrupt substantially circular form that is substantially aligned with a direction of relative rotation between the sealing lip and the relatively rotatable surface in a compressed, installed condition of the seal and wherein the exclusion edge is non-circular and slightly wavy in an uncompressed, uninstalled condition of the hydrodynamic seal.

Abstract: The invention provides a sealing device, a rolling bearing and a rolling bearing for a wheel, in which a torque can be reduced, and also the air and lubricant are less liable to escape from the interior of the bearing to the exterior of the bearing, and the air and foreign matters are less liable to intrude into the bearing from the exterior of the bearing. A bottom 73 of an axial concave portion in a surface of an elastic member 51 forming a radial lip 70, facing away from a flange portion in an axial direction overlaps an end face 77 of a radially-extending portion 61 of a core metal member 50, facing a tubular portion 65, in a radial direction. A bottom 81 of a radial concave portion of the elastic member 51 forming the radial lip 70, facing the tubular portion 65 of a slinger 52 is spaced from the end face 77 of the core metal member 50 toward a flange portion 66 in the axial direction.

Abstract: To prevent entry of muddy water, a sealing device (1) has an oil seal (10) mounted in an opening end portion (2a) of a non-rotating housing (2) and a slinger (20) mounted on a rotating body (5), the oil seal (10) is integrally formed of a rubber-like elastic material on a metal reinforcement ring (11) and has the oil seal lip (13) slidably contacting with the rotating body (5), the reinforcement ring (11) has an outer diameter tube portion (11b) having no rubber-like elastic material and extending in the direction opposite to the opening end portion (2a) to surround the outer periphery of the slinger (20), and an outer seal lip (24) extending in the direction opposite to the opening end portion (2a) is mounted on a rim portion (23) of the slinger (20) to slidably contact with the inner peripheral surface of the outer diameter tube section (11b).

Abstract: A sealing element of a hydrodynamic seal for relatively rotating elements, having a sealing surface (26) and consisting of or comprising at least one stabilising ply (58) of fabric impregnated with or disposed in a binder material which prevents relative movement of fibres of the fabric during use of the seal.

Abstract: A sealing element for sealing a shaft, which is provided for rotating in accordance with its design, at a through-opening of a housing part for the shaft, comprising the following features: a reinforcement part (2) and an elastomeric part (5) connected with the reinforcement part, the elastomeric part (5) comprises a first sealing region (10) for a static-sealing abutment on the housing part and the elastomeric part comprises a second sealing region (20) having a sealing segment (22) formed and provided for sealing abutment on the shaft, which sealing segment comprises a thread-like return structure for a return of a leaked fluid into a to-be-sealed space, and a free axial end in the sealing segment normally abutting on the shaft is formed with a closed line (26) in the circumferential direction and extending on a circular-cylinder surface, which line is provided for sealing abutment on the shaft at least when the shaft is not rotating.

Abstract: A rotary shaft sealing assembly in which a first fluid is partitioned from a second fluid in a housing assembly having a rotary shaft located at least partially within. In one embodiment a lip seal is lubricated and flushed with a pressure-generating seal ring preferably having an angled diverting feature. The pressure-generating seal ring and a hydrodynamic seal may be used to define a lubricant-filled region with each of the seals having hydrodynamic inlets facing the lubricant-filled region. Another aspect of the sealing assembly is having a seal to contain pressurized lubricant while withstanding high rotary speeds. Another rotary shaft sealing assembly embodiment includes a lubricant supply providing a lubricant at an elevated pressure to a region between a lip seal and a hydrodynamic seal with a flow control regulating the flow of lubricant past the lip seal.

Abstract: A dynamic seal utilizes a groove on the active side of the seal to capture a leaked lubricant and pump the lubricant back into the lubricated side of the seal. The groove stops short of the leading edge of the seal that faces the lubricant side forming a static dam between the termination point of the groove and the seal edge. When the fluid pressure within the groove exceeds the opening pressure for the seal lip, the lubricant within the groove is pumped back into the lubricant side of the seal. The groove can have an induction zone wherein the fluid pressure rise is gradual and a booster zone wherein the fluid pressure rise is relatively faster than in the induction zone. The booster zone is disposed adjacent the static dam. Bars are provided across the spiral grooves to prevent contaminants from reaching and becoming trapped in the booster zone.

Abstract: A bi-directional dynamic seal advantageously provides for the return of captured lubricant to the lubricant side regardless of a direction of relative rotation between the seal and the shaft. The seal utilizes a pattern of symmetrical pumping elements to facilitate the hydrodynamic pumping of the captured lubricant in response to the relative rotation. The symmetrical pumping elements have ending points that stop short of the seal edge of the seal. The seal may utilize secondary pumping elements that communicate with the primary pumping elements to capture lubricant that is not captured by the primary pumping elements.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic sealing assembly including a first component having first and second walls and a peripheral wall defining a seal groove, a second component having a rotatable surface relative to said first component, and a hydrodynamic seal comprising a seal body of generally ring-shaped configuration having a circumference. The seal body includes hydrodynamic and static sealing lips each having a cross-sectional area that substantially vary in time with each other about the circumference. In an uninstalled condition, the seal body has a length defined between first and second seal body ends which varies in time with the hydrodynamic sealing lip cross-sectional area. The first and second ends generally face the first and second walls, respectively. In the uninstalled condition, the first end is angulated relative to the first wall and the second end is angulated relative to the second wall. The seal body has a twist-limiting surface adjacent the static sealing lip.

Abstract: A seal includes a supporting body; a disk-shaped sealing element fixed to the supporting body so as to form a static seal and to include a free end; and a sealing body disposed at the free end so as to form a dynamic sealing edge, wherein the sealing body includes a material that is a different from a material of the sealing element.

Abstract: For an oil seal (1) having a seal lip (6) with a slope (7) at the side of sealed fluid and a slope (8) at the side opposite to the sealed fluid, and a screw section (9) provided on the slope (8) for pushing back sealed fluid by a pumping effect at a time of rotation, in order to achieve low torque characteristics based on fluid lubrication by increasing the thickness of an oil film on sliding surfaces, an intermediate surface (10) is provided between the slopes (7, 8), and an oppositely threaded screw section (11) for sucking the sealed fluid by a pumping effect is provided on the intermediate surface (10) without reaching the boundary (13) between the intermediate surface (10) and the slope (8), so that a threadless region is provided in the entire circumference between the screw section (11) and the boundary (13).

Abstract: A dynamic seal is provided which is made of a processable rubber composition containing a matrix of vulcanized elastomeric material with powder filler dispersed therein. In a preferred embodiment, the elastomeric material contains a micro powder which has repeating units derived from tetrafluoroethylene. The micro powder has a median particle size of between 1 and 50 ?m.

Abstract: A rotating seal for a gas turbine engine includes: (a) an annular seal body; (b) a sealing component carried by the seal body which is adapted to form one-half of a rotating seal interface; and (c) an impeller carried by the seal body which comprises a plurality of radially-inwardly-extending impeller blades.

Abstract: A hydrodynamically lubricating geometry for the generally circular dynamic sealing lip of rotary seals that are employed to partition a lubricant from an environment. The dynamic sealing lip is provided for establishing compressed sealing engagement with a relatively rotatable surface, and for wedging a film of lubricating fluid into the interface between the dynamic sealing lip and the relatively rotatable surface in response to relative rotation that may occur in the clockwise or the counter-clockwise direction. A wave form incorporating an elongated dimple provides the gradual convergence, efficient impingement angle, and gradual interfacial contact pressure rise that are conducive to efficient hydrodynamic wedging. Skewed elevated contact pressure zones produced by compression edge effects provide for controlled lubricant movement within the dynamic sealing interface between the seal and the relatively rotatable surface, producing enhanced lubrication and low running torque.

Abstract: A dynamic seal provides for the return of captured lubricant to the lubricant side regardless of the direction of rotation between the seal and the shaft. The seal uses bi-directional pumping elements to facilitate the hydrodynamic pumping of the captured lubricant in response to relative rotation. The seal includes a valve portion that can change a pumping rate of particular pumping elements such that more lubricant is pumped toward the lubricant side than the non-lubricant side.

Abstract: A hydrodynamically lubricating geometry for the generally circular dynamic sealing lip of rotary seals that are employed to partition a lubricant from an environment. The dynamic sealing lip is provided for establishing compressed sealing engagement with a relatively rotatable surface, and for wedging a film of lubricating fluid into the interface between the dynamic sealing lip and the relatively rotatable surface in response to relative rotation that may occur in the clockwise or the counter-clockwise direction. A wave form incorporating an elongated dimple provides the gradual convergence, efficient impingement angle, and gradual interfacial contact pressure rise that are conducive to efficient hydrodynamic wedging. Skewed elevated contact pressure zones produced by compression edge effects provide for controlled lubricant movement within the dynamic sealing interface between the seal and the relatively rotatable surface, producing enhanced lubrication and low running torque.

Abstract: A segmented shaft seal is provided for circumferentially sealing an outer surface of a rotating shaft unit. The shaft seal includes a plurality of seal ring segments disposed within a housing having a circumferential spring holding the ring segments together. The ring segments further have lift grooves defined on the circumferential inner surfaces thereof to generate a radially outwardly directed lift force acting against the inwardly directed spring force. The lift grooves have a tapered profile radially and/or circumferentially to facilitate formation of the outwardly directed lift force as well as molding of the ring segments.

Abstract: By providing a projection 24 at the root of a seal lip 22, the mechanical loss caused by the seal lip is reduced while restraining the turn-over of the seal lip 22, while maintaining a stable sealing performance by letting the first side surface 24a or the second side surface 24b of this projection 24 exhibit a suction function of returning the fluid that has leaked from the lip tip end of the seal lip 22 to the sealing fluid side O when the shaft and the seal lip 22 are relatively rotated.

Abstract: On a seal lip, first screw projections are arranged from an atmosphere side slope surface to the middle of a sliding surface, and second screw projections are arranged on the sliding surface. The end section on the sliding surface side of a first screw projection has a shape (cutout section as if the section is cut out along the sliding surface, and a portion on the atmosphere side slope surface side of the first screw projection has an equi-width section with a shape where the height of the section increases toward the atmosphere side with the width kept substantially the same. Therefore, a sealing device is easily processed, and, at an early stage and for permanence, the sealing device provides a screw pump effect that exhibits excellent sealing ability for a long period.

Abstract: A bi-directional dynamic seal advantageously provides for the return of captured lubricant to the lubricant side regardless of a direction of relative rotation between the seal and the shaft. The seal utilizes a pattern of symmetrical pumping elements to facilitate the hydrodynamic pumping of the captured lubricant in response to the relative rotation. The symmetrical pumping elements have ending points that stop short of the seal edge of the seal. The seal may utilize secondary pumping elements that communicate with the primary pumping elements to capture lubricant that is not captured by the primary pumping elements.

Abstract: The present invention is a generally circular rotary seal that establishes sealing between relatively rotatable machine components for lubricant retention and environmental exclusion, and incorporates seal geometry that interacts with the lubricant during relative rotation to distribute a lubricant film within the dynamic sealing interface. The features of a variable inlet size, a variable dynamic lip flank slope, and a reduction in the magnitude and circumferentially oriented portion of the lubricant side interfacial contact pressure zone at the narrowest part of the lip, individually or in combination thereof, serve to maximize interfacial lubrication in severe operating conditions, and also serve to minimize lubricant shear area, seal torque, seal volume, and wear, while ensuring retrofitability into the seal grooves of existing equipment.

Abstract: A seal assembly and method for the manufacture thereof is provided. The seal assembly provides a dynamic fluid seal between a housing having a bore and a shaft having an outer running surface rotating within the bore. The seal assembly comprises a rigid carrier for supporting the seal assembly within the bore of the housing. A flexible member is mounted to the rigid carrier. The flexible member is formed from an elastomeric material that allows the flexible member to flex during use. A sealing element is retained by the flexible member about the outer running surface. The sealing element is formed from a non-polytetrafluoroethylene bearing grade plastic material having a hardness relatively greater than a hardness of the elastomeric material of the flexible member. The sealing element moves with the flexible member as the flexible member flexes. The sealing element extends along the outer running surface in a plurality of helically wound convolutions.

Abstract: In a rotation shaft seal provided with a rubber lip portion, disposed between a housing and a rotation shaft and sliding on the rotation shaft, and a supporting member receiving the lip portion from a low-pressure side, the cross-sectional configuration of the lip portion in free state is a trapezoid diminishing to the end having the maximum thickness portion within an area received by the supporting member.

Abstract: To provide a wheel support bearing assembly in which the frictional resistance can be effectively reduced while effects of minimizing leakage of the filled lubricant and ingress of dust and muddy water from outside of the bearing assembly are secured, the wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member 1, an inner member 2 positioned inside the outer member 1 with an annular working space defined between it and the outer member 1, and rows of rolling elements 3 accommodated within the annular working space and rollingly received in part within outer raceways 4 in the outer member 1 and in part within inner raceways 5 in the inner member 2. Opposite open ends of the annular working space are sealed by respective sealing members 7 and 8 which are secured to one of the outer and inner members 1 and 2.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to sealing devices used in conjunction with two relatively rotatable members and having a fluid seal there between. Finger seals are utilized to achieve sealing between a rotating member and a stationary member. As such the present invention involves a double padded finger seal with both pads oriented axially in the same direction. The sealing apparatus may optionally utilize a padless third laminate. In other embodiments, the present invention provides variations of the basic double padded finger seal with pad configurations utilizing various arrangements and geometries of the padded area.

Abstract: To stabilize frictional force to the reciprocating shaft without affecting sealing ability, a sealing device for a reciprocating shaft comprises a main lip 11, a whole periphery of which slidably and tightly contacts with an outer peripheral surface of a shaft 2 reciprocating in the axial direction; and a frictional lip 13, which extends to the sealed space A side from the main lip 11 and slidably and tightly contacts with the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 2 in the state of permitting circulation of sealed fluid, whereby the frictional force of the frictional lip 13 is not varied by pressure of the sealed fluid, while frictional force of the main lip 11 to the shaft 2 is varied by the pressure, the sliding surface is lubricated with the sealed fluid, and reduction of the frictional force by abrasion can be controlled.

Abstract: A sealing ring has a sealing disk having a fastening part and a seal part. The fastening part is connected to a first stationary machine part and the seal part seals a movable machine part and is oriented in an axial direction toward an atmosphere side or a medium side of the sealing ring. The seal part has a first sealing element and a second sealing element adjoining the first sealing element and oriented in a direction opposite to the first sealing element in a mounted position of the sealing ring. The second sealing part rests against the rotary machine part under a radial force.

Abstract: A shaft sealing arrangement for sealing bores around a pair of stirrer shafts that emerge through a wall of an associated mixing vessel includes a pair of generally cylindrical shaft sealing assemblies designed to be carried on adjacent stirrer shafts, each gland assembly including the gland member and a gland housing. A plurality of raised spaced radially distributed wiper strips are attached to outside surface of each gland which are directionally deployed at an angle with the direction of the axis of the gland such that the wiper strips act to return escaping material back into an associated mixing vessel. The gland assemblies are designed to be mounted on to rotate with a corresponding one of the pair of stirrer shafts and are enabled to move axially relative therealong.

Abstract: A hydrodynamically lubricating rotary seal for partitioning a lubricant from an environment has a generally circular seal body, a sloping dynamic sealing lip, and an energizer. The dynamic sealing lip is provided for establishing compressed sealing relation with a relatively rotatable surface, and has a sloping dynamic sealing surface that varies in width, and also has a hydrodynamic inlet curvature that varies in position around the circumference of the seal. When the seal is installed against a relatively rotatable surface, the dynamic sealing lip deforms to define a variable width interfacial contact footprint against the relatively rotatable surface that is wavy on the lubricant side, and wedges a film of lubricating fluid into the interface in response to relative rotation. The environment edge of the interfacial contact footprint is substantially circular, and therefore does not produce a hydrodynamic wedging action in response to relative rotation.

Abstract: A shaft seal includes an elastomeric annular body having an outwardly protruding annular lip. An annular outer case is embedded into the body. An annular insert is positioned adjacent the outer case. An annular inner case is embedded into the body adjacent the insert. The outer case, the insert, and the inner case support the lip.

Abstract: A radial lip seal including an annular support with a radially extending portion having an inner periphery. An annular seal lip formed of elastomeric material such as polytetrafluoroethylene is connected to the inner periphery. The lip has an inner side adapted to seal a circumferential surface of a shaft and an outer side. The outer side of the lip has a plurality of grooves or protrusions to vary the diameter of the lip. The varied diameter creates a substantial leak between the outer side of the lip and the circumferential surface. The leak created is sufficient to be detected by a low-pressure air test.

Abstract: A rotation shaft seal to seal liquid, which is poor of lubricant liquid, stably for a long time. In a rotation shaft seal, provided with a rubber lip portion having a sliding inner peripheral edge portion which contacts a rotation shaft to seal liquid on a pressure chamber side, a lubricant liquid well portion is disposed near the sliding inner peripheral edge portion.

Abstract: A radial shaft seal having a metal casing and a rubber sealing portion attached interior of the metal casing. The rubber sealing portion is bonded to the metal casing during a forming operation. A polytetrafluoroethylene seal is stretched into a conical shape and bonded to the rubber sealing portion while in the stretched state.

Abstract: A sealing ring comprising a bearing ring with a radial flange and a sealing sleeve, which at its free end is connected to a thickened, surrounding bulge.

Abstract: A lip sealing ring for a relatively movable machine element (1), including a flexible sealing lip (2) made of polymeric material which adjacently encloses the machine element (1) in the region of a sealing gap (3) under elastic prestressing, the sealing gap (3) being penetrated in the longitudinal direction (5) in at least one circumferential location by a spiral stage (4); the spiral stage (4) being bounded by a screw thread-shaped groove (6) in the sealing lip and by the surface (7) of the machine element (1) to be sealed, facing the groove; and the groove (6) connecting the space (8) to be sealed to the surroundings (9). Sealing gap (3) is closed by a thixotropic medium (10) in the region of groove (6) bounding the spiral stage (4).

Abstract: A sealing ring for a shaft (3), characterized by a sealing lip (1) made of an elastomer material is flexionally dimensioned with a flexional elasticity which is sufficient for pressing a sealing section (10) of the sealing lip (1) against the surface of the shaft (3). The sealing section (11) of the sealing lip (1) is disposed with a cylindrical part of a given length (L) on the periphery of the shaft (3). The sealing lip (1) is provided with a thread (5) at least along the above-mentioned length on the shaft side, whereby a discharged medium is transported back to the sealing area (M) when the shaft (3) is rotated. By dimensioning accordingly, it is possible to dispense with an additional spring for pressing a sealing lip (1) against the shaft (3). The thread (5) is also sealed off from the surrounding area (U) in order to prevent the medium to be sealed from flowing out when the shaft (3) is not in operation.

Abstract: A shaft sealing ring for a shaft comprises a sealing lip made of an elastomeric material or a PTFE compound and dimensioned as to be flaccidly bendable. The flexural elasticity is selected such that it will just be sufficient to press a sealing portion of the sealing lip into sealing engagement with the periphery of the shaft. The sealing portion of the sealing lip engages the periphery for a predetermined length. In the sealing portion, the sealing lip is provided along its circumference, at the side of the shaft, with endless, undulating return channels at least throughout this length. These channels return any medium escaping during rotation of the shaft to the space to be sealed. The return channels do not communicate with the surroundings of the shaft sealing ring. No seperate contact pressure means, such as a helical ring coil spring is required to press the sealing lip into engagement with the shaft.

Abstract: A shaft sealing ring, comprising an elastic sealing lip which has a sealing edge in engagement with a circumferential surface of a shaft which rotates relative to the shaft sealing ring, further comprising at least two sinusoidally curved helical elements having the same amplitudes and wavelengths which are provided on a sealing lip surface facing the surroundings and serve to convey medium that has escaped to the side of the surroundings back over the sealing edge to the side of the medium of the shaft sealing ring, the helical elements being arranged phase-shifted with respect to each other in circumferential direction and merging tangentially in circumferential direction into the sealing edge is characterized in that the ratio between the wavelength L and the amplitude A of the sinusoidally curved helical elements fulfills the relationship

Abstract: An oil seal arrangement for an electric motor, especially a bypass blower motor assembly has an oil seal protecting a shaft bearing 16 and sealing the shaft aperture between a motor part and a blower part. The oil seal 19 has two lips 25, 28 contacting the shaft 15 at two spaced locations forming a grease chamber 26 therebetween. The volume of the grease chamber 26 is enlarged by a groove 27 in the shaft 15 between the lips 25, 28 of the oil seal 19.

Abstract: A sealing ring has a support member and a sealing lip connected to the support member. The sealing lip rests against a machine part to be sealed. The sealing lip has a passage for the machine part, wherein the passage points to an air side of the machine part to be sealed and has a contact side provided with a return conveying device for a medium to be sealed at a medium side of the machine part. The return conveying device is an alternating twist structure that is formed by angularly staggered, crossing elliptical structures, crossing straight structures, sine-shaped structures, or arcs.