Contact Seal For A Pipe, Conduit, Or Cable Patents (Class 277/602)
  • Patent number: 8528184
    Abstract: A conduit coupling system, sealing device, bell and method of use are disclosed herein. The system comprises at least two piping components, and a sealing device. A first component has a bell and a second component has a spigot, the spigot is adapted to mate with the bell. The bell comprises a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the first component. The bell has a concave annular inner surface and a diameter of the annular inner surface adjacent to the first end of the bell is greater than a diameter of the annular inner surface adjacent to the second end of the bell. The sealing device comprises a locking segment comprising a convex outer surface and a K-type gasket coupled to a locking segment or a non-restraining anti-extrusion segment. The sealing device is adapted to fit between the bell and the spigot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: William W. Holmes, IV, William H. Owen
  • Publication number: 20130220138
    Abstract: An extraction apparatus includes a brewing module for receiving a capsule with an extraction material. The brewing module includes a first brewing module part and a second brewing module part, the second brewing part being movable relative to the first brewing part. The first and the second brewing module parts form a discharge device for the discharge of an extraction product out of the capsule, and an introduction device for introducing an extraction fluid into the capsule. A sealing system for such an extraction apparatus includes a seal having at least one circumferential sealing lip and/or one circumferential sealing bead, which bears on a surface of the capsule in a line-like or strip-like manner and presses the capsule wall against the capsule interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: LUNA TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS LTS GMBH
    Inventor: Louis Deuber
  • Patent number: 8511688
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment disclosed herein relates to an articulatable sealing device. The device includes a plurality of seal elements each of which is urgable against a seal-surface, a fixing member tightenable about a perimeter of the seal elements, and a retractor in operable communication with the plurality of seal elements and able to move the plurality of seal elements in a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Gordon Wilson, Jon M. Ballou
  • Patent number: 8502090
    Abstract: A barrier of foamed phenolic resin is provided for a barrier connector. In use, the barrier temporarily holds cables in place while a potting agent is used to permanently secure said cables within the barrier connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Cable Management Products Limited
    Inventor: Phillip Steven Winship
  • Publication number: 20130175767
    Abstract: A sealing system (1) for sealing between an inner pipe and an outer pipe of a telescoping vacuum cleaner suction pipe, which ensures maximum possible sealing with simultaneously simple operator controllability of the vacuum cleaner suction pipe, has at least one annular base body (2) of a first material and an annular sealing body (3) of a second material on the base body (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FISCHER ROHRTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: fischer Rohrtechnik GmbH
  • Publication number: 20130175768
    Abstract: A seal cap is formed of an elastically deformable material and includes a cap portion that closes a passage port, a grip portion that can be grasped, and a joining portion which integrally joins the cap portion and the grip portion. The joining portion has a bolt insertion portion through which a stud bolt can be inserted. The grip portion is formed on a side of the bolt insertion portion that corresponds to the cap portion. The joining portion is formed between the bolt insertion portion and the cap portion and is provided with a cut which communicates with the bolt insertion portion. The cut allows the cap portion to be bent and deformed by the contact between the cap portion and the stud bolt during pulling out of the seal cap from a connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Masato Yoneda, Hiroyuki Nagai, Masaru Hamasaki
  • Publication number: 20130119616
    Abstract: An annular gasket configured to seal a split-ring gland of a pipe coupling onto an end of a pipe having an annular outer gasket and a separate inner annular gasket. The outer gasket has an inner circumferential surface and the inner gasket has an outer circumferential surface, the circumferential surfaces being removably engaged. The inner gasket may be wider than the outer gasket to form a lip that projects beyond the outer gasket. The inner circumferential surface of the outer gasket and the outer circumferential surface of the inner gasket may include triangular shaped interdigitations configured to prevent axial movement between the gaskets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: SENSUS USA INC.
    Inventor: Sensus USA Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130099489
    Abstract: A seal member for an aseptic coupling device includes a cross-sectional area including a first end portion, a middle portion, and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, the middle portion being thinner in radial dimension than the first and second end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: COLDER PRODUCTS COMPANY
    Inventor: COLDER PRODUCTS COMPANY
  • Publication number: 20130074986
    Abstract: A cable sealing device for sealing a cable passing through a first and second surface is provided. The cable sealing device comprises a first sealing element extending in a first radial direction of the cable and configured to surround at least a portion of the cable and to seal an opening in the first surface, and a second sealing element extending in a second radial direction of the cable and configured to surround at least a portion of the cable and to seal an opening in the second surface. The extension of the first sealing element in the first radial direction is smaller than the extension of the second sealing element in the second radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Bengt I. Larsson, Nina Jeppsson, Richard Carlsson, Christer Lundgren, Jonas Folkell, Petter Theren
  • Publication number: 20130068372
    Abstract: A sealing ring and a method of preventing or stopping a joint leak between a pipe and a pipe fitting to minimize property damage as well as clean up costs occurring from property damage due to joint leaks by securing a sealing ring to the pipe and the pipe fitting to form a secondary joint that inhibits or prevent leakage between the primary joint between the pipe and the pipe fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Lloyd Herbert King, JR., David Kreutz, Mathew Walters, Steven Rhea, James C. Keeven
  • Publication number: 20130065500
    Abstract: A sealing element (10) of a deformable material for sealing an opening in a wall (16), which separates two different chambers, comprises at least one aperture (12) which is arranged in a sealing first region (20) and is designed to receive a tube (14), and a yielding second region (24) which is designed to be pressed against the wall (16), wherein the second region (24) is differentiated from the first region (20) at least in part by an indentation (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Armin Luer, Oliver Strathenke, Jens Meyer
  • Publication number: 20120315780
    Abstract: A female equipment port a first portion having a first diameter, a second portion having a second diameter and a threaded portion, a base portion structurally integral with the first portion and the second portion, wherein the first portion axially extends from the base portion, a transition portion axially separating the first portion and the second portion, wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter, wherein the first portion, the second portion, and the transition portion are configured to engage portions of a seal member of a cable connector to form a plurality of environmental seals is provided. Associated methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventor: Noah Montena
  • Patent number: 8288667
    Abstract: A double-packing cable and flexible conduit gland for securing a cable and a flexible conduit to a box member, including a casing having a tapered inner surface portion and a first outer thread, a packing member inserted into the casing and defining a first packing segment compressible to clamp on the flexible conduit, a second packing segment compressible to clamp on the cable, an annular retaining rib protruded from an inside wall thereof for engaging the grooved periphery of the flexible conduit and a beveled end edge located on one end of the first packing segment remote from the second packing segment, and a holding-down cap threaded onto the first outer thread of the casing to hold down the packing member on the flexible conduit and the cable together and having a beveled edge disposed on the inside and stopped against the beveled end edge of the packing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: AVC Industrial Corp.
    Inventor: Jiun-Wei Chiou
  • Publication number: 20120255344
    Abstract: A sealing device is provided for use with a fitting. The fitting has circular port and a flow path with a longitudinal axis. A circular port encircles a portion of the flow path opposite the port with the sealing device inserted into the port. The sealing device has a circular top with two opposing surfaces depending therefrom but inclined so the surfaces are closer at the top. A continuous sidewall joins the periphery of the two surfaces. The opposing surfaces are inclined and spaced apart further at the top than at an end opposite the top. A cylindrical hole through the opposing surfaces encircles the flow path during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SECURUS, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis L. Hart, Cristobal Gonzalez, Virgil E. O'Neil, Jeffrey A. Jaramillo, Larry D. Brown
  • Publication number: 20120181755
    Abstract: Many existing sump covers have large access slots to accommodate the location of the sump pump discharge pipe. The exposed slot can allow undesirable soil gases to enter a home. The SUMPSEALER is a retrofit device that: 1) Uses a one piece reversible attachment to cover both sides of the slot simultaneously. 2) A mating part is used to cover the area around one or more electrical cords and position the cord(s) next to the pipe. 3) Both parts are clear and serve as a “viewport” enabling visual inspection without removal of sump cover. 4) By using caulk or sealant and utilizing the SUMPSEALER device, the existing sump cover can seal out undesirable soil gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas Edward Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8205916
    Abstract: A metal ring gasket provides a high-pressure temperature tolerant metal-to-metal seal between subcomponents of a threaded union. The metal ring gasket is received in an annular cavity formed between mating surfaces of the subcomponents of the threaded union. The metal ring gasket is capable of maintaining a fluid seal even at very high temperatures resulting from direct exposure to fire. At high fluid pressures the metal ring gasket is energized because hoop stress induced by the fluid pressure forces the metal ring gasket into tighter contact with the subcomponents of the threaded union.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Stinger Wellhead Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Murray Dallas, Bob McGuire, Danny Lee Artherholt
  • Publication number: 20120091135
    Abstract: A support column assembly for supporting a floating roof used with a storage tank for containing a volatile fluid, including: a. an inner pipe formed by a cylindrical wall having top and bottom ends, b. an outer pipe securable to the floating roof to extend below and generally perpendicular to the plane of the roof, the outer pipe formed by a cylindrical wall having top and bottom ends, the outer pipe surrounding and being movable axially on the inner pipe with a generally annular space defined between the inner and outer pipes, the generally annular space having opposite top and bottom ends, c. a first set of coaxial holes extending transversely through opposite sides of the wall of the outer pipe d. a second set of coaxial holes extending transversely through opposite sides of the wall of the inner pipe, e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Mohammed A. BEN AFEEF
  • Publication number: 20120086171
    Abstract: A fluidic processor includes a first sealing member having a first sealing face, a first compressive face and at least one first sealing member fluid conduit; a second sealing member having a second sealing face, a second compressive face and at least one second sealing member fluid conduit; the second sealing face of the second sealing member being sealingly and slidingly engaged in a substantially fluid tight manner with the first sealing face of the first sealing member; and at least one actuator mechanically engaging at least one of the first sealing member and the second sealing member, or an XY stage, or mechanism that provides motion in two axes on one sealing member only
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Neil R. Picha, Bruce D. Black, Jonathan D. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20120080849
    Abstract: A seal for a perpendicular plug feed-through is disclosed for electrically contacting a control device which is arranged within a housing. The seal includes a sealing piece which has at least one sealing lip and which is surrounded by a guiding piece. The sealing piece has at least one sealing lip, which is designed in a circumferential manner or in alternating segmentation and which has a slope declining in the radial direction towards the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Zweigle, Franco Zeleny
  • Patent number: 8142628
    Abstract: A cylinder block plating apparatus preplates or plates a cylinder bore of each cylinder in a cylinder block of a multi-cylinder engine using a process liquid introduced into the cylinder bore in a condition of sealing an end of the cylinder bore when a communication hole is formed at the end of the cylinder bore, the cylinder block plating apparatus includes a sealing jig including a sealing unit including a cylinder bore seal for sealing the end of an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder bore and a communication hole seal for sealing a portion, near a communication hole, opposite to the cylinder inner peripheral surface, and a clamping unit disposed in the sealing unit to be pushed open and adapted to cause the communication hole seal to seal the portion located on the opposite side of the cylinder bore near the communication hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Narita, Manabu Suzuki, Tetsuya Kuroda, Hiroyuki Oishi
  • Publication number: 20120061919
    Abstract: A seal includes a housing with an exterior surface. The housing forms a cavity extending from the exterior surface into the housing and defines at least one slanted interior surface. The at least one slanted interior surface extends from the exterior surface of the housing and is in a substantially non-perpendicular and angled relation to the exterior surface of the housing. The seal also includes at least one electrical lead that extends through the housing and has a portion exposed across the cavity therein. The at least one electrical lead extends from the housing and is configured to be in electrical contact with at least one electrical component encased within the electronic control housing. The seal also includes an adhesive material that substantially fills the cavity and surrounds the exposed portion of the at least one electrical lead within the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: TEMIC AUTOMOTIVE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Jinbao Jiao
  • Publication number: 20120049463
    Abstract: Gaskets for use with a bell and spigot coupling system are disclosed herein. The gasket comprises an elastomeric member having a front edge, a first section, and a second section. Axial forces generated by the insertion of the spigot to the first section of the elastomeric member displace the first section of the elastomeric member in an axial and radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: MUELLER INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: William W. Holmes, IV, William H. Owen
  • Publication number: 20120037416
    Abstract: A double-packing cable and flexible conduit gland for securing a cable and a flexible conduit to a box member, including a casing having a tapered inner surface portion and a first outer thread, a packing member inserted into the casing and defining a first packing segment compressible to clamp on the flexible conduit, a second packing segment compressible to clamp on the cable, a tapered outer surface located on the second packing segment and stopped against the tapered inner surface portion of the casing, an annular retaining rib protruded from an inside wall thereof for engaging the grooved periphery of the flexible conduit and a beveled end edge located on one end of the first packing segment remote from the second packing segment, and a holding-down cap threaded onto the first outer thread of the casing to hold down the packing member on the flexible conduit and the cable together and having a beveled edge disposed on the inside and stopped against the beveled end edge of the packing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Jiun Wei CHIOU
  • Publication number: 20120007315
    Abstract: An expansion ring assembly seals a gasket with respect to an annular wall of a rigid structure. The expansion ring assembly includes two arcuate expansion ring bands that cooperate to define a generally circular profile. At one side of the expansion ring assembly, a first pair of ends of the expansion ring bands overlap and include a ratcheting mechanism which allows the ring to incrementally expand but not to contract. At another location of the expansion ring assembly, a second pair of ends are joined by a drive mechanism for engaging and driving apart the opposing ends of an expansion ring to thereby non-incrementally expand the ring. The ratchet mechanism may be used to initially set and hold the expansion ring against a gasket in a desired position and to provide an initial expansion pressure, i.e., for a coarse adjustment. The drive mechanism may then be used to provide a final expansion pressure of the gasket, i.e., for a fine adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: PRESS-SEAL GASKET CORPORATION
    Inventor: Myron S. Worley
  • Publication number: 20110316239
    Abstract: A dual barrier gasket is disclosed. The dual barrier gasket may include a substantially cylindrical inner surface. The dual barrier gasket may further include a gasket outer surface that is configured to provide an inner sealing barrier and an outer sealing barrier, where a first tangent plane to a portion of the outer sealing barrier is radially offset from a second tangent plane to a portion of the inner sealing barrier. The gasket outer surface may include a first port and a second port. A channel may extend from the first port through the dual barrier gasket to the second port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: David G. Holliday
  • Publication number: 20110290711
    Abstract: A fluid separation element is provided including: a membrane winding having two ends and obtained by layering a separation membrane, a feed water channel material, and a permeate channel material and spirally winding them; and one or more anti-telescoping devices attached to one or both of the ends of the membrane winding, wherein a brine seal fitting groove is provided in an outer circumferential surface of the anti-telescoping device and a hole that communicates with a feed water channel side is provided inside the groove. When the anti-telescoping devices are attached to the both ends of the membrane winding, a brine seal is fitted into the groove of the upstream-side anti-telescoping device and no brine seal is fitted into the groove of the downstream-side anti-telescoping device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Toray Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Katayama, Toshimasa Katayama
  • Publication number: 20110285093
    Abstract: A conduit coupling system, sealing device, bell and method of use are disclosed herein. The system comprises at least two piping components, and a sealing device. A first component has a bell and a second component has a spigot, the spigot is adapted to mate with the bell. The bell comprises a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the first component. The bell has a concave annular inner surface and a diameter of the annular inner surface adjacent to the first end of the bell is greater than a diameter of the annular inner surface adjacent to the second end of the bell. The sealing device comprises a locking segment comprising a convex outer surface and a K-type gasket coupled to a locking segment or a non-restraining anti-extrusion segment. The sealing device is adapted to fit between the bell and the spigot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: MUELLER INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: William W. Holmes, IV, William H. Owen
  • Publication number: 20110272888
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved slip joint pipe coupling, which is reinforced by the mechanical compression of a split collar and sealing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Armando Irizzary, John C. Vincenzi
  • Publication number: 20110272894
    Abstract: A sealing gland system having an upper half, a lower half, and a sealing material positioned between the upper and lower halves. Each of the upper and lower halves and the sealing material has at least one opening extending therethrough, and wherein the sealing material forms a seal around at least one cable extending through the sealing material upon compression thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Channell Commercial Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald L. Shimirak, Derec Sheals
  • Publication number: 20110248453
    Abstract: A layer is disclosed for use in combination with an insert half to provide a sealing around a cable, wire or tube in a frame. The layer has the shape of an elongated circular arc with a first end and a second end. In at least one embodiment, the layer is provided with at least one indexing device arranged at the first and/or the second end of the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: MCT BRATTBERG AB
    Inventors: Bengt Johansson, Bo Birgerud
  • Publication number: 20110221137
    Abstract: A sealing element is described which is adapted to perform partial extrusion through an opening in a pipe wall. A method of sealing an opening (2) in a vessel or pipe comprises the steps of introducing a sealing element (5) into the vessel or pipe upstream of the leak (2), transporting the sealing element to the opening (2) and allowing the sealing element to at least partially extrude through the opening (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Udoka Obi, Nicholas John Ryan
  • Publication number: 20110198812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus comprising one or more sealing elements (20) to be transported along a duct (24) by the flow of fluid therein at an internal pressure and to be drawn to a leak (22) by the pressure differential resulting from a reduced pressure associated with the locality of that leak. Each sealing element comprises a body formed from an elastic material to have one or more impermeable bubbles filled with gas so that the sealing element has a volume which varies resiliently according to the change in volume of the bubble (s) in response to externally applied pressure. The product of the volume of the bubble (s) and the pressure of the gas therein is selected to provide a sealing element having a transport volume at said internal pressure which is appropriate to enter a leak and which, in response to the reduced pressure associated with the locality of that leak, is capable of increasing in volume from said transport volume sufficiently to seal that leak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Nicholas John Ryan, Andrew James Cochran, Terrence Francis Stebbings
  • Publication number: 20110186497
    Abstract: A sealing configuration is configured for sealingly coupling a first fluid flow path of a first device to a second fluid flow path of a second device. The sealing configuration comprises a contact surface comprising a structure configured for increasing a surface pressure when coupling the first device to the second device. The contact surface comprises a metal coating configured for increasing sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joachim Wagner, Hans-Georg Haertl
  • Publication number: 20110156362
    Abstract: This self-pressurizing seal invention embodies resilient, non-corrosive and fire resistant construction with an internal pressure responsive chamber whereby fluids entering such chamber through a unidirectional fluid orifice are trapped in the internal chamber and whereby the resulting pressure differential causes outward expansion from the internal chamber to external sealing surface of multiple, pliable and conjoined ridges to form a series of redundant circumferential seals against the axial pipe surface with corresponding force to prevent the outward flow of fluids from the pipe juncture in a pipe coupling or valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Skellern, Keith Wyness, Richard Ollerhead
  • Publication number: 20110109046
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method of isolating a section of rough bore flexible pipe (1), said method including the steps of deploying a sealing device (10) into the pipe to the required position and forcing a sealing solution through the carcass (2) of the flexible pipe to seal the space between the sealing device and the internal pressure sheath (5) of the flexible pipe and also a sealing device (10) for isolating a section of a rough bore flexible pipe, said apparatus comprising means for anchoring the sealing device in the pipe and means for sealing the device in the pipe, said sealing means comprising means for forcing a sealing solution through the carcass of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Nicholas John Ryan, John Marsden, Stuart Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7922216
    Abstract: A metal ring gasket provides a high-pressure temperature tolerant metal-to-metal seal between subcomponents of a threaded union. The metal ring gasket is received in an annular cavity formed between mating surfaces of the subcomponents of the threaded union. The metal ring gasket is capable of maintaining a fluid seal even at very high temperatures resulting from direct exposure to fire. At high fluid pressures the metal ring gasket is energized because hoop stress induced by the fluid pressure forces the metal ring gasket into tighter contact with the subcomponents of the threaded union.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Stinger Wellhead Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Murray Dallas, Bob McGuire, Danny Lee Artherholt
  • Publication number: 20110057395
    Abstract: A seal element (120, 126) for sealing a conduit is described. The seal element comprises a frusto conical portion (28) and a first lip (30) extending from an external edge of the frusto conical portion, the lip being adapted to be pivoted into engagement with a conduit surface. In a described embodiment, two seal elements are provided on a plug (10) for sealing a conduit (16), the seal elements facing in opposite directions to seal from above and below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: PETROWELL LTD.
    Inventors: Lee Mercer, Stewart Christie
  • Publication number: 20110031703
    Abstract: In order to provide excellent waterproofness at a low manufacturing cost to a seal structure comprising a housing to which a flexible wiring board (1) is inserted and a seal member (3) integrally formed on said flexible wiring board (1) for hermetically sealing a gap between said housing and said flexible wiring board (1), a whole surface of a sensor member (31) arranged on at least one side of said flexible wiring board (1) is coated by same material as is used in said seal member (3), at a time of integrally forming the seal member (3) on the flexible wiring board (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20110006488
    Abstract: A flat gasket (1) for a valve comprises a substantially plate-like base body (2), which corresponds substantially to the contour (9) of a valve housing (11) to be connected thereto and which is provided with at least one first through-bore (3) for leading through a connecting element of the valve (11), with at least one second (6) and with at least one third through-bore (5) for leading through fastening means. The second through-bore (6) has a diameter which is different from the diameter of the third through-bore (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Belser, Josef Beck, Harald Niebergall
  • Publication number: 20100308544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing device (1) for mounting in a fluid passage (7) of a connection piece (5) such as beer extractor tube for a beer keg (13) characterised in that the sealing device (1) is adapted to be permanently-deformed when it is removed from said fluid passage (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Ken Riis
  • Publication number: 20100230906
    Abstract: The invention relates to external sealing of pipe joints. The invention provides a wide seal strip useful in combination with a coupling for pipes, the length, and hence the diameter of the seal strip being adjustable also on site. The invention provides a pipe clamp flexible seal strip adaptable to be easily shortened by the user to a required length. The seal strip being configured for use inside a pipe coupling, and having at least one narrow dividing cut which extends across the width of the seal to almost completely divide a major portion of the strip length from a minor portion thereof. The minor portion remaining connected to the major portion by at least one bridge member which can easily be severed on site for removal and disposal of the minor portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: KRAUSZ INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventors: Eliezer Krausz, Avi Chiproot
  • Publication number: 20100194097
    Abstract: A fuel line and a method for producing the fuel line. The fuel line includes a pipe having smooth walls at least at one end and a connection geometry. The connection geometry is pressed onto the at least one end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Janos KERTESZ
  • Publication number: 20100187812
    Abstract: A two-piece flange adapter including two identical flange parts. Each flange part has two ends, with each end having a planar mating surface disposed at each end of the channel disposed on an inner diameter surface of the flange part. A projection extends from one planar mating surface and is formed to continue the channel for a predetermined distance past the planar mating surface. The other end of the flange and channel define a groove having a depth that accepts the projection of a mating flange part to form a complete channel. A gasket having a cross-sectional area with an internal cavity is compressively disposed in a pocket defined by the channel and the mating pipes. The cross-sectional area of the gasket occupies less than 87% of the pocket and can also occupy approximately 82-84% of the pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: TYCO FIRE PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Joseph G. Radzik, Mark J. Estrella, Mark S. DeFilippo
  • Publication number: 20100098533
    Abstract: A turbine housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger includes an outer casing and a rotor casing which is arranged in the outer casing and includes a tubular neck for engagement in an exhaust pipe to conduct exhaust gas from the neck in a direction of an exhaust flange. The exhaust pipe is hereby coupled to the rotor casing for relative movement there between. A sealing ring is arranged between the neck and the exhaust pipe, wherein the neck has one end provided with at least one outwardly directed projection defined by an outer diameter which is greater than an inner diameter of the sealing ring. Fabrication of the turbine housing is realized by pushing the sealing ring over the neck, and inserting an expanding mandrel into the neck to widen the neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: ELMAR GRUSSMANN, Christian Smatloch
  • Patent number: 7677611
    Abstract: A flanged joint for a pressure medium. The flanged joint includes a first component and a second component having an interior. Also included is at least one flat gasket held between facing surfaces of the first and second components. An annular groove and a radially opposed working diameter are located between the interior and the at least one flat gasket. At least one lamella ring is held in the annular groove and biased, essentially without a gap, against the working diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Fey Lamellenringe GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Peter Holzheu
  • Patent number: 7654585
    Abstract: A metal ring gasket provides a high-pressure temperature tolerant metal-to-metal seal between subcomponents of a threaded union. The metal ring gasket is received in an annular cavity formed between mating surfaces of the subcomponents of the threaded union. The metal ring gasket is capable of maintaining a fluid seal even at very high temperatures resulting from direct exposure to fire. At high fluid pressures the metal ring gasket is energized because hoop stress induced by the fluid pressure forces the metal ring gasket into tighter contact with the subcomponents of the threaded union.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Stinger Wellhead Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Murray Dallas, Bob McGuire, Danny Lee Artherholt
  • Patent number: 7648603
    Abstract: A primer formulated with a colorless dye detectable only under black light is provided. The present invention is non-detectable on a porous surface and color does not appear over time upon exposure to natural or synthetic lights. Under black light, sometimes referred to as ultra violet energy or long wave black light, the colorless dye appears as purple. However, once the black light is removed, the primer ceases to glow and returns to its natural, colorless state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Hercules Chemical Company Incorporated
    Inventors: Fred Richard Scholer, Hsing-Hui Yu, Wayne A. Merrifield
  • Patent number: 7624990
    Abstract: A sealant is provided that possesses many or all of the characteristics of conventional thread sealants, and allows application with improved smoothness and uniformity of application. Sealants in accordance with the invention utilize engineered fibers such as melamines like Basofill and polyaramids such as Kevlar in its composition. Engineered fibers offer consistency and uniformity that other previously used sealants lack. Engineered fibers can improve the gap filling characteristics of the sealant, as well as the resistance of the sealant to chemicals and high pressures. Engineered fibers tend to have very high strength and low density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Hercules Chemical Company Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Richard Scholer, John Wrobleski
  • Patent number: 7615275
    Abstract: A flat material (10) for forming leadthroughs and including a first layer 911) formed of strip-shaped plates (14) adjoining each other along their narrow sides and separated from each other by a slot (15), a second layer (13) formed of an elastic material, and an intermediate layer (12) located between the first layer (11) and the second layer (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Foerg, Herbert Muenzenberger, Heiri Nuesch
  • Publication number: 20090230627
    Abstract: A sealing member and a preemptive system and a preemptive method of preventing or stopping a primary joint leak between a pipe and a pipe fitting by securing a sealing ring to the pipe and the pipe fitting to form a secondary joint that inhibits or prevent leakage between the primary joint between the pipe and the pipe fitting without knowing if the primary joint is faulty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Lloyd Herber King, JR., James C. Keeven, Steven Rhea, David Kreutz, Mathew Walters