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.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a connector seal allowing an accurate inspection of presence of an incorrectly formed bore in a terminal insertion bore of the connector seal. A connector seal includes a seal main body and a plurality of terminal insertion bores. Each terminal insertion bore has an upper membrane potion and a lower membrane portion, which are spaced one another and interconnected together with a lamella. Preferably, the terminal insertion bore has a membrane, which includes a substantially curved groove and a substantially curved lamella. Preferably, the terminal insertion bore has a membrane which includes a lamella, the lamella being oriented in a direction coincident with a diagonal line of a rectangular cross-section of a terminal so that corners of the terminal hit opposite ends of the lamella.

Abstract: A spherical plain bearing and method of assembling the same is disclosed. The bearing has an outer ring having a bore, a concave surface, and at least one fracture. The bearing further includes an inner ring having a convex surface. The convex surface is in sliding disposition with the concave surface when the inner ring is disposed in the bore. The bearing has a groove in a face of the outer ring radially outside a first opening of the bore. The bearing further includes a band coupled to a portion of the outer ring defining the groove. The band retains the outer ring around the inner ring when the inner ring is disposed in the bore.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a seal according to various aspects of the present invention include a seal operating in conjunction with a housing and a removable cover. A portion of the seal is attached to the housing and another portion of the seal is attached to the removable cover to enclose a joint between the housing and the removable cover. A cutter cuts the seal, which allows the removable cover to be removed.

Abstract: In order to allow a single operator on a vehicle assembly line to attach a brake servo to a bulkhead by moving round from the engine compartment side to the passenger compartment side, a brake servo is fitted with an adhesive and insulating seal (14). This seal has two adhesive faces and each of the two adhesive faces has a protective film provided with a tab (15, 16); each protective film is of a distinctive color. One of the two protective films has cuts (17) along holes (10) in the seal, these cuts being intended to make it easier for the protective film to be removed as the brake servo is mounted against the bulkhead.

Abstract: A gasket assembly and method of manufacture thereof provides a plurality of discrete, interconnected capsule beads spaced from one another. A sealant material is disposed in the capsule beads, such that when the capsule beads are ruptured under an applied clamping force, the gasket material is released from the capsule beads.

Abstract: A unitary removable barrier for installation in a cylindrical water line to selectively block the water line to passage of water therethrough. The unitary removable barrier is composed of a single piece rubber body having at least one cylindrical section sized to receive upstream and downstream pipes of the water line. A unitary rubber planar disc molded with the cylindrical section is of a circular circumference and which completely blocks the water line but which is selectively removable from the cylindrical section thus removing the barrier to the passage of the waste through the line.

Abstract: A seal/retainer unit (10) comprising an annular sealing gasket (12) and a plurality of retaining legs (14) extending generally perpendicularly therefrom. The sealing gasket (12) and the retaining legs (14) are formed in one piece (e.g., stamped) from a sealing material and dimensioned to allow nesting of a plurality of seal/retainer units (10) in a stacked arrangement. The retaining legs (14) may each include a rounded distal edge (16) to minimize package-tearing and interpart-marking and/or a break-off notch (18) to allow special customization. A radiused corner (20) between the gasket (12) and the legs (14) assures a gap between nested parts.

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. The cleaning processing apparatus 1 comprises a rotor 34 for holding wafers W, an outer chamber 71a and an inner chamber 71b which can house the rotor 34, a spindle 50 for rotating the rotor 34, and an outer cylindrical member 32 disposed around the spindle 50. A first sealing ring 13, etc. of resins are provided in a ring member 12 constituting the outer cylindrical member 32. A clearance between the spindle 50 and the first sealing ring 13 is adjusted by press inserting the spindle 50 into the first sealing ring 13, etc. and rotating the spindle 50 for a prescribed period of time to abrade the fist sealing ring 13, etc.

Abstract: The invention concerns a support (30) for storing, transporting and using devices (10) for applying a sealing compound onto an element projecting on a surface. The invention is characterised in that it comprises a plurality of said devices borne by a substantially planar base plate (32) and wherefrom the latter can be detached, and each device includes a cap (11) designed to cover entirely said element and containing a predetermined amount of sealing compound in frozen state. The invention is useful for producing impermeability to fluids at rigid connecting elements such as rivets, bolts or the like, for protecting projecting elements of structures against electromagnetic effects such as lightning.

Abstract: A plate for passing a member from a first side of the plate through to a second side of the plate. The plate includes a retainer having a first surface on the first side of the plate, and a second surface on the second side of the plate. The retainer has one or more ports formed therethrough, at least a first one of the ports having an inner diametric extent configured to receive the outer periphery of the first member therethrough. A layer of an elastomeric material is provided on the first surface of the retainer across at least the first one of the ports. The layer is formed as having a first imperforate portion closing the first one of the ports, which first imperforate portion is openable for receiving the outer periphery of the first member through the inner diametric extent of the first one of the ports.

Abstract: A device, system, and method for securing a turbine engine seal in a retracted position enabling maintenance, assembly and disassembly of the turbine engine. The system can include a retainer arranged to retain the seal in a retracted position and constructed to fail at an engine operating temperature. Failure of the retainer allows movement of the seal from the retracted position to an operational position.

Abstract: An adjusting device includes a piston cylinder unit with a cylinder having a piston and a piston rod movably arranged therein, the piston rod extending out of the cylinder. A piston rod guide includes a support element having a first part arranged in the cylinder and bearing axially against one part of the cylinder and a second part connected to the first part. An annular seal arranged between the second part of the support element and the interior of the cylinder such that pressure in the cylinder acts on the seal which bears on the second part of the support element. The connection between the first and second parts of the support element is releasable when the force of the annular seal bearing on the support element exceeds a bearing force limit. The first and second parts of the support elements move telescopically from a normal position to an overload position when the connection is released and reduce the axial length of the support element.

Abstract: Piston-cylinder unit comprising a cylinder in which a work space is filled with a work medium and which is limited by a closure and is sealed by at least one seal. The closure is fixed axially by a positive engagement with the cylinder up to a temperature threshold and the closure can carry out an axial movement for relieving pressure above the temperature threshold. A cutting device cancels the sealing function of the seal during the axial movement of the closure for relieving pressure.

Abstract: Apparatus for connecting a first pre-charged section of an air conditioning system to refrigerant lines connecting the section to a second section of the system. A service unit is employed to connect each refrigerant line to the pre-charge section which includes a body fabricated from a square or rectangular piece of bar stock. A main channel is formed through the bar stock and one end of the main channels is coupled to a suitable system component in the pre-charged section by a tube. A connector having a penetratable seal is mounted in the opposite end of the channel. The connector has a male fitting that is threaded into a female fitting. One fitting is mounted in the opposite end of the main channel and the other fitting is mounted in the refrigerant line. The seal is ruptured or broken when the male fitting is threaded into the female fitting a sufficient depth to establish a leak proof joint therebetween.

Abstract: A unitary removable barrier for installation in a cylindrical water line to selectively block the water line to passage of water therethrough. The unitary removable barrier is composed of a single piece rubber body having at least one cylindrical section sized to receive upstream and downstream pipes of the water line. A unitary rubber planar disc molded with the cylindrical section is of a circular circumference and which completely blocks the water line but which is selectively removable from the cylindrical section thus removing the barrier to the passage of the water through the line.

Abstract: A tubular wall sealed at a first end by an integrally molded annular wall, forming a cap, is cast in the concrete wall of a low pressure vessel, forming a sealed cavity in the concrete. One end of a rubber tubular gland wrapped sealingly around the outside of the second end of the tubular wall is sealed in the concrete by a radially extending cast-in anchor. The diameter of the other end of the rubber tube is smaller than the diameter of the tubular wall of the cap.

Abstract: A sealing device for sealing a cylindrical object, such as an electrical or fiber optic cable, includes a base with a first end, a second open end, and an inner wall formed inside the base and connecting the first end to the second open end. The sealing device also includes a cap having one end which is open and another end which is attached to the first end of the base. The one end of the cap includes a first cylindrical recess of a first diameter extending toward the base. In a first embodiment, a hole is drilled through the cap using the first cylindrical recess as a guide. A cable is passed through the hole and a heat shrink wrap assembly is used to seal the cable. In a second embodiment, the cap is removed from the base along a frangible connection. A threaded fastener with a first hole and a gasket with a second hole are provided. A cable is passed through the first and second holes, and the threaded fastener is screw onto the base to seal the cable.

Abstract: A subterranean coupler for slidably receiving a pipe therethrough and for coupling the pipe to a subterranean vessel. The coupler is mountable to a reinforcing grid prior to the coupler and reinforcing grid being cast in a concrete wall of the subterranean vessel. The coupler includes a longitudinally-extending axis and a cylindrical wall defined about the axis, the wall having an inner surface, an outer surface, and first and second ends. The coupler further includes a plurality of radially-extending, circumferentially-spaced engagement members integrally-formed with the outer surface. The engagement members are engageable with grid members of the reinforcing grid to mount the cylindrical wall to the reinforcing grid prior to casting.

Abstract: A sealing gasket (J) intended to be damped between two pipework connection flanges (5, 9), the said gasket comprising a sealing ring (1) including a rigid metal annular part (11, 13, 18, 16) with which are integral a number of radiating metal lugs (2) capable of being folded along the contour of a support flange. The sealing gasket having to be able to be mounted between flanges of different transverse dimensions, the metal lugs (2) are longer than the corresponding transverse dimension of the largest flanges on which the gasket can be mounted. The lugs can thus be folded to conform with the exact dimension of an assembly flange so that the gasket may be suitably supported centered by the said flange prior to the mutual assembly and tightening of the two flanges.

Abstract: An insulating gasket for preventing drafts from passing through a wall at the location of an electrical fixture. The gasket which has a plurality of overlapping removable cut-outs, such that the same gasket may engage with different fixtures depending on the area which is cut out. It also has removable side strips to allow it to fit in any position in a multi-gang fixture.

Abstract: Flat gasket ring, in particular for producing a flange connection between moldings, the flat gasket ring having, along its outer circumferential line, lip structures which are intended for accommodating the gasket ring in a positively locking manner in relation to moldings.

Abstract: A hydraulic seal (15) for providing a seal between two concentric shafts (10,12) of a gas turbine engine comprises a radially outer element (16) that defines an annular oil reservoir (21) and a radially inner element (22) having an annular fin (24) that projects into the oil reservoir (21). The radially inner seal element (22) is attached to its associated shaft (10) by frangible shear pins (26). In the event of relative axial movement between the shafts (10,12) the shear pins (26) break, thereby ensuring that such shaft relative axial movement is not unduly inhibited.

Abstract: A tube plug seal has an improved tear line pattern which tears when a mating tube having a circumference smaller than the seal is inserted through the seal. The improved tear line pattern is designed to initially tear where the circumference of the mating tube applies the highest stress. As a result, the improved tear line includes a portion which extends at least partially circumferentially about an axial center point of the seal. More specifically, the circumferential portion of the improved tear line pattern generally aligns with a circumference of the mating tube. In one embodiment the improved tear line pattern is C-shaped.

Abstract: A brush gasket for two co-operating components located opposite one another. The brush gasket has a carrier body for the brushes arranged on one of the two components to be sealed off relative to one another, for example, a stator and a rotor. The carrier body has a supporting wall for the brushes on the low-pressure side, in order to protect them against pressure-related deformation. On the second of the components, opposite the carrier body, there is an abrasion ring made of a material which is softer than the material of the brushes. The abrasion ring together with the brushes thus forms a gasket group.

Abstract: A grommet includes a hollow cylindrical body that is positionable in a bore hole of a transmission case and into which an oil fill tube can be advanced, to thereby establish a seal between the tube and case. The grommet defines an open top end, and a scored membrane is formed integrally with the body to cover the top end. Consequently, the grommet can be positioned in the bore hole to cover the bore hole prior to engaging the oil fill tube with the bore hole, thereby permitting pressure testing of the transmission case and preventing contaminants from entering the case. The oil fill tube can then be advanced through the membrane and into the bore hole.

Abstract: A separable gasket for use in sealing the interface between a gear housing and an engine block as well as the interface between an air compressor and the gear housing includes a first gasket portion constructed and arranged for sealing the interface between the gear housing and the engine block and a second gasket portion constructed and arranged for sealing the interface between the air compressor and the gear housing. A third gasket portion in the form of a perforated score line is positioned between the first gasket portion and the second gasket portion. In the event the air compressor requires servicing, the present invention enables the second gasket portion to be manually flexed and ultimately separated from the first gasket portion so that a replacement gasket can be assembled when the air compressor is reassembled to the gear housing.